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[Canedude08]

Was it that or could he just not coach them up? He was dc and lb coach having never played football

Y'all need to get off this "You have to play to be able to coach" kick. Leach never played past HS, plenty of high end coaches rarely if ever played,and they've been successful. Diaz was a **** poor teacher, period. He also didn't understand anything beyond primitive analytics.

 

[ben]

Serious question. If he had stayed committed to Michigan and ended up there, would they have found a role for him in the starting 11 by his Jr. year?

I don’t think so. Canes also really wanted Anthony solomon, who ended up at Michigan and didn’t get on the field. He ended up transferring to Arizona.

 

[[]_[] swag]

Y'all need to get off this "You have to play to be able to coach" kick. Leach never played past HS, plenty of high end coaches rarely if ever played,and they've been successful. Diaz was a **** poor teacher, period. He also didn't understand anything beyond primitive analytics.

Respectfully disagree. Mike Leach is an X’s and O’s guy. I’d take an MIT guy who’s a football fanatic in a minute to draw up some plays for my team.

I think Manny could succeed as a hands off analytics DC.

Teaching someone to tackle and play LB is a different story.

 

[PSU Cane]

Respectfully disagree. Mike Leach is an X’s and O’s guy. I’d take an MIT guy who’s a football fanatic in a minute to draw up some plays for my team.

I think Manny could succeed as a hands off analytics DC.

Teaching someone to tackle and play LB is a different story.

I don't agree with that. Glenn Schumann is one of the top up and coming coaches in all of college football and he never played college ball. Like many, his playing career ended after HS. Are you going to tell me Schumann is unqualified to coach LBs after being the LB coach at UGA the last few years?

In all sports, some of the best coaches were guys who either didn't play, or were not great players. Some guys who absolutely LOVE the sport but aren't great at playing it work that much harder to study the game bc it's the only way to still be part of it.

And honestly, playing the game has zero impact on if a person is a great leader. You either are a leader or you aren't. It doesn't matter if you played football or flipped burgers. Some just have that magnetic personality or that presence that others will follow. I've been friends with and/or played with many guys who were not born leaders. The were not vocal. They did not want others looking to them for answers. They wanted to do their jobs and that was it.

There are a lot of really smart football minds out there who never get a chance to coach or scout because they don't know people or have that
"in" to break into the business.

 

[Rellyrell]

I don't agree with that. Glenn Schumann is one of the top up and coming coaches in all of college football and he never played college ball. Like many, his playing career ended after HS. Are you going to tell me Schumann is unqualified to coach LBs after being the LB coach at UGA the last few years?

In all sports, some of the best coaches were guys who either didn't play, or were not great players. Some guys who absolutely LOVE the sport but aren't great at playing it work that much harder to study the game bc it's the only way to still be part of it.

And honestly, playing the game has zero impact on if a person is a great leader. You either are a leader or you aren't. It doesn't matter if you played football or flipped burgers. Some just have that magnetic personality or that presence that others will follow. I've been friends with and/or played with many guys who were not born leaders. The were not vocal. They did not want others looking to them for answers. They wanted to do their jobs and that was it.

There are a lot of really smart football minds out there who never get a chance to coach or scout because they don't know people or have that
"in" to break into the business.

I have to respectfully disagree w/ part of ur post;

Yes, the greater majority of good to great coaches/ coordinators are guys who were not stars at their sport, but the vast, overwhelming majority of these coaches played the sport at some level, whether it was D-I, FCS, D-IAA, or D-II. U brought up Glenn Schumann, but what u didn’t bring up what sets him apart from Diaz is that he’s the son of Eric Schumann, who played DB at Bama & have been a DC or position coach since 1986. There’s a lot of young coaches, The Lombardis come to mind, where they grew up in a football household, but may not have played the game at that level. Diaz, on the other hand, grew up in a household of politics.

So there’s a stark difference to that exception. No, Glenn may not have played the game at the collegiate level, but he was born into that arena, which is y he immediately applied to be an assistant to Saban as soon as he enrolled at Bama, and being a legacy, he was ahead of the pecking order.

Even Mike McDaniels played college ball at Yale for a bit. Again, VERY rare do u see coaches or coordinators not play ball at some level, collegiately, & if u do, u bets believe they come from a football family.

 

[TemplarCane]

I have to respectfully disagree w/ part of ur post;

Yes, the greater majority of good to great coaches/ coordinators are guys who were not stars at their sport, but the vast, overwhelming majority of these coaches played the sport at some level, whether it was D-I, FCS, D-IAA, or D-II. U brought up Glenn Schumann, but what u didn’t bring up what sets him apart from Diaz is that he’s the son of Eric Schumann, who played DB at Bama & have been a DC or position coach since 1986. There’s a lot of young coaches, The Lombardis come to mind, where they grew up in a football household, but may not have played the game at that level. Diaz, on the hand, grew up in a household of politics.

So there’s a stark difference to that exception. No, Glenn may not have played the game at the collegiate level, but he was born into that arena, which is y he immediately applied to be an assistant to Saban as soon as he enrolled at Bama, and being a legacy, he was ahead of the pecking order.

Even Mike McDaniels played college ball at Yale for a bit. Again, VERY rare do u see coaches or coordinators not play ball at some level, collegiately, & if u do, u bets believe they come from a football family.

Mike Leach (RIP) never played CFB. He did play HS ball, and was recruited by BYU, but injury prevented him from ever playing.

 

[Rellyrell]

Mike Leach (RIP) never played CFB. He did play HS ball, and was recruited by BYU, but injury prevented him from ever playing.

Right; if iirc, that ankle injury he suffered was really bad, & it was before modern athletic medicine as we know today. But still, my guy played for BYU’s Rugby team! That’s still a form of football. Australian rules, yes, but still football.