Details of the weekend Diaz got hired...

[ItsAUThing.com]

Lulz, doubt it’s true but it sounds like Miami to panic and offer it to the first possible option

Again, doesn't sound like a "panic" move in the least. Sounds like Miami made the least-invasive move it could, in order to mitigate the damage, due to the timing and current state of the program.

Diaz just revamped a defense that was dead on arrival, thanks to Golden and D'Onofrio; Diaz's defensive turnaround starting year one in 2016. By 2017 the Canes had one of the best defenses in the nation; same with 2018, but an atrocious offense cost Miami too many games.

Based on that, retaining Diaz kept the defense in tact—and a guy who had the skills to do what he did over there; they believed he could bring in the right guy to fix the offense—Enos offered $1.2M annually do that that. (Whether Enos pans out or not, it was a good hire. If he fails, punt on him and get another solid guy.)

Keeping Diaz also kept the 2019 class as in tact as possible, opposed to it completely falling apart—while also getting Quarterman and Pinckney to return (as average as they have looked at times this year, defense would even worse relying on the guys behind them.)

Ludicrous for so many to paint some picture that Miami "panicked" in hiring Diaz—when it was simply the safest move based on what he did with the defense and the fact that someone from the outside would've been yet another full-blown rebuild—where the mindset was that after 2017's success and what the defense looked like, Miami didn't need to start over; it needed to tweak the offense, which was why the entire staff was fired and rebuilt from scratch.


That, and spare me with any "this is totally how it went down" nonsense from a friend of a guy who knows a guy on another message board who cuts some other dude's hair and overheard someone talking about it three chairs down nonsense. Nothing funnier / more pathetic in this fan base than anyone playing the "insider" card—in this case literally poaching something from another site and treating it as the transcript of what really happened.

 

[streetja]

Sobering to read the OP. And considering he nailed it with his Dan Enos prediction, you've got to heavily lean on the OP being true.

What's crazy is that Manny Diaz Sr. isn't even THAT powerful of a name anymore in the city. He just so happened to have a few loyalists on the UM BOT because that's just the type of luck we have.

It's clear that at Miami we have people more interested in handing out contracts to people they're familiar and comfortable with than actually doing their due diligence and hiring the best man for the job. Rudy Fernandez is a name that should go down in UM infamy along with Nevin Shapiro and Terry Porter.

 

[9oh4Cane]

Again, doesn't sound like a "panic" move in the least. Sounds like Miami made the least-invasive move it could, in order to mitigate the damage, due to the timing and current state of the program.

Diaz just revamped a defense that was dead on arrival, thanks to Golden and D'Onofrio; Diaz's defensive turnaround starting year one in 2016. By 2017 the Canes had one of the best defenses in the nation; same with 2018, but an atrocious offense cost Miami too many games.

Based on that, retaining Diaz kept the defense in tact—and a guy who had the skills to do what he did over there; they believed he could bring in the right guy to fix the offense—Enos offered $1.2M annually do that that. (Whether Enos pans out or not, it was a good hire. If he fails, punt on him and get another solid guy.)

Keeping Diaz also kept the 2019 class as in tact as possible, opposed to it completely falling apart—while also getting Quarterman and Pinckney to return (as average as they have looked at times this year, defense would even worse relying on the guys behind them.)

Ludicrous for so many to paint some picture that Miami "panicked" in hiring Diaz—when it was simply the safest move based on what he did with the defense and the fact that someone from the outside would've been yet another full-blown rebuild—where the mindset was that after 2017's success and what the defense looked like, Miami didn't need to start over; it needed to tweak the offense, which was why the entire staff was fired and rebuilt from scratch.


That, and spare me with any "this is totally how it went down" nonsense from a friend of a guy who knows a guy on another message board who cuts some other dude's hair and overheard someone talking about it three chairs down nonsense. Nothing funnier / more pathetic in this fan base than anyone playing the "insider" card—in this case literally poaching something from another site and treating it as the transcript of what really happened.

Aren't you doing the same "THIS is how it went down" thing..?

IDGAF how it "went down." Fact is, it went down, and went down fast. And now the team and program are doing the same.

 

[bobbydigius]

Again, doesn't sound like a "panic" move in the least. Sounds like Miami made the least-invasive move it could, in order to mitigate the damage, due to the timing and current state of the program.

Diaz just revamped a defense that was dead on arrival, thanks to Golden and D'Onofrio; Diaz's defensive turnaround starting year one in 2016. By 2017 the Canes had one of the best defenses in the nation; same with 2018, but an atrocious offense cost Miami too many games.

Based on that, retaining Diaz kept the defense in tact—and a guy who had the skills to do what he did over there; they believed he could bring in the right guy to fix the offense—Enos offered $1.2M annually do that that. (Whether Enos pans out or not, it was a good hire. If he fails, punt on him and get another solid guy.)

Keeping Diaz also kept the 2019 class as in tact as possible, opposed to it completely falling apart—while also getting Quarterman and Pinckney to return (as average as they have looked at times this year, defense would even worse relying on the guys behind them.)

Ludicrous for so many to paint some picture that Miami "panicked" in hiring Diaz—when it was simply the safest move based on what he did with the defense and the fact that someone from the outside would've been yet another full-blown rebuild—where the mindset was that after 2017's success and what the defense looked like, Miami didn't need to start over; it needed to tweak the offense, which was why the entire staff was fired and rebuilt from scratch.


