10.16.2006
Melee in Miam - Canes brawl with FIU!
As if Larry Coker doesn’t have enough problems down in Florida, this weekend’s bench clearing brawl to certainly not settle it all will most likely be the last straw in the career of a man with the second best winning percentage in the history of college football. And while Coker was quoted as saying, “I haven’t had many bad days, but this is a bad one,” the bottom line is this could get very bad for Coach Coker and his staff.
The trustees and alumni already wanted him out. They flew planes and signs over the U two weekends ago screaming it is time, and Coker must go. And this will most likely be the last straw in the hat for a coach who has nothing but huge success. His players have become less talented, and too much thug for even for U.
Every player who participated in that brawl wanted to play for the Canes. But they couldn’t, and they had a chip on their shoulder therefore. It doesn’t make it right for a Cane to swing his helmet at his opponent, but clearly, FIU had a problem with the Canes, who have a problem with beat downs after the LSU Bowl game last season.
The Canes felt they lost that fight, and they certainly lost the game. And now, Coach Coker has a whole other set of problems after he suspended 8 players minimum. The problem is the trustees are meeting today about the “direction of the football program.”
Will this be the end of an era where in his first year they won it all, and haven’t won since? We believe it will be, as suspending the players for one game is pathetic, they deserved the entire season.
A PimpWiz Exclusive By, Ryan Berger
The trustees and alumni already wanted him out. They flew planes and signs over the U two weekends ago screaming it is time, and Coker must go. And this will most likely be the last straw in the hat for a coach who has nothing but huge success. His players have become less talented, and too much thug for even for U.
Every player who participated in that brawl wanted to play for the Canes. But they couldn’t, and they had a chip on their shoulder therefore. It doesn’t make it right for a Cane to swing his helmet at his opponent, but clearly, FIU had a problem with the Canes, who have a problem with beat downs after the LSU Bowl game last season.
The Canes felt they lost that fight, and they certainly lost the game. And now, Coach Coker has a whole other set of problems after he suspended 8 players minimum. The problem is the trustees are meeting today about the “direction of the football program.”
Will this be the end of an era where in his first year they won it all, and haven’t won since? We believe it will be, as suspending the players for one game is pathetic, they deserved the entire season.
A PimpWiz Exclusive By, Ryan Berger
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