Randy Shannon fired

Obvious decision. I was rooting for Shannon to be successful but they had to make a move.

 

Yep, expected. I also expect Rich Rodriguez to get canned.

 

Big rumor down here in MIA is that the 'Canes are going hard for John Gruden.....

 

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Shannon is gone, I heard...


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Hmm... would Gruden really want to settle for the NCAA when he can have a team like the Texans?

 

Reports down here are that he's saying he rather go to college then stay in the Pros..

 

He has a better chance of winning. No guarantees in the NFL. However at miami you can recruit insane amounts of talent. Look at the teams from the last 90 early 2000 you had a pro-bowlers all over the field.

 

Mike Leach could dominate the ACC. Given what he was doing with middle-tier talent at Tech, imagine what he could do with Miami-quality talent & speed.

 

I think Shannon would be a good fit at many other programs where he doesn't necessarily face the off-field obstacles he faced at Miami.

 

Florida needs to get rid of Urban Meyer.

He's nothing without Dan Mullen and Tebow.

 

@georgediaz: Reports say that Jon Gruden is going to sign $3-million-per-ear deal with UM

 

looks like thats not true...

@bhofheimer_espn on Gruden remains committed to @MNF_on_ESPN. Won't be headed to the U. His statement http://es.pn/e9IEYi

 

This is not a definitive denial. It doesn't even mention UM.

 

Isn't that a pay cut from MNF? to have to sweet tweet to a bunch of 16 year old prima donnas? 52 weeks a year.

 

Didn't graduation rates rise big time and Miami stopped having all those off-field arrest headlines during his tenure. Doesn't that buy any good will? Does winning trump all?

 

Uhhhh....Duh?

I completely agree with you, but such is life.

 

A lot of the off-field incidents at Miami were overblown (or magnified I should say) since it was Miami. Shannon did "clean up" the program but he didn't succeed at his primary job: win. He just wasn't a very good coach.

I wouldn't say Miami is necessarily better off with "a few" arrests if it meant winning more games. What's been happening at Florida (arrests and scandals) is pathetic, but Meyer did win.

I would say the attainable model is Stanford. Miami's academic standing (general student population and athletes) has improved significantly over the past decade, so there's no reason that they can't achieve to be what Stanford is now in football an what Duke is in basketball.