The U Administration's commitment to Miami football...

[cf3000]

I think some of that money may have been spent on people.
Look who we hired in this last year alone, Tim Harris, and the other local coach (his name escapes me.) This has been without attrition of other staff members. Also, have 4 GAs which is more then the 2 of before. The recent addition to the S&C to help Swasey. So they're is improvement on that field.
These hires have been pretty evident in our recent success in the South Florida recruiting.

I'm sure we'd all like to see budget's the size of Alabama or Texas, but realistically you don't NEED it to win, mind you it sure helps. So I think there is marked improvement in that area. As Al would say, we're trending up!

How many ships has Texas won?

I know!!

 

[CyberCane]

It's pretty easy to initiate a campaign when you're at a school that has a large alumni base…not to mention when you own your stadium. Knock out the stadium renovations from that list and the numbers are much more pedestrian and in-line with UM's spending.

Sure it can be easy for some schools....but it is really hard when you don't even try.

I don't think it is fair to "knock out the stadium renovations". That is a cost that UM does not have. So they should have plenty to spend on other things and make those things elite.

I mean ****, TCU is a tiny ****ing school and they somehow have 160 million to drop on stadiums ****.

anyhow, I've already posted too much. I really just wanted to point out that the OP is a douche thinking that his post is the end of the discussion. That anyone that disagrees with his premise is both stupid and not a fan. I pointed out a few things just to show him that his "points" aren't ****...and she sure as **** has no ground to stand on to be such a condescending piece of ****.

WTF are you talking about? Miami doesn't have a stadium so they have money to spend on other things? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Please tell me you're trolling here.

 

[SmokeyRone]

Shalala hired, without question, two of the worst head coaches in the history of sports. Her third hire has shown zero distance from his two predecessors, and nobody else in the country wants him as of now.

So, there is a commitment, no doubt. To say it's a commitment to excellence is a tough argument to make with a straight face.

 

[Gables]

Shalala hired, without question, two of the worst head coaches in the history of sports. Her third hire has shown zero distance from his two predecessors, and nobody else in the country wants him as of now.

So, there is a commitment, no doubt. To say it's a commitment to excellence is a tough argument to make with a straight face.

Nonsense. Someone with his qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries.

 

[numbers]

So where am I supposed to go to deactivate my card? Do I get a refund for the last ten years of missteps and suck?

Shalala is well versed in politics. Lots of words and when people finally get fed up, we get a little action. Millions upon millions of dollars short and 10-15 years too late. She should go back to DC where she would fit right in with the rest of the idiots running our country.

 

[tokengator]

It's pretty easy to initiate a campaign when you're at a school that has a large alumni base…not to mention when you own your stadium. Knock out the stadium renovations from that list and the numbers are much more pedestrian and in-line with UM's spending.

Sure it can be easy for some schools....but it is really hard when you don't even try.

I don't think it is fair to "knock out the stadium renovations". That is a cost that UM does not have. So they should have plenty to spend on other things and make those things elite.

I mean ****, TCU is a tiny ****ing school and they somehow have 160 million to drop on stadiums ****.

anyhow, I've already posted too much. I really just wanted to point out that the OP is a douche thinking that his post is the end of the discussion. That anyone that disagrees with his premise is both stupid and not a fan. I pointed out a few things just to show him that his "points" aren't ****...and she sure as **** has no ground to stand on to be such a condescending piece of ****.

WTF are you talking about? Miami doesn't have a stadium so they have money to spend on other things? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Please tell me you're trolling here.

what?

No I did not say they don't have a stadium so they have to spend it on other things. I basically said a stadium is one thing they don't have to dump resources into, so they can invest money that schools typically dump into stadiums into other stuff...you''d think they could do more than maybe one drive for 30 million.

So I guess miami doesn't have any boosters and because of that Shalala can only do a fundraising drive for the football team a few times a decade? i know for a fact Miami does have football fanatical boosters and some very good ones. The "we don't have boosters" stuff is pretty weak. The admin would just rather hit those boosters up for other things, It appears. I don't know...

