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Rellyrell said:
You're using the term Great very loosely. He has been an avg d coordinator playing against below avg teams.
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merit to your post with total defense rankings in his 3 years here. "solid" is more suiting than "great"

2016 #12
2017 #28
2018 #18
 
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ball915 said:
didn't hear you complaining about this when we was the DC and producing. point is the HC job requires more of what exposes his weaknesses while being a DC can hide them
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Some of us complained about him as DC. 2017 was exciting but once the turnovers slowed down the defense just gave up points. Manny has history of his defenses getting figured out and fading. 4 years and we are still slow. Speed and aggression are hallmark of Cane defense not slow blitz that is hit or miss. No speed, no Cane defense.
 
ball915 said:
Manny talked about getting rid of the disease during his opening presser. Watching #98 dance down 13-0 to FIU was pure demonstration that Manny was just as much part of the disease. He knows there is a problem but doesn't know how to fix it. He mentioned on Joe Rose this morning that the 2020 class has some guys that want to fix the problem. While there is some merit to his statement, he oversaw the recruiting on the defensive side of the ball for the last 4 years signing off on their mindset. Instead of banking on 18 year old freshman to save our program the real issue is on his inability to set a standard of expectations instead of just talking about them in front of a microphone. At what point do we stop blaming the past mindset that you were apart of and take action to fix it instead of just bringing in new recruits?

Something that dawned on me and might be overthinking it is the way he is wired. It's no secret he is Mr. Analytics and those types of people often lack people and social skills even though they are typically extremely intelligent humans. With that being said, my concern is his managerial skills and ability to get through to people as people like Manny often struggle relating to others because they process and communicate information differently than the norm. This goes for the players and the staff as firing the offensive staff on day one were great but it didn't require much where now his guys are failing miserably the longer he's in charge. Maybe it's a wild thought but am going off of people I have worked with in the professional field that are very analytical as they usually good at data and awful at managing people.
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That's the main difference between managers and "Leaders". Manny is a better coordinator than head coach because he is not a true Leader. Real leaders can convince people to believe in them while managers get exposed immediately. Don't think for one second that the players have not spotted his BS within the first week of practice. Spending a few days in the military has always taught me that the real leaders may not always in charge but their presence can be felt where ever they go. Manny just doesn't have it and he has lost this team probably before the Spring game.
 
Question.

Trevon Hill was pulled out of the game after a stupid unsportsmanlike contact penalty, in the third quarter. On TV it looked like Manny was chewing him out but Hill appeared to ignore Diaz and walked away. Did Hill return to the game?
 
ball915 said:
Manny talked about getting rid of the disease during his opening presser. Watching #98 dance down 13-0 to FIU was pure demonstration that Manny was just as much part of the disease. He knows there is a problem but doesn't know how to fix it.
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He identified a lot of what's wrong with the disease, articulated it. But I found it puzzling when he went after JT4 to bring him back. Can't make TNM with same old culture problems, and the guy hasn't done much positive this season and got Team Ruled for two games. I want to believe Manny, but actions speak louder than words. It can't be easy, but he needs to wear some accountability.
 
Funny how one of the biggest creators of this "disease" was Manny's father taking away one of UM's biggest advantages their home field advantage at the OB. Then UM goes and hires his son.

I don't want hear anything about a disease coming from Manny.
 
ball915 said:
Manny talked about getting rid of the disease during his opening presser. Watching #98 dance down 13-0 to FIU was pure demonstration that Manny was just as much part of the disease. He knows there is a problem but doesn't know how to fix it. He mentioned on Joe Rose this morning that the 2020 class has some guys that want to fix the problem. While there is some merit to his statement, he oversaw the recruiting on the defensive side of the ball for the last 4 years signing off on their mindset. Instead of banking on 18 year old freshman to save our program the real issue is on his inability to set a standard of expectations instead of just talking about them in front of a microphone. At what point do we stop blaming the past mindset that you were apart of and take action to fix it instead of just bringing in new recruits?

Something that dawned on me and might be overthinking it is the way he is wired. It's no secret he is Mr. Analytics and those types of people often lack people and social skills even though they are typically extremely intelligent humans. With that being said, my concern is his managerial skills and ability to get through to people as people like Manny often struggle relating to others because they process and communicate information differently than the norm. This goes for the players and the staff as firing the offensive staff on day one were great but it didn't require much where now his guys are failing miserably the longer he's in charge. Maybe it's a wild thought but am going off of people I have worked with in the professional field that are very analytical as they usually good at data and awful at managing people.
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What Manny is going to do (I’ve seen this happen at my past jobs) is talk up 2020 kids right to the current players and the current players are going to hate and recent them. And unless you have an alpha dog that don’t give a F*** and will fight people there’s going to be a broken lockeroom without and leaders to bring them together and this time it will because of the coaches. Saying the 2020 Class wants to fix the culture WTF does that even mean.
 
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What I found kind of odd was when Manny was speaking about ways to punish players (he didn’t use that term). Saying if yelling isn’t knocking sense into them we have to try other things like losing playing time etc. that shows me A he has the wrong guys teaching and leading these kids B) none of this 💩 is going to work if 5 different things didn’t C.) we are F***ed
 
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