It shamed me to say, but I was an Al Golden apologist that parroted all the excuses slurpers use to prop up trash coaches. I knew the ineptitude I was witnessing meant the regime was doomed and we had hired another failure but my mind didn’t want to accept it. But all of my football experience dealing with coaches and players would not allow me to ignore the truth.
I have been around championship leaders and perpetrating frauds. X’s and o’s are the least thing that separates them. The primary tell is body language, tone, and leadership skills that expose the reality of their character in everything they do. Their behavior over time shows without a doubt if they have the fortitude, authenticity, and confidence to inspire volatile young men to follow them and perform at their peak.
Dan Enos is a hoe and Manny should have sniffed it out. Throwing Jarren under the bus was a huge red flag. He refused to take ANY responsibility for the performance of his offense and it was a harbinger of very bad things to come.
He stands on the sideline looking like a kindergartner who just got his lunch money took by a 6th grader when facing adversity during winnable games. His hand shake with Butch is the definition of a picture being worth a thousand words.
Manny came in with hype and bravado, then tried to pull the “this is a rebuild “ when it blew up in his face.
He threw shade at Richt on the sly, blaming his offense for the team’s problems and making himself the knight in shining armor. All that to come out with an even worse offense and record.
Now all of a sudden there are all these leaks about players not being dedicated. People are eating it up, but the million dollar questions are why now and why didn’t he fix it in his first offseason, or at least address it?
What we are seeing is a guy who is politically savvy and knows how to play “the game”, but lacks true leadership, fortitude and authenticity. It works in corporate America, but will OBLITERATE the trust and chemistry necessary to play good football.
I personally hope he can pull it off because I am tired of losing and don’t want to start from scratch once again. These issues led to the horrible losses of 2019 and were the result of the culture that MANNY DIAZ HIMSELF CREATED. If he is not careful, it can get a whole lot worse.
