It is ironic (some nonsense about kickers, the IPF making us soft, and a misunderstanding of irony)

[MiamiVice7]

Agreed. I actually think maybe had T Will stayed, we would have gotten some nice LB recruits to commit for once. That kinda screwed us. Either way Manny needs an injection of testosterone and to cut his teeth as a HC of a G5 program somewhere first. Maybe too little too late for the remainder of his career.

His MO I described tends to play out on game day as well. Slow starts, late to adjust, playing catch up all too often. The we hear “oh well they did something they hadn’t showed on tape” or some other excuse for his lack of foresight and anticipation. It’s not a mystery anymore. He is who he is.

 

[Baba Yaga]

Great post man

 

[rok]

The IPF and HRS renovations were the nail in the coffin.
They both represent everything that is soul-less and wrong.
We're nothing without the hallowed ground of the OB and GTPF.
The program has become a caricature. The country and the program are back in the 70s.

 

[Miami[]_[]Smoke]

First year Diaz's FG kicker and punter are garbage...brings in Borregales and Hedley who are (were) great. Brings in Enos with great acclaim and he sucks, gets Lashlee who shined last year and can't get anything going this year. Gets rid of DC and is expected to meet expectations by going back to himself and the team can't tackle, can't put pressure on opponents and anyone can run the ball against us.

Now if his fixes would continue to succeed and the coach changes accomplish what is intended...who knows where we would be. Can't fix irony but have to keep trying. What if we did not miss the FG Thursday? I think Diaz is jinxed, makes the right moves and other areas collapse. He is trying so hard but is running in quicksand. He isn't the first coach to have horrible luck, sad it is as a Hurricane coach, we make good luck for us, bad luck for them....until now.

We are soft and I blame the IPF... a little heat and we go indoors, a little rain and likewise. Greentree has lost it's reputation as building character and toughness.

Also not ironic that the only two positions that have been improved are kickers, who require the least amount of coaching. They either have it or they don’t. I still find it funny how people gave him and patke so much credit for that.

 

[NE Canes]

I'm growing more and more convinced that it's a legit curse. I don't know if it's the curse of the OB, if that troll Shalala whipped something up from under her bridge, payback for all the luck in 2017, I don't know. But it's definitely something and it's not all the head coach. This **** is just baffling. We can't do ANYTHING right without immediately doing something wrong. And it's year after year after year. Manny literally starts his career 1-0 with a win over the gators if Jeff Thomas just catches a punt. I rarely play the "what if" game and break things down to a single play, but that's 10000% true. Was he coached to drop the ball? Or he just made the biggest mistake possible at the most inopportune time? I could list 500 more examples. I know I'm majorly invested in this team so I'm trying to stay neutral here, but I simply cannot imagine there's a more frustrating team to pull for over the past few years. That's not ALL coaching. Will Mallory literally retiring before his senior season isn't coaching. A 37 year old Navaughn Donaldson being driven into his endzone by a defensive line who got steamrolled by Wake Forest isn't coaching. Mark Pope and Dee Wiggins being 5 and 4 star recruits and literally not being able to catch a football through three different WR coaches is not coaching. It's just truly baffling ****. I can't ever remember being as frustrated with the product as I am right now, and I've been following this program closer than I follow anything on earth for 30 years.

You could look at almost every losing team and find some mistake or key play that seems to cause them to lose a game, then play the what if game.

It is no coincidence that poor teams make mistakes and often at key times. But you will find far more often that it is simply, the lesser team cannot overcome their mistakes and that’s the real reason they lose....and it is not the one play.

 

[Miami[]_[]Smoke]

I used to think “he gets it” with the adjustments he’d make, but now I realize he’s entirely too reactive. He lets a problem fester to the point it results on bad outcomes, and only then does he address it. In other words, too little too late.

That’s not a recipe for success. It’s a recipe for the **** sandwich he’s forcing down our throats right now.

You also can’t change coaches every year. At some point, you either suck at coaching or picking coaches. The fix isn’t always hire someone new and that’s all we’ve done for 3 years

 

[JG13]

Guys, Fraggle is our eldest member per the mods. Take it easy on him, he's getting anxious about his Midsommar ending within a few years.

