Much of the talk after the NFL draft centered on one mystifying question:

How did Miami turn out more draft picks (seven) than wins (six) in 2014? During a radio interview earlier this week on 560 WQAM in South Florida, Miami coach Al Golden attempted to explain, without wanting to go into great detail about the season itself.

'U' Turn The Miami Hurricanes had their most draft picks (seven) since 2011 and their most first-rounders since 2007. Player Pos. Round Team Ereck Flowers OT 1 Giants Phillip Dorsett WR 1 Colts Denzel Perryman LB 2 Chargers Clive Watford TE 3 Raiders Duke Johnson RB 3 Browns Jonathan Feliciano OG 4 Raiders Anthony Chickillo DE 6 Steelers

“I think from my standpoint it's really about the kids," Golden said. “And I hate to attach anything even remotely negative to those kids accomplishing their dream. At the end of the day, we put that season to bed five months ago. For these guys, it’s about them and whatever we can do to help them as they finish out their careers.

"It’s been a long drought for us — seven years since we’ve had someone in the first round. So I know the way our team’s looking at it, the way our staff’s looking at it, is this is the first of many to come as opposed to the culmination."

Golden should absolutely take pride in the accomplishment, considering Miami had multiple first-round picks for the first time since 2007. One of the biggest selling points on the recruiting trail is their ability to churn out NFL players -- Miami has now had 93 picks since 2000, second only to Ohio State.

But its hard for many outside observers not to question whether the draft results are a direct reflection on Golden's coaching, since Miami stumbled so badly last year. One NFL reporter suggested Canes fans wear "Fire Al Golden" T-shirts in a pretty epic rant. He is not the only one who has scratched his head over the results.

“It’s not about me,” Golden said. “It's not about the ’14 team. It’s not about anything other than them realizing a lifelong dream and that’s it. And a lot of people can’t get their mind around that. ... To have two guys go in the first round after seven years without any — that’s big, again, for the University of Miami in terms of developing players. And I think it’s fair to say the next challenge for us is to keep developing players like that and then develop teams at the same time.”