I'm not blaming the kid. He's a kid.
The issue is the POS SoFla coaches that have an issue with Golden bc he is the white northern guy they got to clean up the embarrassment of Randy's tenure, and they legitimately feel randy shouldn't have been fired.
Quit with the race card... Why is it because Golden is white? Butch accomplished more with less and was criticized... Coker coached in two nc games and was criticized... And Randy has the exact same record as Godlen and was criticized mostly by the black coaches... Why is goldne absolved from criticism when he hasn't accomplished anything on the field... You know what type of atmosphere Miami is... We want to win... If you don't win you get all sorts of criticism... It has nothing to do with color because two of the 3 coaches I mentioned were more accomplished and white yet they were criticized... That being said, if Golden wins who cares... No coach, no street agent, uncle, dog etc. can persuade a kid to go anywhere... He'll be at the U because he wants to win... We need to win...
As for Randy being fired, I agree with you... they most likely felt he shouldn't have been fired but they realize the situation... You need to win at Miami... I heard Luke with my own ears give his opinion about Randy being fired... he stated that Randy was his friend and should have had one more year but you can't make any excuses for losing to a garbage school such as USF. He stated that Randy didn't win and you can't defend that... So lets not play the race card it all comes down to winning... Being white and from the north has nothing to do with it...
This is a case study on the thought process of a vocal minority of coaches and fans down here. There exists, hard as it is to fathom, a group of people that thought Randy should have had another year. Canestime seems to be the hub for it with MiamiNights, vburd, FRESHMAN, and lauderdale baller.
In their warped minds, they believe that Randy was fired bc Miami fans are impatient and demanded a national title, which he failed to deliver. The reality is Randy was fired b/c his incompetence had been on display in EVERY SINGLE FACET of running a program. **** staff, constant staff turnover, no recruiting momentum, the worst win % in decades, no bowl wins, embarrassing losses and blowouts, and shady recruiters to top it off. He wasn't fired b/c "he couldn't get over the hump". He was a piece of **** coach and got what he earned.
But these cats, being that they felt Randy was close and deserved another year, felt that the next coach should be a guy to take us "over the hump". A Gruden, Harbaugh, Peterson, Patterson type hire. And when they got a young New Jersey cat from Temple who never even won the MAC, they seethed.
To them, they saw a fan base turn on one of their own (who in their warped minds was a good coach), and LAUD the hiring of an even younger dude from Temple. When that young dude (with his god-forbidden grasp of proper english) went 6-6 and 7-5 (when they believed Randy's juggernaut program was primed for BCS games) they flipped. "Randy got slammed but this guy is a hero??" "We fired one of our own for THIS dude from TEMPLE". "He's a smooth talker, thats why they love him"
To add on top, it just so happens that these Randy apologists, (who still throw darts at Larry Coker posters) are exclusively african americans from south florida. Randy was one of their own who made it to the top at THEIR school. What did we expect them to feel when he was (justly) ripped by the fanbase and then unceremoniously fired HOURS after the USF loss? And despite being a significant minority of fans, they are very ***king loud. The majority of black Canes fans are typical fans who support AG, supported the canning of Randy, and want to see UM succeed. But the vocal minority has made it very very political, unfortunately.
And Ice Harris is the chairman of the board of Randy fans. And it is NOT coincidence that he has made life VERY difficult for AG.