 

[Silver King]

You could look at almost every losing team and find some mistake or key play that seems to cause them to lose a game, then play the what if game.

It is no coincidence that poor teams make mistakes and often at key times. But you will find far more often that it is simply, the lesser team cannot overcome their mistakes and that’s the real reason they lose....and it is not the one play.

One play can make you own Momentum or surrender it.

 

[NE Canes]

One play can make you own Momentum or surrender it.

Yeah, it often seems that way...especially with young players. And emotion is a big part in any sport.

But there are a 100 plays a game and everyone of them could be this or could be that. Just becasue ESPN likes to focus on individual plays does not mean one play is the reason for a win or loss.

 

[305407cane]

Georgia has an IPF and that’s the most physical team in the country

 

[caneworld]

I'm growing more and more convinced that it's a legit curse. I don't know if it's the curse of the OB, if that troll Shalala whipped something up from under her bridge, payback for all the luck in 2017, I don't know. But it's definitely something and it's not all the head coach. This **** is just baffling. We can't do ANYTHING right without immediately doing something wrong. And it's year after year after year. Manny literally starts his career 1-0 with a win over the gators if Jeff Thomas just catches a punt. I rarely play the "what if" game and break things down to a single play, but that's 10000% true. Was he coached to drop the ball? Or he just made the biggest mistake possible at the most inopportune time? I could list 500 more examples. I know I'm majorly invested in this team so I'm trying to stay neutral here, but I simply cannot imagine there's a more frustrating team to pull for over the past few years. That's not ALL coaching. Will Mallory literally retiring before his senior season isn't coaching. A 37 year old Navaughn Donaldson being driven into his endzone by a defensive line who got steamrolled by Wake Forest isn't coaching. Mark Pope and Dee Wiggins being 5 and 4 star recruits and literally not being able to catch a football through three different WR coaches is not coaching. It's just truly baffling ****. I can't ever remember being as frustrated with the product as I am right now, and I've been following this program closer than I follow anything on earth for 30 years.

A healthy fear of failure is a key component in mental alertness and consequently consistent higher performance. This has been proven in fields where failure has high impact like piloting and surgery.

The evidence of a lack of healthy fear of failure is what we see on the Canes sidelines.... dancing, horsing around and posing for pictures when you are down 2 tds.....

There is no fear of bad performance..... in fact, they don't seem to care that they are losing.... they are mentally disconnected from their performance on the field.... either they have no real consequences or they are just emotional drifters and don't care about their team or winning..

.....that's totally on leadership and coaches

The culture around this program is weak, sick and alarmingly lasse faire..

PS. Don't get me wrong, I am not talking about abusive fear.

 

[rok]

Georgia has an IPF and that’s the most physical team in the country

Yeah but they didn't have a culture that was teetering on the brink before they got one built. Our team already did the bare minimum when it comes to training and preparation, and they were already coddled beyond measure. Now they get to practice in air conditioning and stare at **** on giant jumbotrons.

 

[305407cane]

Yeah but they didn't have a culture that was teetering on the brink before they got one built. Our team already did the bare minimum when it comes to training and preparation, and they were already coddled beyond measure. Now they get to practice in air conditioning and stare at **** on giant jumbotrons.

Oh I know I’m just clapping back at the OP for his comment saying the IPF has caused our softness

 

[AboutTheU05]

LMAO at blaming a ******* IPF.

 

[Cane6]

You could look at almost every losing team and find some mistake or key play that seems to cause them to lose a game, then play the what if game.

It is no coincidence that poor teams make mistakes and often at key times. But you will find far more often that it is simply, the lesser team cannot overcome their mistakes and that’s the real reason they lose....and it is not the one play.

