Golden calling into QAM Now

[3FW]

Sure does not help to leave a bad D on the field forever.

 

[niner]

Morris had more to do with ruining the defense than anyone. they were great early on. then we were at the bottom of FBS in time of possession and our lack of depth got exposed

You can't be serious with this garbage. Having Joe Montana back there wouldn't have changed that abomination referred to as a defense.

The excuse making on this board is reaching all time highs.

So an undermanned defense playing more minutes than necessary isn't a factor in performance?

Okay.

There are dudes on here that will tell you losing #8 had no impact on the defensive performance also.

They walk among us.

 

[jump1cane]

Having all-time greats all over the field is the expectation

Agree, but it takes time to stack the team with that kind of talent and depth.

There's NFL talent on the defense now. It's time to get results.

Not like every coordinator was looking to come on board with the mess we had. Had to take chances and hit on one that left and not so much on the other ones yet.

 

[Robbymoto]

Agree. Let's be honest, anyone who has to field questions from goofy *** Susan deserves a little slack...

The interview was solid. Excuse me if I don't lose any sleep that Alfred doesn't get eviscerated by the local media during acutal interviews so that some of you might get a little tingling in your pants as you somehow feel validated. We get some of the worst overall treatment in ALL of college sports by not only the national media but by the majority of the local clowns so Golden not getting totally taken to the woodshed by O here is of no concern to me as it would be of no concern to the powers to be in the Gables that control coaching decisions.

 

[callmetrip]

Problem I had was Big O made it sound as if Temple had vastly superior players than Miami could get because of the cloud. Ostensibly, Miami's recruits were ALL higher ranked when entering than Temple's players. The question could be one of development, but to dismiss the lack of quality players in the recent past (based on college and NFL performance) as resulting from the recruiting cloud doesn't hold water when you compare it to success at Temple.

This isn't a shot at Al or the team, its more of pointing out that the Big O's logic carries zero logic. The kids Miami get even with the cloud clearly outrank the recruits that Temple was able to get.

 

[Gatorhater]

I am tired of hearing about Temple.

 

[TheMatador]

wow this guy is not scared of golden

Big O has always been known for not shying away from asking the tough questions.

He's a good interviewer.

Glad he's back on WQAM.

I had a very different impression. I thought he was atrocious. I'm not from Miami, so I have never heard this guy before. I thought some of his questions were kind of stupid, like when he said there was "no Jon Beason, no Ray Lewis..." at LB. Well, I'm not saying Perryman is that good, but he's still pretty **** good, and might be at a level of Beason. I am not the best judge of talent, though, so tell me if I'm wrong.

 

[supacane]

I don't see why anyone Is getting all emotional about what Golden is saying 4 days before the season opener. We are either going to be drastically improved where no one can doubt it or we will see the same thing with the blind loyalty trying to find moral victories, deflect and make excuses and blame everyone else but who is in charge. He can say what he pleases. Get swamped by UL for 500 yards and it will get testy quite quickly

 

[chicanego]

Morris had more to do with ruining the defense than anyone. they were great early on. then we were at the bottom of FBS in time of possession and our lack of depth got exposed

You can't be serious with this garbage. Having Joe Montana back there wouldn't have changed that abomination referred to as a defense.

The excuse making on this board is reaching all time highs.

So an undermanned defense playing more minutes than necessary isn't a factor in performance?

Okay.

There are dudes on here that will tell you losing #8 had no impact on the defensive performance also.

They walk among us.

There are dudes on here that will tell you losing #8 was the sole reason we were blown out by Virginia Tech, Duke, and Louisville.

They walk among us.

 

[rex karz]

Having all-time greats all over the field is the expectation

Agree, but it takes time to stack the team with that kind of talent and depth.

There's NFL talent on the defense now. It's time to get results.

A decimated program is not rebuilt over night....especially one with a a sack of **** hanging over it for 3 years. The bums on this board don't wanna hear that, but the our mediocrity didn't appear from nowhere. This was a bottom up rebuild. In retrospect it will be seen as such; especially that this was once a Cadillac program run into a ditch. Golden may or not be the guy but he is doing a **** of a job rebuilding the infrastructure that was gutted.

 

[NVA CANE]

Morris had more to do with ruining the defense than anyone. they were great early on. then we were at the bottom of FBS in time of possession and our lack of depth got exposed

You can't be serious with this garbage. Having Joe Montana back there wouldn't have changed that abomination referred to as a defense.

The excuse making on this board is reaching all time highs.

So an undermanned defense playing more minutes than necessary isn't a factor in performance?

Okay.

There are dudes on here that will tell you losing #8 had no impact on the defensive performance also.

They walk among us.

There are dudes on here that will tell you losing #8 was the sole reason we were blown out by Virginia Tech, Duke, and Louisville.

They walk among us.

Guysm when we play a bend don't break defense and fail to stop third down conversions, that cannot be blamed on the defense. That's because duke Johnson was hurt. Football logic 101.

if you have to jump through hoops to defend al golden or the defense then there's clearly something wrong.

 

[Dwinstitles]

Morris had more to do with ruining the defense than anyone. they were great early on. then we were at the bottom of FBS in time of possession and our lack of depth got exposed

You can't be serious with this garbage. Having Joe Montana back there wouldn't have changed that abomination referred to as a defense.

The excuse making on this board is reaching all time highs.

So an undermanned defense playing more minutes than necessary isn't a factor in performance?

Okay.

There are dudes on here that will tell you losing #8 had no impact on the defensive performance also.

They walk among us.

This is just a guess but uf had a terrible O n there D was still solid.

 

[Angry Ibis]

You can't be serious with this garbage. Having Joe Montana back there wouldn't have changed that abomination referred to as a defense.

