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I don’t want to get into the internal promotion over everything model.Might have to adopt the Clemson model.
Outside of Venebales, they really never had any big name coaches during their run. Dabo fired the current Gators HC and replaced him with a guy two years removed from coaching in High School.
Dabo was the face of the program, and the recruiting force. They were selective in who they recruited, and prioritized certain positions over others.
Mario can do that here. More important to get the right hires as opposed to the name hire. Now s the time to get creative and be bold.
But they do hire a lot of Clemson alums and loyal guys. That’s why you hire “Miami guys” at Miami and why I advocate for it. I’m not saying hire Ed Reed, Ray Lewis, and all that BS. First they have to be a good coach.. if they’re not a good coach it’s pointless.
Hiring guys like Kevin Smith, Mirabal, Field, etc is going to ensure they don’t get poached because they like it here and it’s essentially their dream job. Miami will never have the same pool of candidates as the SEC powers. They just wont
This applies to everyone except coordinators and HC. If you’re making 7 figures, it doesn’t matter. But $300-550K isn’t doing anything in miami. I’ve seen houses our assistant coaches live in on their salary, because they usually rent them instead of buy.. half of this board has a nicer house than them. That isn’t the case in Athens, Tuscaloosa, Knoxville, Gainesville, Clemson, etc
Hard to attract those guys down here unless they’re from here, played here, or are loyal to the coordinator or HC that they’re following looking for a promotion or whatever