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Has anyone heard from Mario since Saturday?

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gacaneaddict said:
From what I recall the coach doesn't do his radio spot on bye week.

He will be back on next week.

Does Mario look like a guy that wouldn't face the music? Goodness he already stepped up to mic after game and took full responsibility.

He isn't going to shy away from this. He probably has been working harder.
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I don’t get that sense either. I’m sure he’s not worried about facing the media.
I think he’s trying to circle the wagons with his team and limit outside distractions right now and fine with that. This team is so mentally soft, they need to be put in a bubble without media.
And I agree, him and staff are probably working double overtime, trying to find solutions to not get embarrassed by North Carolina. Unfortunately, don’t think that will be enough.
 
In a perfect world Mario shows up and takes the interview on the chin like the post game presser and dodges the answers about the QB controversy since he probably wanted time to think about what to do before announcing it on the show.

If he says it’s a competition that’s a big statement, even if it is a competition, keeping it under wraps is better imo.

The guy got embarrassed on his birthday in his dream job. Yes, he should’ve gone, I’m not afraid to say it, but I also don’t think it’s as bad as it looks like some people think it is.

Humans need a break sometimes, I’m more worried about how he’s handling the locker room and preparing the team and thinking about how to solve the QB problem we’re in.

As an adult working crazy hours sometimes you need to be able to take time to yourself to keep your head right. I think he needed that and he didn’t want to weigh in too quickly about the QB situation since he probably didn’t know yet how they’re going to handle it
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Yeah, and you understand that my "screaming" comment was a metaphor.

Film study, sure. Asking TVD about WTF was going through his head on those two picks, absolutely.

But we ALSO need for TVD to have a voice inside of his head that keeps him from ******* up like that again. I don't care if that voice is Mario's or Morgan Freeman's, just as long as he has SOMETHING that reminds him not to throw weak interceptions ever again.
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To be fair to TVD, the second pick wasn’t really his fault that was just a great play the DE made

The first one was terrible but QBs make bad throws / decisions sometimes, he’s got to be able to move on to the next one and not let it second guess himself too much
 
If we do the same **** vs UNC & they club us it’s going to get very ugly. Banners ugly. **** this patience bull****. Nobody here expects to win the national title or even the conference. We do expect to look like a normal team who puts guys in the right places & schemes to win. Until that happens I know for one I’ll keep *****ing & moaning & encourage everyone else to do so. We will not stand for incompetence as a fan base. Never have.
 
Hurracanes said:
Exactly. He’s literally going to repeat what he said Saturday night.

Really interesting to see how people put this much stock to these interviews.
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They don’t… they just want him to do the usual coach speak like the other quotes poster say and then start a new thread talking about how Mario is no different than X,Y,Z of a coach and we’re doomed…

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t… either way I know Mario is working at getting this better…. I just hope he’s been having a come to Jesus moment with the offense top to bottom because that is inexcusable
 
100000% confident that if Manny Diaz had ducked a regularly scheduled radio interview after getting blown out by a G5 at home, there would be 100 new threads featuring some variation of the words "simp", "cuck", or "beta".

Mario skipping the interview is a ***** move. If this was a short week and we had a game tonight, then maybe I could justify it by saying he needs to get as much work in as he can before today. He's got two weeks before the next game. The interview is important because it is about setting an example to players about accountability and ownership of actions.

If a player made a bunch of bonehead mistakes in game, then in a film session a coach asked him , "What were you thinking?", and the player responded, "I don't want to talk about this" and just got up and walked out of the room, would that be OK?
 
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TimeBum said:
100000% confident that if Manny Diaz had ducked a regularly scheduled radio interview after getting blown out by a G5 at home, there would be 100 new threads featuring some variation of the words "simp", "cuck", or "beta".

Mario skipping the interview is a ***** move. If this was a short week and we had a game tonight, then maybe I could justify it by saying he needs to get as much work in as he can before today. He's got two weeks before the next game. The interview is important because it is about setting an example to players about accountability and ownership of actions.

If a player made a bunch of bonehead mistakes in game, then in a film session a coach asked him , "what were you thinking?", and the player just got up and walked out of the room, would that be OK?
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I swear some fans have the same entitled attitude that the “diva” recruits have and start crying and moaning and wanting everyone fired at the first signs of weakness.

Maybe part of why the locker room crashes down after loses and has at Miami for the last 20 years is because fans act like the season is ruined and the players accept it as fact.

Not that it is a good excuse for them, but fans need to actually support the team, coaches, and players instead of whining like a baby with a dirty diaper constantly

Positivity is important to building a program
 
Hurracanes said:
Exactly. He’s literally going to repeat what he said Saturday night.

Really interesting to see how people put this much stock to these interviews.
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The idea that people are concerned with missing what he has to say is garrulous gibberish and a hackneyed attempt to weave a strawmen in deflection of the more poignant concern expressed repeatedly in this thread. The point people seem to be drawing most of their discomfiture from is the perceived temerity and effrontery of him not grasping the nettle of the sordid ordeal. Whether one believes such is necessary is to be left to individuals - most likely swayed by genetics, character, personal ethics, sense of right, etc..Slinking away in the cover of darkness, holed up in his gloomy Coral Gable's grotto, listening to Enya through his Beats, upon every katzenjammer he faces may present an unflattering look for a man who supposedly honed his steel by way of Roman ethos and the Marist ideals of his formative years.
 
JD4 said:
I swear some fans have the same entitled attitude that the “diva” recruits have and start crying and moaning and wanting everyone fired at the first signs of weakness.

Maybe part of why the locker room crashes down after loses and has at Miami for the last 20 years is because fans act like the season is ruined and the players accept it as fact.

