Kevin Steele got a close view of what the Miami Hurricanes defense should look like. He watched the Miami dynasties of the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and he coached against UM each year when he was an assistant coach at Florida State.
“It’s work. It’s grit. It’s toughness,” Steele said. “But then playing together with relentless effort and basically just lining up and ... you want to go into Pro Player Stadium and in the fourth quarter, you want to make your opponent start thinking, ‘Hey, I can’t do this any longer. Let’s get on the bus and go home.