TCU had to do a booster drive to get 160 million for stadium upgrades. That is something miami doesn't have to do. TCU is a small *** private school and until recently in a small *** conference and (until recently) basically no tv money. I find it extremely hard to believe that miami's finances and boosters are weaker than TCU's

You arent this stupid.



just checked: TCU undergrad enrollment is around 8k vs Miami of 16K

 

[sebastian91]

Why would we want an indoor facility when practicing in the heat and humidity has always given us an edge in conditioning?? 4th quarter used to be our quarter because of the year round heat they train in.

**** that, we don't need no stinkin indoor practice facility. Some of ya'll sound like *******. We do know football is played in the rain, correct?? Not many practices are cancelled due to lightning anyway.

Underrated post

 

[NoVaCaneFan]

I hope Donna retires soon, her reign of terror has gone on far too long...Coker, Shannon, Golden, Fail, fail, fail

 

[Ispyin]

I knew the only storm warning to be expected in this thread was a **** storm. Predictable as fox vs msnbc, everyone focused on black and white while the truth and the vast majority of us live in the gray.

bravo canesinsight bravo.

20 pages plus predicted,with the same posters fighting with their usual blinders on for their respective sides.

donna far from a god, but Tad "let me try to kill the program as well as have the Feds arrest my regular students for drinking as well" foote was the devil.

 

[KevinCaneFace]

Anybody aware that Donna doesn't hire coaches? That's the Athletic Director...

 

[bozcane]

All this money. Where all the DTs at?

 

[sebastian91]

I hope Donna retires soon, her reign of terror has gone on far too long...Coker, Shannon, Golden, Fail, fail, fail

Yeah, because the success of a university president is inextricably connected to the success of the football team....

 

[ncncanes]

No one goes to the games ....... those are the people that donate the large dollars to the campaigns
- People forget when Miami was going unbeaten, they rarely sold out their home games unless we were playing at UF and FSU.... bc their fans bought the extra tix
- This school is NEVER going to get the same dollars at the Public schools---- their alumni is too large AND in many cases the state help fund

Funny - everyone loved Donna when she threatened the NCAA with a lawsuit

And whom ever wrote they want Tad Foote back ----- watch the 30-3- doc ------- he HATED the football team

 

[Calinative]

It's pretty easy to initiate a campaign when you're at a school that has a large alumni base…not to mention when you own your stadium. Knock out the stadium renovations from that list and the numbers are much more pedestrian and in-line with UM's spending.

Sure it can be easy for some schools....but it is really hard when you don't even try.

I don't think it is fair to "knock out the stadium renovations". That is a cost that UM does not have. So they should have plenty to spend on other things and make those things elite.

I mean ****, TCU is a tiny ****ing school and they somehow have 160 million to drop on stadiums ****.

anyhow, I've already posted too much. I really just wanted to point out that the OP is a douche thinking that his post is the end of the discussion. That anyone that disagrees with his premise is both stupid and not a fan. I pointed out a few things just to show him that his "points" aren't ****...and she sure as **** has no ground to stand on to be such a condescending piece of ****.

WTF are you talking about? Miami doesn't have a stadium so they have money to spend on other things? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Please tell me you're trolling here.

what?

No I did not say they don't have a stadium so they have to spend it on other things. I basically said a stadium is one thing they don't have to dump resources into, so they can invest money that schools typically dump into stadiums into other stuff...you''d think they could do more than maybe one drive for 30 million.

So I guess miami doesn't have any boosters and because of that Shalala can only do a fundraising drive for the football team a few times a decade? i know for a fact Miami does have football fanatical boosters and some very good ones. The "we don't have boosters" stuff is pretty weak. The admin would just rather hit those boosters up for other things, It appears. I don't know...

TCU had to do a booster drive to get 160 million for stadium upgrades. That is something miami doesn't have to do. TCU is a small *** private school and until recently in a small *** conference and (until recently) basically no tv money. I find it extremely hard to believe that miami's finances and boosters are weaker than TCU's

You arent this stupid.



just checked: TCU undergrad enrollment is around 8k vs Miami of 16K

Miami's undergrad is actually 10K. So we don't have that many more students.
Also TCU might have already owned the land they were going to build on, or land is much cheaper in that area, so they might not need as much money as Miami would. In fact, I'd assume their stadium is on campus, and that's a huge problem for us to get a stadium...that we have nowhere on campus to put it, so it would have to be off campus.
Also we have never tried raising money for the purpose of building a stadium, But I do know it would gain more support than trying to build an indoor practice facility. We only got 30M because that's in the range of $ we needed for what we were planning.you can't think we would only get 30M if we tried to raise for building an on campus stadium, it's a much more important facility, and would likely get a lot of donor support.

