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Would you Move on from Mario if Given the Chance?

Would you move on from Mario given the assumptions described?

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BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati said:
This is a classic theory vs reality proposition. To the OP's credit, he sort of alluded to that when mentioning the financial support remaining. That said, in theory, I would love to find "a real coach" to replace Mario, but as several posters have pointed out, who exactly do we replace him with? Every single top dog coach out there right now has a couple warts at least and most of those warts are of the genital variety, spread via the portal and NIL. Kirby Smart is about to lose 30% of his roster. Nick Saban quit over this and so did Larrañaga (albeit different sport). Dabo the díldó is a flat Earther and doesn't think the portal is real. All this begs the question - Who exactly would you replace Mario with?

Every single year, there are football fans who are salivating as the season ends, waiting for management to fire their coach because he sucks. It is often celebrated. I am guilty of it. When Al Golden was here, I couldn't wait to get rid of him, especially in light of his buddy Onofrio remaining on the staff. Here's the thing though - you don't know that what you're getting is an improvement, especially in light of today's current climate with NIL and the portal. Long gone are the days of stealing away a recruit from a rival, just to bury him on your depth chart in an effort to prevent said player from beating you. There are no more transfer penalties. Because of these new variables, how do we even know who the best coaches really are right now, given the small sample size that we've had under these new non-rules? It seems obvious to me at this point that the "winners" are simply the schools with the biggest NIL budgets, regardless of corching. James Franklin sucks IMO, yet he's in the Final Four. Marcus Freeman? Eh, maybe, maybe not. Ryan Day is a goober who is hated by the OSU alumni. Sarkisian? He's a drunk with a lot of talent on his team. My point in listing those four coaches isn't to pick them apart (although I kinda just did), it's to shine a light on these are the top 4 coaches this year according to playoff results and I don't think I want any of them over Mario. Maybe Sark? Maybe Freeman, maybe? The other two? No thanks.

Firing the coach is the easy part. Replacing him is significantly more difficult. Keep Mario. Cross fingers. Mario has shown through his actions that he is very self-aware, at least retrospectively. He's turned over the secondary room in less than three weeks. He dumped the Cajun dunce. He got rid of Gattis. Dawson seems to be a great hire. Let's hope third time is the charm for the DC.

I'm finna get dragged for this, but that's ok. Throw your stones at me CiS.
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I don’t think you should get stoned. Fair post. I do think you named 4 guys better than Mario though. Just my opinion
 
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No.

I still think Mario has more interest/stake than any other coach we could possibly get in building a lasting foundation/structure, for lasting success. IMO, CFB now is corporate so I want the guy who can build the organization to the point where it's too big to fail.
 
Considering Mario is outside the top 25 and we have the money to hire within that range, yes. His love for the program unfortunately doesn’t supersede his propensity to do less with more.

Whether we’d conduct a national search remains to be seen. The argument is moot since the earliest he’s getting replaced is following the 2026 season.

New coach, new conference, new brand deal? Has a nice ring to it…
 
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Wewillnotgopeacefully said:
You know what would make me happy? If every, so-called Cane fan ,could get the coach they wanted. Everybody gets their own personal head coach. Then everybody would be happy, until the next year. Then yall want a new head coach. Coaching search is an addiction for this fan base. This fan base never heard of "the grass aint always greener". Cane fans want what everybody else got and won't appreciate what they had until its gone.
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No. Coaching is an exhausting job these days. Actual coaching seems to be the small picture. Mario is willing to go the extra mile for a recruit or portal player. His heart despite any short coming is in the Gables. Take Belichek for example he’s a great coach no doubt but I don’t see him doing the leg work or the pampering these kids require today. These kids are about to meet a larger ego than theirs. Despite all that is required by a program to be competitive failure unfortunately always lands on the coach although there are so many working parts to the job.
 
Hurricane23 said:
I’d take the chance, we got more money than Colorado, we’d probably get more talent
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Fine, I'll play along.

Let's say, hypothetically of course, oh I don't know and I'm just making up a score here.... Miami was winning 20 to 17 with :35 left in the game, at home vs an unranked conference opponent who no longer has any timeouts left and cannot stop the clock.

