Simple, Bama, UGA, Clemson, OSU and others are still perceived as the better programs.
We are making our way back, but have to get over a hurdle or two.
Our end of the season, that certainly didn't help. I think had we won the Pitt game as well as our bowl game, we would've had a better shot at some of the AH guys.
Watch the defense this year. If anyone thinks Diaz is more competent than whoever at OSU, Bama, Clemson, UGA....let me know. Diaz will have to prove he's not a busy this year and his job got a lot harder without Surtain and Campbell.
They're not PERCIEVED as better programs.... they ARE better programs.
They win more and recruit better. We did nothing today to close that gap.
I agree with them being better programs. All you have to do is look at the **** show at the end of the season minus Clemson who would've won no matter who was coaching us.
The problem with putting the blame on Rumph to me is this. You could put any coach in his position and it wouldn't matter. We are still Miami who is fighting an uphill battle against the powerhouse programs.
Until we prove we belong with them, we are at a disadvantage in a head to head battle.
Surtain and Campbell weren't picking Bama and UGA's DB coaches over us, they were picking Saban and Smart. The way we got mauled by Clemson to see them dismantled in the BCS, that didn't help either.
Sucks, but that's the premise of this thread. They made a business decision and while we might not like it, they made the right one.