via InsideTheU:

In December, ESPN released ‘The U’ documentary, a film by Billy Corben, which focused on the Hurricanes domination of college football in the 1980s and early 90s. Campbell was highly involved with the team during that time and was featured heavily in the film.

“I think it was a great educational tool,” he said. “Forget about the dancing and the partying. If you really look at it, it was able to tell our story and tell the story of the players versus what the media had always wrote about them and portrayed those guys and this program to be. It’s a hell of a recruiting tool because every kid right now wants to go to Miami. I went to the coaches convention this weekend and all of the coaches were like ‘man, that was a hell of thing. Miami is going to get everybody’. 

“But then you play Wisconsin down to their level—thank God ESPN is still running the thing—but they need to really look at that and really understand what Howard built, where Erickson took the program, where Jimmy took the program and really look at it from an educational standpoint and this is what Miami is really all about. Randy and the administration really need to look at the structure and what is a Miami kid and why do these kids play like this. People are looking at it like it’s about the crazy partying and the dancing, no no, forget about about all that. Really, really look at the movie.”

Campbell said he understood why the school didn’t endorse the film and assist Corben with interviews because the documentary could have either “killed the program or glorify it”. He did say he felt ‘The U’ glorified the school.

“I can tell you one thing, those guys love it down there at UM,” Campbell said. “Everybody loves the fact that they played and they enjoyed the movie and the kids enjoyed it as well. The kids just want to play like that. I think if Randy loosened the screws a little bit. You don’t have to be like Dennis Erickson, you don’t have to be like Jimmy Johnson, but for God’s sake, do not be like Butch Davis. And this thing is looking a lot like Butch. Be yourself, I don’t want no Butch 2. I just hope it don’t happen.”