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Four Miami Hurricanes were named to the 2025 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced Monday.

77 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 101 players and 34 coaches from the divisional ranks were selected to the ballot.

Quarterback Ken Dorsey, linebacker Darrin Smith and defensive back Sean Taylor were selected to the ballot, as was head coach Larry Coker.

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Hopefully 3/4 make it. Heck, if Coker makes it too, why not. More good PR for us. Hopefully there are future HOFers on our current roster. Go Canes 🏈
 
Zombie-Cane said:
Dorsey, Smith, and Taylor, absolutely, without a doubt.
Coker, what a joke. He did absolutely nothing but bring the team down. That National Championship is hardly his doing.
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I 💯 agree with you, but he still has 1 more than me. I'm fine if he gets in, but. . . .
 
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SWFLHurricane said:
Why should Coker get in??....For his clapping??....MFer was handed the Greatest collection of talent in NCAA History, and within a few yrs drove everything off a cliff, most notably evaluations and recruiting.
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Yep.

You can tell the timing of which message boarder became a fan when deciding the worst coaching reasons (besides administrative) that led to our downfall and Coker is NOT considered as the worst coaching factor.

He, to me, is far worse than any of the usual culprits post Coker because, as you said, he wrecked something amazing (and pretty quickly, too).

We got worse every single year he was in charge.

No way he belongs.
 
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Was it the administration not caring/general ambivalence that allowed a scenario where Coker was able to lead when he shouldn't have and then stay for longer than he needed to?

Is that Coker's fault? I still say he's a chump regardless
 
hiphopanimal said:
Was it the administration not caring/general ambivalence that allowed a scenario where Coker was able to lead when he shouldn't have and then stay for longer than he needed to?

Is that Coker's fault? I still say he's a chump regardless
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I think I’ve read on here that the players then demanded Coker be the coach and the school capitulated to them.

@SWFLHurricane is this what happened???
 
hiphopanimal said:
Was it the administration not caring/general ambivalence that allowed a scenario where Coker was able to lead when he shouldn't have and then stay for longer than he needed to?

Is that Coker's fault? I still say he's a chump regardless
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The Administration's woes started wayyyy back to Howard's days, and culminated to the 9th degree during Butch's tenure. I have some stories that I haven't shared on here that'd make you go mad. @Brooklyndee has stories (in regards to the Administration's BS) that dwarf mine.
 
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I know there's a contingent who gives Butch no credit for 2000-2002, but think about the fact that he built a team that gave Coker a 35-3 record for his first 3 years through sheer inertia.
 
SWFLHurricane said:
Pretty much. They marched into Dee's office and pretty much demanded it (with Portis the main mouthpiece) they didn't want a new coach to mess things up.
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It was all guys on the offensive side of the ball. Only two or three from the defensive side. But it wasn't cause the defensive side saw him as an issue or anything. Defensive side was just more focused while clint & k2 always had something to say
 
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SWFLHurricane said:
Pretty much. They marched into Dee's office and pretty much demanded it (with Portis the main mouthpiece) they didn't want a new coach to mess things up.
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I don't think it was so much that we didn't want A new coach to mess things up. We didn't want BARRY ALVAREZ and his style of offense to mess everything up. Shalalalla already had Alvarez come to us and talk to the team. The only other option we were told about was Sonny lubick. I don't think most of us understood the coaching tree he came from at the time. We just saw it as Butch was perfect for what we were trying to do. How do we go from that style of defense to a Colorado state guy where it's all gimmicks. If we would've understood we probably would've backed lubick the way the offense backed coker.
 
Brooklyndee said:
I don't think it was so much that we didn't want A new coach to mess things up. We didn't want BARRY ALVAREZ and his style of offense to mess everything up. Shalalalla already had Alvarez come to us and talk to the team. The only other option we were told about was Sonny lubick. I don't think most of us understood the coaching tree he came from at the time. We just saw it as Butch was perfect for what we were trying to do. How do we go from that style of defense to a Colorado state guy where it's all gimmicks. If we would've understood we probably would've backed lubick the way the offense backed coker.
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I was referring to Alvarez in regards to "New Coach"...I too heard about Lubick, who I loved as DC back in the day.
 
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