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Barry Jackson in Herald today on Manny Diaz

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"That Diaz hasn’t succeeded in achieving that is one of the enormous disappointments of his first season, and one that might have been avoided if he had moved toward the spread offense that has frequently flummoxed opposing defenses in modern college football."

"Diaz has clung to the hope that UM could win with a system that won during the glory years, with a pro style offense and power running game, and some modern-day run/pass options and spread elements intertwined. His rationalization is that because the system worked in the 1980s and 1990s, it should work today."

"Look at the top 10 teams in points per game in college football this season. Seven run a traditional spread or some version of the spread the majority of the time or, in some cases, almost entirely: Ohio State (which has added some under-center elements since Ryan Day replaced Urban Meyer), LSU, Oklahoma, UCF, SMU, Memphis and Washington State. An eighth, Alabama, has incorporated more spread elements in recent years."

"UCF, SMU, Memphis and Washington State are vastly outproducing UM’s offense with recruiting classes that were ranked much lower."

"In 2017, Rivals rated Miami’s class 11th, Washington State 51, Memphis 53, UCF 64 and SMU 84th. Of course, with SMU, a huge factor is the Mustangs landing Texas transfer QB Shane Buechele during this past offseason."

"UM, meanwhile, continues to plod along with slow-developing run/pass options -- plays that have become so predictable at times that FIU said several were easy to anticipate -- plus deliberate drop-backs by Jarren Williams from under center (giving defensive players more time to rush) and fake handoffs that usually fool no one."


 
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Okay...Barry Jackson is a clown..has been a clown..im sure he reads the message boards to see what fans would agree with in his articles..as stated on this very board..but now we are agreeing with him..**** is weird..that said, a spread offense would not cure the problems that have plagued this team this season. We wouldn’t all of a sudden be scoring 35+ a game. The oline still would’ve gone through the growing pains. The secondary still would’ve had its growing pains it had..we are looking for **** to throw at the wall too see what sticks..if manny is mediocre year two he will be gone simple as that.
 
305to954 said:
Okay...Barry Jackson is a clown..has been a clown..im sure he reads the message boards to see what fans would agree with in his articles..as stated on this very board..but now we are agreeing with him..**** is weird..that said, a spread offense would not cure the problems that have plagued this team this season. We wouldn’t all of a sudden be scoring 35+ a game. The oline still would’ve gone through the growing pains. The secondary still would’ve had its growing pains it had..we are looking for **** to throw at the wall too see what sticks..if manny is mediocre year two he will be gone simple as that.
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Nobody more persistent than you lol.
 
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1953 said:
"Diaz has clung to the hope that UM could win with a system that won during the glory years, with a pro style offense and power running game, and some modern-day run/pass options and spread elements intertwined. His rationalization is that because the system worked in the 1980s and 1990s, it should work today."




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That's funny because if we would have just kept running the ball as soon as it was apparent that Williams was struggling and confused we win this past Saturday easy.
 
If he doesn't make a change to the offensive playcalling...Manny won't stand a chance here. He's a dead man walking.

I'm not the biggest fan of Manny Diaz's defense...but you'd be hard pressed to rationalize his usual Top 20-ish defense matched with a Top 15 offense in college football and not being able to win the coastal with gusto.

Give me Graham Harrell or Sean Gleeson. Both could have been had last year for ******* pennies. I'm a jabroni and I was calling for Sean Gleeson on this very forum and applauded the hire of Harrell to USC. And here I am, doing it again.

Gleeson makes 500K. Harrell made like 300K last year.

Don't tell me we couldn't hire one of those guys and we'd have money left over to upgrade elsewhere for some real ace recruiters.
 
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305to954 said:
Okay...Barry Jackson is a clown..has been a clown..im sure he reads the message boards to see what fans would agree with in his articles..as stated on this very board..but now we are agreeing with him..**** is weird..that said, a spread offense would not cure the problems that have plagued this team this season. We wouldn’t all of a sudden be scoring 35+ a game. The oline still would’ve gone through the growing pains. The secondary still would’ve had its growing pains it had..we are looking for **** to throw at the wall too see what sticks..if manny is mediocre year two he will be gone simple as that.
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I feel sorry that you are a fan of football but don't understand anything about he game.
 
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DiegoCane said:
I feel sorry that you are a fan of football but don't understand anything about he game.
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alright Diego
 
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1953 said:
"That Diaz hasn’t succeeded in achieving that is one of the enormous disappointments of his first season, and one that might have been avoided if he had moved toward the spread offense that has frequently flummoxed opposing defenses in modern college football."

"Diaz has clung to the hope that UM could win with a system that won during the glory years, with a pro style offense and power running game, and some modern-day run/pass options and spread elements intertwined. His rationalization is that because the system worked in the 1980s and 1990s, it should work today."

"Look at the top 10 teams in points per game in college football this season. Seven run a traditional spread or some version of the spread the majority of the time or, in some cases, almost entirely: Ohio State (which has added some under-center elements since Ryan Day replaced Urban Meyer), LSU, Oklahoma, UCF, SMU, Memphis and Washington State. An eighth, Alabama, has incorporated more spread elements in recent years."

"UCF, SMU, Memphis and Washington State are vastly outproducing UM’s offense with recruiting classes that were ranked much lower."

"In 2017, Rivals rated Miami’s class 11th, Washington State 51, Memphis 53, UCF 64 and SMU 84th. Of course, with SMU, a huge factor is the Mustangs landing Texas transfer QB Shane Buechele during this past offseason."

"UM, meanwhile, continues to plod along with slow-developing run/pass options -- plays that have become so predictable at times that FIU said several were easy to anticipate -- plus deliberate drop-backs by Jarren Williams from under center (giving defensive players more time to rush) and fake handoffs that usually fool no one."


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@ibToast @Roman Marciante
 
nystateofmind said:
The spread offense in itself is not going to solve all our problems.

We use plenty of spread formations and concepts.

The biggest issue is pace and play calling.

Enos has no feel for the game whatsoever.
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8 minute drives at the end of the game when we're down doesn't solve the win/ loss issue? I'm stunned!
 
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Barry being Berry. In ten more years he’ll be on board with hiring a real AD. That said, he’s not wrong, it’s just that people been saying this for a little while now. In fact, opposing defenses have been saying this for a while now.

problem is, the real problem, we have no leadership, no vision, and no understanding of the state of the sport at the leadership level.
 
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