I feel the same way about Al Folden.
I genuinely hate him forever.
I don't hate Mario because I never expected him to do anything more than what he's done thus far.
Mario's tenure is/was inevitable, so for me it's more so like watching a movie that you've read the book for. You already know the ending, but it's still entertaining to see.
I just feel bad for all the people who really thought this dude was going to Coach well above his means in a far worse situation. I remember all the arguments I had with people during that 2021 season who thought he was going to replicate what he did at Oregon in Miami & I said then it was simply not possible.
Oregon is the easiest job in CFB & Miami is quite possibly the most difficult. In order to take us where people want us to go, you'd have to be an ELITE coach & Mario has never been that.
Ultimately, I think people just got swept up in the emotion of him being a former Cane, because for some really odd reason there's this sentiment that exists that Miami can only be Coached by former Canes or by someone from Miami who "gets the culture". I've always thought that was a really asinine idea, but unfortunately, the people who have the money think it's basically the Law.
It's why we've been stuck in this loop for the greater part of 2 decades; The people with the money keep hiring a different version of the same Coach over & over again in hopes of recapturing a thing of the past.
It's really become a tragic comedy at this point