Diaz stops Wed. practice at one point for lack of effort, talks McCloud redshirt

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Part of this is what happens when the value of an education is zero. I'd be willing to bet that the student athletes in places like Wisconsin work like **** because an education is worth putting in the effort.
 
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They tried this gimmick at halftime last week against Central Michigan. Instead of returning directly to the sideline the entire team went to the west end zone for sprints and calisthenics. Didn't last long but it was obviously an attempt to wake the team up after the miserable first half.

One coach after another was getting into their faces and screaming, during those drills.

Obviously not a self-motivated group right now. But that can change somewhat quickly if we run off a couple of ACC wins.

As I've emphasized, losing lends to letdowns. The sharp guys taught me that in Las Vegas. They were betting on teams to be stunned after a devastating defeat. The public somehow thought victories led to letdowns.

Once we lost the first two games then naturally the top goals cannot be met. I'm sure some of these kids based on 2017 thought we were much closer than we really are. Once we start out 0-2 for the first time in 40 years I'm not exactly shocked there is some sleepwalking going on.

players gotta take some responsibility. Canes fans love to point out how many nfl players are from south fla but who got that dog in them?? Best teams are player led teams
 
Don't believe Wisconsin has had a recruiting class finish in the top 25 rankings in the last 10 years, but they're able to field a team that's tough as nails and competes at the highest level.
This coaching staff needs to do their due diligence and go out and find Ed Reed type players. Guys that are 2-3 stars that want to get their hands dirty, play hard and be coached up. Tired of these 4-5 star prima donnas who come in and don't want to work and never pan out.
 
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Don't believe Wisconsin has had a recruiting class finish in the top 25 rankings in the last 10 years, but they're able to field a team that's tough as nails and competes at the highest level.
This coaching staff needs to do their due diligence and go out and find Ed Reed type players. Guys that are 2-3 stars that want to get their hands dirty, play hard and be coached up. Tired of these 4-5 star prima donnas who come in and don't want to work and never pan out.


Wisconsin is a unique situation in college football.

They redshirt and develop guys like no one else.
 
Wednesday’s practice did not go well for the Miami Hurricanes.

In the midst of their bye week, head coach Manny Diaz was not satisfied with the effort being put forth from his team, so he stopped practice and engaged the team in a special drill of his own choosing.

“We were about halfway through and it was not to our standard, so we audibled, set the ball down and just played one-minute drill where the losers had ramifications,” Diaz said. “We just sat there and said, `If we’re going to be nothing else, we’re going to be competitive.’ We started not competitive, which means we still choose when to be competitive, when not to be competitive. And when I say `we’ it’s not every player, not every player on one side of the ball or the other. But there’s too many guys that ruin it for everybody. So I don’t know the last time players have ever seen that, but I think today is a day they’ll remember, think they’ll be telling future recruiting classes about today’s practice.”

After the performance that the Hurricanes’ gave in their narrow escape from Central Michigan this past weekend, it’s clear Diaz wanted to send a message to his team that playing below his standard will not be tolerated.

“Well, when you talk about changing a culture, you don’t just put posters on the wall, `Do this,’ and it just happens,” Diaz said. “It is years in the making, and it’s never easy. Human inertia is to be average and mediocre - it doesn’t just happen where, `I’m going to come here and bring my best every day.’ That is why they call us ‘Coach’, to make sure it happens. And then to build a habit.”

According to Diaz, competitive effort in practice during the week is directly tied to playing time on Saturday’s.

“You’re trying to play your most competitive guys, want to recruit the most talented, competitive guys you can find,” Diaz said.

Does Diaz feel Miami has competitive players in his locker room?

“We don’t have noncompetitive guys, our guys are competing,” Diaz said. “The difference is how often are we competing and are competing at different times.”

The ultimate goal is for the older and more experienced players on the team to take charge and find leadership within themselves to make sure the Miami standard is being upheld in all facets, even when the coaches aren’t around.

“After practice I told them, `Those of you that came here with a competitive spirit today, you could feel it because the players always know,” Diaz said. “I said `My suggestion is for you all to fix it. Because we’re going to fix it as coaches - you’re probably going to like your solution better than you like our solution.’

“The players always know the vibe and the pulse of the locker room. The players have asked for it, said `We want to police ourselves more.’ Well guess what? Here’s your badge.”

In personnel news, senior LB Zach McCloud has elected to sit out the rest of the season and take a redshirt; he will return to the team in 2020 as a redshirt senior. With only 3 games played in 2019 after sitting out for CMU, McCloud still has one game of eligibility left before burning his redshirt per NCAA rules, something that UM will save in case of emergency or for a postseason bowl game.

