I'm a diehard Canes fan, and as passionate as I am about the football team, I'm just as exasperated with all the stupid shennanigans on the field.

That's why I'm very, very elated that a "bleed green & orange" man of character in Randy Shannon was hired to be their head coach.

Thus far, he's holding ALL OF THE PLAYERS ACCOUNTABLE with a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for conduct on the field, conduct off the field, and conduct in their studies.

For a great example of this, read the following interview with freshman DB, Demarcus VanDyke regarding Shannon's preparation for the FIU game this Sat 9/15/07...

Do you want to know how SERIOUS Canes' Coach Randy Shannon is about conduct and character? Read this interview with freshman cornerback Demarcus VanDyke and you'll find out.

Source Link - http://miami.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=712954

September 12, 2007

Van Dyke: We'll mind manners vs. FIU
CaneSport.com Staff

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DEMARCUS VANDYKE Q&A

Q: You weren't in this game vs. FIU last year. What's it like being part of it this year?

Van Dyke: Last year, that was last year's team. This is a new team. We're going to go out and play football, and that's it.

Q: You watched last year's FIU game on TV. What was your reaction to the brawl?

Van Dyke: I was in shock. Things happen out there on the football field. It's football, so anything can happen. (This year) coach Shannon told us go out there and play between the lines.

Q: FIU players know Miami players well and vice versa.

Van Dyke: I know a couple of guys over there. There's going to be some smack talk, just playing football between the lines and that's it. Coaches told us just to play football, and that's it. It's just another game, that's it.

Q: In practice Shannon said he's having scout team guys take cheap shots so you learn not to retaliate?

Van Dyke: It's working real well. Last week someone ran me full speed and (Shannon) watched to see if I'd react. But I didn't react. I knew there was going to be something like that. I was just chilling. Coach Shannon was watching. I realized he was looking. (At first) I was like, `Come on, man, this is practice. We're teammates.' I kind of realized coach Shannon was trying to try something, so I just calmed down. Derrick Morse had someone run at him full speed. He's kind of crazy. But he relaxed.

Q: How hard is it not to react?

Van Dyke: It's hard. But you have to think about things before you react.

Q: What did you learn from the Oklahoma game?

Van Dyke: I learned a lot. I have to go out there and play my `A' game every week. (Malcolm) Kelly's a good receiver. I have to play better against him next time.

Q: Randy Phillips moved to safety now. Where does the secondary go from this point?

Van Dyke: We're going up. This is a good defense, good secondary. Randy is an athlete. He's a natural at safety. He has to learn the coverages and that's it.

Q: What are team leaders telling you to get you ready for FIU?

Van Dyke: Kenny Phillips told me to keep my head on straight because they're going to try and go out there, try anything to start a fight. We're going to be alright out there.

Q: Was Oklahoma a wakeup call for you with their speed?

Van Dyke: My first day on college campus was a wakeup call because we have Lance Leggett, Darnell Jenkins at receiver. Those guys are good like Malcolm Kelly. I learned I have to bring my `A' game every day.

Q: Did you talk to Kelly after the game?

Van Dyke: He told me I had a good game. He's a good guy.

Q: They were getting physical with you after the whistle?

Van Dyke: Coach Shannon tells us keep our composure, don't let a personal foul (occur)

Q: The rule is if you fight you're kicked off the team?

Van Dyke: Coach Shannon says if a fight happens that guy is suspended from the team. (He says that) most every day.

Q: What do you know about FIU?

Van Dyke: Coach (Mario) Cristobal, he recruited me last year. He's a great coach. They have great receivers. It's a great team overall. They'll bring their A game.

And Shannon's recruiting class for the '08 season is already off to an exceptional start as many 5-star/4-star/3-star recurits have made early commitments.

If any Cane alumni deserves to be a champion-caliber coach, it's definitely Randy Shannon.

I'll be pulling for him... and "The U."

One more great article on Shannon's relationship with his players...

Source: http://miami.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=701636

August 14, 2007
The List: Hurricane players' worst fear
CaneSport.com Staff

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The first time Cane players learned about The List, more than half the team was on it.

Coach Randy Shannon read each name off at a team meeting and told the players to wait outside of the meeting room for him.

He then took them down to Greentree Practice Field – school clothes, sandals, backpacks and all – and had them run gassers.

"I had to do that," DE Calais Campbell said. "Now I'm good. I'm not going to be on The List again."

What got Campbell on the list was returning books late.

Like Campbell, most of the team got the hint after that. The List has dwindled significantly nowadays.

"Lately there's hardly anyone on it," OT Reggie Youngblood said. "I was on The List one time. I forgot to turn my books in, got punished for that. That's the last time that'll happen. That's it."

If your name is called during team meetings, you're not happy.

"Coach Shannon calls out the names, says `See me outside,'" Cyrim Wimbs says. "When they come back inside they're soaked, full of sweat. I figure whatever it was they did, it can't have been good."

Offensive lineman Matt Pipho sees the players on The List disappear.

And then he'll see them an hour later in the locker room.

"They disappear and you hear stories and legends," Pipho says. "People come back in the locker room that have puke on them just from rolling – he'll make them roll down the field."

And it's not just roll around a bit and you're done.

It's a competition among all the players on The List.

The fastest player to finish rolling the set distance is done with the punishment.

The rest have to keep rolling.

What can get you on the list?

"Not following team rules, just not doing what you're supposed to do, what coach Shannon has instructed you to do," OL Andrew Bain says.

Will having a cell phone in the football office get you on the list?

"That will get you on the list," Bain says. "And get your phone taken away."

If your equipment's not on in time for the start of practice?

"That'll get you on The List, too," he says. "If he tells you anything has to be done by a certain time and you don't do it by a certain time, you're on The List. If you're supposed to get a tutor or do something to help you get better in a class, see a teacher, and you don't do it – that'll get you on The List."

Missing rehab or getting a bad report from a professor will get you on the list.

So what really happens to players on The List?

"I don't know and I don't want to know," Wimbs says. "I stay off the list."

Derrick Morse says, "They run, they get demoted, they get a bad rap. You don't want to be a list guy here. You're on that list, at the team meeting coach Shannon will just say, `See me after this.' And then they're on the field and they're running in jeans, whatever – you don't change, go right to the thing. And that's not always the punishment. It depends on what it is. It might be `You were first team, now you're second team.' Guys know the severity of it. The worst thing you can do is demote somebody, take away your playing time."

Players will do anything to stay off The List.

Which means they are concentrating on doing the right things.

And that's how Shannon wants it.

"I just try to stay out of trouble with him – he's not a guy you want to get in a bad situation with," Jason Fox says.

Morse adds, "I would never get on The List because I fear The List."

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