7. Al Golden’s tenure at Miami can’t end soon enough for Hurricanes fans
How strange is it that a coach on a team that is 3-0 has fans calling for the university to fire him? Welcome to the life of Al Golden, who, for the second weekend in a row, endured banners flying overhead calling for the University of Miami to fire him.
Even after the Hurricanes finished Week 3 with an overtime victory, Twitter was aflame with “#FireAlGolden” hashtags. Fans were upset at the conservative nature of Golden’s offense at the end of the game, as his strategy allowed Nebraska to crawl back into the contest after being down 33-10 early in the fourth quarter.
The defensive strategy in that fourth quarter was also reprehensible. Miami’s front seven was undisciplined, allowing Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong, Jr. to get to the outside countless times to make plays outside the pocket.
Miami crumbled down the stretch, and if not for a ill-conceived and apparently vindictive late hit penalty by Nebraska, the Cornhuskers would have gotten a shot to win the game in overtime.
So, apparently it’s not just winning that matters.
Fans of the “U” are sick and tired of mediocrity, which is all they’ve experienced to this point in the four-plus seasons Golden has been the leading man at Miami. At this point, however, maybe it’s better to just see how the rest of the season plays out before running the man out of town.