The U part 2

You're right. Not as good as part 1. Fun to remember all that talent from 1999 to 2002. I mean fuck: reggie Wayne Santana moss and Andre Johnson? Same fucking team? Ok. Bubba franks to Jeremy Shockey to kwii? Alright. Edge to najeh to Portis to McGahee to frank gore? Okie dokie. Nate Webster to Dan Morgan to Jon vilma & DJ Williams? Ed reed to Sean Taylor? Antrelle rolle and big Vince wilfork anyone? Fuck you USC under Pete or any Nebraska team - 1995 included. Suck it.

But in terms of historical impact on the game and back story? I'll take my guys from the decade before in the 80s. Much more compelling.

That said: when that 2001 team was focused not a team I've seen ever would hang with them. Perfectly balanced on offense and a mean talented defense that could smother you against the run or pass. That roster must represent more pro bowls than any other ever. I'll figure that out some time.

Interesting when you think about that season. The old system wasn't always that bad. Went to a rose and won. Had the playoff been around we might have had a wash miami rematch which I don't think would have gone well for wash a second time around. By the end of 2000 it was obvious how good they were.

Tequilla said:

The part that I found funny was that the players went to the AD and told them to hire Coker to not F things up ... and then saying that they basically ran the team and Coker was just along for the ride.

it's always like that. we all want what's familiar. i remember back when Jimmy left for Dallas and Steve Walsh was contemplating whether to come back and play for Erickson. He chose to enter the supplemental draft, and a big reason for that was that Miami had passed on their long-time offensive coordinator, Gary Stevens. Walsh thought Stevens should have been chosen for the job.

Same thing here. And in some respects, at least for the short-term, they were right. A new guy probably would have been too disruptive in the near term for a title run.

Even with all that talent, you need chemistry and you need some breaks. Coker was just fine for one year.

There's a story that goes around about Coker at the Rose Bowl. Coker had spent a lot of his career in the Big 8/Big 12 at Oklahoma State and I think one other stop. Anyway, he'd had a lot of experience getting his ass handed to him by Nebraska.

So the story goes he's absolutely nervous in the locker room, like "that's fucking Nebraska out there!" kind of thing. I guess Ed Reed or someone goes up to him and calms him down and tells him, "You're not at Oklahoma State anymore coach. This is Miami. We got this."

From all accounts, Coker is a good guy and a pretty fair O coordinator. But he was NEVER HC material, particularly at a place like Miami, which is its own animal altogether distinct from Northern football culture but also from Southern football culture. Miami is Miami. It's comparable to nothing else.