Response to Hurricane Club Fundraising Email

[MGreen26]

Wow. Does the athletic department think we are stupid. My response...Mr. James:

I just received the e-mail below. In order to build champions, there must be high standards in place from the athletic director to the training staff. There is simply no justification for the fact that Mark D’Onofrio is still on the coaching staff. He has fielded the worst defenses in the acc (please review this article with statistical evidence available at http://www.pageqsports.com/2013/11/miami-hurricanes-football-at-a-crossroads). The defensive scheme is broken and utilizing the same scheme and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. The only reason he still has a job is because his best friend Al Golden has chosen their friendship over the best interests of the football program. More simply, but for the friendship, Mark D’Onofrio would not be employed. Please intervene.

If you believe that Mark D’Onofrio is a competent division one defensive coordinator, I invite you to enlighten me with the facts that support that conclusion. Until Mark D’Onofrio is removed, I will not be contributing to the Hurricane Club.

 

[canecountry3]

Good job, good effort.

 

[NVA CANE]

Wow. Does the athletic department think we are stupid. My response...Mr. James:

I just received the e-mail below. In order to build champions, there must be high standards in place from the athletic director to the training staff. There is simply no justification for the fact that Mark D’Onofrio is still on the coaching staff. He has fielded the worst defenses in the acc (please review this article with statistical evidence available at http://www.pageqsports.com/2013/11/miami-hurricanes-football-at-a-crossroads). The defensive scheme is broken and utilizing the same scheme and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. The only reason he still has a job is because his best friend Al Golden has chosen their friendship over the best interests of the football program. More simply, but for the friendship, Mark D’Onofrio would not be employed. Please intervene.

If you believe that Mark D’Onofrio is a competent division one defensive coordinator, I invite you to enlighten me with the facts that support that conclusion. Until Mark D’Onofrio is removed, I will not be contributing to the Hurricane Club.

Letting your voice be heard is always good. Good stuff MGreen

 

[CaneAlmighty]

In other words OP is broke.

 

[Problem2]

Well done OP.

Don't contribute until they are forced to make changes.

 

[Jedi Master Cane]

I responded with my 2 cents as well.

 

[Gatorhater]

I like your idea so much, I added that was willing to donate if they would dock Mark and Al's salary 10% for every game they gave up more than 500 yards on defense. My basis was "let's see if they REALLY believe continuity is the answer.

 

[Ibis Wingz]

I responded with my 2 cents as well.

So you sent in your annual Hurricane Club contribution. I'm proud of you.

 

[The Franchise]

I responded with my 2 cents as well.

So you sent in your annual Hurricane Club contribution. I'm proud of you.

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[CaneInHeelCountry]

Instead of contributing $$ that could be used to hire a competent DC, you've chosen to withhold your money, thereby ensuring we're stuck with Coach D. Awesome.

 

[whoopingcane]

The Athletic Department stopped sending me emails about a decade ago.

 

[SFbayCane]

AMericans vote with their dollars. That's the beauty of it.

A while back Dapper posted the annual football revenue numbers for the past decade. The decline in revenue after coker's debacle against LSU in the bowl game was notable. Seeing 55,000 people in the pouring rain against Va Tech then seeing only 25,000 a week later for senior day against UVa was a very telling sign for me. If UM management doesnt step in soon, my fear is that we are one bad performance next year away from a total fan meltdown. And Im not talking a message board meltdown, Im talking about the type of meltdown that affects the AD's coffers.

 

[DylanRapp_]

100% on board with you MrGreen!

 

[bozcane]

No need to sugar coat it, just give it to em straight.

 

[CaneInHeelCountry]

AMericans vote with their dollars. That's the beauty of it.

A while back Dapper posted the annual football revenue numbers for the past decade. The decline in revenue after coker's debacle against LSU in the bowl game was notable. Seeing 55,000 people in the pouring rain against Va Tech then seeing only 25,000 a week later for senior day against UVa was a very telling sign for me. If UM management doesnt step in soon, my fear is that we are one bad performance next year away from a total fan meltdown. And Im not talking a message board meltdown, Im talking about the type of meltdown that affects the AD's coffers.

While that's all well and good, the true impact of the slide in revenue after Coker's debacle against LSU was that we had such a paltry amount to offer a prospective coach that we were forced to go with Randy Shannon for under 1 mil/yr.

