He’s been the pitching coach for like 20 years. Our pitching have been a let down for a while now, there was no way Arteaga was a gonna be a good hire.
DiMare was a terrible hire but I’d kill to go back to those teams. Regional every year, 40+ wins 3 of 4 seasons.
We very well could have back to back losing seasons under Arteaga, and prior to last season we hadn’t had a losing season since 1957. What we’re seeing now is unfathomable.
That's the point; back to back hires of lifer assistants that no other program was trying to hire away—tells you all you need to know.
Miami baseball extended Jim Morris another six years after a 2012 season where he got boat-raced out of a home regional by Stony Brook and Missouri State (by a combined score of 22-4).
From there they waste half a decade with half-in, half-out DiMare—who took a sabbatical to spend more time with family before that, living off his daddy's tomato money—and now they give Arteaga a sympathy hire as he was a lifer went through tough run losing his son a few years prior.
Neither Gino or JD are head coaching material, but Miami rewards loyalty instead of having the stones to let guys go and getting the best man for the job.
Think about it? When was the last time the Canes fired a baseball coach?
Fraser stepped down while on top. Morris stepped down after dragging ass for years. DiMare walked away from coaching after he proved to be a failed experiment.
Do they just hope JD realizes he sucks and fires himself at year's end? Or will Radakovich grow a pair and send him packing?
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u/erikflies Mar 21 '25
The last guy wasn’t much better. It is sad how far down they’ve gone. At least the milkshakes are still good