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Culture fit was an issue but wasn’t the other issue that golden wanted to recruit other QBs as opposed to Shannon who made TB the top guy to go after?
 
Some will blame Randy, others will blame Golden, but what did us in was hiring both of them consecutively.

UM recruiting was already reeling under Shannon, who couldn't be bothered to show his face at Miami Central in the middle of a state title run, when literally every other coach/staff in America was there. Then, think of all the LB who went on to have good to excellent college careers while that ******* started Romeo Davis and Glenn Cook.

Golden was thought to be the right guy to fix all that because he had some success as a HC, and was the opposite of Randy in every way, but he was not the guy to patch things up locally and win back the culture at UM. He gutted it alright, but he didn't build it back in a manner that made any sense. He was consistently trying to find guys elsewhere to fit a philosophy or scheme which doesn't work locally.

Bridgewater would have probably helped hang onto some guys locally, but he wasn't saving either of these guys. It wasn't like Golden had pure *** at QB either. His bigger problem is that when he had a guy who could spin it, he had a defense that couldn't stop anyone. Sound familiar??
 
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grover said:
I never had an issue with him going elsewhere. I admired a lot of those coaches over at UL. But the upside down U was absolute bull****. Really hard to get over that as a Cane fan.
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Lost any respect I had for Teddy once he did the throat slash in the bowl game.
 
DTP said:
Golden was a bad fit culturally for Miami right from the jump.

Was Teddy the reason why local kids started leaving town or was it the guy wearing a Joe Paterno Tie trying to make Miami into Penn State South?
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neither, local kids been leaving long before that. They've always been chasing bags.
 
poncho0091 said:
neither, local kids been leaving long before that. They've always been chasing bags.
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Yeah but the floodgates opened when we brought in Golden. It wasn’t just guys not wanting to play for Al either. He’d ignore local guys who wanted to play here to chase some out of state guy who better fit what he wanted to turn UM into. He did manage to get some good players over the years but his whole shtick was a turn off to a lot of the local guys. Everything he wanted to do was the exact opposite of what had made Miami football great.
 
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PatrickCane said:
I talked to someone who talked to someone that has Dolphin sources that know the inner workings of that situation, and they said Saban is playing fast and loose with the facts about those events to save face. Take that as you will.
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I have no sources or connections. I'm just reading the team leaves of a liar. Saban didn't have the balls to take the risk in Brees or personally didn't believe in him at that build of an NFL quarterback imo. He's just hanging his hat on that physical to save face. Always believed that. It sounds better than saying I thought Culpepper was gonna be better than Brees in hindsight
 
PatrickCane said:
I talked to someone who talked to someone that has Dolphin sources that know the inner workings of that situation, and they said Saban is playing fast and loose with the facts about those events to save face. Take that as you will.
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Makes sense. Accountability isn't a Saban strong suit.
 
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caneforlifeforreal said:
I have no sources or connections. I'm just reading the team leaves of a liar. Saban didn't have the balls to take the risk in Brees or personally didn't believe in him at that build of an NFL quarterback imo. He's just hanging his hat on that physical to save face. Always believed that. It sounds better than saying I thought Culpepper was gonna be better than Brees in hindsight
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This is essentially what I was told from a Dolphins source. Brees did not fail a physical, but the doctors did say they were concerned about the shoulder at that time. Nick made the call - he chose Culpepper over Brees because he thought taking a QB coming off of a knee surgery was better/safer than taking a QB coming off of a shoulder surgery. He essentially equated both of their talent and chose the less risky injury. Nick made that call.
 
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DadeBaby said:
Amazing how Nil can turn chicken **** into salad….Mario is arguably the worst and it’s NOT EVEN CLOSE… I don’t care what Cam Ward did last season
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The clock management during the Sun Bowl was the worst thing I’ve seen offensively in two decades. Worse than the decision not to kneel.
 
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