Voting with one's dollar has undeniable effects, indeed. The best way to ensure a (continued) course of mediocrity is to keep the program relatively poor. It's silly to stop giving money and yet still expect the program to have the funds to hire top-notch coaches, make improvements to facilities, etc...

 

[bozcane]

AMericans vote with their dollars. That's the beauty of it.

A while back Dapper posted the annual football revenue numbers for the past decade. The decline in revenue after coker's debacle against LSU in the bowl game was notable. Seeing 55,000 people in the pouring rain against Va Tech then seeing only 25,000 a week later for senior day against UVa was a very telling sign for me. If UM management doesnt step in soon, my fear is that we are one bad performance next year away from a total fan meltdown. And Im not talking a message board meltdown, Im talking about the type of meltdown that affects the AD's coffers.

Honestly, I think we're already there. Never, in my bazillion years as a Canes fan have I seen such sudden reversal, and vitriol as I have in this one year period. Incredible.

 

[FullyERicht]

AMericans vote with their dollars. That's the beauty of it.

A while back Dapper posted the annual football revenue numbers for the past decade. The decline in revenue after coker's debacle against LSU in the bowl game was notable. Seeing 55,000 people in the pouring rain against Va Tech then seeing only 25,000 a week later for senior day against UVa was a very telling sign for me. If UM management doesnt step in soon, my fear is that we are one bad performance next year away from a total fan meltdown. And Im not talking a message board meltdown, Im talking about the type of meltdown that affects the AD's coffers.

While that's all well and good, the true impact of the slide in revenue after Coker's debacle against LSU was that we had such a paltry amount to offer a prospective coach that we were forced to go with Randy Shannon for under 1 mil/yr.

Voting with one's dollar has undeniable effects, indeed.

I have never seen a poster be so wildly wrong on so many issues. One has to think that u are really just a Heel in heel country.

Repeat after me: Larry Coker was one of the highest paid coaches in football at the time of his firing. Please stop spreading false assumptions that the University is some little sister of the poor.

 

[mapcane]

I will not renew my season tickets unless Al Golden can show me he's not going to ruin my Saturdays for the indefinite future. It physically pains me to watch us play right now. It's not football. It's consensual rape.

 

[Angry Ibis]

AMericans vote with their dollars. That's the beauty of it.

A while back Dapper posted the annual football revenue numbers for the past decade. The decline in revenue after coker's debacle against LSU in the bowl game was notable. Seeing 55,000 people in the pouring rain against Va Tech then seeing only 25,000 a week later for senior day against UVa was a very telling sign for me. If UM management doesnt step in soon, my fear is that we are one bad performance next year away from a total fan meltdown. And Im not talking a message board meltdown, Im talking about the type of meltdown that affects the AD's coffers.

Perhaps sending such data in a well written response to the AD would bear more fruit than an attack on the coaching staff that could be perceived as a crazy fan rant.

 

[Angry Ibis]

AMericans vote with their dollars. That's the beauty of it.

A while back Dapper posted the annual football revenue numbers for the past decade. The decline in revenue after coker's debacle against LSU in the bowl game was notable. Seeing 55,000 people in the pouring rain against Va Tech then seeing only 25,000 a week later for senior day against UVa was a very telling sign for me. If UM management doesnt step in soon, my fear is that we are one bad performance next year away from a total fan meltdown. And Im not talking a message board meltdown, Im talking about the type of meltdown that affects the AD's coffers.

While that's all well and good, the true impact of the slide in revenue after Coker's debacle against LSU was that we had such a paltry amount to offer a prospective coach that we were forced to go with Randy Shannon for under 1 mil/yr.

Voting with one's dollar has undeniable effects, indeed.

I have never seen a poster be so wildly wrong on so many issues. One has to think that u are really just a Heel in heel country.

Repeat after me: Larry Coker was one of the highest paid coaches in football at the time of his firing. Please stop spreading false assumptions that the University is some little sister of the poor.

And then someone will post that along with the Coker payout we had to pay ex-coaches X,Y,Z and the argument continues --- someone cut and paste it from the last 10 times Miami having money to hire another coach instead of Shannon was argued and then maybe sticky it for future regurgitated arguments leading no where.