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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 2577796, member: 1609"] Larry Coker is an interesting story The truth is a somewhat different than you insist . First he was a middle aged man with 20 years as an effective offensive coordinator He once had Thurman (Thomas and Barry Sanders playing the same position )who never actually applied for the job, The old coach bales on the team News YearscDay for the worst job in the NFL There has to be a backstory in that move. The first two or three choices turned down the job. It took lobbying by his friends and a player revolt for Miami To offer him the job. If you know anything about sports than you are aware that a head football coach manages a large staff and the skill sets required for this are far different than the supervisory role of a coordinator. Even by comparison a B.B. head coach has much less requirement Coker won a NC in his first year and was most likely jobbed of a repeat his second . His motivational skill was extraordinary and the players love for him are unquestionably. Those years were Miami last in the Big East , They then they moved to the ACC . As someone as smart a you should know Southern Fla is ironical a Nothern area. That move also doomed BC , and eventual VT. Coker after such an astounding debut 22-0 , followed up those teams With a few 9-3 teams and was fired when the team went 7-6 His lifetime record is astounding 55-15 with four Bowl wins in 6 tries . Coker’s problem wasn’t coaching The NC and the heart break loss are dubious without the players love for him. He obviously couldn’t manage people who pretty much took advantage of his easy going nature. He also allowed Undue outside influence that he ignored which almost lead to the death penalty for the school. In someways the next guy faced a more similar task than Ollie He was changed with getting tarnished academics up which he did but couldn’t win so he was fired Since Coker left Miami their record is something like 65-55. For those who think things can’t get worse their life skills are pretty non existant So Coker was a great motivator and a lousy mgr. Hardly a poster child for a stupid cliche . These Cliches are propagated by sports talking heads with IQ’s of 100 No one with an has over a 110 IQ should mindless repeat the mantra. [/QUOTE]

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