This article was written for Canespace by blogger DJ Moonbat...
There's a whole lot of people claiming to know what's going on -- or not going on -- behind the scenes, and to know the motivations of the decision makers.
But we don't know.
We don't know whether the Board of Trustees is doing its due diligence to rid The Dude of this meddlesome coach.
We don't know whether they're actually laughing at all of us poor mopes while they cash their huge ACC TV contract checks.
We don't know who they are considering to take Shalala's place, and what that person has to do with the decision if any.
I do know that it seems really, really weird the blanket of silence that's going on, and the lack of even a statement concerning the future of various assistants, much less any firings.
Until a) somebody gets fired, or b) a statement comes out saying everybody is coming back, I am assuming that the situation remains in flux.
If I were to hazard a guess, I would say that relations between Al and Blake are not currently as simpatico as Blake's public statements would suggest.
Blake is probably feeling some non-zero amount of heat demanding change, and Blake being the consummate stooge, would love to be able to deliver.
Whatever we're waiting on, it'll happen soon.
It may be good, it may be bad, but there will at the very worst (from my standpoint) be an announcement saying the whole staff is coming back.
Until then, I remain cautiously optimistic.
Because I don't know what's going on, but it sure doesn't seem like the kind of situation that the "Powers That Be" actually want to keep on festering.
Hes about to pick fellas!! LETS GO TIM ITS ALL ABOUT THE U BABY ITS A FAMIILY THING!!!!
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | January 03, 2015 at 03:04 PM
Texas
Posted by: BEERicane | January 03, 2015 at 03:05 PM
Damnnn well that sucks
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | January 03, 2015 at 03:05 PM
Possibly CaneRock. There is a risk that he may allow the Aggies a window of opportunity to expand their Texas recruiting base. But Strong does not have the relations yet with Texas HS coaches that he does with FL coaches, so why not take advantage of it?
My UT friend is convinced Irvin goes to the Longhorns. We will see.
Posted by: TonyCane | January 03, 2015 at 03:07 PM
Well there's still that NE pipeline.
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 03:07 PM
Golden sucks. He can't recruit for crap. Kaaya is our recruiting guru. So out with Coley too!
Posted by: BEERicane | January 03, 2015 at 03:07 PM
Hi-Concussion rate? Stop it CaneRock, enuff already!
Posted by: WWIM | January 03, 2015 at 03:00 PM
WWIM...you never heard of Hi-C?...Horace Copeland?...DAAAAAMN YOUNGSTA! LMAO!
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 03:08 PM
I feel like we just lost another game.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 03:08 PM
Well I guess my friend called it. Package deal for him and his three team mates.
Posted by: TonyCane | January 03, 2015 at 03:08 PM
Ohio_Cane
I feel like we just lost another game.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 03:08 PM
So feeling normal?
Posted by: BEERicane | January 03, 2015 at 03:08 PM
But the flood gates were open...
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 03:09 PM
I wouldn't worry about losing TI too much, like I said, getting Him & JJ would've been redundant...they're the same type of player to me. But you still wanna stack talent though...
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 03:11 PM
This may have had less to do with Golden and more to do with his teammates being offered, if my friend is correct.
Posted by: TonyCane | January 03, 2015 at 03:13 PM
We need every little piece of talent possible to overcome a crap coach. Missing on anyone is a failure at this point.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 03:15 PM
If I were a recruit, I would get my homies to join me in commuting to Florida early and publicly, then switching on NSD. Nothing would be sweeter than that.
Posted by: BEERicane | January 03, 2015 at 03:16 PM
Will this hurt with Michael Irving Jr? I hope not.
Posted by: Da U N Houston | January 03, 2015 at 03:16 PM
Is Golden Gone Yet????
Posted by: RCCF | January 03, 2015 at 03:17 PM
Is Alchemy a real thing yet so we can get something out of our Pyrite?
Posted by: BEERicane | January 03, 2015 at 03:18 PM
@doncmleon: Irvin family is assembling on the side. They're with Jaquan Johnson family. They want MIAMI clearly!
Posted by: Go Canes | January 03, 2015 at 02:55 PM
Clearly.
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 03:19 PM
Dionte Mullins decommitted from UM. Christ....
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 03:19 PM
But the flood gates were open...
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 03:09 PM
And look: Cager committed !!! Why you baggin' on the U's latest superstar-to-be, Dude?
Posted by: dj moonbat | January 03, 2015 at 03:20 PM
Well that sucks.
Posted by: Go Canes | January 03, 2015 at 03:21 PM
Dionte Mullins decommitted from UM. Christ....