 

[ncncanes]

Miami fans will not buy some of the cheapest season tix in college football ..... but we are going to raise millions for a stadium?

 

[NVA CANE]

LOL at UM being committed to football.

Ask yourself this:
What elite program allows a DC with the 3 worst historical defensive rankings to return
What elite program hires a stooge like coker and extends both he and Dee's contracts while the program is on a steady decline
What elite program promotes a DC to HC from a failed regime with no HC experience
What elite program runs through the amount of AD's we have over the past 5 years and settles on a puppet without experience
What elite program extends a new HC contract for 8 years when he hasn;t played in a major bowl game
What elite program allows a HC to return after disappearing for a weekend to secretly interview for another gig and ignore his employers phone calls (even BC fired Jag for this kind of non sense)
What elite program has a HC whom has a handful of wins vs opponents above .500 finishing records for his entire career
How many Div 1 schools lack their own stadium

Is that what elite programs committed to winning do?

UM has the money to make a homerun HC hire and staff since they won't invest in a stadium

This should have ended the thread cause this man nailed it.

 

[CyberCane]

It's pretty easy to initiate a campaign when you're at a school that has a large alumni base…not to mention when you own your stadium. Knock out the stadium renovations from that list and the numbers are much more pedestrian and in-line with UM's spending.

Sure it can be easy for some schools....but it is really hard when you don't even try.

I don't think it is fair to "knock out the stadium renovations". That is a cost that UM does not have. So they should have plenty to spend on other things and make those things elite.

I mean ****, TCU is a tiny ****ing school and they somehow have 160 million to drop on stadiums ****.

anyhow, I've already posted too much. I really just wanted to point out that the OP is a douche thinking that his post is the end of the discussion. That anyone that disagrees with his premise is both stupid and not a fan. I pointed out a few things just to show him that his "points" aren't ****...and she sure as **** has no ground to stand on to be such a condescending piece of ****.

WTF are you talking about? Miami doesn't have a stadium so they have money to spend on other things? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Please tell me you're trolling here.

what?

No I did not say they don't have a stadium so they have to spend it on other things. I basically said a stadium is one thing they don't have to dump resources into, so they can invest money that schools typically dump into stadiums into other stuff...you''d think they could do more than maybe one drive for 30 million.

So I guess miami doesn't have any boosters and because of that Shalala can only do a fundraising drive for the football team a few times a decade? i know for a fact Miami does have football fanatical boosters and some very good ones. The "we don't have boosters" stuff is pretty weak. The admin would just rather hit those boosters up for other things, It appears. I don't know...

TCU had to do a booster drive to get 160 million for stadium upgrades. That is something miami doesn't have to do. TCU is a small *** private school and until recently in a small *** conference and (until recently) basically no tv money. I find it extremely hard to believe that miami's finances and boosters are weaker than TCU's

You arent this stupid.



just checked: TCU undergrad enrollment is around 8k vs Miami of 16K

Miami's undergrad is actually 10K. So we don't have that many more students.
Also TCU might have already owned the land they were going to build on, or land is much cheaper in that area, so they might not need as much money as Miami would. In fact, I'd assume their stadium is on campus, and that's a huge problem for us to get a stadium...that we have nowhere on campus to put it, so it would have to be off campus.
Also we have never tried raising money for the purpose of building a stadium, But I do know it would gain more support than trying to build an indoor practice facility. We only got 30M because that's in the range of $ we needed for what we were planning.you can't think we would only get 30M if we tried to raise for building an on campus stadium, it's a much more important facility, and would likely get a lot of donor support.

Thank you...

 

[NVA CANE]

Lulz at tossing aside over 10 years of incompetence because the school finally spent $30 million on the football program. The depths some of you will go to defend the administration's incompetence or the coach's incompetence is mind blowing.

 

[UMFarArcher]

This administration is as enthusiastic about the UM football program as I am to make sure I pay "my fair share" of taxes.

 

[KevinCaneFace]

I'd be more upset with the UM fanbase than the administration. We're not a fanbase that brings in tons of money because we'd rather invest in Lebron James. Gross.