From: jfrederi@encore.com (Justin Frederich)
Subject: Re: Verbal Bashing Of Miami
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 00:26:15 GMT

William Mangione-Smith writes:

In article <> j_hardin@oz.plymouth.edu (James J. Hardin) writes:

>   The thing that bothers me is the slander directed at Miami pertaining
>   to some off-field problems.  Some examples include:  calling Miami
>   players convicts and uneducated.  Calling them classless, etc,etc.

Did you see the Texas (cotton bowl?) game a few years ago? Haven't you heard

>   Dennis Erickson has done a good job channelling that emotion into
>   something positive.  No other team plays harder than Miami. 

>Right, its a good thing they brough Erickson in after that Texas debacle,
>other wise we might all think the university condoned the bragging,
>showboating, and taunting on the field.  (mind you, I *do* know the calendar
>of events here).

William,

You do not know the calendar of events or much else. You do know how to 
go on and on about the team you love to hate. That would be fine if you
weren't so blinded with your anger that you can't accept anything good
about the Canes. I admit that I don't know everything about the Canes
but I've been around these kids a lot and you are very wrong.

I was at that Cotton Bowl you refer to and the coach on the sidelines
was - guess who? - Dennis Erickson !!! If you knew the calendar of events
you would know that not only did he coach the Canes throughout 1990 but
also 1989. 

The man everyone loves to hate went to the Dallas Cowboys after the 1988
season. I agree that the Canes showboating under Johnson made them look
bad and even though he's been gone 4 seasons you will never forget what
happened and you will call any new players on the Miami team a lot of
bad names. As the years go by a lot of people will see the changes
Coach Erickson has made in the way the team acts - but we know you won't.

Miami is aware that they have to live down the past and they know it will
take years. They have kids that have come in since the Texas game and will
put up with people like you their whole careers but they live with it.

What you're doing actually pulls them closer together.
The 'us against the world' attitude is part of why they work so damn
hard year-round to be the best players they can be. What's ironic is that
as long as *@%$#%@&*# like you keep it up they will remain on top of the
football world.

I know , Mr. Smith, that I've questioned your Michigan team in the past
and I now feel that you are very thin-skinned concerning them but I've
never made any kind of a personnal attack like you do. I've basically
pointed out games that Michigan has lost etc. in response to the many
threads that you or another Michigan fan post saying how Mich is the
best, the greatest, better than Miami etc. etc. etc. 

If you follow my postings about Michigan , you will find that every one
of them is a response to what I felt was an outrageous boast.

Why don't you (or any other Mich fan) answer these questions :

   1. Why does Michigan feel they can demand that other (non-conference)
      teams play all their games against Michigan in Ann Arbor ?
         -please don't use ND as an example of home & home scheduling
          because they are one of the few teams I feel is more arrogant
          than Michigan when it comes to scheduling

   2. Why doesn't Michigan schedule better non-conference teams since
      their conference is so weak lately and play them home and away ?

   3. Why do you boast about being the greatest team etc. when it's
      generally agreed that the big 10 has fallen on hard times and
      all you're doing is pounding weak sisters ?

   4. Why does the Big 10 insist on extending the Rose Bowl contract
      and Michigan agree to this (for the BIG payout - I know) and
      then attack Miami because you think Miami may play in the OB
      instead of somewhere that would net them almost 2 million less.

   5. How much is Michigan's share of the Rose Bowl after expenses ?

   6. Don't you think Michigan and some other top ten teams would get
      more respect if they played more top 25 opponents ?

   7. Don't you think the Pac-10 would be better off if they could play
      the best opponent in the Rose Bowl instead of always a big-10 team ?

   8. Couldn't that have settled the MNC last year, for example, if
      Michigan played somewhere else and Washington played the other
      undefeated team. Hell you could have played Nebraska in the OB !

   9. Can you ever admit that Miami may have done the RIGHT thing in the
      West Virginia game by playing 66 boys and dropping out of first
      because they didn't run up the score ?

  10. If you read this year that Miami's football team is in the top 10 %
      of all Div 1A teams in graduation rate could you believe it ?

Hopefully Mr. Smith you can clean up your act and we can enjoy more
meaningful comments in r.s.f.c . If not we both can use the .kill !!!

Justin