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 03:19 PM
Yeah? Well I saw ASU was heatin' up for em'.
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 03:23 PM
Dionte Mullins decommitted from UM. Christ....
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 03:19 PM
So this means that Golden is gone!!!
Because the only way he was leaving was if Golden left!
Posted by: WWIN | January 03, 2015 at 03:24 PM
Must be nice to be a USC Trojan fan 9 committs and countingin this all star game and they had their share of scholarship reductions and ncaa mess..
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | January 03, 2015 at 03:24 PM
Dionte Mullins decommitted from UM. Christ....
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 03:19 PM
Yeah? Well I saw ASU was heatin' up for em'.
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 03:23 PM
My bad, that was Terrell Chatman.
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 03:25 PM
So this means that Golden is gone!!!
Because the only way he was leaving was if Golden left!
Posted by: WWIM | January 03, 2015 at 03:24 PM
You may be on to something here.
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 03:25 PM
@InsideTheU: 2016 WR Dionte Mullins said he didn't decommit from Miami and "it was a prank"
Lol I can't take this.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 03:26 PM
@InsideTheU: 2016 WR Dionte Mullins said he didn't decommit from Miami and "it was a prank"
Posted by: Go Canes | January 03, 2015 at 03:26 PM
GOLDEN IS GONE!!!! MAMA MULLINS SAID HER BABY WOULDNT GO NOWHERE AS LONG AS GOLDEN STAYED!!!
GOLDEN IS TOAST!!!!!!
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | January 03, 2015 at 03:27 PM
Goddammnit they are saying it was a prank mullins hasnt decommitted....
OO NOOOO GOLDEN IS STILL OUR COACH :-(!!!
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | January 03, 2015 at 03:29 PM
Quinton dunbar is till at Floriduh!?!?! Holy shit him and debise have been there fir at least a decade.
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | January 03, 2015 at 03:30 PM
Stop playing with my emotions!!!!!!!
Posted by: WWIN | January 03, 2015 at 03:30 PM
Duke is getting themselves a player from florida who is niceeeeee!!! Now i know weve gone to shit. duke out recruitting us
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | January 03, 2015 at 03:32 PM
Leave it to florida to do some ish like that LMFAO!!!
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | January 03, 2015 at 03:35 PM
I don't even get excited about recruiting anymore.
Recruiting for us is equivalent to wood going into a wood chipper!
Posted by: WWIN | January 03, 2015 at 03:36 PM
Golden will be the canes coach in 2015. Let's put down the pitchforks and hope for the best in asst coaching changes and in recruiting over the next month.
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | January 03, 2015 at 03:38 PM
shitttt keep im keeping my wood away from any wood chipper WWIM.. Lol
Its truly a depressing situation, our program is in shits
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | January 03, 2015 at 03:39 PM
Ariz saying we'll pick up another commit today for 16'.
@PeterAriz: And that was not the 2016 news I was referring to
Posted by: Go Canes | January 03, 2015 at 03:41 PM
From a poster on CIS:
"The Failures of Al Golden...
Below are the 19 four/five star recruits located within 50 miles of Miami for this class. As you can clearly see, Miami are getting their butts kicked in our own backyard.
It's unacceptable. It means we not only suck today, but we're going to suck 3 years from now too. It's great to be a Miami Hurricane (sarcasm on).
Calvin Ridley - Alabama
Tavadus McFadden - FSU
Shawn Burgess Becker - Alabama
Mark Walton - Miami
Devonaire Clarington - Not Coming
Da'Vante Phillips - FSU
Torrance Gibson - Ohio State
Jordan Scarlett - Miami
Jaquan Johnson - Miami
Tyrek Cole - West Virginia
Sh'Mar Kilby Lane - Florida State
Jovon Durante - West Virginia
Kendrell McFadden - West Virginia
Tim Irvin - Not Coming
DaVante Davis - Not Coming
Jordan Crokrite - Not Coming
Calvin Brewton - Florida State
Davante Peete - Not Coming
Antonio Callaway - Not Coming
We only have THREE guys on that list committed. FSU, Alabama, even West Virginia are kicking our butts recruiting IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
We should be getting 90% of these guys. This is a joke and more damning evidence of how bad Al Golden and company suck. SMH."
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 03:42 PM
Good news is FLORIDA has a lot of talent still left. Bad news is we gonna need some Hail Mary tactics to close strong.
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | January 03, 2015 at 03:43 PM
Ariz saying we'll pick up another commit today for 16'.
