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Rhett Lashlee: Here Is A Tidbit On The Miami Hurricanes’ Situation.

advarkas

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I am an SMU alum (99’-03’) but grew up in Coral Gables on the campus of the University of Miami and am a lifelong Canes fan. I’ve also been a member of Rivals Canesport for 15 years.

2 weeks ago, The U fired it’s Athletic Director. A search firm will hire a new AD within the next 7-10 days, and accordingly the new AD hire will impact both HC Manny Diaz and OC/QB Coach Rhett Lashlee.

The fans overwhelmingly want HC Diaz fired, who has horribly struggled in 3 years now as HC. However, there is an internal power struggle with The U’s BOT; one BOT faction wants an all out pursuit for Oregon’s Cristobal, who is from Miami, went to Miami, and even has deep high school ties to BOT Members. The new AD will technically decide Manny Diaz’s fate, but it is likely the Cristobal BOT faction will influentially prevail (it is more powerful/influential) and Diaz will be fired, meaning Rhett will also likely be let go at some point when The AD hires The U’s new coach, irrespective of whether that new HC is either Cristobal, Kiffin, or someone else.

Whether The U’s internal BOT turmoil right now combined with Manny Diaz’s probable firing prompts Rhett to proactively exit stage left and accept the SMU HC vacancy when Sonny departs for TCU (presuming that happens), seems to be a plausible scenario.

Miami Hurricanes fans like Rhett. He has done well at The U in 2 years as OC/QB coach, and the emergence of Freshman QB Tyler Van Dyke as the starter in only 6 games (22 TDs 6 INts, 2550 Yds, 61.6%) is due to Rhett and the relationship he has with the young man.
 
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