Staff Changes - 1/2 AM Update

Jan 2, 2019

Barring contract delays, I’d expect to hear something announced by the end of the week at offensive coordinator. Coming out of the holidays, I’ve heard former UNC head coach Larry Fedora is indeed the leading candidate. I’m told there’s mutual interest here and Manny is working hard to make it happen. I also heard Fedora turned down the FSU OC job earlier this offseason, so he's truly looking for a place that's the right fit.

The other name I’ve heard thrown around is former Miami OC and current Georgia co-OC James Coley. At least one current staffer is pushing for Coley to get the job. I’m told Manny is absolutely out to make a splash with the hire and is thinking big. For this reason, if Miami can’t come to terms with Fedora, I’d expect other names to emerge first before Coley becomes a leading candidate.

Since Manny won’t settle for anyone too green, if Louisville QB coach Frank Ponce joins the staff, I’m told it would be in the same capacity, not as OC.

For RB coach, I can confirm Miami’s top target is Penn State RB coach Ja’Juan Seider, and there’s mutual interest coming from both sides. The biggest issue is going to be coming to an agreeable figure on the financial side. This is in the early stages so still a lot developing here.

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jjacks93

Jan 2, 2019

gcane44 said:
Whatever staffer is pushing for Coley to be OC needs to be axed by Blake James ASAP.

Lol he probably the one pushing for him

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Drewny1

Jan 2, 2019

Who will be the OL coach.

And I'm assuming Fedora would coach WRs?

CANEMC

Jan 2, 2019

BS85

Jan 2, 2019

brock said:
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This might be my favorite, the facial expression can't be beat.

GeraltOfCaneia

Jan 2, 2019

Eager to hear names for OL, but this is sounding good so far. Wondering what coach will have to double up on positions. Hoping it is OC coaching a position group, so we can have a dedicated ST coach after the disaster last season.

linesniper

Jan 2, 2019

Coley on this staff contradicts everything Diaz stated he wanted us to be, as far as our offensive identity.
He doesn't run the spread, and his crap sure as **** isn't up-tempo, fast, or "violent".

Nothing "exciting" about it, and it sure as **** ain't a "shot in the arm".
More like a "shot to the head".

AUcane

Jan 2, 2019

bornagaincane said:
Right! Just like he cleaned up the last time he was here? Nah

This. There's a fallacy of building a recruiting staff. Doesn't matter if the staff is full of recruiters, we will still lose divas to bags. Period. Then, striking out gets compounded by losing on the field. We need to field a competent offense and win on the field.

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jerive31

Jan 2, 2019

Jgoody32 said:
Why did we give up Dugans for Cooney, Lamar Thomas or Kevin Beard at Wide receivers coach?????

From reports, Dugans was losing the room. He clashed with JT4 (though there were other issues there as well), was being criticized for his playing rotation, and can you say anyone in that room got better this year outside of JT4 who's a freakish athlete?

Dugans seems like a good dude, developing into a helluva recruiter, but I think in the end, it's the right move to part ways at this point.

Canesq

Jan 2, 2019

BigJoeGrizzly said:
How does what I wrote differ from what Hockman said and just say it already or are you a bottomless bit of futility? Why are you so concerned about semantics is this your full time job? Moonlighting at The Hecht rumor control hotline?

First of all, it was the Joe Rose show not Hockman. I think it’s a big deal and not semantics when someone says that WQAM just stated these coaches were let go can anyone confirm. It was clearly fake news from you.

Listening comprehension and sentence structure matters to me. It clearly doesn’t matter to you. There may be some on here that want accurate information. My post was for them so feel free to ignore.

AUcane

Jan 2, 2019

ParklandCane1 said:
Ponce should never be considered for this program unless he's a quality control guy.

Nah, I think he'd be a fine QBC.

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CanesSkins26

Jan 2, 2019

Canesq said:
First of all, it was the Joe Rose show not Hockman. I think it’s a big deal and not semantics when someone says that WQAM just stated these coaches were let go can anyone confirm. It was clearly fake news from you.

Listening comprehension and sentence structure matters to me. It clearly doesn’t matter to you. There may be some on here that want accurate information. My post was for them so feel free to ignore.

I’ve seen multiple posters on Twitter say the same thing.

Jan 2, 2019

jjacks93 said:
How is it starting to sound like a swing and miss ? Because fans have made assumption after assumption ? The name Fedora hasn’t even come out of Manny mouth but because he hasn’t been announced yet it’s starting to look like a miss ? LOL

I agree with you, in the fact that it's hard to get "swing and miss" from then write up. However, Fedora would never come out of Manny's mouth until he is announced. Coaches don't typically speak the names of potential hires before they are actually introduced.

avax

Jan 2, 2019

AutoCANE said:
Assuming for the sake of my post that Rumph stays on staff, that gives us 5 spots left for on-field coaches, correct? Our defensive staff is Banda, Patke, Simpson, and Rumph. Diaz CEO.

We need to have someone @ OC, QB, RB, WR, TE, OL, and Special Teams.

Let's say Fedora agrees to come as OC. I'm assuming he won't coach a position group.

Only way I'm OK with bringing Coley back is as QB coach - I feel like he did a decent job at developing QB's and his recruiting ability has been discussed on this forum like crazy. Say he comes as QB coach / Passing Game Coordinator. I'm OK with that - are you? If no, I'm assuming Ponce or Ken Dorsey would pick up the phone. At this point Dorsey isn't just a former Cane to throw on the sidelines, he's a seasoned coaching professional. I think it would be wise to at least have a chat with him. It just makes a lot of sense.

I love the idea of bringing Seider in to coach running backs. That's a home run, even if only for recruiting benefit. But his RB's produce as well, and he was groomed by Holgerson (muahahaha).

So that leaves us two coaches to lead the WR, TE, OL, and Special Teams groups. Plus there was talk of a dedicated DC which IMO would be a VERY wise move. Unless Diaz really feels Banda is ready...but can he take that chance?

Perhaps you have a WR/TE and OL/TE coach combo, and bring in a guy solely dedicated to special teams?

Or you bring in a DC, have WR/TE and/or OL/TE, and Special Teams is assigned to one of our existing staff guys?

What are your thoughts on piecing together this puzzle? Who should we be going after for WR coach? Is Fedora tied to his own guys in these capacities?

I'm assuming we're not going to be limited by money, so Manny may as well go after the best of the best.

But, if he does keep Banda as DC, and it doesn't work out, he can resume calling the plays, til he can hire someone else. That's one way of giving Banda a shot while still having a fall back plan.

561Cane

Jan 2, 2019

Some of you need to chill and let this play out.

Hoyacane1620

Jan 2, 2019

Sigma_Cane_7 said:
@Hoyacane1620 What are you hearing/reading bro. You keep your ears to the streets.

Pretty much what has been said here. If Fedora comes, he coaches TE. Ponce = QB possibly Still here Rumph job not secure but nothing definite

g8rh8rMD

Jan 2, 2019

Fedora OC, Ponce QBC, Seider RBC = more than a splash, that would be a fricking tidal wave. Make it so, Manny, make it so. This would tell me the U is serious about winning football games.

Please, God, let us have nice things.

PS-the defensive side can wait, for now, but once the O is settled, we need a DC that is less green than Patke/Banda as well.