@PeterAriz: And that was not the 2016 news I was referring to
Posted by: Go Canes | January 03, 2015 at 03:41 PM
And people said UM had a toxic environment, lol, things couldn't be better!!!!!!!
#Renewed
Posted by: WWIN | January 03, 2015 at 03:46 PM
We went after a pipe dream in NJ instead of offering McFadden.
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 03:48 PM
Good news is FLORIDA has a lot of talent still left.
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | January 03, 2015 at 03:43 PM
Who?
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 03:49 PM
WWIM...you never heard of Hi-C?...Horace Copeland?...DAAAAAMN YOUNGSTA! LMAO!
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 03:08 PM
It was a joke, but you missed it! Lol
But I kinda remember him but not by that nickname. I definitely remember Pickens, I remember when he came to the WR Graveyard with the Titans and they buried his @$$
Posted by: WWIN | January 03, 2015 at 03:59 PM
Suggesting we should be getting 90% of those kids is a massive stretch.
25% or more of them won't qualify or have issues that stopped us from recruiting them.
Ohio knows more than me which of the rest we actively recruited.
We should be getting 6-7, three is definitely too low.
But give me a break with the 15-17 out of 19.
Posted by: Go Canes | January 03, 2015 at 04:02 PM
Suggesting we should be getting 90% of those kids is a massive stretch.
25% or more of them won't qualify or have issues that stopped us from recruiting them.
Ohio knows more than me which of the rest we actively recruited.
We should be getting 6-7, three is definitely too low.
But give me a break with the 15-17 out of 19.
Posted by: Go Canes | January 03, 2015 at 04:02 PM
Getting a third of the elite local talent is the right number? To be supplemented with cherry-picked NJ/PA coal-shovelers? That sounds like the way to Deserve Victory, for sure. Not to win, of course -- but to deserve to win.
Posted by: dj moonbat | January 03, 2015 at 04:11 PM
LMAO! @ "wont qualify". Maybe for SOME kids, but if you can get into UF,FSU, or WVU, you can get into UM! Miss me with that snobby @$$ "wont qualify" BULL$H!T!
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 04:12 PM
Al is a loser so who wants to come and go 6 and 7 every year... get Butch and we can turn this thing around in 2 years...and Butch recruits the heck out of south florida on the d side of the ball...
Posted by: mi@mic@ne | January 03, 2015 at 04:14 PM
5:30, UVA/UM, Corn Elder, please report to the scorers table . . .
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | January 03, 2015 at 02:07 PM
He'll be back this week.
Posted by: WWIN | January 03, 2015 at 04:15 PM
We need every little piece of talent possible to overcome a crap coach. Missing on anyone is a failure at this point.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 03:15 PM
and to stack the talent for the next staff so its not a complete rebuilding job.
Posted by: Bermuda Triangle | January 03, 2015 at 04:18 PM
I am lmao people got a hard on for 2016.....you really think things are gonna improve?
Get off that dope man, Al Pa is your coach, No D Pa your DC, Go Pa your head cheerleader, Blake Pa your AD, MidgetPa your outgoing president who does not care....its going to get worse until you fire AlPa and staff.
These players are elite hs players. ..they may never progress, but they want to play big time football...not for this social joke program with Professor Process AlPa guiding the ship.
Posted by: VA Cane | January 03, 2015 at 04:19 PM
Sooooooooooo No Firings? Stepdowns? Hell Id take a rumor at this point....lbvs
Posted by: RCCF | January 03, 2015 at 04:21 PM
RCCF, RUMOR is that Golden is gone by Monday.
Don't hold your breath.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 04:22 PM
The kids are gonna have to go to Admins themselved....
Posted by: RCCF | January 03, 2015 at 04:24 PM
Maybe for SOME kids, but if you can get into UF,FSU, or WVU, you can get into UM!
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 04:12 PM
U so ignorant it ain't even funny!
Posted by: SOUP | January 03, 2015 at 04:25 PM
Riding with AlPa and GoPa is like riding with Cam Newton in that truck......MFs don't know how to drive!!!!!!!!
I hate losing.......and I hate losers.....and losers who back losers!!!!!
#F**K LOSING!
Posted by: VA Cane | January 03, 2015 at 04:29 PM
The kids are gonna have to go to Admins themselved....
Posted by: RCCF | January 03, 2015 at 04:24 PM
That's what I've been saying on Twitter. They need to pull an Ed Reed.
