Come on Man, this is why Miami fans get carried away and if a new coach doesn’t win the coastal the first year or two, they’re ready to fly banners. We’re 88 and 63 since 2000 against ACC Teams (61% winning percentage and I can’t count the coaches)– we dominated early in 2000s, but we have zero claim to dominance since joining the ACC , We’ve been more like a stumbling Wildebeest than any King of the Jungle in the ACC.
We are in a new era, lets leave the old one behind. Lord knows we tried to pretend we were still that same program, our players talked the talk and tried to swagger, but reality and loses showed we weren’t.
We have a new HC who may have been groomed in Cane’s lore, but actually has some pedigree out on his own competing in the NCAA and playing for 3 times the conference championships in three years than Miami has since joining the ACC.
New Start; New Horizon in the ACC - we need to accomplish what we haven't in that jungle to work up the food chain.
First off, I will NEVER leave our past behind. Our past should be plastered all over that program and constantly in the face of the current players. THAT SPIT ACTUALLY HAPPEND.
Some UM fans are the only ones I know who seem to actively work to disassociate our current program from the past. And for what??? So the new players don't have to much pressure.......THEY NEED PRESSURE.
Trust me I'm not one of these "blind ***" fans who go all "fanboy" at the drop of a Turnover chain.
If you are on CanesSport (that's where I've spent most of my time)go read some of my post (al_canes73). You will quickly see I'm in the top 1% of people who hold UM to the highest standard.
With that being said my "newfound" optimism is not simply about Mario being hired or even Dan being hired. It's because for the first freaking time since I became a Canes fan.....way back in the early 80s, the school is actually taking football serious.
We just went to Oregon and TOOK their HC. We just went to Clemson and TOOK their AD. UM has never in its history moved like this.
These people that were just hired are not
Inexperienced HCs, nobody HCs, old and burnt out HCs, recently fired HCs, HCs past their prime, politicians, used care salesmen, cheerleaders, no athletic background at the CFB level HCs, Inexperienced ADs, nobody ADs, snake in the grass ADs etc......
Hey if you want to buy into that garbage of ignoring our past and not believing in the significance of what just happened this week, then fine, but don't come on here trying blow up my optimism, which is based legit reason to be so.
UM is about to KICK *** and anyone who knows me, knows I haven't said that in 15 years.