That, and spare me with any "this is totally how it went down" nonsense from a friend of a guy who knows a guy on another message board who cuts some other dude's hair and overheard someone talking about it three chairs down nonsense. Nothing funnier / more pathetic in this fan base than anyone playing the "insider" card—in this case literally poaching something from another site and treating it as the transcript of what really happened.

Stop it, we panicked. Didn’t even bother to do a search because the ‘safe’ choice was about to take a job at temple, yes I said temple. Blake panicked because his ‘safe’ was about to board a plane to philly. That is 100% panic

 

[bobbydigius]

2011 Join date. C'mon man you're better than this

Yeah, the 2011 date absolutely made me better, I had enough corch experience to see this BS for what it was from the jump

 

[SayWhat]

Stop it, we panicked. Didn’t even bother to do a search because the ‘safe’ choice was about to take a job at temple, yes I said temple. Blake panicked because his ‘safe’ was about to board a plane to philly. That is 100% panic

You're missing the point, Blake didn't make this call.

Mostly accurate take on what happened. 10m was never on the table for Mario though. Talked about tongue in cheek, but never a direct offer that I know.

 

[streetja]

Stop it, we panicked. Didn’t even bother to do a search because the ‘safe’ choice was about to take a job at temple, yes I said temple. Blake panicked because his ‘safe’ was about to board a plane to philly. That is 100% panic

I love how his rationale is also that everything at Miami was fine and we just needed Manny to keep the ship steady. That same ship just went 7-6, had a 27th ranked recruiting class, and a depth chart with MAJOR holes everywhere.

Yep. Needed to continue exactly as Richt had left it.

 

[bobbydigius]

I love how his rationale is also that everything at Miami was fine and we just needed Manny to keep the ship steady. That same ship just went 7-6, had a 27th ranked recruiting class, and a depth chart with MAJOR holes everywhere.

Yep. Needed to continue exactly as Richt had left it.

Yeah, no ****. What exactly did he save with the 2019 class?

 

[duke4heisman]

Where's this Darius dude? Need sauces!

 

[duke4heisman]

Shows over, folks. This program is run by idiots who are being influenced by politics instead of the best interest for the program.

CMR, you should have kept the $20m. This school doesn’t deserve your generosity.

Yeah but then Patke would've been head corch.

 

[We the Boss]

Stop it, we panicked. Didn’t even bother to do a search because the ‘safe’ choice was about to take a job at temple, yes I said temple. Blake panicked because his ‘safe’ was about to board a plane to philly. That is 100% panic

I can’t lie. I have made the same bad decision at the bar late night. You know what they say: a 4 in hand is better than a 7 in the Bush.

 

[streetja]

Rudy Fernandez, people.

Manny said hi to him once at the cafeteria and this loser fell in love with him and then pressured the University of Miami to make the only person ever to be nice to him the HC.

 

[akad1984]

Epstein has gone silent on Twitter... normally pretty vocal.

 

[theibisrules]

On a related note...allabouttheu83 is the effin man. That last YouTube video was fire.

 

[TheOldU2002]

Fernandez.

Kadre.

Julio Frenk.

hmmmm i wonder why they pushed so hard for Manny. Disgraceful.

 

[duke4heisman]

Again, doesn't sound like a "panic" move in the least. Sounds like Miami made the least-invasive move it could, in order to mitigate the damage, due to the timing and current state of the program.

Diaz just revamped a defense that was dead on arrival, thanks to Golden and D'Onofrio; Diaz's defensive turnaround starting year one in 2016. By 2017 the Canes had one of the best defenses in the nation; same with 2018, but an atrocious offense cost Miami too many games.

Based on that, retaining Diaz kept the defense in tact—and a guy who had the skills to do what he did over there; they believed he could bring in the right guy to fix the offense—Enos offered $1.2M annually do that that. (Whether Enos pans out or not, it was a good hire. If he fails, punt on him and get another solid guy.)

Keeping Diaz also kept the 2019 class as in tact as possible, opposed to it completely falling apart—while also getting Quarterman and Pinckney to return (as average as they have looked at times this year, defense would even worse relying on the guys behind them.)

Ludicrous for so many to paint some picture that Miami "panicked" in hiring Diaz—when it was simply the safest move based on what he did with the defense and the fact that someone from the outside would've been yet another full-blown rebuild—where the mindset was that after 2017's success and what the defense looked like, Miami didn't need to start over; it needed to tweak the offense, which was why the entire staff was fired and rebuilt from scratch.


That, and spare me with any "this is totally how it went down" nonsense from a friend of a guy who knows a guy on another message board who cuts some other dude's hair and overheard someone talking about it three chairs down nonsense. Nothing funnier / more pathetic in this fan base than anyone playing the "insider" card—in this case literally poaching something from another site and treating it as the transcript of what really happened.

Welp, Shanny is now claiming it's a rebuild all along, so what exactly is the point? Lulz

 

[Era66]

this goes beyond blake. starts with the men and women with real power (the BOT)

Exactly, as long as the fat ACC checks keep rolling in, putting a competent and competitive product on the field is irrelevant.

 

[darius19]

Where's this Darius dude? Need sauces!

still here. what type of info do you want me to ask for?

thinking that there's going to be firings of any kind right now is highly optimistic lol, we're 7 games into the regime.

 

[duke4heisman]

still here. what type of info do you want me to ask for?

thinking that there's going to be firings of any kind right now is highly optimistic lol, we're 7 games into the regime.

Yeah, mostly joking but appreciate the response. We could only hope at the very least, someone makes Diaz make changes.

 

[Biscayne Buckets 8]

The school’s culture is embodied by “it’s not what you know but who you know”. I know that applies everywhere but I’ve never seen it as bad as when I was there.