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 04:32 PM
Look, if one-third of local elite talent is all that UM is prepared to go after and then admit to the school, they seriously should close down the football team. Access to that talent is the ONE area where UM can afford to keep up with the big-time programs; if UM is going to tie that hand behind its own back, just save all that money and use it on a few dozen professorships, or tuition assistance for actual students.
Posted by: dj moonbat | January 03, 2015 at 04:32 PM
Miami needs to pull about 1 dozen state of Miami kids every cycle. 3 or 4 from the rest of the state and 3 or 4 from outside the state.
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 04:33 PM
Agreed DJ. I am not pining for the days of 1970s Hurricane football. Do it right or get rid of it.
Posted by: TonyCane | January 03, 2015 at 04:34 PM
Losing Irvin is insanely impossible.
That one is on Golden (I think?).
Posted by: SOUP | January 03, 2015 at 04:34 PM
6-7 state of Miami kids is absurd.
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 04:35 PM
No way Carroll quits to coach WR's for his dad. His youngest brother is ale ready an asst WR coach for the Seahawks. So he'll be back. I hope the move him from WR though, no progression at all.
Posted by: Da U N Houston | January 03, 2015 at 04:37 PM
Riding with AlPa and GoPa is like riding with Cam Newton in that truck......MFs don't know how to drive!!!!!!!!
I hate losing.......and I hate losers.....and losers who back losers!!!!!
#F**K LOSING!
AlPa --dead. No'D --dead. GoPa --
Posted by: VA Cane | January 03, 2015 at 04:29 PM
VA's right, psychotic, but right.
(just watched animal house )
Posted by: Bermuda Triangle | January 03, 2015 at 04:37 PM
U so ignorant it ain't even funny!
Posted by: SOUP | January 03, 2015 at 04:25 PM
How many kids on that list couldn't get into UM?...I'd guess 3-4.
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 04:37 PM
Posted by: SOUP | January 03, 2015 at 04:34 PM
Yes but it's also Miami's fault. Can anyone but Go Canes say that Al isn't a lame duck?
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 04:38 PM
Losing Irvin is definitely on Golden. Losing Dexter Williams is on Golden as well.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 04:40 PM
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 04:37 PM
I think academics has been a favorite excuse for certain people for a long time. We recruited Ridley a bunch, even after his commitment to Bama. But of course he doesn't have the grades. That sounds rather suspect to me, if he doesn't have the grades why are we still recruiting him? If Willie Williams got in, to me just about anyone can get in.
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 04:42 PM
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 04:40 PM
And Cronkrite.
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 04:43 PM
Losing Irvin is definitely on Golden. Losing Dexter Williams is on Golden as well.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 04:40 PM
Whose the better DB--JJ or TI?
Posted by: Bermuda Triangle | January 03, 2015 at 04:43 PM
Cause those Irvins ain't gonna listen to Crackhead PlaymakerPa saying "its all about The U" with Fat Boy SappPa.....its all about playing for teams that coach teach develop players to play for titles ....division conference NC....and to get to the NFL....not with these ass munches at the helm. We contiue to fade; this program is dying with AlPa.
Posted by: VA Cane | January 03, 2015 at 04:47 PM
We got the best cbs and safeties in the nation....just watch them back peddle 20 yards off the ball.. ..and what viscious tacklers and hitters.....like Tatum!
LMAO!
Posted by: VA Cane | January 03, 2015 at 04:50 PM
by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 04:37 PM
4 is approximately 25% of 19.
Posted by: Go Canes | January 03, 2015 at 04:52 PM
It's ultimately on Golden. But Strong had incentives that Miami was not going to offer in terms of other players offered, if my UT friend is to be believed.
Posted by: TonyCane | January 03, 2015 at 04:55 PM
Is it such a stretch to say out of 19, 4-5 have character/grade issues, 4-5 will never want to go to UM no matter what and we need to get 60-80% of the rest?
That's not even factoring kids who may be a 4 star but not what we're looking for.
Posted by: Go Canes | January 03, 2015 at 04:59 PM
Is it such a stretch, for a HS DB to see a LB lined up on a slot, and think to himself..."What do they need me for?"
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 05:08 PM
Its why Butch has a strained relationship with some people at the U because he will hold their feet to the fire to get his guys in even if they have a little baggage. The baggage players are usually the ones who wont quit...Butch understands the Cane mentality..lol
Posted by: miamicane | January 03, 2015 at 05:08 PM
The key numbers , Go, are the 0-2 who Golden can get to sit. A damned miserable performance. Again.
Posted by: j.w. | January 03, 2015 at 05:11 PM
"Posted by: WWIM | January 03, 2015 at 04:15 PM"
FINALLY! Some good news from this dead football program.
