Al Golden is spiteful in his lawsuit against Miami football program

In extensive an email thread with West Palm Beach talk show host Andy Slater, former Miami football coach Al Golden was spiteful regarding his firing by the Hurricanes in 2015.

Al Golden went 32-25 in four seasons as the head coach of the Miami football program. By Hurricanes’ standards, only one of those seasons can relatively be deemed a success. Golden lost both of his bowl games. In a disturbing email exchange with West Palm Beach talk show host, Andy Slater, Golden comes off as spiteful.

Golden and Slater discussed Golden’s 2015 firing following a 58-0 loss to Clemson at home, the scheduling involving the Miami football program and the severance Golden received following his October 2015 departure. Golden is currently the linebackers coach of the Detroit Lions. He was never a good fit in Coral Gables.

Golden was hired by Miami in December 2010 following a 27-34 record in five years at Temple. In his last two years leading the Owls, Golden was 17-8. Temple lost its only bowl game during the Golden tenure, the 2009 Eagle Bank Aloha Bowl. The complaints by Golden come off as a coach not willing to take responsibility.

In addition to Golden’s complaints about the scheduling he also complained about an opportunity in 2013 to become the head coach at Wisconsin and how it would provide he and his family a better opportunity to succeed than he would have at Miami and the scholarship reductions and bowl bans from the Nevin Shapiro scandal.

Golden wanted home and homes with Kansas State and Nebraska pushed back a few years for Miami to play less competitive football programs because of the probation. While that is understandable on some level, a more confident coach would seize the opportunity to improve playing against better teams.