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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 112965, member: 204"]
Good analysis.

If you watched the ESPN movie "The U" you learned that the key to what Howard Schnellenberg did was to convince a ton of local talent to stay home.  They decided to make Miami a powerhouse.

And it worked because the talent level in south Florida is of course beyond description.

That kind of talent made Larry Coker look like a Hall of Fame coach for a couple of seasons.

The problem with the Miami example is that Howard Schnellenberger, Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson weren't fired. They left for other jobs. When they did, the program was not gutted or re-organized. The basic same system was maintained and the same recruiting scheme was maintained.

Now, since Davis left Larry Coker with the best team ever to play college football in 2001, Coker has been fired and Shannon has been fired and Golden is just finishing his first year.

And the program has languished.

Much of that is due to the fact that other teams like Florida and other SEC teams are now getting the local kids to leave Miami.

But the change in leadership has probably not helped matters.
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