Miami football fans react to Mario Cristobal replacing Manny Diaz

Miami football fans have mixed emotions about the team’s decision to part ways with former head coach Manny Diaz. Hiring Mario Crostobal can only help matters.

It is a change of guard in Coral Gables, as the Miami football program has parted ways with former head coach Manny Diaz.

The Miami Hurricanes are expected to hire Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal to the same post. Cristobal played his college ball at The U for Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson. The Miami native had been the head coach at Florida International prior to reinventing himself as an offensive line coach for Nick Saban at Alabama. Getting Cristobal to leave Eugene for Miami is massive news.

Here is how the Miami fanbase reacted to Diaz getting fired with Cristobal expected to take over the reins of the program.

Miami football fans react to Mario Cristobal replacing Manny Diaz as head coach

There are three consistencies with the change at the helm in Miami.

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One, Miami fans have great respect for Diaz as a person, even if he was not as good of a head coach as many of them were hoping he would be. Of course, some hate the fact he is a Florida State graduate and believe he is best served to be a cashier at Publix for his next job.

Two, the excitement surrounding Cristobal’s return to South Florida is immense. This long downtrodden fanbase has hope with the proven head coach taking over the program. Of course, every fanbase feels this way when a new hire is announced, but this one hits differently.

And three, the entire process Miami went about switching head coaches was a complete and total botch job. While the outcome is hopefully one that pans out for the fanbase, it just shows how poorly the administration is run in Coral Gables these days. Even if Cristobal and new athletic director frontrunner Dan Radakovich are proven commodities, Miami has been a mess for a while.

Thankfully, the incredibly awkward coaching search for the Miami Hurricanes is finally over with.

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