here's a good article
http://miami.scout.com/2/566185.html
and here's a snippet from it that tells a very big tale about coker's win/loss record
" Coker continues to get a free ride and we continue hearing about his remarkable 53-10 record from the national media that simply don’t have a clue.
But that record is a fraud.
With Butch Davis’ recruits, he was 24-0 until the referee stole the Fiesta Bowl. It was hard not to be 24-0 with that much talent. Since that 24-0 start, Coker is 29-10. That’s a .743 winning percentage. That might be good enough at
Oklahoma State or
Tulsa where 9-3 brings about a block party, but in Miami, good is not good enough. The standard of excellence at the University of Miami is Mount Everest-like. Miami has won 5 National Championships since 1983 and has played for at least four more. But this championship program is looking less and less like it each and every year.
Miami is 11-6 in the ACC. Miami has lost games to
Georgia Tech at home with an ACC Championship game appearance at stake,
North Carolina and
Clemson. Not to mention FSU twice and
Virginia Tech at home with a BCS bid at stake.
Back-to-back 9-3 records are the exact reason the Orange Bowl WAS NOT sold out for the Florida State game. Those records simply are not acceptable. Period. Coker can delude himself all day and say we’ve got great players, but we don’t. His recruits for the most part are average. For every stud he’s recruited, he’s recruited three that don’t belong here. And if Miami isn’t sitting on a 12-1 record at the end of this season, he shouldn’t be here either."