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k9cane said:
Just watching the latest Raising Canes video and the recent interview with Joe Rose, the way his message resonates across the board. Whether you're a kid from the inner city with one parent, a middle class kid from the suburb with a traditional nuclear family- or anything in-between- his lessons are transcendent- because it's the hard truth, with tried and true values. They ring true across all races, religion and class. The guy gets it. I don't care who you are, you'd feel good sending your son to play football for him for the next four years

I think he's the sharpest guy UM has had since Jimmy Johnson( who was a master psychologist) in a lot of ways.

Remember when Don Soldinger was scolded by 'the worst coach ever' for pointing out how Tyrone Moss was out of shape during the 2004 off-season( which he was)? It was a seminal moment in a lot of ways. To me, this was another example of the lack of leadership this program has had the past decade. I just love the way Golden has brought a level of accountability to this program- from him on down. Everyone will compete 365 days out of the year, bottom line, no excuses. It's an atmosphere that will create competition. You can just feel the country club has been closed down. This is no longer just an NFL internship( which I've spoken out against for years). To me, the early entrants we had to the draft this off-season, are symbolic( hopefully) of that leaving this program for good.

He's made January-August, as important as game week. Like he said,'setting your teams DNA'. The foundation of any championship( in any sport) is set in the off-season. I can't lie, I think Miami went through the motions in that regard for a long time( and these thoughts have been echoed by former players I've talked to who played in the glory days.) I love Golden's phrase- 'Deserve Victory' . Lets be honest, this program hasn't deserved it for a long time.

Miami doesn't need a nice guy( Coker) or a former player( Shannon), what it needed was a real leader. Part CEO, part motivator, part teacher, part father, part hard-***.

I have no doubt this man will win big, here, if given the proper amount of time and resources. UM got lucky Gruden went all Gruden. This guy has the look of what modern day football coach should be. To paraphrase Howard Schnellenberger UM is on a collision course with greatness with Al Golden, the only variable is time( and, uh, the NCAA sanctions, too)

They're not there yet, but I love where this is going....
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OK Kiddies. This is the last one for today, but it's simply the BEST!

Disclosure: I gave the post kudos in reply #4 .
 
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Defense politely gave up 500 yards per game in 2012........................No Changes!
 
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Hindsight is a *****. We all know the **** the OP highlighted was just smoke and mirrors. AG doing his finest car salesmanship
 
Steve is a good guy who fell hook, line, and sinker as for Al's b.s. as did 99 percent of this or any board. I don't know what the point is of all these old threads, but I guess you all have too much free time.

I wish you had all been right and I wrong as I disliked the hire from day one. That doesn't make me any better than anyone else, it just is what it is.
 
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k9cane said:
Just watching the latest Raising Canes video and the recent interview with Joe Rose, the way his message resonates across the board. Whether you're a kid from the inner city with one parent, a middle class kid from the suburb with a traditional nuclear family- or anything in-between- his lessons are transcendent- because it's the hard truth, with tried and true values. They ring true across all races, religion and class. The guy gets it. I don't care who you are, you'd feel good sending your son to play football for him for the next four years

I think he's the sharpest guy UM has had since Jimmy Johnson( who was a master psychologist) in a lot of ways.

Remember when Don Soldinger was scolded by 'the worst coach ever' for pointing out how Tyrone Moss was out of shape during the 2004 off-season( which he was)? It was a seminal moment in a lot of ways. To me, this was another example of the lack of leadership this program has had the past decade. I just love the way Golden has brought a level of accountability to this program- from him on down. Everyone will compete 365 days out of the year, bottom line, no excuses. It's an atmosphere that will create competition. You can just feel the country club has been closed down. This is no longer just an NFL internship( which I've spoken out against for years). To me, the early entrants we had to the draft this off-season, are symbolic( hopefully) of that leaving this program for good.

