62-60…62-60. That’s all they can parrot with out seeing that Mario took over at an 0-12 FIU and brought them to their first bowl game.
You really can’t do anything but laugh at the overall record comments. This is nothing like us clowning Taggart's record when he went to fsu (newsflash - we were correct). Mario performed a miracle at the university of sweetwater. Fiu had 15 wins in their history when he arrived. He coached them 5 seasons, won the conference (only time in school history) and went to 2 bowl games. In 15 seasons not coached by cristobal, they’ve been to 3 bowl games. Okay, a down year and an argument with Pete Garcia, and he’s fired. Fair enough.
Fast forward a few years (during which time he literally won the award for best recruiter in the country) and he’s a head coach for a P5 team. Fast forward a few more years and he’s won that P5 conference twice and a rose bowl. No matter how much the gayta and noles want to console themselves with the "
wasted Herbert" and "couldn't win anything
meaningful" takes - proof of concept has been established.
I’m guessing the point they’re trying to make is Billy > Mario because Billy was reallllly good when he coached in the sunbelt. You’d just have to ignore the fact that Lafayette has been playing football since 1901, the previous coach had been to 5 consecutive bowl games and won the sunbelt twice prior to hiring nappier. Not exactly comparing apples to apples when debating Fiu ca. 2006 and ULL ca. 2018.
Mario, at fiu, won a non-conference game against a team outside the state of Florida - something no Florida coach has done since 1989. Mario, at Oregon, won his conference and a NY6 bowl, something not done in the same season at Florida since 2008.