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Oh, you're a FSU guy, now I see where the anti-Miami bias comes from. This may be the only time FSU actually looks good on a resume. I came back to see how the crow tastes from your article about how Mizzou is a better coaching job than Miami. Who is Mizzou left interviewing now? Yeah, a bunch of second rate guys. Who did Miami get? You know, if you aren't good at something, you should maybe try something different. You aren't good at this. So, how's it taste John?
Wouldn't you live that narrative. Seeing as you give no reason why, I'll just assume you don't have one.
You don't realize where he grew up, do you?
Most people couldn't pick out Missouri in a map. Keep patting yourselves on the back though.
Yes, you are right, the South Carolina job and the Miami job have nothing in common. One gives you the opportunity to win a national championship. The other is a place to relax, sip some tea, collect a paycheck, and not have to worry about winning, because you never will. Guess which is which? I'll give you a hint, Spurrier went there to retire in 2005. But keep the spin up, because playing in the SEC at a big state school with fancy lockers isn't the end all be all for being an attractive job.
Funny, you could apply those same reasons to Miami, and it's exactly what I said about Miami. Somehow it can apply to SC but not Miami?
John, Here's the issue with your type of journalism. You spin it to play to your audience. Of course SEC fans will eat this stuff up. That's what sells, that's why you write it the way you do. We get it, SEC great, Miami irrelevant. Yawn. The things you describe about why the Miami job are bad are really not relevant. Just because they have hired three bad coaches in a row doesn't mean that they will never win again. One has nothing to do with the other. Missouri had a lifetime of terrible football. The reason Miami was good was because of it's location to talent. That hasn't changed one bit. Miami still has either the first or second amount of active NFL players. And Miami has never drawn well, has never had the best facilities, etc. All the things you think are so important aren't and all the knocks Miami had even back in the 80's. Different writers, same tires story. With the right coach, they can be on top again quickly, as much that pains you and the rest of the college football world. You hope the college football landscape has changed, but it doesn't mean for a second that Miami won't win a NC long before Missouri ever does.
Thugs win football games. Those thugs in South Florida went other places because coaches like Al Golden recruited Northern kids looking at the beach. The right coach can completely turn Miami around, and quickly. Bottom line, a coach doesn't choose a job because of the tough conference they play in, the fans, or how good the locker rooms interior design is. They go where they can win it all, if they are worth their salt. You can spout off all the negatives about Miami you want, or just go to ESPN who seems to run them on a daily basis, but the one positive trumps them all. The things you deem important aren't. Now who's crystal ball are we talking about here again, mine or the authors? He's the one that seems to know it all, or at least can spin it all. This is a spin piece, everyone knows it, but nobody really believes it.
Sorry Missouri fanboy, no KU fan here and no anger either, just facts. You get off the private plan in Miami, you are somewhere. Get off that same plane in Missouri and you are going to want to want get back on that plane. It's a job, just not a top job. It never will be. And after the whole walk out mess, good luck getting a high school OC in there.
You kind of missed the big picture in all of this. A guy could walk into Miami and win a NC in a few years. Its upside is that big. That's resume material. That's why you coach, that's why you exist, that's why you take a job. Everyone knows the potential. Missouri may pay more, be in a better conference, etc., but you are never going to win a NC at Missouri, you just aren't. You may make them better, or relevant, or closer to it, but that's it. It won't make you famous. And really, who wants to live in Missouri? $4 million wouldn't be worth it. It's a stepping stone to nowhere.