Not that it is a good excuse for them, but fans need to actually support the team, coaches, and players instead of whining like a baby with a dirty diaper constantly

Positivity is important to building a program
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The fans slurping on Mario's Cristoballs keep saying he's trying to change the culture of players not being accountable. If you don't see the hypocrisy in saying Mario is trying to build a culture of accountability while he's ducking a possibly uncomfortable 30 min interview where there is a chance a radio host might ask him why it looks like certain players have massively regressed, then Mario's Cristoballs might be covering your eyes.

So if Mario publicly announces "I am no longer going to speak with the media after losses. I will only answer questions when we win" will you continue fellating the HC or are you finally going to say, "this doesn't smell right"?
 
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dwreck27 said:
They don’t… they just want him to do the usual coach speak like the other quotes poster say and then start a new thread talking about how Mario is no different than X,Y,Z of a coach and we’re doomed…

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t… either way I know Mario is working at getting this better…. I just hope he’s been having a come to Jesus moment with the offense top to bottom because that is inexcusable
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TIFWIW but Mario gives zero ***** about the fans feelings. A win vs. UNC and all this noise goes away and we are back to our regularly scheduled program. I do not suspect this will happen after our next loss.
 
JgDaCane said:
If we do the same **** vs UNC & they club us it’s going to get very ugly. Banners ugly. **** this patience bull****. Nobody here expects to win the national title or even the conference. We do expect to look like a normal team who puts guys in the right places & schemes to win. Until that happens I know for one I’ll keep *****ing & moaning & encourage everyone else to do so. We will not stand for incompetence as a fan base. Never have.
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This is the problem. This "Torch the farm at the first sign of adversity, and then wonder why things never grow". 4 games in. FOUR. I get people being ****ed with Diaz, that was a lazy hire, conducted by an incompetent AD. It had a high failure probability, so people were out on him almost immediately. Compare that to the leadership in place now. Let Rad and Mario do their **** jobs. Let Mario have a chance to work with this team, we knew this wasn't going to be fixed overnight.
 
Canedude08 said:
This is the problem. This "Torch the farm at the first sign of adversity, and then wonder why things never grow". 4 games in. FOUR. I get people being ****ed with Diaz, that was a lazy hire, conducted by an incompetent AD. It had a high failure probability, so people were out on him almost immediately. Compare that to the leadership in place now. Let Rad and Mario do their **** jobs. Let Mario have a chance to work with this team, we knew this wasn't going to be fixed overnight.
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Not to the same level of ineptitude, but one could argue Mario was somewhat of a lazy hire as well. There were other coaching candidates that we should've at least considered (Kiffin, Stoops, a couple others), but it was all in on Mario. If he had turned us down, we would've kept a lame duck in Manny. Because Miami guy, bro.
 
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Canedude08 said:
This is the problem. This "Torch the farm at the first sign of adversity, and then wonder why things never grow". 4 games in. FOUR. I get people being ****ed with Diaz, that was a lazy hire, conducted by an incompetent AD. It had a high failure probability, so people were out on him almost immediately. Compare that to the leadership in place now. Let Rad and Mario do their **** jobs. Let Mario have a chance to work with this team, we knew this wasn't going to be fixed overnight.
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It didn't need to be fixed overnight to beat MTSU...
 
TimeBum said:
The fans slurping on Mario's Cristoballs keep saying he's trying to change the culture of players not being accountable. If you don't see the hypocrisy in saying Mario is trying to build a culture of accountability while he's ducking a possibly uncomfortable 30 min interview where there is a chance a radio host might ask him why it looks like certain players have massively regressed, then Mario's Cristoballs might be covering your eyes.

So if Mario publicly announces "I am no longer going to speak with the media after losses. I will only answer questions when we win" will you continue fellating the HC or are you finally going to say, "this doesn't smell right"?
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Lol he addressed the press after the loss already.

Sure he could’ve gone and said “I can’t comment on that” about the QB controversy probably when it would’ve been asked inevitably. That might tell TVD you don’t trust him if you plan on letting him start again, or maybe you say I’m opening it up for a competition if you don’t care about giving TVD another shot and seeing how the two weeks of practice go before the next game before you decide.

I just don’t think skipping Joe freaking rose even comes close to as big of a deal as some people are making it out to be. If he canceled without giving notice I think that is in poor taste and definitely a mistake and I hope he apologized privately Bc I do believe in being personally accountable and I also realize he’s a human being and is capable of making mistakes like everyone else.

With that said people are missing the bigger picture. He’s trying to prepare the team to win games and I believe going on Joe Rose on Monday would be a waste of time and energy and potentially cause a loss of trust with the QB situation in the best case.

He took accountability after the game and told the guys to feel like **** about it for the day according to the players, but if you let your losses consume you you’re not helping yourself for the next game. Need to feel the pain, learn from it, and move on or we’ll have another year of not learning from our mistakes and moping around because we lost a game we should’ve lost
 
CoachKevinSteel said:
The idea that people are concerned with missing what he has to say is garrulous gibberish and a hackneyed attempt to weave a strawmen in deflection of the more poignant concern expressed repeatedly in this thread. The point people seem to be drawing most of their discomfiture from is the perceived temerity and effrontery of him not grasping the nettle of the sordid ordeal. Whether one believes such is necessary is to be left to individuals - most likely swayed by genetics, character, personal ethics, sense of right, etc..Slinking away in the cover of darkness, holed up in his gloomy Coral Gable's grotto, listening to Enya through his Beats, upon every katzenjammer he faces may present an unflattering look for a man who supposedly honed his steel by way of Roman ethos and the Marist ideals of his formative years.
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