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I gave Diaz a fair shot at the beginning but now it is clear to see that he is in over his head. Personally I would like to see a new coach and staff brought in but since that is not likely to happen this year I thought I would give my opinion on what Diaz needs to do to keep his job and what he can do right now to at least attempt to turn this thing around.
The problem is as follows. Manny Diaz screwed up royally when he didn't realize the importance of surrounding himself with a top notch staff with a good mix of accomplished veteran coaches and bright young coaches who can recruit at an elite level. The staff Diaz has assembled is a joke. It is a total clown show. Yes Enos is an experienced and quality QB coach with the potential to be a good OC but his system is predicated on running the football and having a good to great offensive line. That system could be great at OSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, Alabama, LSU or Georgia but not at Miami. That offense is just not practical here at Miami for the simple fact that we do not have the ability to consistently field great offensive lines.
What Miami needs to be is a wide open and up tempo passing offense that utilizes spread principles from the shotgun to get the ball to its plethora of playmakers in space while utilizing the running game as a function of or changeup to the passing offense. What we saw Saturday in the second half is who this offense is. That is our identity and that is what we should be utilizing from this point forward and Perry needs to be the QB. Jarren Williams is still a great prospect with tons of potential but Perry fits much better with what our true identity based on our strengths is. Diaz and Enos would be insane not to see this. A blind man could see it with a cane!
I think it really speaks to the collective wisdom of the coaching staff or more accurately lack thereof that they thought they could go with a dink and dunk ball control and play it safe passing game with Jarren Williams and supplement that with a power based running game. Apparently they knew that with Williams at QB the playbook would be cut down considerably but justified it by thinking that we could consistently move the ball in this game manager type fashion without risking turnovers hence the whole "Don't burn the house down" mantra we heard all summer. So again what we have here is another staph that wants the offense to be something it is not based on risk aversion and fear. The amusing irony to all of this is that Manny's emphasis on risk aversion and not "Burning the house down" is more than likely the very thing that is going to burn his job as head coach and his career down.
On defense what we see is a combination of factors not the least of which is the obvious fact that Blake Baker in way in over his head combined with the fact that the defensive staff is filled by position coaches who have absolutely no business coaching here. They are all young and inexperienced being led by a DC who is literally overwhelmed and has no idea what to do and how to most effectively use his personel. Todd Stroud is the one experienced coach but his last gig was at Akron and he was originally hired here to be support staff. After 5 games I would venture to guess that we can all see why. It is not surprising in the least that Diaz has made the move to take over the defense. Say what you will about Diaz as a head coach but he has proven he can be an effective DC in the right situation.
Right about now Diaz is most likely realizing how bad he screwed up when he went about putting together his staff. I loved the firing of the previous offensive staff but Manny made a huge error in judgement when he let Enos bring in his entire staff of CMU flunkies. Like I have said before, Enos is a good QB coach and could be a good OC but his scheme is not practical for UM. What Diaz needs to do right now to save his job is plain to see. First he must relieve Blake Baker of his play calling duties and take over himself. Next he must command Enos to run the type of uptempo shotgun based wide open spread type offense that this offense thrives in and that includes making Perry the starter and abandoning all the ridiculous and extraneous under center power running and play action garbage. Once the season is over he must fire the entire staff on both sides of the ball. Enos will most likely leave on his own so that should take care of most of the offensive staff but if not then fire them all. Diaz must then go out and get himself a real staff of competent and experienced coaches who will develop the players and run the schemes that naturally fit who we are. That means high flying and downhill on both sides of the ball. Lastly for the love of all that is good get an experienced veteran coach to head the special teams and get Baxa out of here. Diaz does need to keep one coach from this current regime and that is David Feely who has IMO done an excellent job thus far
The problem is as follows. Manny Diaz screwed up royally when he didn't realize the importance of surrounding himself with a top notch staff with a good mix of accomplished veteran coaches and bright young coaches who can recruit at an elite level. The staff Diaz has assembled is a joke. It is a total clown show. Yes Enos is an experienced and quality QB coach with the potential to be a good OC but his system is predicated on running the football and having a good to great offensive line. That system could be great at OSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, Alabama, LSU or Georgia but not at Miami. That offense is just not practical here at Miami for the simple fact that we do not have the ability to consistently field great offensive lines.
What Miami needs to be is a wide open and up tempo passing offense that utilizes spread principles from the shotgun to get the ball to its plethora of playmakers in space while utilizing the running game as a function of or changeup to the passing offense. What we saw Saturday in the second half is who this offense is. That is our identity and that is what we should be utilizing from this point forward and Perry needs to be the QB. Jarren Williams is still a great prospect with tons of potential but Perry fits much better with what our true identity based on our strengths is. Diaz and Enos would be insane not to see this. A blind man could see it with a cane!
I think it really speaks to the collective wisdom of the coaching staff or more accurately lack thereof that they thought they could go with a dink and dunk ball control and play it safe passing game with Jarren Williams and supplement that with a power based running game. Apparently they knew that with Williams at QB the playbook would be cut down considerably but justified it by thinking that we could consistently move the ball in this game manager type fashion without risking turnovers hence the whole "Don't burn the house down" mantra we heard all summer. So again what we have here is another staph that wants the offense to be something it is not based on risk aversion and fear. The amusing irony to all of this is that Manny's emphasis on risk aversion and not "Burning the house down" is more than likely the very thing that is going to burn his job as head coach and his career down.
On defense what we see is a combination of factors not the least of which is the obvious fact that Blake Baker in way in over his head combined with the fact that the defensive staff is filled by position coaches who have absolutely no business coaching here. They are all young and inexperienced being led by a DC who is literally overwhelmed and has no idea what to do and how to most effectively use his personel. Todd Stroud is the one experienced coach but his last gig was at Akron and he was originally hired here to be support staff. After 5 games I would venture to guess that we can all see why. It is not surprising in the least that Diaz has made the move to take over the defense. Say what you will about Diaz as a head coach but he has proven he can be an effective DC in the right situation.
Right about now Diaz is most likely realizing how bad he screwed up when he went about putting together his staff. I loved the firing of the previous offensive staff but Manny made a huge error in judgement when he let Enos bring in his entire staff of CMU flunkies. Like I have said before, Enos is a good QB coach and could be a good OC but his scheme is not practical for UM. What Diaz needs to do right now to save his job is plain to see. First he must relieve Blake Baker of his play calling duties and take over himself. Next he must command Enos to run the type of uptempo shotgun based wide open spread type offense that this offense thrives in and that includes making Perry the starter and abandoning all the ridiculous and extraneous under center power running and play action garbage. Once the season is over he must fire the entire staff on both sides of the ball. Enos will most likely leave on his own so that should take care of most of the offensive staff but if not then fire them all. Diaz must then go out and get himself a real staff of competent and experienced coaches who will develop the players and run the schemes that naturally fit who we are. That means high flying and downhill on both sides of the ball. Lastly for the love of all that is good get an experienced veteran coach to head the special teams and get Baxa out of here. Diaz does need to keep one coach from this current regime and that is David Feely who has IMO done an excellent job thus far
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