Mr Consistency

[LawyerCane]

I found it interesting reading a newspaper article regarding our coach, in that the reporter wrote that Mario “manages to do less with more as consistently as any coach in America”. I’m thinking this comment of course included Mario’s stint at Oregon. The article went on to say that considering the talent Miami had and the weak schedule, that Miami’s failure to make the college playoff was “the worst coaching job of the decade”. I guess Mario was right when he said, “how you do anything is how you do everything”…………….

 

[Theu954]

Yeah failure with the Defensive side of the ball this year and failure to fire the Cajun face yet but other everything else is a bit of a reach. He’s made improvements this year we should be able to acknowledge those just as we do with his faults and failures

 

[JHallCanes]

Saying things like “worst coaching job of the decade” is too dramatic even for this place. Didn’t see the article but whomever wrote it needs some TRT pellets at minimum

 

[klineski96]

Failing to take a knee last year vs GT when the game was essentially over & won was the “worst coaching job of the decade.”

 

[Angry Ibis]

Failing to take a knee last year vs GT when the game was essentially over & won was the “worst coaching job in the history of sports.”

FIFY

but yes, also the decade.

 

[Cookie917]

Mario has at least shown he is willing to adapt. He had the caveman rhetoric for years and now he is HC of the #1 offense and vaulted a QB in the top of the draft board.

His weaknesses have been well documented. Time management, coaching decisions, personnel hires, some vetting procedures that are too strenuous compared to the results.

I also think some of his strengths were overstated. I know he has the recruiting guru titled and while he had Oregon always in the top 10 it wasnt at the Bama, UGA, OSU levels. He had the money he needed from Nike. He also I felt had an easier road recruiting. We all know it is harder for us to pull a cali kid and for that kid to stick and be successful. Also costs a lot more to recruit said kid. When Mario was at oregon he had very little competition. The SEC and ACC were hammering eachother for croots in Florida, Texas, bama GA, etc. but a tonnnnnn of athletes and good atheltes come from Cali. USC was an afterthought when Mario was at oregon so who was his comp for these players? Washington? Utah? Boise? All decent programs but those names dont hit the same as OSU, Bama, USC, UGA etc. Basically I think he had it easier in recruiting out west.

However we needed Mario at the time he came. Because what he showed was that the HC at UM was (at the time the K was signed) a top 10 destination in terms of pay for a school that historically had the reputation as being cheap. Then we get the boogeyman calling card for our NIL being strong. Without Mario, we are not getting the boosters to step up. If we hired another Golden level coach or assistant from the staff, we dont get the booster support, we dont get Cam Ward and we are likely 8-5 this year. Mario also aint going anywhere for a bit. He could go 0-12 next year and I still think he gets another year.

 

[Cane6]

I found it interesting reading a newspaper article regarding our coach, in that the reporter wrote that Mario “manages to do less with more as consistently as any coach in America”. I’m thinking this comment of course included Mario’s stint at Oregon. The article went on to say that considering the talent Miami had and the weak schedule, that Miami’s failure to make the college playoff was “the worst coaching job of the decade”. I guess Mario was right when he said, “how you do anything is how you do everything”…………….

As much as I like to highlight Mario’s deficiencies, if you objectively look at the level of resources being invested into a program compared to success, Penn State’s James Franklin is the king of doing less with more

 

[JG14]

Calling anything but 2024 Mike Norvell the worst coaching performance of the decade automatically discredits the author

 

[423Hurricane]

Never ceases to amaze how much credence some give to these pencil pushing desk jockeys that have never even stepped on a football field.

 

[jps2344]

Give me 10-2 in year 3 after 2 decades of futility and I’ll take it. For perspective just think Coker, Randy, Al, a late career Richt, and Manny and it’s not even close how much better this program is.

Blame Mario for the secondary and LB situation as far as talent acquisition goes. But the talent pool in the back end is not deep and it’s not overly talented and Lance didn’t help.

