DAILY DEBATE: Who was your biggest disappointment in Miami history?

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

Kyle Wright, then Willie Williams. Willie was a knucklehead that couldn’t get out of his own way. However, watching Kyle Wright battle with Kirby Freeman was painfully disappointing.

 

[jwcane97]

Kyle Wright with Kirby Freeman close behind...

 

[Derrick Griffin]

Not his fault but Tracey Howard. A 5 star SFLA corner picked Miami and played a lot but never lived up to that billing. Al Quan Mo was another one. And myself…

 

[TheATLCane]

These video ads on auto play and not muted by default

 

[Flynell7]

Class of 2008

 

[Tito Benach]

Ray Ray Armstrong

Should have been a LB but the raw talent was undeniable

 

[klineski96]

All of the obvious answers have already been said, so I'll go in a little different direction with an Honorable Mention:
Randy Shannon

He was undeniably a fantastic DC, the definition of a "Miami Guy." He appeared to be a disciplinarian but was also loved by the players. I thought he would be the guy who was going to stop the slide to mediocrity.
A serious and stoic figure on the sidelines.....

But man was I wrong, he was completely clueless. Way in over his head. Simply was not qualified to successfully run a major college football program.

He hired bad OC's (Maybe except for the one who famously called him a dumb mother f***er).
I might not be remembering this correctly, but is it true that he boasted about never stepping foot in Miami Central to recruit? But I do remember watching that Wisconsin TE get what felt like 1000 receiving yards in the Champs Bowl.

And then finally, he went on to coach at both UF and FSU. Gross.


Radio might not be the biggest disappointment in (recent) Miami history, but IMO he's certainly in the conversation.

 

[Torocane]

The University‘s commitment to athletics

You win lol

 

[Torocane]

Out of left field pick

Ryan Anderson DE

Was a big time recruit and did absolutely nothing.

 

[Memnon]

Ryan Moore
Angelo Jean-Louis
Tracy Howard
Chad Thomas
Lorenzo Lingard
Mark Pope
DJ Scaife
Sam Brooks
Avery Huff
Gurvall Hall
Navaughn Donaldson
Don Chaney Jr
Wesley Bissainthe

There's a few others from the last 3 or 4 classes that will probably be on the list in a couple years.

 

[YUMU]

Guidry & the whole 2024 defense

 

[ghost2]

So many to choose from lol. Scorching hot take, and again 100% the fault of injury: Frank Gore.

Gore was a good-great RB here but I always have to wonder what could have been if not for the two blown knees. Dude was an NFL HoFer on those knees. Imagine if he were healthy throughout college.

 

[CreamCityCane]

Out of left field pick

Ryan Anderson DE

Was a big time recruit and did absolutely nothing.

He is my pick too. The only Wisconsin kid I can remember going to Miami so I had really high hopes. Those Oak Creek teams produced a few kids who made it to the NFL (Brian Calhoun RB and Travis Beckum TE off the top of my head).

 

[HurricanePhilly]

Some of these kids had no chance due to the people responsible for developing them physically and mentally or putting them in a position to succeed.

No college has a 100% hit rate on coaches but we have had an amazing run of duds. Who on top of it had opportunities to make it work but hired failures then stuck with them.

 

[Cuddlefish]

 

[CaliforniaCanes]

I will never forget Liberty City El's thread about Lorenzo Lingard....

I believe it was titled something along the lines of "Program Changing RB".

Really thought we had our guy.

 

[JG14]

Lou Cristobal

 

[Zombie-Cane]

Brock Berlin
he looked unstoppable at times
wish he was able to run a wide open spread offense

Brock Berlin looked unstoppable when in the shotgun and running wide open. That is entirely on the coaches for not utilizing that when all of us could see it as plain as day!

 

[sdaly12]

player development, lack of investment, programs culture was destroyed by BOT&
President

 

[sdaly12]

Brock Berlin looked unstoppable when in the shotgun and running wide open. That is entirely on the coaches for not utilizing that when all of us could see it as plain as day!

100% in agreement , Chudzinski never got it ,played all HS years in the shotgun
all we saw were snippets like the UF game