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It’s leadership...

A team takes on the identity of its Head Coach; a tough hard-nosed disciplined team will always have a tough hard-nosed disciplined Coach, a soft lackadaisical undisciplined team usually has a soft undisciplined HC.

The common denominator of this team since 2016 has been Manny Diaz running the Defense & running the team & as a result we’ve been nothing but mediocre & lost every big game we’ve played in except for Notre Dame 2017.

The problem is the man who hired manny & Manny himself, one is easy to replace, the other requires for people in charge of making the big decisions to bite the bullet & actually give a **** about something other than their bank accounts...

Good luck with that.
 
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Liberty City El said:
It’s leadership...

A team takes on the identity of its Head Coach; a tough hard-nosed disciplined team will always have a tough hard-nosed disciplined Coach, a soft lackadaisical undisciplined team usually has a soft undisciplined HC.

The common denominator of this team since 2016 has been Manny Diaz running the Defense & running the team & as a result we’ve been nothing but mediocre & lost every big game we’ve played in except for Notre Dame 2017.

The problem is the man who hired manny & Manny himself, one is easy to replace, the other requires for people in charge of making the big decisions to bite the bullet & actually give a **** about something other than their bank accounts...

Good luck with that.
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Enigma team with on paper talent that produces consistently inconsistent results. There is only one answer.

I have seen this first hand. We check all the boxes of a team with a coach in over his head.
 
Liberty City El said:
It’s leadership...

A team takes on the identity of its Head Coach; a tough hard-nosed disciplined team will always have a tough hard-nosed disciplined Coach, a soft lackadaisical undisciplined team usually has a soft undisciplined HC.

The common denominator of this team since 2016 has been Manny Diaz running the Defense & running the team & as a result we’ve been nothing but mediocre & lost every big game we’ve played in except for Notre Dame 2017.

The problem is the man who hired manny & Manny himself, one is easy to replace, the other requires for people in charge of making the big decisions to bite the bullet & actually give a **** about something other than their bank accounts...

Good luck with that.
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There's been a lot written, dissected, analyzed, etc., etc. about what's wrong.

It comes down to this. Period
 
JD08 said:
The only difference between this year's offense and last year's is the loss of Brevin. Logically, with a year's practice, everyone should improve.

Why they look horrible out there is beyond me. I have to hope things will come together.
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The biggest difference, all the film of Lashlee and King.

King hasn't be great (missing some open guys).
Lashlee has been bad by not calling the same plays that work. Getting too cute. I'd also like to see more passing to open the run.
Harley/Mallory dropped 4 on Saturday.
OL isn't communicating worth a ****.
Penalties are still an issue.


On D, we have no pass rush from the DEs. We have no LBers worth a ****. We continue to play Ivey who has now given up at least 3 TDs on the year.
 
Kempo Cane said:
When you are corched by the worst corch in America anything is possible!
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I'm not even sure Manny is a bad COACH as he can coach as a DC. I just don't think he has the head coaching DNA. Some people just aren't made to lead but are great being second or third in command. I also have to seriously question his player evals at this point.
 
umfire said:
This isn’t remotely the team I thought it would be. I saw practice in Mid-August and we were miles better than this.

Let’s start out with this: King and Lashlee don’t work. They just don’t. And it was obvious last night they don’t care for each other.

Why the **** aren’t the freshman WRs on the field?

OL looked better than this. A lot. I don’t get it.

I physically WATCHED Mallory look all-conference. What the ****?

There is some serious illness going on up top. I like Manny, have shook his hand. But he is going to take a 9/10 win to 7-5.
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Re: Mallory, I don't understand how this big guy just goes down at the slightest contact. He's been one of the bigger offensive disappointments for me.
 
umfire said:
This isn’t remotely the team I thought it would be. I saw practice in Mid-August and we were miles better than this.

Let’s start out with this: King and Lashlee don’t work. They just don’t. And it was obvious last night they don’t care for each other.

Why the **** aren’t the freshman WRs on the field?

OL looked better than this. A lot. I don’t get it.

I physically WATCHED Mallory look all-conference. What the ****?

There is some serious illness going on up top. I like Manny, have shook his hand. But he is going to take a 9/10 win to 7-5.
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Bad offense scrimmages a putrid defense in august friend.
 
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Liberty City El said:
It’s leadership...

A team takes on the identity of its Head Coach; a tough hard-nosed disciplined team will always have a tough hard-nosed disciplined Coach, a soft lackadaisical undisciplined team usually has a soft undisciplined HC.

The common denominator of this team since 2016 has been Manny Diaz running the Defense & running the team & as a result we’ve been nothing but mediocre & lost every big game we’ve played in except for Notre Dame 2017.

The problem is the man who hired manny & Manny himself, one is easy to replace, the other requires for people in charge of making the big decisions to bite the bullet & actually give a **** about something other than their bank accounts...

Good luck with that.
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#Facts
 
ElJefe3 said:
I think through the smoke touched on this. We practice at half speed, don't really tackle etc. It's as controlled experiment that gives us the placebo effect that maybe we're something we're not. It's happened how many seasons now?? We just aren't good enough and we keep convincing ourselves we're amazing because we're beating our own crappy team
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Well then that needs to change. What are we saving guys for?
 
90scane said:
I'm not even sure Manny is a bad COACH as he can coach as a DC. I just don't think he has the head coaching DNA. Some people just aren't made to lead but are great being second or third in command. I also have to seriously question his player evals at this point.
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This point is very unclear. His record is getting fired in humiliating fashion from the biggest job he has ever held. His defense is suspect against QBs who have average arms and above average sense to check down. See both Wisconsin games.

