I don't expect Shannon to leave soon; Miami has a recent track record of holding on to mediocre coaches even after they have removed any doubt of their ineffectiveness. Coker and Clark come to mind. Shannon is in the second year after being an assistant for many years. Saban and Butch Davis are in their second years. Does anyone doubt that Miami has vastly superior talent than UNC? So how did UNC beat UM the past two years? The Virginia team that beat Miami 48-0 was the same team that lost to Wyoming 23-3. The problems with Shannon and his assistants are very simple: They get pedestrian performances from superior talent; they have lame play calling; they tolerate stupid penalties; they are incompetent clock managers; most telling, they blame players for losses rather than take responsibility. The motto is supposed to be NO EXCUSES! But Shannon always has a pocketful of excuses. I have never heard him say he is responsible for the team's failures. UCF lost to UTEP 58-13. That is UTEP's only win. Will Miami look better than hapless UTEP this Saturday? I hope so but I would not bet on it. I would deny that I expect unrealistic results. Miami was favored in its last two games. I cannot accept consecutive losses at home to unranked underdogs. Incompetent coaching was the critical factor in all three losses this year. UF has more talent than UM; FSU and UM are similarly talented; Miami has more talent than the other ten teams on the schedule. The only explanation for habitually losing to inferior teams is inferior coaches. This Miami team you mention was coached by a man who has spanked Shannon twice in two years, so you can stop the comparison.
LV Canes
· 1 year ago
We had gone 9-3 the previous season not 5-7. That was part of the reason we were still ranked at 2-3.
Seriously you are drawing at straws here. The only comparable season was 1998 coming off the 5-6 season in 97 you referred to in another post, and we didn't lose our 3rd game that year until late November.
It's not looking good.
J Canes
· 1 year ago
We don't have S. Moss, R. Wayne, B. Franks or K. Dorsey to lead this team.
This post while a nice trip down memory lane has no relevance to this terrible team.
We SUCK!
Canes make me cry
· 1 year ago
Maybe just maybe if our young guys grow up in these next two games we can reopeat history and go into 2009 looking at a 2000-2002 run.
Then again, who are we kidding. We SUCK!
kkfla737
· 1 year ago
Do I think this is going to happen in 2008? No way.
But the reason I posted this was so that people stopped saying, "at 2-3 the season is over."
Keep in mind we started 1-3 in 1995 and would have been in the Orange Bowl game had probation not come down and B. Davis elected to take it that year.
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Seriously you are drawing at straws here. The only comparable season was 1998 coming off the 5-6 season in 97 you referred to in another post, and we didn't lose our 3rd game that year until late November.
It's not looking good.
This post while a nice trip down memory lane has no relevance to this terrible team.
We SUCK!
Then again, who are we kidding. We SUCK!
But the reason I posted this was so that people stopped saying, "at 2-3 the season is over."
Keep in mind we started 1-3 in 1995 and would have been in the Orange Bowl game had probation not come down and B. Davis elected to take it that year.