After three plus seasons as FIU head coach, Ron Turner was fired today. The announcement of Turner’s dismissal is shocking. Not because Turner was some great head coach, after all he only went 10-30 in the most football rich region in America.
But because FIU, always in the shadow of Miami’s other sports teams, tried to steal headlines while the city is mourning.
Earlier today, one of baseball’s youngest stars Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was pronounced dead after a boating accident early this morning in Florida. The city of Miami has been in a state of grief and shock all day since the news hit the wire.