They cannot go on with him, just as they could not go on with Randy Shannon after he lost 48-0 to Virginia to close out the Orange Bowl.
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Saturday was Clemson’s first shutout of the season, first road shutout at Maryland and first-ever shutout of Miami.
Miami can get there again, if they make the right hire to replace Golden. Not only was Shaq Lawson’s blow one of the hardest hits on a quarterback you’ll see, but incredibly the Tigers only rushed two on the play. It’s what you rely on when you’re in trouble. Its personality was built on playing loose and free on the field and with the rules.
The Tigers could’ve easily racked up even more yards and points against Miami, although the damage they did was more than enough. Im confident that well find the best person for the job, to be able to meet those expectations. Golden didn’t bring it down, though.
“I know it isn’t far from outhouse to penthouse”, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said after the game. It wasn’t an accident that the program developed that personality.
Seeing your favorite team lose in the manner Miami did hurts, but the season didn’t end on Saturday. The problem Miami will face is they will have competition for Fuente. No more improper benefits and Pell Grant manipulation and Nevin Shapiro.
Miami interim coach Larry Scott said Monday that the Hurricanes’ top priority when practice resumes today will be helping players get through the shock of no longer having Golden leading the team.
But a change had to be made. I think it’s possible. And that’s what Golden had to try to fight against. At that point, everyone was proclaiming that The U was back… but it wasn’t. “We don’t need to talk”.
Clemson has won 10 straight games, its longest streak since the 1983 and 1984 seasons. And it also doesn’t have a personality. James said that Scott will be the coach through a bowl game, if Miami qualifies for one. Not to mention, the other facilities were lacking.
“He helped us weather a challenging time early in his tenure and he has always acted with class and integrity”, Stuart Miller, the chair of Miami’s board of trustees, said to other trustees Sunday night in an email obtained by The Associated Press.
The game couldn’t have started any better for Clemson or worse for Miami. This program needs a coach who can turn things around.
You go to a recruit and say, “You want to be a superstar? Here’s how it happens”.
There were calls for coach Al Golden’s job from the stands at Sun Life Stadium, in the air space over the stadium and throughout cyber space everywhere.
The only people who make it work are National Football League guys.
“In recent weeks there has been much speculation about the head-coaching position at UCF and my future plans. That’s just who we are”. Football coaches simply can not do it as the numbers are too large.
It’s not that Golden wasn’t a good coach with good intentions.
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Where Golden failed, beyond the wins and losses, was to fit in at a place where championships – and cogent coaching – are expected. Houston won at Louisville and Temple beat Penn State. There was a protracted NCAA investigation into the allegations made by that former booster and for more than two years, Golden shepherded the program through uncertainty.