He's made January-August, as important as game week. Like he said,'setting your teams DNA'. The foundation of any championship( in any sport) is set in the off-season. I can't lie, I think Miami went through the motions in that regard for a long time( and these thoughts have been echoed by former players I've talked to who played in the glory days.) I love Golden's phrase- 'Deserve Victory' . Lets be honest, this program hasn't deserved it for a long time.

Miami doesn't need a nice guy( Coker) or a former player( Shannon), what it needed was a real leader. Part CEO, part motivator, part teacher, part father, part hard-***.

I have no doubt this man will win big, here, if given the proper amount of time and resources. UM got lucky Gruden went all Gruden. This guy has the look of what modern day football coach should be. To paraphrase Howard Schnellenberger UM is on a collision course with greatness with Al Golden, the only variable is time( and, uh, the NCAA sanctions, too)

They're not there yet, but I love where this is going....
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Are you nuts?
 
INCaneFan said:
Steve is a good guy who fell hook, line, and sinker as for Al's b.s. as did 99 percent of this or any board. I don't know what the point is of all these old threads, but I guess you all have too much free time.

I wish you had all been right and I wrong as I disliked the hire from day one. That doesn't make me any better than anyone else, it just is what it is.
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Hate to break the news to you, but Steve is still drinking that Kool-Aid to this day. I like the guy a lot, he absolutely knows his boxing and he's a huge UM fan, but he's definitely on the "STILL BELIEVE!" side of the table. He will see the light soon enough, though.
 
INCaneFan said:
Steve is a good guy who fell hook, line, and sinker as for Al's b.s. as did 99 percent of this or any board. I don't know what the point is of all these old threads, but I guess you all have too much free time.

I wish you had all been right and I wrong as I disliked the hire from day one. That doesn't make me any better than anyone else, it just is what it is.
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99%??

No way..... this board was 60- 40 in favor of AL golden and the ones against him were either called racists, shannon inbreds or ignorant....
 
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blackvern said:
INCaneFan said:
Steve is a good guy who fell hook, line, and sinker as for Al's b.s. as did 99 percent of this or any board. I don't know what the point is of all these old threads, but I guess you all have too much free time.

I wish you had all been right and I wrong as I disliked the hire from day one. That doesn't make me any better than anyone else, it just is what it is.
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99%??

No way..... this board was 60- 40 in favor of AL golden and the ones against him were either called racists, shannon inbreds or ignorant....
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Going into the 2013 season this board was 85% in favor of golden
 
blackvern said:
INCaneFan said:
Steve is a good guy who fell hook, line, and sinker as for Al's b.s. as did 99 percent of this or any board. I don't know what the point is of all these old threads, but I guess you all have too much free time.

I wish you had all been right and I wrong as I disliked the hire from day one. That doesn't make me any better than anyone else, it just is what it is.
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99%??

No way..... this board was 60- 40 in favor of AL golden and the ones against him were either called racists, shannon inbreds or ignorant....
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I don't know about 99% but 60-40 is also incorrect. 70-80% at the least.
 
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I was a C A G G O T until Louisville killed UM in the Rustled Athletic Bowl. I even hoped that he could win his way into a new job last season as I thought that would be the best possible solution for everyone. Then he proved to be a bigger loser than I thought possible with that late season swoon. He can't leave soon enough for me.
 
The hiring of Folden was a somewhat excusable error. The unwarranted extension and continued retention of Folden after he proved not to be fit for the job during year 3 is abortifacient.

Hiring mistakes are made at every elite program. Retaining those mistakes is the big problem.
 
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Dan E. Dangerously said:
Gatorhater said:
Dan E. Dangerously said:
awesome stuff

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Nice to see you drank too. Al got every chance from us.
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oof


Kyle Liburd said:
Going into the 2013 season this board was 85% in favor of golden
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I'd say it was even higher. The only criticisms that were around before that season came from a handful of people, centered around a few people who argued his recruiting wasn't that great (particularly DT's). That and Dorito.
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Correct. Those were the original red flags for me.
 
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