Warren Sapp has never been shy of expressing his thoughts or feelings. This is why if Sapp is making the rounds at the Super Bowl’s week-long radio row and generating some buzz. On Thursday he was asked about a number of subjects regarding the Pro Football Hall of Fame class and the upcoming Super Bowl by Miami sports station 560 WQAM, and that included some questions about Sapp’s Miami Hurricanes.
He was not all that thrilled about the current state of The U.
“Don’t talk to me about Al Golden and whatever that D-coordinator’s name is,” Sapp said. “Don’t hire someone you can’t fire. That’s the golden rule. The D-coordinator is killing my school. That looks like no Miami defense in the history of our school; even when [Howard] Schnellenberger was getting it started!”
The defensive coordinator Sapp did not bother to mention by name is Mark D’Onofrio, who has come under fire for struggling defenses the last couple of seasons at Miami. The Hurricanes finished 10th in the ACC each of the last two seasons in scoring defense. Miami was 13th in the 14-team ACC in total defense in 2013.
Sapp also took exception with Golden interviewing for the head coaching vacancy at Penn State.
“Go home,” Sapp said when reminded Golden was a Penn State alum. “You don’t need to interview at home if you know what home is. Go home.”
Clearly Golden has some work to do to smooth over relations with some members of the Miami football family.
Full audio via 560 WQAM.