3 reasons why you need to buy stock in Mario Cristobal and Miami football

The Miami Football team looks to kick off the Mario Cristobal era with a bang in 2022

The Miami Football team enters the 2022 college football season with renewed enthusiasm thanks to the splashy offseason hire of Mario Cristobal to lead the Hurricanes back to prominence after years of mediocrity.

In the last 20 years, the ‘Canes have been to 16 bowl games but won just four of those matchups. In fact, they’ve lost seven of their last eight bowl games. Miami desperately needed someone to come in, hit the reset button, and get this program back into the upper echelon of elite programs.

They’ve done just that by bringing Cristobal back to his hometown of Miami to reclaim south Florida as ‘Canes country.

He’ll have a good returning roster and also added some solid transfer talent to help get this new era of Hurricanes football off to a great start. Cristobal has already hit the recruiting trail hard and currently boasts the ninth-ranked recruiting class of 2023 (second-best in the ACC), according to 247 Sports.

There’s a lot to be excited about if you’re a Hurricanes fan. We’re exploring three reasons why the future of Miami football is extremely bright.

Mario Cristobal is setting the tone and culture for Miami football

Head Coach Mario Cristobal was born in Miami, went to high school in Miami, played for The U and helped them win two national championships, and coached the team’s offensive line and tight ends for several years— there is no other active coach in college football who knows Miami football better than this man.

Cristobal has played for and coached under some outstanding men: Jimmy Johnson, Dennis Erickson, Nick Saban,

Manny Navarro of The Athletic reported some of the small things Cristobal is doing to set the tone and expectations as the Hurricanes are preparing for the 2022 season.

One is that he’s not giving out important jersey numbers unless a player earns it, such as the late, great Sean Taylor’s No. 26.

“Some guys have asked for it, and I do not disrespect anyone in not awarding them a number,” Cristobal said in comments reported by Navarro. “But, if you’re going to wear that, you better be the baddest son of a gun on the planet, OK?”

Previously, hallowed numbers like that were seemingly given out to anyone that wanted it. Now, Cristobal is trying to install a sense of tradition, pride, and respect in the program.

Another interesting nugget from Navarro, who’s been on the ground at practice in Miami, noted how Cristobal has put an emphasis on recovery from workouts.

Cristobal has installed huge cold rooms on the sidelines that are the size of a small shipping container and reach temperatures of nearly zero degrees.

The head coach explained his reasoning behind it:

"“That has nothing to do with anything but recovering,” Cristobal said. “The way we practice is a different level. And there are times after practice where you want to bring your core temperature down. I’d love to explain all the science that goes with it. I’m sure, I would bore you guys to death. So, I’m not going to do that. But it’s something that we use in a couple different spots … the way we’re going to practice every ounce of recovery, every advantage we’re going to do.”"

It’s the small stuff that fans don’t typically get to see that’s making a positive impact on the Miami football team.

Things as simple as having a recovery cold room can help give the players a slight edge to recover and get back on the field more quickly to work on conditioning or things from the playbook.