“Zach - he is so important to us, but he came to us with the idea (last week). He said if he was going to get limited snaps on defense and just play on special teams (he wanted to redshirt),” Diaz said. “We have another game where he can play - it’s a very similar situation to what we did a year ago with BJ Jennings and Corey Gaynor. If something were to happen catastrophically where we would need him for the longterm, he’ll be ready to go for the team. If not, just a one game situation where he needs to finish a game he can play, we have that game to play with. Otherwise, it would be amazing if we could save him for the bowl, let him play in the bowl, and then let him go next season.”

In retrospect, was it a mistake to play McCloud against a team like Bethune-Cookman and burn one of his allowable games with this plan now in place?

“It really comes down to the young man’s wishes. We weren’t going to force him to do something he didn’t want to do,” Diaz said. “(Last week was) when it presented itself to us. And you have to get a couple of games in to figure out what the rotation is going to be and where it all fits in. Like most problems, they occur when they occur and can only be solved when they need to be solved.”

DT Nesta Silvera is close to returning to full strength from foot surgery in early August and has been doing sprints at practice.

“He looks really good, has been running around,” Diaz said. “It'll be a good shot in the arm to our defense to have him back."

For UM’s incoming 2020 class, Diaz expects the bulk of it to be signed in December with multiple early enrollees coming in for spring.

“This class for whatever reason has a lot of guys that can midyear enroll,” Diaz said. “We’re only playing with 76 scholarship players right now, need some fresh reinforcements quickly.”
Need to start benching some of these soft *** dudes. Give the kids with heart a shot at some real playing time. Is it me or does Manny talk too fn much?

Go Canes!!!!!
 
The Disease.

When I was in the Marine Corps, if we had Marines sand-bagging and not pulling their weight, we didn't let the higher ups deal with it. We took care of business in-house. It's time some of these Jersey's with the "C" on it take the dead weight around back of the IPF and "have an understanding". Where are the leaders?

Times change, things like that arent allowed anymore. Nowadays instead of pushups NCOs take cell phones away as punishment.
 
The Disease.

When I was in the Marine Corps, if we had Marines sand-bagging and not pulling their weight, we didn't let the higher ups deal with it. We took care of business in-house. It's time some of these Jersey's with the "C" on it take the dead weight around back of the IPF and "have an understanding". Where are the leaders?

Marines don't play....at least they didn't in my day

We solved it with blanket parties for the slackers

After they recovered & returned from the infirmary in a few days they had a completely different (will run thru walls) attitude.
 
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This is just bizarre to me. You people have never known anyone in sports, school, business, etc., who didn't have work ethic? Miami-Dade is currently infested with that toxic mentality, and Miami and FIU are seeing it first hand.

Yeah there are some talented ppl who don’t have elite work ethic and it stops them for hitting that highest teir.

I will say this. Manny has to be more consistent which I think he is learning. He saw an improving team, and an inferior opponent last week and took his foot off the gas. He saw what happened and then saw happening again. This is suppose to be a free week to get that much better. Not slack harder. Glad he put an end to it. And hopefully he maintains his level of intensity as well.
 
The Disease.

When I was in the Marine Corps, if we had Marines sand-bagging and not pulling their weight, we didn't let the higher ups deal with it. We took care of business in-house. It's time some of these Jersey's with the "C" on it take the dead weight around back of the IPF and "have an understanding". Where are the leaders?

This. We were promised that the players would hold each other accountable, meaning, like you said, those guys w C's plastered on their chest would be leaders. Remember how juiced we were hearing this? Yet again, all talk and that's what has me so frustrated with this. Everything that was promised has not been delivered, even on a smaller scale like this.
 
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Instead of stopping practice, why not make them work harder? "Oh, so you don't want to work? That's IT! We are stopping practice!" Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.

EDIT! I over reacted to the TITLE OF THE THREAD. Jesus, I guess I was the only one too ****ed off to read the whole thing after reading the title.
That’s why you are just like one of the ***gots on here who just can’t wait for another thread to scream and cry like a ho because u are irrational, emotional and a little ***** who has zero perspective
 
That’s why you are just like one of the ***gots on here who just can’t wait for another thread to scream and cry like a ho because u are irrational, emotional and a little ***** who has zero perspective
Oh look, a keyboard tough guy.

The only thing I can't wait for is a competent football team. You know, one that doesn't need to survive the likes of Central F'n Michigan.
 
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The turnover chain had its run and the Prince Albert rings was jumping the shark. All that gimmick stuff is played out and time to move on.
Yeah, they should just give the chain out for TDs. The rings are whack.
 
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