Enos came in with too much of a brand -- Tagovailoa/Hurts, Alabama, Saban and all the perception that comes with it. The fact that Manny got the guy Saban was going to promote to OC was impressive and blinded people to the reality of his offensive history. I'm not as critical of Manny as most, but this was his biggest error. He had the right idea initially when he publicly stated the kind of offense he wanted to run, but he got blinded by the big splash hire that was available to him. I'm guessing that Enos can present a very convincing case for what he likes to do and it was enough to get Diaz to trust him given the successful QBs he had just worked with.
But now, after half a season, Manny's gotta be frustrated as ****. He ran a defense that performed well for 3 years along side an offense that was terrible. He probably coached those years constantly thinking... if only I could change that **** offense. And now in his first year as HC he's come to realize that he's still stuck with it. And it's his fault.
So what next? If you look at how Manny has handled most things, he's not a patient guy. He's already grabbed the reins from Baker because he couldn't stand to see the D looking like it was (and it looks much better since he did). And the offseason moves were aggressive too. Unless the offense shows some real progress, I think he makes a change. You can argue about the bad OL and other personnel, and all that's true, but the fact is you have to maximize what you've got with creative thinking and Enos doesn't seem to be able to do that. Do people really think Diaz is going to sit here like Golden and just let one side of the team rot for multiple seasons and destroy his career over it? Especially when his D is doing its part? I'm not predicting he gets the perfect guy or ultimately succeeds, but there's no way he lets this go on the way it is.
