Ahh with the "I've never seen such incompetence" stuff.
Go back and rewatch Virginia Tech at Miami in 1996; the 21st game in the career of Paul Hilton "Butch" Davis and get back to me about in game management, or looking like a head coach / leader.
Queued it up
right before halftime here; Butch and Clement getting into in over going for it with :08 remaining, or kicking. Clement gets his way, throws quick out to Yatil Green, who gets out of bounds; :03 remaining. Butch sends out the kicking team, Clement losing it (was sitting just over tunnel where Canes run out for this game; saw the whole thing. On TV, commentators even talk about Butch backing down to his quarterback—Clement going nuts on the sideline like a mental patient.)
Virginia Tech calls timeout with too many men on field; Butch sends Clement back out there and Miami can't get play called in time (out of timeouts)—delay of game penalty. Crosland then whiffs on the kick after the delay of game penalty; 7-7 at the half.
Bonus points for this dog of a finish, too—Canes trailing 14-7—Convington in late for injured Clement, hits Tony Gaiter on goal line on second down; wide open drop. Covington runs on third, picks up a few. Fourth down, throws into double coverage and Keion Carpenter returns it 101 yards, Miami loses, 21-7.
Years later, Butch goes on to be a pillar in Hurricanes football history—architect of the best team ever, parlayed gig into NFL shot, back to college and coached up North Carolina to look like a mini-Miami years later.
Less than two years into his first coaching gig, he looked all the part of an amateur—like a lot of guys before him.
All this "SMH Manny" stuff—Butch was as bad, if not worse when he started out, and Butch was doing it with the program in much better shape; the effects of probation barely hitting yet and two years from a 10-2 season that had Miami in the Orange Bowl against eventual champ, Nebraska—finishing #3 in the nation.
Manny took over a 7-6 dog and a program 100-73 since the 2005 Peach Bowl. Canes are a mid-level ACC team and are playing like one right now. Shouldn't be shocking that there are bumps and bruises year one. Relax.