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Monday, August 13, 2007

Coach Coker: Why Was I Fired? Why? Why?



'Coker still wonders why [Miami fired him]. He wonders about a lot: "This whole thing really makes no sense..."

...Before the season even began, one player was injured in a shooting. Then came one of the ugliest moments in recent memory, when a brawl in the middle of the Florida International game in October sent the program on a downward spiral.

Miami made national headlines, bringing back comparisons to the bad old days of the 1980s and '90s. Thirteen Hurricanes players were suspended. Coker defended his players and took little responsibility for what happened, saying the brawl took the heart out of his players.

"Every day, it was just on and on and on. Don Imus wasn't close to what we experienced," Coker said.

Defensive player Bryan Pata was shot and killed in early November...'




---miami herald---