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Still trying to win an argument with yourself I see.

He said that was the mindset under which Diaz was chosen as opposed to Cristobal. He was chosen because he was there, cheap, convenient, eliminated the need for a search, and his dad was close to some trustees.

I've looked for your wife while holding her. /runs away //looks over shoulder

I am happy with the staff upgrades, but I don't view that as infrastructure. We had a staff that wasn't up to standard, so improvement is good but expected and needed. Shoop as an analyst is an infrastructure improvement. I'd be interested to know what investments we're making into...

If I didn't know better, I'd think the lack of defensive adjustments was evidence of something shady.

Yeah, I've said that Richt wanting to be OC should have disqualified him from being hired, so I don't disagree on your first comment. Patterson may be a good aspirational goal. I personally believe Miami has a big need to professionalize its organizational approach, and would rather see manny...

Can you read? Where have I ever said this? You and others are inventing ridiculous strawmen arguments, attributing them to me, then attacking them. It's dumb. For the 100th time, there's a huge difference between being told 'exactly what to do' and being left to 'do whatever you want.' 100%...

You sound pretty condescending to coaches. I haven't said anything about neurosurgery. Major football programs are complex organizations. They're akin to medium sized businesses and generate scores of millions in revenues. That most football coaches can't run them isn't a new observation...

The staff improvements are a positive, we can agree. For me, I'm sure he was one foot in the grave, one foot on a banana peel with the prior staff. Now we're trying to figure out what he's capable of doing. So directionally helpful but doesn't take him out of the big risk category in my view...

I used to have Alzheimers....

I disagree with this completely. NFL teams have complex organizations supporting them, and the HC reports to a GM/President/Owner, and there's a player personnel dept. that handles talent acquisition in many organizations. Coaches coach. In college, the HC is CEO as well as coach, has to run...

Again, what? If you're manny, you hire some guys who you haven't worked with before and tell them, hey guys, my career's on the line, good luck, hope you know what you're doing? The only thing those guys have 'earned' is credibility an respect. They have to defend their choices in a team...

Yep. Have said this also. It's a rough observation because Manny was in charge of LBs when he was DC and didn't recruit them well at all. You'd think he understood his scheme and what he needed at LB.

I agree, but that's a heck of an indictment of him that he didn't 'realize' this until he repeatedly experienced the fat bulbous head of Mack Browns trouser snake live on national TV. He's a DC for cripes sake! How could he not know that already?

I agree with this. But I'm concerned that people will say this decision worked if the D performs better, when the job of the HC is to get the whole team and organization to optimization. So better D and some other problem elsewhere that may result from under-focus on other aspects of the...

I don't. But we know he hasn't done it before and we know he hasn't succeeded at it yet (and has struggled), so the possibilities are he's learning ... or he's not.

Yep. And Ohio State and Oklahoma have VASTLY different infrastructures and organizations than UM does for football. If you've paid attention to my comments, I haven't said it's impossible to work. I've said a lot of things about why it's risky, more complicated, concerning when your head...

I have no idea what it means to say I'm thinking '80s-'90s. Young people today sound like they're intentionally head in the sand. Military academies are still teaching Hannibal going apeship over cartilage. HC is a job that requires managing a complex organization, complex processes...

That's a theory, I agree. I'm always skeptical of people who delegate before they prove they can do. In this case, it's not the do the DC job I'm focused on, but do the HC job of managing the DC. He's creating a weird lack of accountability if he has multiple analysts, an AHC, a maybe co-DC...

I haven't once said it's 'never been done.' I've observed it's harder. I've observed Manny hasn't even shown he's good at being a head coach, so adding to his plate seems risky. I've observed that the UM HC job is harder than most, as well, because of our institutional and infrastructure...