The excuse making on this board is reaching all time highs.

So an undermanned defense playing more minutes than necessary isn't a factor in performance?

Okay.

There are dudes on here that will tell you losing #8 had no impact on the defensive performance also.

They walk among us.

There are dudes on here that will tell you losing #8 was the sole reason we were blown out by Virginia Tech, Duke, and Louisville.

They walk among us.

Guysm when we play a bend don't break defense and fail to stop third down conversions, that cannot be blamed on the defense. That's because duke Johnson was hurt. Football logic 101.

if you have to jump through hoops to defend al golden or the defense then there's clearly something wrong.

We both know the reverse is also true.

People saying losing Duke had no impact on those games are either fools or going out of their way to stir things up or hate on Golden. Same with the "4 years", "4 years" like the time Golden was here could really be judged on a normal clock or specifically the same clock that ran on Randy.

On this show today, Golden wasn't the one to bring up Temple or the Cloud or talent excuses.

I think he needs to win games and show a legitimate pattern of improvement - visible improvement.

 

[caneaddict]

At this point the time for talking is over. We will see on Monday whether there has been improvement. Of course Louisville having a new coach makes a difference, but other than that, you couldn't have a better barometer than comparing the team's performance this week to the bowl game last year. We shall see how much a difference another year of experience, another year with coach D's system, better talent, and recouping from last year's injuries makes.

Yep had a bowl game with bowl practices, a spring and fall camp, time to see the next step

 

[Joecane]

I would say him saying that he doesn't classify him as a friend is in no way a deflection. I think that's an answer most of us needed to hear.

"How hard is it to defend your friend, D'Onfrio"?
Al: He doesn't classify him as his friend. It takes time and they have to continue to make the climb back and have confidence in the players. They're improving....blah blah blah.

Deflected that one.

I he's not classified as a friend and he is still here after the defensive performances of the last 2 years, then Golden is dumber than we thought.

 

[Sugarhillcane]

I like this new Al Golden, no excuses, fired up and ready to go

That's what I don't get. People always ripping him for giving excuses and BigO was trying to give him an excuse and Golden didn't want to take it. Not sure how that isn't a good thing or at least what you want to hear. Now saying that obviously all that matters is winning and proving it but at least he didn't take the easy way out and say yea we don't have those players we aren't going to be that good we have a Freshman QB he is going to struggle. Nothing along those lines came out of his mouth.

It's easy to have no excuses when the season hasn't even started yet.

 

[Jedi Master Cane]

I like this new Al Golden, no excuses, fired up and ready to go

That's what I don't get. People always ripping him for giving excuses and BigO was trying to give him an excuse and Golden didn't want to take it. Not sure how that isn't a good thing or at least what you want to hear. Now saying that obviously all that matters is winning and proving it but at least he didn't take the easy way out and say yea we don't have those players we aren't going to be that good we have a Freshman QB he is going to struggle. Nothing along those lines came out of his mouth.

It's easy to have no excuses when the season hasn't even started yet.

Take everything he's said about "The Cloud" for the last 2 years, replace those two words with "Freshman Quarterback" and you've basically reverse engineered your way into a synopsis of every Al Golden interview between now and season's end.

 

[niner]

Morris had more to do with ruining the defense than anyone. they were great early on. then we were at the bottom of FBS in time of possession and our lack of depth got exposed

You can't be serious with this garbage. Having Joe Montana back there wouldn't have changed that abomination referred to as a defense.

The excuse making on this board is reaching all time highs.

So an undermanned defense playing more minutes than necessary isn't a factor in performance?

Okay.

There are dudes on here that will tell you losing #8 had no impact on the defensive performance also.

They walk among us.

This is just a guess but uf had a terrible O n there D was still solid.

 

[canecountry3]

I like this new Al Golden, no excuses, fired up and ready to go

That's what I don't get. People always ripping him for giving excuses and BigO was trying to give him an excuse and Golden didn't want to take it. Not sure how that isn't a good thing or at least what you want to hear. Now saying that obviously all that matters is winning and proving it but at least he didn't take the easy way out and say yea we don't have those players we aren't going to be that good we have a Freshman QB he is going to struggle. Nothing along those lines came out of his mouth.

It's easy to have no excuses when the season hasn't even started yet.

Take everything he's said about "The Cloud" for the last 2 years, replace those two words with "Freshman Quarterback" and you've basically reverse engineered your way into a synopsis of every Al Golden interview between now and season's end.

That Jedi Master training has come in handy with your powers of seeing into the future.

 

[INCaneFan]

wow this guy is not scared of golden

Big O has always been known for not shying away from asking the tough questions.

He's a good interviewer.

Glad he's back on WQAM.

I had a very different impression. I thought he was atrocious. I'm not from Miami, so I have never heard this guy before. I thought some of his questions were kind of stupid, like when he said there was "no Jon Beason, no Ray Lewis..." at LB. Well, I'm not saying Perryman is that good, but he's still pretty **** good, and might be at a level of Beason. I am not the best judge of talent, though, so tell me if I'm wrong.

Perry's has had the better college career. In one season alone, he had more tackles for loss than Beason did his entire career here. I haven't checked all the stats, but I don't believe you'd find one Beason edges Perryman out on.

Beason, to his credit though, had the better supporting cast around him. That would obviously impact the stats somewhat. While people thought he'd be a decent pro, nobody foresaw how good he'd actually become at the next level.

Yes, like you....I thought the Beason comment was absurd. No Ray Lewis, no Ed Reed, etc....show me players like that on any team this year.

I rarely listen to radio anymore, but gave this a go. Fair interview all around and Al handled himself well overall. Big O, unimpressed.