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What has Mario done?

IbzRlz said:
Yep, Mario pulled one out of his ***. Better hope he does it again or the 2025 season is going to be a long one. Unless you think Emory is the answer at QB lol
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It sounds like you're suggesting that teams that have better players win more games.
 
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caneproponent said:
Mario does not have carte-blanche.

Here is what I heard during New Year's Eve:

(1.) Capital is not an obstacle. UM-Health is generating free cash flow of approximately $400M per annum, and barring extreme negligence, it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future;

(2.) UM will use this capital to finish building a sterling campus and it will invest heavily in football (Law School is also a priority). The new president strongly supports the Football Program as does MasTec, Southern Wine and Spirits and several Bacardi shareholders (simply naming a few).

(3.) I was told, "we have more capital for NIL than any non-Texas SEC school, but cannot obviously compete with the Texas oil schools". They will not emulate OSU, but there is ample cash flow available for the Program.

(4.) 'Backers' of the Program are concerned and expect paltry results during 2025. Mario "has to produce a stellar season during 2026, or they will fire him". They have never paid someone such a high salary and have provided Mario with unprecedented resources.

(5.) I was wrong. These gentlemen expect UM to build the Football Facility. The Medical Center's cash flow stream, coupled with a strong donor pool, will be fully utilized and not forsaken (not just Football).

(6.) The model is Emory University when they received $105M from Coke's CEO Woodruff during 1979, and then received even greater donations from the subsequent CEO - Goizueta (these guys were very close to Goizueta).

(7.) According to a close family-member of Mendoza (not his parents), Mendoza wanted a guarantee that he would start. Others on CI can verify this, but that is what they said. Mendoza should have waited and watched the Pop-Tarts Bowl, because he is obviously a better QB than Williams.
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Have a tough time believing #3
 
WeBallinBoyz said:
He missed the ACC championship, then missed the ACC championship, then missed the ACC championship.

Let’s see what year 4 has in store, because the excuses seem to be getting more ridiculous by the season.
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Mario has used every last bit of faith and is actually in bad debt with how much goodwill he’s burned up. I dont think he will make ACCCG in year 4 either.

The only way he makes it is if the ACC absolutely destroys itself with us getting in while losing 2 ACC games and miraculously getting in via a tie breaker.
 
caneproponent said:
Mario does not have carte-blanche.

Here is what I heard during New Year's Eve:

(1.) Capital is not an obstacle. UM-Health is generating free cash flow of approximately $400M per annum, and barring extreme negligence, it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future;

(2.) UM will use this capital to finish building a sterling campus and it will invest heavily in football (Law School is also a priority). The new president strongly supports the Football Program as does MasTec, Southern Wine and Spirits and several Bacardi shareholders (simply naming a few).

(3.) I was told, "we have more capital for NIL than any non-Texas SEC school, but cannot obviously compete with the Texas oil schools". They will not emulate OSU, but there is ample cash flow available for the Program.

(4.) 'Backers' of the Program are concerned and expect paltry results during 2025. Mario "has to produce a stellar season during 2026, or they will fire him". They have never paid someone such a high salary and have provided Mario with unprecedented resources.

(5.) I was wrong. These gentlemen expect UM to build the Football Facility. The Medical Center's cash flow stream, coupled with a strong donor pool, will be fully utilized and not forsaken (not just Football).

(6.) The model is Emory University when they received $105M from Coke's CEO Woodruff during 1979, and then received even greater donations from the subsequent CEO - Goizueta (these guys were very close to Goizueta).

(7.) According to a close family-member of Mendoza (not his parents), Mendoza wanted a guarantee that he would start. Others on CI can verify this, but that is what they said. Mendoza should have waited and watched the Pop-Tarts Bowl, because he is obviously a better QB than Williams.
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Been on here for 14 years and has 4 posts. I love it
 
He is mostly what we expected although the NIL era makes his recruiting charisma a little less of relative advantage as compared to schematic coaches.

He is attached to Mirabal and I still think Mirabal is above-replacement on recruiting and developing OL so I will consider that part of Mario value.

We may need to get into a Big 2 conference to maximize true contention.
 
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mcnaire2004 said:
He hasn't done anything. We were on an upward trajectory when Manny was canned. If Mario never came here we would have won more games over the last 3 years.

Mario is not even that great of a recruiter. How do I know? Look at all the posts about what next year's roster's going to look like.

The only support Mario has because people already started eating the chili they talk so much about don't want to look bad spitting it out.
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Manny won some games on the back end of the season but recruiting was BAD and getting worse
 
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TemplarCane said:
2022-2023 DL recruiting has been a bust, except for Bain.

0-4 with Cyrus Moss, Nyjalik Kelly, Jayden Wayne, and Collins Acheampong.
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I sure hope we’re not saying the same things soon about the 24 class. Obviously really early, but McConathy didn’t do much with his PT. I really hope Scott stays, he has so much potential. Hopefully we get to see Jones soon. Pickett needs to get on the field. Lightfoot kinda reminds me of Moss.
 
Mr. Dynasty1 said:
Have a tough time believing #3
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If we do have it, we sure haven't used it & I'm not sure what we're waiting for especially considering the amount of high caliber players we missed on thus far in the Portal.

I do however believe OP in general & isn't just clout chasing.

Dude has less than 5 posts in 15 years, there's absolutely NO reason for him to make any of this up.
 
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Gables Canes said:
I sure hope we’re not saying the same things soon about the 24 class. Obviously really early, but McConathy didn’t do much with his PT. I really hope Scott stays, he has so much potential. Hopefully we get to see Jones soon. Pickett needs to get on the field. Lightfoot kinda reminds me of Moss.
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Well, DL need time to develop, especially at DT. Collin Simmons at Texas and Bain last season excelling at a high level as true freshman are the exception, not the rule. Defensive tackles especially need time to develop the requisite strength.

Bain was a freak out of the gate, and no one else has developed. All of the Miami's other DL to contribute have been transfers. Malik Bryant has flashed a bit.

We'll see about McConathy, Pickett, and Lightfoot. To be fair it's early.

Hopefully the new DC will bring in new DL coaching. Not a fan of Joe and Jason Taylor. They may be good recruiters but this doesn't mean much when the recruits end up contributing little and transferring out.
 
The only thing that really matters is that in a couple of years, UM needs to find the best available Cuban football coach to replace Mario.
 
caneproponent said:
These supporters seem to be just as angry as CIS. Attaining a QB such as Ward should have resulted in much better recruiting, team performance and wins.

From their perspective, the team is currently in a much worse position than it should be. The team does not even have a viable QB on the roster, and they are playing ND in nine-months. Their hope is that Mario can win 8-games during 2025 and reach the Playoffs during 2026.
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Not basing you but going for 8 wins in year 4 feels bad. Did it sound like a Norvell season could get him tf out of here because that looks very realistic as of today?
 
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Bruh, we lost a bowl game where the winning team ate the **** mascot at the end. We lost to a team that completed 11 passes for less than 100 yds....with TWO injured qbs. We've lost to MTSU, we were outside of the top 10 in recruiting this season and missed in areas that REALLY needed help.

BUT...we won 10 games this season and beat UF and FSU!
 
Glow said:
He is mostly what we expected although the NIL era makes his recruiting charisma a little less of relative advantage as compared to schematic coaches.

He is attached to Mirabal and I still think Mirabal is above-replacement on recruiting and developing OL so I will consider that part of Mario value.

We may need to get into a Big 2 conference to maximize true contention.
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This!
 
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