What some of these slurpers call mistakes, I call habits under Manny

When they happen every game you can’t call them mistakes

 

[Pentagon Cane]

First year Diaz's FG kicker and punter are garbage...brings in Borregales and Hedley who are (were) great. Brings in Enos with great acclaim and he sucks, gets Lashlee who shined last year and can't get anything going this year. Gets rid of DC and is expected to meet expectations by going back to himself and the team can't tackle, can't put pressure on opponents and anyone can run the ball against us.

Now if his fixes would continue to succeed and the coach changes accomplish what is intended...who knows where we would be. Can't fix irony but have to keep trying. What if we did not miss the FG Thursday? I think Diaz is jinxed, makes the right moves and other areas collapse. He is trying so hard but is running in quicksand. He isn't the first coach to have horrible luck, sad it is as a Hurricane coach, we make good luck for us, bad luck for them....until now.

We are soft and I blame the IPF... a little heat and we go indoors, a little rain and likewise. Greentree has lost it's reputation as building character and toughness.

Heat did not seem to bother Michigan State now did it? I ain't the green or heat that made Greentree.

I think Diaz is incompetent. FIFY.

 

[fraggle]

This trolling is just so unnecessary.

U named 2 things he's successfully "fixed." Two out of ...? Our punter & last year's kicker.

That kicker is gone.
That punter is a 28 year old NFL player playing college football, who Manny had no hand in recruiting.

Nothing else he's attempted to fix has been fixed or even improved. I'd love to say CB recruiting has been fixed, but thats not exactly true until/unless those guys actually sign.

I don't buy into jinxes or curses, but I'll gladly go down that road for those who do.

If u buy into him being jinxed, u likely believe in fate. Not even fate is on his side. The Virginia TD that went out of Bolden's hands, rolled on top of the WR before finally resting in his hands, was fate saying its over. The FG curving at a strange angle before hitting the uprights is fate saying I already told u its over.

Tomorrow's excuse: South Florida rain is unfair to Manny.

Come on, I'm sure all fans feel like they are jinxing their favorite teams. You forget a team you like is on TV, you tune in and they are in the lead but suddenly go ice cold and can't do anything right. You change channels and they start doing good again so you see the score and tune back in and ZAP, they ***** up again. Its hard to avoid that sick feeling that you are a jinx knowing it can't be so but deep down you have that sinking feeling you jinxed your team. Be honest, I know I am not the only one. Logic says it can't be so, in your gut you think I did it, I jinxed them. If I hadn't watched that last FG attempt, they would've won. It's my fault we lost. Even coaches do things like wear the same shirt, fearing if they change they will lose as it is their LUCKY shirt. Fans who wear the same cap or what ever...unreasonable superstition. Admit it!

 

[hoops156]

Yeah but they didn't have a culture that was teetering on the brink before they got one built. Our team already did the bare minimum when it comes to training and preparation, and they were already coddled beyond measure. Now they get to practice in air conditioning and stare at **** on giant jumbotrons.

The same culture that ran off Justin fields

 

[fraggle]

A healthy fear of failure is a key component in mental alertness and consequently consistent higher performance. This has been proven in fields where failure has high impact like piloting and surgery.

The evidence of a lack of healthy fear of failure is what we see on the Canes sidelines.... dancing, horsing around and posing for pictures when you are down 2 tds.....

There is no fear of bad performance..... in fact, they don't seem to care that they are losing.... they are mentally disconnected from their performance on the field.... either they have no real consequences or they are just emotional drifters and don't care about their team or winning..

.....that's totally on leadership and coaches

The culture around this program is weak, sick and alarmingly lasse faire..

PS. Don't get me wrong, I am not talking about abusive fear.

It is obvious that Diaz is living in fear, it is written all over his face and the team sees this. It is not a surprise since his job is on the line. Every time a pass is dropped it is turmoil for him. You can't do anything while scared. I'm sure his reaction on any bad play won't let him encourage whomever failed. The fear is keeping him from using young players or experimenting when that is exactly what could rescue him from his demise. I feel for the guy, he is killing himself trying too hard and the pressure is eating him up. I cannot imagine what team meetings are like. Our best teams and players got enjoyment out of playing, they played fearless.

 

[Empirical Cane]

don't ya think?