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Blake Baker hired

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1mg of Epi said:
Who would’ve u preferred?
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Shoop, Alex Grinch
Also, didn't many people complain about richt only bringing guys in that he's worked with in the past.

Look I want Manny to be successful. Being a first-time head coach there are a lot of things that you don't know. And I want him to be able to devote as much time as possible into becoming a successful head coach and not having to pull double-duty gerting overly involved the defensive staff.
 
ThomasM said:
I doubt Manny told him. Manny wanted away from Richt.
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If richt knew he was gone I can’t see him staying quiet when we all knew manny was a HC candidate.

I do not like mork, at all, but I gotta think he’d have been a stand up guy about it.
 
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razrcane said:
Shoop, Alex Grinch
Also, didn't many people complain about richt only bringing guys in that he's worked with in the past.

Look I want Manny to be successful. Being a first-time head coach there are a lot of things that you don't know. And I want him to be able to devote as much time as possible into becoming a successful head coach and not having to pull double-duty gerting overly involved the defensive staff.
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Manny is looking outside for offensive hires. The goal for this defense is to keep it humming though, so it makes sense to hire someone from his past. He's literally hiring his own replacement after all. I've got no problem with it.
 
razrcane said:
Shoop, Alex Grinch
Also, didn't many people complain about richt only bringing guys in that he's worked with in the past.

Look I want Manny to be successful. Being a first-time head coach there are a lot of things that you don't know. And I want him to be able to devote as much time as possible into becoming a successful head coach and not having to pull double-duty gerting overly involved the defensive staff.
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Wasn’t asking to be snarky, just curious who u wanted. There’s prolly a handful of candidates along the lines of these guys, if manny likes one more than another... I’m good w it. His defenses developed players, so I’m not worried about his decisions. Yet.

I do remember discussion about richt bringing in his guys. Honestly don’t remember if it was negative or not.
 
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His Defense held Hawaii who had the 9th ranked passing offense to 168yds passing 58yds rushing & only 14 points, plus forced 3 turnovers.
Also held FAU who had the 13th ranked total offense to just 121yds passing & 13 points forcing 2 turnovers.

La Tech finished the season tied 11th in Team Sacks with 36 on the season (Miami had 37), they also were 12th in TFL's, had 13INT's on the season (Miami had 15) & 22 total turnovers gained (Miami had 24). Jaylon Ferguson finished his career as the All-time leader in Sacks in college football history break Terrell Suggs record of 42.5 with 45 sacks.

Their Defense however wasn't great in Run Defense, but he ran a classic Manny Diaz style Defense, fast attacking 4-3 centered around pressuring & collapsing Offenses OL's with TFL's, Sacks & forcing a high amount of Turnovers.

I like the hire a great deal, Manny will still be involved with the Defensive game planning but as a HC he made a smart move hiring a guy who had been a DC elsewhere that understands what to do, rather than stick with Banda/Patke trying to do some Co DC balancing act. Patke can continue to focus on coaching up Strikers & OLB's, while Banda can continue to develop the Safety play.

Can't wait to see what Diaz does with the offensive staff, I like what he's doing so far, this team might be turned around in the right direction soon enough.
 
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razrcane said:
Shoop, Alex Grinch
Also, didn't many people complain about richt only bringing guys in that he's worked with in the past.

Look I want Manny to be successful. Being a first-time head coach there are a lot of things that you don't know. And I want him to be able to devote as much time as possible into becoming a successful head coach and not having to pull double-duty gerting overly involved the defensive staff.
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Shoop would be the definition of paying a lot of $ for running what Manny doesnt want (MSU runs a 3-4).

Grinch is going to either stay at Ohio St or go to Oklahoma. Miami isnt winning a bidding war there.

You basically are saying if its not a "big name", its not a good hire. Its been covered pretty extensively itt why Baker is a really smart choice, especially when Manny also demoted Banda/Patke.
 
Is he going to coach LB's as well? And Patke continues to work with Strikers?

This also means the TE coach will also coach Special Teams. Unless Fedora coaches WR and we hire a full time ST coach.
 
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It’s not like Manny is going to have the headset off. He’s going to be managing a great deal of the defense. He just found someone with a very similar scheme, that he’s worked with before that helps him pay more attention to the entire team.
 
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