Quote Originally Posted by 1inStripes View Post
I think mine and Biggins thoughts are about the same. Miami has to take that minor step before they can take the giant leap. If you can't win the ACC title, you can't win the national title.
And what I'm saying to both of you is that I don't want our program stuck in "yay, we won the ACC Title for the 8th time again, we're so great"-land, as some programs are.

If you plan well enough to win a national title--the ACC titles will of course come. But, if you plan for your team to be "just" good enough to win the ACC, then that's all you'll ever do. I want a guy who's focus is building a national contender from day one. If you build a national contender, conference titles will come with ease. Honestly--even if VT or another ACC team had went undefeated through their whole season and won the ACC--no way in hell they're going to Glendale to play for all the marbles.

If the conference step is so important, why was Miami winning titles as an independent back in the 80's? Because they scheduled well enough to have a strong schedule worthy of that consideration, and because they went out and built the best **** team they could, regardless of what everyone thought. For example--there were guys like Randall Hill that said they didn't care if they went to the Orange Bowl but didn't win a national title or whatever--they took the rings from winning that game and gave it away to some chick at a party. The only rings most of those guys kept, were the national titles b/c those were the ones that mattered. I want that mentality back in our locker room.

I may be irrational to some of you when it comes to this, but while I can be happy about the things Miami does throughout a season, if we don't win a national title at the end--it's a disappointment to me just like it was to those guys like Randall Hill.

I want a head coach with that same mentality. The CFB scene has changed since back then, but the plan shouldn't be that much different.