Would you Move on from Mario if Given the Chance?

[252cane]

I voted yes. I’d happily eat my words if the ship is turned around…

Yes, it takes time for guys to win the championship, which I don’t believe is what we’re all searching for at this point. I believe most fans want a consistent solid, disciplined, and prepared team week in week out.

My question is, what about what MC has done is trending up? Even with a loaded roster, it’s going to be a struggle to win the conference because some way some how, we will definitely be out coached, out schemed, and out played at LEAST three times a season by a lesser opponent. We have yet to field a complete team or coaching staff.

Mario isn’t a first time head coach. If you truly understand coaching and philosophies you know what your eyes tell you about this program…What is our philosophy and identity? What do we do well as a team year in year out? What are we known for?

22-16 for $8 Mil is a steal for somebody and it ain’t UM…

We haven’t had a loaded roster yet so we don’t know. The team has gotten better each year record wise and you can see the talent improving. The philosophy is the o-line. That’s been the most consistent part of the team since he took over

 

[L A M P]

I know they aren't realistic

I voted no bc of this. It is a fun topic but I don't live in fantasy land. God forbid something happened to him, the outcome of him vacating the job would not hurt my feelings. But yeah, we can do much worse.

 

[C A N S]

I can't comprehend how anyone can support Mario at this point in time. If he's going to land the 15th ranked recruiting class (which any coach in the country can do, see Shannon, Golden, and Manny) then what does he bring to the table? We already know he's amongst the worst, if not, the worst game day coaches in the country. Combine that with average recruiting and there's no justification to keep him on.

 

[Fawk_U Haters]

No. If we don't have Mario, we don't have Cam Ward, we don't have top 10 classes, and we don't win 10 games this year. Should we have won more with Cam, yes, but consider the alternative.

The other thing is Mario seems to learn from his mistakes and correct them. Sometimes too slow for our liking - for example MANY of us were saying preseason that we needed to fix the secondary because we saw how **** that group was on paper and it was obvious. They rolled with what they had and we got the result we got.

But now he's fixing it and getting us a new D coordinator. So he fixes the issues, just slowly.

This year the obvious glaring hole is we need a QB. We need a WR1, we need probably 2 more DBs, and we need a linebacker. If we nail those positions we should be set up for a great year.

Do you have a top ten class if 2/3 I’d the class that got you to top ten is gone?

 

[jupo2001]

We haven’t had a loaded roster yet so we don’t know. The team has gotten better each year record wise and you can see the talent improving. The philosophy is the o-line. That’s been the most consistent part of the team since he took over

This roster was as close as it gets. Our players defensively were not as bad as the coaching made it out to be. They were not the greatest, but not being able to line up correctly and scrambling right before the snap in game 13 was mind boggling to say the least. That screams a lack of preparation and that’s this program’s staple under him….unpreparedness…

Again, this is what sets him back from what I’ve observed. I’m like Missouri, he has to show me.

Ask yourself this, do you think we will replicate what we did this past year for the 2025-2026 season? Lots of holes to fill…

 

[ssvir]

Are you going to answer the question?

Of course we aren't going to replace all the pieces of the #1 offense but if the defense has a pulse we lose could easily allow 10 ppg less vs ACC teams with the defense just being competent.

 

[Gocanes1990]

There were very few game management issues with us this season

Not sure if this is serious… the entire Syracuse game was a game management issue. The second half of the gt game was a game management issue

 

[252cane]

This roster was as close as it gets. Our players defensively were not as bad as the coaching made it out to be. They were not the greatest, but not being able to line up correctly and scrambling right before the snap in game 13 was mind boggling to say the least. That screams a lack of preparation and that’s this program’s staple under him….unpreparedness…

Again, this is what sets him back from what I’ve observed. I’m like Missouri, he has to show me.

Ask yourself this, do you think we will replicate what we did this past year for the 2025-2026 season? Lots of holes to fill…

There is really only 1 huge hole to fill

 

[ssvir]

Not sure if this is serious… the entire Syracuse game was a game management issue. The second half of the gt game was a game management issue

Nope. You may not have agreed with some of the analytics decisions about FG kicking but we won at least 2 games we normally would not have by going for 2 at the appropriate time and going on 4th downs at the appropriate time.

 

[ssvir]

I can't comprehend how anyone can support Mario at this point in time. If he's going to land the 15th ranked recruiting class (which any coach in the country can do, see Shannon, Golden, and Manny) then what does he bring to the table? We already know he's amongst the worst, if not, the worst game day coaches in the country. Combine that with average recruiting and there's no justification to keep him on.

You obviously don't follow the team very closely with these moronic points.

The avg player rating was essentially the same as last years #4 class - the only difference was taking 21 guys instead of 27/28. Learn how the rankings are calculated before you make a fool of yourself again. Shannon/Golden/Manny weren't even in the ballpark of our three full recruiting classes under Mario.

As for gameday coaching I would argue that MC actually made really good decisions this year and as a result we won at least two (maybe three) games we would have never won before (Cal/VT/L'Ville). We went for 2, went for 4th downs, and used TOs correctly almost every single time this year. Decisions against GT and Syracuse were backed by the analytics or were at worst a 51/49 toss-up.

You clowns love to come up with your narratives like QB killer, Caveman offense, mettles with the offense/defense game planning and poor gameday coaching and those criticisms melted away this year.

If the Internet was around in the mid 80's you would have wanted Jimmy Johnson fired.