Would the new coach take a knee and come away with a win?

If you answered yes, then I would want that new coach.
 
BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati said:
This is a classic theory vs reality proposition. To the OP's credit, he sort of alluded to that when mentioning the financial support remaining. That said, in theory, I would love to find "a real coach" to replace Mario, but as several posters have pointed out, who exactly do we replace him with? Every single top dog coach out there right now has a couple warts at least and most of those warts are of the genital variety, spread via the portal and NIL. Kirby Smart is about to lose 30% of his roster. Nick Saban quit over this and so did Larrañaga (albeit different sport). Dabo the díldó is a flat Earther and doesn't think the portal is real. All this begs the question - Who exactly would you replace Mario with?

Every single year, there are football fans who are salivating as the season ends, waiting for management to fire their coach because he sucks. It is often celebrated. I am guilty of it. When Al Golden was here, I couldn't wait to get rid of him, especially in light of his buddy Onofrio remaining on the staff. Here's the thing though - you don't know that what you're getting is an improvement, especially in light of today's current climate with NIL and the portal. Long gone are the days of stealing away a recruit from a rival, just to bury him on your depth chart in an effort to prevent said player from beating you. There are no more transfer penalties. Because of these new variables, how do we even know who the best coaches really are right now, given the small sample size that we've had under these new non-rules? It seems obvious to me at this point that the "winners" are simply the schools with the biggest NIL budgets, regardless of corching. James Franklin sucks IMO, yet he's in the Final Four. Marcus Freeman? Eh, maybe, maybe not. Ryan Day is a goober who is hated by the OSU alumni. Sarkisian? He's a drunk with a lot of talent on his team. My point in listing those four coaches isn't to pick them apart (although I kinda just did), it's to shine a light on these are the top 4 coaches this year according to playoff results and I don't think I want any of them over Mario. Maybe Sark? Maybe Freeman, maybe? The other two? No thanks.

Firing the coach is the easy part. Replacing him is significantly more difficult. Keep Mario. Cross fingers. Mario has shown through his actions that he is very self-aware, at least retrospectively. He's turned over the secondary room in less than three weeks. He dumped the Cajun dunce. He got rid of Gattis. Dawson seems to be a great hire. Let's hope third time is the charm for the DC.

I'm finna get dragged for this, but that's ok. Throw your stones at me CiS.
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Look in the mirror ppl. We are UVA. This is the best Miami will do. This is the ceiling. Firing Mario is just picking a different chair on a public transportation. Enjoy the occasional 10 win season and get use to the 7 or 8 win regularity.

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JustAFanHTX said:
I don’t think you should get stoned. Fair post. I do think you named 4 guys better than Mario though. Just my opinion
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What's wrong with getting stoned? It's legal in many states now.

You could certainly make the argument that all four are better than Mario. It's as simple as they are still playing and we are not. In my case, I have a personal dislike of James Franklin and I think Ryan Day walked into a lucky situation.
 
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WeBallinBoyz said:
Considering Mario is outside the top 25 and we have the money to hire within that range, yes. His love for the program unfortunately doesn’t supersede his propensity to do less with more.

Whether we’d conduct a national search remains to be seen. The argument is mute since the earliest he’s getting replaced is following the 2026 season.

New coach, new conference, new brand deal? Has a nice ring to it…
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*moot
 
Wewillnotgopeacefully said:
You know what would make me happy? If every, so-called Cane fan ,could get the coach they wanted. Everybody gets their own personal head coach. Then everybody would be happy, until the next year. Then yall want a new head coach. Coaching search is an addiction for this fan base. This fan base never heard of "the grass aint always greener". Cane fans want what everybody else got and won't appreciate what they had until its gone.
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Give him 5 yrs; if we’re still hovering between 7-9 wins w/ no ACCCG appearances, then it’s time to move on.

This yr showed promise, although it collapsed. He at least did hit the 10 yr mark by yr 3; the ? will now be, will we ascend or descend? If we descend, then hard ?’s will need to be asked from w/in the admin.
 
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