Al Golden claiming Miami football program acted with neglect and libel is vengeful behavior

MIAMI, FL - SEPTEMBER 13: (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - SEPTEMBER 13: (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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Williams was initially a transfer to Miami who was a 2,000-yard passer at Memphis in 2010. He was part of an interesting group of QBs Miami had in 2014. The signal-callers on the roster that season included Williams, Kaaya,

Malik Rosier

who led Miami to the ACC Coastal title in 2017,

Jake Heaps

and

Kevin Olsen

.

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Heaps had stops at BYU where he was a 2,000-yard passer and Kansas before transferring to Miami. Olsen is the brother of former Hurricanes tight Greg Olsen. Kevin Olson would be kicked off the team at Charlotte and eventually acquitted of three charges of rape and one of sexual assault.

Williams completed 69.8 percent of his passes for 506 yards with four TDs and one interception in three seasons with Miami. The timing of the multitude of allegations that Golden is making seems questionable with the trial commencing in February. Why he waited until now is suspect.

Golden accused Miami of gross negligence in their maintenance of the turf at Greentree. The current linebackers coach for the Detroit Lions was quoted by Slater as stating he wanted to take the high road in his departure. But waiting four years to alter that decision is questionable.

"“I did not encourage Ryan Williams to sue the University for gross negligence for a career-ending knee injury on an innocuous non-contact play in the Spring of 2014. The field we were playing was a danger to all involved Football student-athletes dating back to 2012… And the fact that it was attempted to be fixed unsuccessfully 3 consecutive Spring/Summer’s [sic] in a row … clearly establish that the University did not provide a safe environment.”"