 

[JamesQuall]

Of course we aren't going to replace all the pieces of the #1 offense but if the defense has a pulse we lose could easily allow 10 ppg vs ACC teams with the defense just being competent.

10 ppg would not be considered “having a pulse” it would be ELITE elite. I don’t think we will be anywhere close to that.

20 ppg would be really good and while difficult, much more attainable.

 

[ssvir]

10 ppg would not be considered “having a pulse” it would be ELITE elite. I don’t think we will be anywhere close to that.

20 ppg would be really good and while difficult, much more attainable.

It was a typo ... I meant 10 PPG "less" against ACC teams ... ie: dropping from 31 PPG to 21 PPG.

 

[Gocanes1990]

Nope. You may not have agreed with some of the analytics decisions about FG kicking but we won at least 2 games we normally would not have by going for 2 at the appropriate time and going on 4th downs at the appropriate time.

Disagree, but that’s what message boards are for! When you’re up 21-7 against one of the worst rush defenses in the country. You put your two big backs in the backfield and pummel them. That’s clock management

 

[harphong]

LAAAANE TRAAAAAIN! CHOOO CHOOO!

 

[Yoyo423]

There were very few game management issues with us this season

Apparently Mario has successfully lowered the bar after the GT fiasco last year.

 

[cookies]

I agree but im just saying we can find good coaches if we actually wanted to. Im not crowning them, im only bringing them up to point out coaches at programs doing well who had no ties to the program.

People using this mario loves Miami more than anyone as if that gives him extra coaching superpowers

And literally everyone is a corch on here until they have big success or win a natty lmao, i dont like dabo but if i was on here i would have never called him a corch. People still say kirby is a corch lmao, they say day is a corch. This board ***** on all coaches

Lmao this is a fact.

I feel you on 4 of our last 5 coaches being Miami guys, and that isn’t necessary to win here. I believe Mario and Richt both earned the top priority based off their HC success unlike Diaz and Shannon who were unproven.

 

[E1k]

Lmao this is a fact.

I feel you on 4 of our last 5 coaches being Miami guys, and that isn’t necessary to win here. I believe Mario and Richt both earned the top priority based off their HC success unlike Diaz and Shannon who were unproven.

Yea the people who have power for us are so stuck on miami guys we just gotta be happy this miami guy they got was proven before here..They still should have ran a full search in our situation but hey they really don’t care lol

 

[canesstevealum08]

Move on from him in favor of who, exactly? Who are we going to get that's any better?

That's the part I get stuck on because most people don't realize that most college coaches don't like living in Miami. **** Nick Saban hated living in Miami so much he went right back to the SEC. That's why I don't think you would find better because they don't dream of coaching or living in Miami. Right now he's the best you got for the foreseeable future. Name me a power five coach that you think you can poach from somewhere else it most likely would never happen.

 

[C A N S]

You obviously don't follow the team very closely with these moronic points.

The avg player rating was essentially the same as last years #4 class - the only difference was taking 21 guys instead of 27/28. Learn how the rankings are calculated before you make a fool of yourself again. Shannon/Golden/Manny weren't even in the ballpark of our three full recruiting classes under Mario.

As for gameday coaching I would argue that MC actually made really good decisions this year and as a result we won at least two (maybe three) games we would have never won before (Cal/VT/L'Ville). We went for 2, went for 4th downs, and used TOs correctly almost every single time this year. Decisions against GT and Syracuse were backed by the analytics or were at worst a 51/49 toss-up.

You clowns love to come up with your narratives like QB killer, Caveman offense, mettles with the offense/defense game planning and poor gameday coaching and those criticisms melted away this year.

If the Internet was around in the mid 80's you would have wanted Jimmy Johnson fired.

Unfortunately for me I do follow the team closely. Anyway you cut it, Crisis had the 16th ranked class, whether by average player rating or total points: https://247sports.com/season/2025-football-20251/overallteamrankings/?OrderBy=Avg. Crisis' time management was apocryphal in basically every game, but it was especially apparent in the losses where we continue to be unable to operate an offense in crunch time.

The fact of the matter is, you Crisis Defenders will contort reality to defend an obviously inept coach. In the end the results, speak for themselves - through 3 years:

Crisis: 22 - 16
Manny: 22 - 15
Richt: 26 - 13
Golden: 22 - 15
Shannon: 22 -17

This is despite the fact Crisis had 100x more support than any of the coaches above. I don't understand the support for Crisis - it's some weird fetish over him being a Columbus alum that results in him being protected in a way previous coaches who failed weren't.

 

[Go Canes!!]

Unfortunately for me I do follow the team closely. Anyway you cut it, Crisis had the 16th ranked class, whether by average player rating or total points: https://247sports.com/season/2025-football-20251/overallteamrankings/?OrderBy=Avg. Crisis' time management was apocryphal in basically every game, but it was especially apparent in the losses where we continue to be unable to operate an offense in crunch time.

The fact of the matter is, you Crisis Defenders will contort reality to defend an obviously inept coach. In the end the results, speak for themselves - through 3 years:

Crisis: 22 - 16
Manny: 22 - 15
Richt: 26 - 13
Golden: 22 - 15
Shannon: 22 -17

This is despite the fact Crisis had 100x more support than any of the coaches above. I don't understand the support for Crisis - it's some weird fetish over him being a Columbus alum that results in him being protected in a way previous coaches who failed weren't.

What was the year 3 record of each of these coaches?

That matters don’t you think?