Miami’s Director Of Atletics Dan Radakovich Talks About Mario Cristobal Success ‘I’ve never seen anyone work as hard as Mario’
Miami Hurricanes Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich talked on the Gramlich & Mac Lain Show, and he was talking about Mario Cristobal and how he rebuilt the roster and here is what he had to say.
“Everyone thinks you sprinkle Pixie Dust on the players and all of a sudden they perform great,” Radakovich said. “Well, they weren’t the right type of players and system for what Mario and his staff would like to do. So it took a little time. But the fundamentals of the people we have at positions of real influence right now are really good. Our offensive line, 3 of the 5 are coming back and another played a lot. And the center is a two year starter from a Big 10 school (Indiana’s Zach Carpenter). Defensive line, a number of really positive folks coming in. Quarterback (Cam Ward), the linebackers, the safeties – the thing about being strong up the middle, there is some truth to that. Cam Ward who came in from day 1 has been a great leader, someone everybody has universally really rallied around. Of course a couple of other pieces in the transfer portal Part 2. We do feel really good about it.
“You watch spring practice, you were really able to see some of the differences. We had a freshman from Las Vegas, Elija Lofton, a TE/RB. He’s a special player. He can do a number of different things. There are a lot of good, young men on this team and Mario has really been able to change the culture. I think we will see how that is going to work and the fruits of the labor moving forward.” Courtesy of CaneSport.
Radakovish also spoke on the August 31 game against Florida.
“When you are a collegiate program with the history Miami had, Miami starts to get good and in a football crazy area of South Florida, it dont take a whole lot to light the fire of expectation. We are really excited about moving forward with the 2024 season. There are some really good building blocks.” Said Radakovish.
If you want to check out the full interview check the video down below.
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