It is amazing how current events dominate people's impressions. Larranaga's last two years at Miami have been impressive, and with their guards, they could make another deep tourney run. That said, Larranaga looked done until last year. Here were Miami's records in 2019, 2020 and 2021:
2019: 14-18 (5-13) tied with BC for 11th in the ACC
2020: 15-16 (7-13) tied with BC for 10th in the ACC (one game ahead of a bad WF team coached by DM)
2021: 10-17 (4-15) 13th in ACC
16-31 in the ACC over that three year stretch. That is BC and WF under DM territory.
Larranaga looked done as a coach and was about to get canned if 2022 was anything close to the previous three seasons. To Larranaga's credit last year, he got a lot out of transfers Cam McGusty, Charlie Moore and Jordan Miller, and Isaiah Wong blossomed. This year, Larranaga benefitted from NIL money to land Nigel Pack and Norchad Omier and suddenly, everyone thinks he's great again. Larranaga is doing a fine job, but like a lot of coaches, his teams do well when he has talent, and his team's suck when he doesn't.