Anyone can easily argue Bama, FSU, UF, Michigan, and a host of others fell far flatter than our squad. Can’t see the rest if any of your post due to a survey but sounds like this guy or gal is another pencil necked prick with no perspective.

 

[Rellyrell]

I definitely wouldn’t say worst coaching job of The Decade.

We won 10 games for only the 2nd time in 20 yrs. By all accounts, all of us would take this. I kept beating home the drum that there was no excuse for us not to win 10 this yr, & to Mario’s credit, he delivered. That’s the good;

The bad was the schedule was much worst than any fan expected. Again, not playing one top 25 team all yr is head scratching. I know it’s never happened in our program’s modern history, but I’m wondering when is the last time, if any, a Power program didn’t play at least one Top 25 team at time of matchup.

I wouldn’t say worst, but how everything lined up for us to make the CFP & most likely win The ACCCG perfectly, it’s the most disappointing. In 2017 we were waiting for the glass slipper to come off, knowing we were playing w/ house $$ w/ Rosier. Once Cam established himself a potential 1st Rd pick, & the schedule bottomed out w/ FSU & UL being mediocre to putrid…

Anyways, just win the bowl game & regain the momentum.

 

[canes_aaron]

if we had just an average defense we would be 12-0

 

[Citizen Cane]

Saying things like “worst coaching job of the decade” is too dramatic even for this place. Didn’t see the article but whomever wrote it needs some TRT pellets at mini

Administered Rectally for optimal absorption

 

[miamicanephins]

Failing to take a knee last year vs GT when the game was essentially over & won was the “worst coaching job of the decade.”

How special is Mario in that he has two choices which could be examples of the worst coaching jobs in the history of football.

 

[Stats02]

Stupid take. I'm plenty critical of Mario and we definitely underachieved season's end, but this wasn't even in the top 100 worst coaching jobs of the last decade. I can think of at least 10 coaches this season that had a worse coaching performance than Mario did this season. I'll name them

1. Norvell
2. Riley
3. Brian Kelly
4. Mark Stoops
5. Tom Herman
6. Mike Gundy
7. Guz Malzhan
8. Hugh Freeze
9. Kyle Whittingham
10. Kalen DeBoer (if you ask Bama fans)

 

[JayCane20]

Look...I hate Mario as much as anyone but people act like our roster is as loaded as Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Ohio State, Oregon, etc. and it's not

We have good players and a very good QB but also severely deficient at places - some his own doing and others because we don't have the budget of the teams stacking up DT, LB, CB, and elite WRs.

Ryan Day went 10-2 with the most expensive roster in America, Smart went 10-2 and could have easily been 8-4 with a top 4 roster, Sark didn't beat a ranked team with the 2nd most expensive roster in America and the 2 highest paid QBs in America on the same roster.

Oregon and Texas are the only teams that loaded up at every position on the field and like I said, one of them still didn't win their conference and is an offensive guru and let his offense stall out when they needed it the most.

Ohio State went cheap at QB and failed. Miami went cheap in the secondary and failed. Hugh Freeze has a top 10 paid roster in CFB and went cheap on QB and can't win 6 games.

 

[Squid Bumciorek]

if we had just an average defense we would be 12-0

Negative. GT would still be a loss. 23 pts on offense isn’t going to get it done in cfb.

 

[klineski96]

How special is Mario in that he has two choices which could be examples of the worst coaching jobs in the history of football.

 

[Kn[]_[]ckles3o5]

Saying things like “worst coaching job of the decade” is too dramatic even for this place. Didn’t see the article but whomever wrote it needs some TRT pellets at minimum

I mean Gundy and Norvell like...

 

[90scane]

10. Kalen DeBoer (if you ask Bama fans)

Bamas worse CFP ranking prior to this year?

2019 after going 11-2 with two close loses to Auburn and LSU. Pretty sure that 2019 makes the 12 team playoff if held.

DeBoer and the SEC are coming back to earth without Nick, NIL, transfer portal, and large conferences. They needed more weak teams. SEC additions aren’t cupcakes: Missouri, OU, Texas, texas am.