OP i dont understand what ur trying to say about "give it time"
Miami is 7-1.... give it time for what to beat FSU? They are an elite team so that's going to take time but you dont have to bring up some old **** like it's still relevant today.
Those problems w/ the earlier Al Golden teams are gone, he has been running his program and anything that's still a problem is his fault and the coaching staffs fault.
The defensive philosophy needs to change, the idea that giving up yards doesnt matter only scoring defense matters is ridiculous.... Every great defense i know pushes to dominate in both categories not just one.
Also in terms of recruiting, this upcoming class is finally going to be able to fill in a lot of the wholes in this team w/ quality talent. The NCAA situation and Randy Shannon were to blame for a lot of the problems but even then Al Golden has missed on some recruits that Miami needed whether he didnt recruit them, they didnt qualify, committed elsewhere, got kicked off the team, or just left.
Skai Moore, Matthew Thomas, AJL, K. Grooms, Eddie Johnson, Gabe Terry, Jontavious Carter, Robert Lockhart, Storm Johnson, Alex Collins, Keith Bryant, Jaynard Bostwick, Jayron Kearse, Levonte Whitfield, Jalen Grimble, Joey Bosa, Leonard Williams, Denver Kirkland, Tarean Folston, Greg Bryant etc....
all of these were different reasons behind them, maybe the NCAA situation had to do w/ most but at this point Miami cant afford to miss anymore especially since FSU has shifted the strength of their recruiting base towards central florida and Bama.
I think James Coley will be able to do what he did at FSU and get "his" players from SFL to come to Miami and Golden should be able to keep Florida out for the most part.