Firstly no one is ever 100% accurate on their evaluations, every program has failures. You just cannot predict what a young man will do when he enters the world of a college campus. A wholly different place without supervision, where temptation reigns and in some ways encouraged. A young man you thought would always choose the right thing suddenly lets his guard down and makes a bad choice.
Secondly the moment Shannon was fired the foundations of Hurricane football started to crack. So very popular within Miami circles, one of their own, just were never going to suddenly accept this guy from up north. He was going to have to convince them before they were going to trust him. Shapiro made this harder.
Thirdly the University throughout the investigation did everything they could to show the NCAA that Shapiro was an isolated case, that they would punish themselves with a loss of two bowl game, possibly convincing some players to jump ship. Also restricting themselves on home visits, we were never told how many but one or two may have cost the team a chance at finding something out.
Lastly the period of time a college program has to get to know a young man is typically three years max. So after all the mess it is no surprise to me that the last class has largely stuck since it took place in Golden's third year in place. Could they have done better in some cases, yes for sure. Everyone can say that though.
Secondly the moment Shannon was fired the foundations of Hurricane football started to crack. So very popular within Miami circles, one of their own, just were never going to suddenly accept this guy from up north. He was going to have to convince them before they were going to trust him. Shapiro made this harder.
Thirdly the University throughout the investigation did everything they could to show the NCAA that Shapiro was an isolated case, that they would punish themselves with a loss of two bowl game, possibly convincing some players to jump ship. Also restricting themselves on home visits, we were never told how many but one or two may have cost the team a chance at finding something out.
Lastly the period of time a college program has to get to know a young man is typically three years max. So after all the mess it is no surprise to me that the last class has largely stuck since it took place in Golden's third year in place. Could they have done better in some cases, yes for sure. Everyone can say that though.