Let's see if they can make it two days in a row like that after the sun rises tomorrow . . .
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | January 03, 2015 at 05:11 PM
Is it such a stretch to say out of 19, 4-5 have character/grade issues, 4-5 will never want to go to UM no matter what and we need to get 60-80% of the rest?
That's not even factoring kids who may be a 4 star but not what we're looking for.
Posted by: Go Canes | January 03, 2015 at 04:59 PM
AlPa is GoPa, GoPa is AlPa
Posted by: Bermuda Triangle | January 03, 2015 at 05:13 PM
Bermuda, JJ is def the better DB. Irvin helps a lot on ST as well.
Oh, and Irvin's plan B was just offered. Cb/S, Robert Knowles. Thought he deserved an offer regardless, so not mad about it.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 05:17 PM
keeper of 3 kings @_QueenLioness_ ยท 4m 4 minutes ago
Before @_CedTooLive committed to #TheU he was just another football...now my baby sitting on top of the world...lol
Watch those groupies son
CedTooLive =s Gulliver RB, Cedrick Wright.
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 05:17 PM
If only Golden has a winning record for the U like the winning streak he has against firing rumors :(
Posted by: SinisterCane | January 03, 2015 at 05:20 PM
U so ignorant it ain't even funny!
Posted by: SOUP | January 03, 2015 at 04:25 PM
Why do we have to go into name calling? Lol
Posted by: WWIN | January 03, 2015 at 05:20 PM
Love Cedrick Wright
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 05:22 PM
People need to look at Miami's min. admission requirements, than look at WVU, FSU, etc. People who don't qualify at UM for football often go to these other schools, and when desperate enough, to Marshall.
For anyone not paying attention, we have a big game vs top 5 UVa in a little while in hoops to see where we stand in the ACC.
Happy new year all.
Posted by: jcane | January 03, 2015 at 05:23 PM
DMoney from CIS on Knowles:
I posted about him here. https://www.canesinsight.com/threads...ght=underrated
He is a stud. If his grades are straight (I heard they're improving) he is one of the best players in South Florida.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 05:23 PM
Bermuda, JJ is def the better DB. Irvin helps a lot on ST as well.
Oh, and Irvin's plan B was just offered. Cb/S, Robert Knowles. Thought he deserved an offer regardless, so not mad about it.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | January 03, 2015 at 05:17 PM
thanks
Posted by: Bermuda Triangle | January 03, 2015 at 05:28 PM
People need to look at Miami's min. admission requirements, than look at WVU, FSU, etc. People who don't qualify at UM for football often go to these other schools, and when desperate enough, to Marshall.
Posted by: jcane | January 03, 2015 at 05:23 PM
Are athletes required to write an essay?
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 05:32 PM
Ohio_Cane...would you take Knowles, over Kevin Tolliver?
Posted by: CaneRock | January 03, 2015 at 05:36 PM
The Playmaker has got some explaining to do!
Posted by: nemo2002 | January 03, 2015 at 05:42 PM
Its not irvins kid so why does he have any explaining to do?
Robert knowles is a playmaker from what ive read and seen through his higlight videos. Hes one of those kids we wiould say why didnt he go to UM
Posted by: UpNorthCane27 | January 03, 2015 at 05:47 PM
Are the Monday rumors based on the CIS story?
Posted by: The Dude | January 03, 2015 at 05:55 PM
Blake James has got some explaining to do!
Posted by: nemo2002 | January 03, 2015 at 05:42 PM
There! Fixed it for ya!
I'll be glad when they finally make auto correct for blogs!
Posted by: WWIN | January 03, 2015 at 05:55 PM
Anyone else watching the UM basketball game against VA?
If not, DON'T. It's ugly.
Posted by: nemo2002 | January 03, 2015 at 06:02 PM
The Playmaker has got some explaining to do!
Posted by: nemo2002 | January 03, 2015 at 05:42 PM
Where are they going to play football that looks more like what Irvin remembers? Texas under Strong, or Miami under Golden?
Posted by: dj moonbat | January 03, 2015 at 06:08 PM
Ohio, Knowles is a beast!
Posted by: WWIN | January 03, 2015 at 06:09 PM
Yeah, that win vs the turds turned out not to be such a great win. Miami will not even make the NIT.
Posted by: BEERicane | January 03, 2015 at 06:09 PM
Has Coach L recruited ANY one, ANY good, for UM?
Posted by: nemo2002 | January 03, 2015 at 06:18 PM