Whats up in Miami??? Any new names coming up?

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but I think a NFL guy would be a GREAT FIT at the U.

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Too bad they can't pay.

the U just isnt a very good job these days. im sure the rumors will swirl around tommy tuberville before its all over...

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Mike Leach has definitely been talking to Miam

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I would like to see that. I always enjoyed watching his offenses at TT. That offense with Miami athletes could be awesome

Brad Childress is a name that's popping up.

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Why do people keep saying this. Just because a program isn't winning a championship, doesn't make it not a good job

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It is a sucky job because of the piss poor facilities and the fact that their 70,000+ seat stadium only draws about 27,000 per game...

To the OP..

Mullen
Bo Pelini
Tommy Tuberville
Jim Harbaugh and Randy Edsall have all caught the U's eye apparently....

Coaching Candidates

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the U just isnt a very good job these days.

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Why do people keep saying this. Just because a program isn't winning a championship, doesn't make it not a good job. Was the Alabama job a bad job before Saban took it? Was the Florida job a bad job before Meyer took it? Was tOSU a bad job before Tressel took it? etc., etc., No!

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the reason is money. they dont have a stadium they fill up to make money. for all the NFLers they have, they dont have a large alumni base which to collect donations from. they tend to be fair-weather fans. add all this to shitty facilities and its not in the same area code as a bama, tOSU, or florida. randy shannon was paid like $1.35M/yr. thats fricking terrible. houston nutt makes $2.5M/yr

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Miami was ranked in the top 25 this year,

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i keep hearing the U is back! and then they go get humiliated on national television. a top 25 ranking is a byproduct of their hype and how bad everyone wants them to be good, but alas, they are a 7-5 team

if its such a good job, why arent good coaches leaving average jobs to go there? b/c they know its only an average job as well

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the reason is money. they dont have a stadium they fill up to make money.

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Notre Dame has more money than anyone, but Miami is better than they are. They may have fair weather fans, but if you win ESPN and fans will be all over Miami. Winning cures all and a good coach can win in Miami.

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its simply not the glamour job it was in the 80s-90s

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So it's only a glamour job when the program is doing well? If that's the case, then no job is a glamour job when a coach is fired. Butch Davis didn't take a non-glamour job and make it good again. He just took a the position and did a good job. You can win a National Championship at Miami. That makes it a good job. Just for perspective, places like Baylor, Texas Tech, Indiana, Vanderbilt, ArKansas, Northwestern, Iowa State and Kentucky are not glamour jobs.

Some programs will get the pub and are set up to succeed no matter what their records are. Nebraska, bama, Miami, Michigan, tOSU, Florida State and Notre Dame are some of these programs. The ACC was created for Miami and Flordia State to be on top of their divisions. They will always be overrated, which isn't a bad thing for perception purposes. They have history. I agree that they don't have money coming in hand over fist, their facilities aren't the best and I don't like their AD. But if you can recruit worth a damn, you can be a good ACC team by just keeping talent from South Florida at home.

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if its as great as you think, why arent coaches lining up around the corner to coach there?

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Leach is practically beating down their door. Gruden is an NFL coach and isn't going to coach in college. Who else turned them down? The jobs only been vacant for a week! Coaches with current jobs aren't goint to say, "Oh yeah, I want that job!" It hurts their recruiting and the fans usually don't like that.

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That makes it a good job

its not a marquee job

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Originally you said

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the U just isnt a very good job these days.

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Are you at least willing to admit that it's a good job now? It may not be like taking over after Butch left Miami, Saban left LSU or Spurrier left Florida, but those type of jobs don't come along very often. A coach is fired when the program isn't winning. This is similar to Meyer taking over Florida, Saban taking over bama or Pelini taking over Nebraska. The job has more potential than most.

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ut if you can recruit worth a damn, you can be a good ACC team

you can say this at any program in the ACC- hell- at any BCS school. see: stanford

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Not the SEC
IMO, the ACC is a solid conference, but doesn't have that top tier team, mostly because Miami and Florida State were supposed to be those teams. The ACC reminds me of the SEC in the 90's with all the teams just beating up on each other. Miami and FSU have the Florida, UGA, bama, LSU potential to come out of the ACC as a National Power. Again, you can't do that at Wake Forest, Virgina, Cincinnati, Southern Miss or Purdue.

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piss poor facilities

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They say they have the money to improve to a coaches liking. Like LSU did after hiring Saban.

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their 70,000+ seat stadium only draws about 27,000 per game...

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That happens when you are losing and have lots of comp. The right coach will pack it out, easy.

Leach will get the job and turn it around. Watch and see. Plenty of equipment sheds to put pussy arse kids like Craig James son in.