Other than 2 games in 2017, he has been systematically exposed by any team with a pulse and some with teams without pulses! The poor tackling, coverage schemes, use of leverage (in both alignment and in edge setting sense), poor personnel match ups (Hall on WRs), and uneven recruiting tell me he isn’t the guy at a coordinator level either.
 
Liberty City El said:
It’s leadership...

A team takes on the identity of its Head Coach; a tough hard-nosed disciplined team will always have a tough hard-nosed disciplined Coach, a soft lackadaisical undisciplined team usually has a soft undisciplined HC.

The common denominator of this team since 2016 has been Manny Diaz running the Defense & running the team & as a result we’ve been nothing but mediocre & lost every big game we’ve played in except for Notre Dame 2017.

The problem is the man who hired manny & Manny himself, one is easy to replace, the other requires for people in charge of making the big decisions to bite the bullet & actually give a **** about something other than their bank accounts...

Good luck with that.
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I dont know LCE. Shannon and Golden were tough and hard nosed coaches and that didnt work out for us either. Manny has 8-9 games left to prove he deserves another year but I agree at this point, he is not the answer. I know at seasons end if the Defense plays well and Lashlees offense stays at this horrid pace he will blame Lashlee and say to give him one more shot at finding a good OC but even that should fall on deaf ears.
 
We the Boss said:
This point is very unclear. His record is getting fired in humiliating fashion from the biggest job he has ever held. His defense is suspect against QBs who have average arms and above average sense to check down. See both Wisconsin games.

Other than 2 games in 2017, he has been systematically exposed by any team with a pulse and some with teams without pulses! The poor tackling, coverage schemes, use of leverage (in both alignment and in edge setting sense), poor personnel match ups (Hall on WRs), and uneven recruiting tell me he isn’t the guy at a coordinator level either.
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He still produced some top 20 defenses which would leave him out of the bad coach group IMO. Maybe he is just an average coach. Again, lots of questions surrounding him and his D especially now that he has been here 6 years and has all of his own kids.
 
90scane said:
He still produced some top 20 defenses which would leave him out of the bad coach group IMO. Maybe he is just an average coach. Again, lots of questions surrounding him and his D especially now that he has been here 6 years and has all of his own kids.
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Yep. That’s where I have him. Above average but not close to title level.
 
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Jassid82 said:
I dont know LCE. Shannon and Golden were tough and hard nosed coaches and that didnt work out for us either. Manny has 8-9 games left to prove he deserves another year but I agree at this point, he is not the answer. I know at seasons end if the Defense plays well and Lashlees offense stays at this horrid pace he will blame Lashlee and say to give him one more shot at finding a good OC but even that should fall on deaf ears.
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I'd give Manny another OC pick if the D was holding its own and Lashlee didn't address the lack of performance. The offense actually has more blue-chippers (24) than the D (22).
 
CANEMC said:
We talkin about practice???? Where we don't even tackle??

Arroyo over Mallory. There I said it.
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I wouldn't even go with Arroyo over Mallory. I just want to see more 12 personnel. That Rambo screen and Chaney TD with Arroyo blocking... HELLO!

If we are going to play coach, here are my easy takes.
1. More 12 personnel with screens until they take them away. When they take them away, it likely means Mallory/Arroyo are in man coverage with a LB leaving the middle of the field WIDE open for them.
2. All Wiggins snaps go to Brison, George, Arroyo, or X. If that means more 12 personnel to avoid Wiggins on the field, SO BE IT!
3. This may sound crazy but I'd like to see Miami use a 2 QB set with King/TVD. We are down to 3 RB with 2 being true freshmen. TVD is a big kid that can run and King is a RB build.

On D
1. No More IVEY! 3 TDs given up is enough. He doesn't want to tackle and can't cover.
2. Figure out how to get some of the talented kids on the bench playing more snaps. I get that we have some good kids with lots of experience. That should not stop us from finding ways to get freshmen on the field like we have in years past (Joe jackson- 8 sacks, Bandy - INT vs ND, Garvin 2 sacks, Nesta with 10 games). I'm sure I could name 10 other freshmen that impacted the D over the last 5 seasons. I'm not looking for them to start day one like Shaq/Pic but they have talent and can impact games so get them on the field!
 
90scane said:
I wouldn't even go with Arroyo over Mallory. I just want to see more 12 personnel. That Rambo screen and Chaney TD with Arroyo blocking... HELLO!

If we are going to play coach, here are my easy takes.
1. More 12 personnel with screens until they take them away. When they take them away, it likely means Mallory/Arroyo are in man coverage with a LB leaving the middle of the field WIDE open for them.
2. All Wiggins snaps go to Brison, George, Arroyo, or X. If that means more 12 personnel to avoid Wiggins on the field, SO BE IT!
3. This may sound crazy but I'd like to see Miami use a 2 QB set with King/TVD. We are down to 3 RB with 2 being true freshmen. TVD is a big kid that can run and King is a RB build.

On D
1. No More IVEY! 3 TDs given up is enough. He doesn't want to tackle and can't cover.
2. Figure out how to get some of the talented kids on the bench playing more snaps. I get that we have some good kids with lots of experience. That should not stop us from finding ways to get freshmen on the field like we have in years past (Joe jackson- 8 sacks, Bandy - INT vs ND, Garvin 2 sacks, Nesta with 10 games). I'm sure I could name 10 other freshmen that impacted the D over the last 5 seasons. I'm not looking for them to start day one like Shaq/Pic but they have talent and can impact games so get them on the field!
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I've seen enough of Mallory bro! He's a liability blocking and his hands are suspect. And where is he when we get in the redzone? 6'5"?

Not sure why the Freshmens (including LT) aren't playing more. Only at Miami do we coddle the pups. They should be playing a lot.

I agree on Poison Ivey. Give me Couch on one side and Rique on the other. Both are sticky.
 
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