Winning The Right Way
A few of the Trustees at "the U" are upset because the football program was mediocre this year. They are spending a ton of money on Al Golden, who until recently was recruiting players while under the cloud of Nevin Shapiro, jailed ponzi schemer and former UM athletic program booster. If it weren't for problems in the NCAA investigation of "the U" and a really big scandal at Penn State, the school might have been subject to the full force of NCAA sanctions and possibly the dreaded death penalty.
No New Year's Day bowl game this year, and the last three games were very disappointing. The season ending three game losing streak started with FSU and continued with Virginia and ended with Pitt. The team ended the season flat, very flatly in fact.
The other UM: Big Blue just fired Brady Hoke for two reasons, they couldn't beat Ohio State and their QB stayed in a game after obviously having a concussion in retrospect. When Brady Hoke was fired nobody said anything bad about the coach and his character, from all reports he was well respected and the program is nowhere close to being on double secret probation. They just didn't win important football games.
One UM trustee is quoted as saying we are under the microscope and we can't have off the field problems. The same trustee compliments Golden for his tough approach as a disciplinarian.
All this said, at this point I believe the Hurricanes want to win the "right way" without cheating .
This may be easier said than done. Most players at the highest level want to get to the NFL, NBA, or the MLB. What the NCAA has to say about their futures is an afterthought. Where those players go to play is a function of facilities, coaching, and exposure.
At the moment the University of Miami is doing alright. The football team isn't a big factor in recruiting international students that don't need scholarships to attend classes. About 28,000 students apply for admission each year and the school has about 15,000 students.
No New Year's Day bowl game this year, and the last three games were very disappointing. The season ending three game losing streak started with FSU and continued with Virginia and ended with Pitt. The team ended the season flat, very flatly in fact.
The other UM: Big Blue just fired Brady Hoke for two reasons, they couldn't beat Ohio State and their QB stayed in a game after obviously having a concussion in retrospect. When Brady Hoke was fired nobody said anything bad about the coach and his character, from all reports he was well respected and the program is nowhere close to being on double secret probation. They just didn't win important football games.
One UM trustee is quoted as saying we are under the microscope and we can't have off the field problems. The same trustee compliments Golden for his tough approach as a disciplinarian.
All this said, at this point I believe the Hurricanes want to win the "right way" without cheating .
This may be easier said than done. Most players at the highest level want to get to the NFL, NBA, or the MLB. What the NCAA has to say about their futures is an afterthought. Where those players go to play is a function of facilities, coaching, and exposure.
At the moment the University of Miami is doing alright. The football team isn't a big factor in recruiting international students that don't need scholarships to attend classes. About 28,000 students apply for admission each year and the school has about 15,000 students.
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