Miami Hurricanes fans aren’t happy with coach Al Golden, if a banner flown over Sun Life Stadium Saturday is any indication.
A group of Miami Hurricanes fans took to the skies to show their displeasure with coach Al Golden, as a plane flew over Sun Life Stadium during the first half of Miami’s game against Cincinnati carrying a banner that read “Fire Al Golden, Save The U @WestEndZone.”
Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald tweeted a photo of the banner:
Here's a photo by our @aldiazphoto of banner that flew over Sun Life earlier this morning #UM pic.twitter.com/F2DH2fIFbC
— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) October 11, 2014
West End Zone is an online forum that has its own section for Miami football and things have been rough this week in Miami after the Hurricanes lost at Georgia Tech last week to fall to 3-3 on the season, 1-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
Athletic director Blake James had to defend Golden’s “process” in a story in the Palm Beach Post earlier this week.
"“Coaches, staff and student-athletes come to Miami to work and study in a world class university and to compete for championships. We are all competitive at heart—President (Donna) Shalala, Al Golden and me—and no one wants to win as much as we do.“But I also recognize that rebuilding our proud football program, especially with the challenges we have faced the last few years off of the field, is a process. I understand the frustration of some of our fans and former players and I appreciate the passion. We will be champions again and we will do it together.”"
Golden is in his fourth year at Miami and came into Saturday with a 25-18 record, including a loss in last year’s Russell Athletic Bowl to Louisville.
Golden came to Miami from Temple, where he was 27-34 in five years—equivalent to going 60-1 at a normal football program.