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For a program featured in two ESPN “30 for 30” shows, the Miami Hurricanes have been quite un “U-like” for a long time. Whether that’s a good thing in the long run or a bad thing in the short-term now depends completely upon the influence of Al Golden.
Golden took over at Miami in December 2010 and has taken the Hurricanes to a bowl game twice, but he has yet to prevail with a postseason victory. He’s book-ended 6-6 regular seasons over his four-year span at Miami, going 6-6 in 2011 and finishing 6-6 before their bowl game in 2014. Although starting a freshman at quarterback last season, Miami’s three-win decline from 2013 is technically a regression.
The case for Golden is becoming transparently thin as he enters his fifth year with the program. The dust Nevin Shapiro stirred up is finally beginning to settle, and Golden must emerge from the controversy and not allow Miami’s sordid past impact the Hurricanes’ future.
Luckily Miami enters 2015 with one of the ACC’s hot-handed QBs in Brad Kaaya. The Hurricanes also boast the nation’s No. 20 ranked recruiting class according to ESPN 300. These signs could predict success for a team desperate to turn it around or point to failure if a turnaround doesn’t happen.
With the talent rolling in and the time already invested, no longer will a disappointing Hurricanes season be a “Miami problem,” or a player problem, or stem from the crimes of a corrupt booster; the burden of next season’s outcome will now rest completely on Al Golden.
Jerry Landry is a writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow Jerry on Twitter at @Jerry2Landry, “Like” him on Facebook or add him on Google.
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