Confirmed The expectation is that Kevin Steele will be hired as Miami’s defensive coordinator, per sources

[OriginalGatorHater]

This guy has either been fired or demoted from every single DC job he’s had over the last 15 years.

Fans at all the schools he was at speak poorly of him.

He’s almost 65 years old and cut his teeth in the early 90’s when it was a completely different game.

He’s not a good recruiter.

The best job he could get this cycle was at Maryland.

This would be an awful hire and means that Cristobal struck out on many of his top choices.

Brutal.

I think we all know exactly what happened even if most don't want to admit it.

Mario knows he needed absolute elite coordinators to mask his game day coaching deficiencies. He went after the best of the best struck out time after time and now he has to scramble to get anyone he can to fill the positions before practice starts.

 

[htownkidd]

Posted a message in the other thread that I’ll repeat again in here but I’ll just add that I hope we can pair him with some youth. Steele is getting up there, a younger wiz to help a little bit more with the modern side of the game offensively would go a long way.

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After having been around Steele for a couple of years and being one of the biggest preachers of coaches being/not being a “fit” is a load of crap, I’m chuckling at the idea of Steele in Miami. That man is deep south to the core, just picturing him in Coral Gables is hilarious.

With that being said as far as purely coaching. Grade A hire, B+ at worst. He checks a ton of boxes, and is a vet disciplinarian type that we need on that side of the ball. Not to mention he is a very, very good LB coach. I was team Belk/Schumann but we could have done much worse and this is a “good” hire at the end of the day. This is in the ball park of the type of hires I expect us to make with this budget. Now let’s get this sh*t on the road.

 

[nystateofmind]

Also, he just got hired at Maryland four days ago.

So this was clearly Plan C for Mario.

 

[Tad Footeball]

1 or 2 year rental to help Mario into his future in Miami.

Probably need to kinda set the expectations at 2-3 year tenures for our coordinators anyway if we plan on being successful.

 

[Allabouttheu95]

Wow. Cis is questioning Steele? I’m shocked actually. I thought this place would be jumping with joy. Monster hire imo. Elite defenses at big time stops. Need some ace recruiters on defensive staff but I think Steele retires here

 

[cway313]

Now that all you dummies have commented time to summon the man the myth the @Liberty City El .

 

[miamian01]

He’s a 40 front guy. That’s all I got.

 

[TipDrill]

 

[CBurrr93]

Can’t ask for much more. Strange to take that long though

 

[fincane]

Mike Locksley took that RB. Mario took his DC.

 

[Problem2]

Lets go

 

[HughFreezemyCuckoldYesPlz]

btw, comparing Diaz to Steele is not a joke but the disparity in their overall lb coaching, recruiting, and dc work is pretty large.

No matter what anyone says he is an upgrade as a lb coach and DC in comparison to what we have had in a long time here.

 

[CBurrr93]

It won’t be manny ball that’s for sure. Might have some got **** gap integrity

 

[P-Tizzle]

It's official. Wow. Kevin Steele. I remember him having STRONG defenses but his last season at Auburn he struggled.

 

[cway313]

Wish his last name was Lown.

 

[Warrior808]

Maybe we can get Flores after his lawsuit against the NFL before we have this underwhelming hire

Bring on Flores lay low as an analyst while his NFL lawsuits get worked out and things blow over. I mean, he already lives here so why not

 

[HughFreezemyCuckoldYesPlz]

What's most important:

we now have 4 coordinator/positional coaches!

 

[BeachCanes]

Mario struck out. Average hire.

 

[maiden cane]

He's been through the SEC wars at the highest level..Im kinda of shocked that he agreed to come here..He knows what elite defense looks like..Quality hire I don't give a **** about his age..

 

[CanesNation26]

btw, comparing Diaz to Steele is not a joke but the disparity in their overall lb coaching, recruiting, and dc work is pretty large.

No matter what anyone says he is an upgrade as a lb coach and DC in comparison to what we have had in a long time here.

You can't argue the numbers or the recruiting results.

If you have concerns because of his age. Okay. If you have concerns because of the cultural fit. Okay.

The numbers are downright elite though. Plain and simple.