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Looks like Blake James spoke with a few press members today

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ryby6969 said:
Feels like James is still holding out hope that Manny can turn the season around and that is why Manny is still coaching. He is playing both sides to try and save face if it does go bad on Saturday night.
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Of course he is holding out hope. He hitched his wagon to Manny when he made that atrocious hire paying temple $4M to buy him out along the way. If manny fails then he fails. The baseball and basketball program are in shambles too. I have to imagine he is as good as gone too. If not, there is no reason to invest any sort of emotion or financial support into athletics at UM moving forward
 
As I’ve stated before, what does this she-male have on the BoT? At any other institution he would have been fired a long time ago. Dude acts like he is untouchable.
 
romagalu said:
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The Herald also asked James if UM president Julio Frenk has assured James that his job is safe. “I haven’t had those types of conversations,’’ James said. “What I can say is Julio Frenk has been very supportive of me. He’s been very supportive of our athletics program. He has great alignment and he has great expectations of our athletics program. Obviously we have to continue to get better. I know that, he knows that and in this case Manny knows that. “Those are the things we’re focused on, getting better. “I have great communication with Julio and a great appreciation for my job and recognize that part of my job is making sure we exceed at a higher level of competition.” In late September, after ESPN College GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit called out Frenk, James and Diaz for not being aligned in their goals and visions for the football program, Frenk released a long statement regarding UM athletics that included his decision “to increase the involvement’’ of Frenk’s leadership team to “augment my own direct engagement with the athletics director.” Frenk named his chief of staff Rudy Fernandez and his senior advisor Joe Echevarria as helping to facilitate “seamless alignment between the Board of Trustees, my entire administration, and the athletics department.’’
 
Hoyacane1620 said:
The Herald also asked James if UM president Julio Frenk has assured James that his job is safe. “I haven’t had those types of conversations,’’ James said. “What I can say is Julio Frenk has been very supportive of me. He’s been very supportive of our athletics program. He has great alignment and he has great expectations of our athletics program. Obviously we have to continue to get better. I know that, he knows that and in this case Manny knows that. “Those are the things we’re focused on, getting better. “I have great communication with Julio and a great appreciation for my job and recognize that part of my job is making sure we exceed at a higher level of competition.” In late September, after ESPN College GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit called out Frenk, James and Diaz for not being aligned in their goals and visions for the football program, Frenk released a long statement regarding UM athletics that included his decision “to increase the involvement’’ of Frenk’s leadership team to “augment my own direct engagement with the athletics director.” Frenk named his chief of staff Rudy Fernandez and his senior advisor Joe Echevarria as helping to facilitate “seamless alignment between the Board of Trustees, my entire administration, and the athletics department.’’
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He sounds shook.
 
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JD08 said:
That would be an absolute boss level move on Frenk's part to let Blake give a press conference on Manny's firing, then let him go immediately after.
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I think it would give the new AD a big boost in approval rating and build up goodwill with the fans if his first action as AD is firing Diaz. My recommendation is to fire James first, then let the new AD announce Diaz's firing.
 
TimeBum said:
I think it would give the new AD a big boost in approval rating and build up goodwill with the fans if his first action as AD is firing Diaz. My recommendation is to fire James first, then let the new AD announce Diaz's firing.
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I agree, but if Blake has the ability to fire Diaz and he thinks there's a chance it will save him, Diaz is gone before Frenk or the BOT can even discuss it.
 
There’s an old saying that goes “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull****.” This guy epitomizes that saying. He’s obviously got the gift of gab and that’s how he’s gotten to where he’s at by baffling all (initially) with bull****.

I’ve seen several of his kind in my career. They are impressive initially, but their incompetence catches up with them - many times not as quickly as we’d prefer.

Rest assured bull**** will only take someone so far. Eventually, the smell gets unbearable and will be eliminated.
 
She keeps adding more:

In late September, after ESPN College GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit called out Frenk, James and Diaz for not being aligned in their goals and visions for the football program, Frenk released a long statement regarding UM athletics that included his decision “to increase the involvement’’ of Frenk’s leadership team to “augment my own direct engagement with the athletics director.” Frenk named his chief of staff Rudy Fernandez and his senior advisor Joe Echevarria as helping to facilitate “seamless alignment between the Board of Trustees, my entire administration, and the athletics department.’’

“The only way my role has really changed is that I have much more regular communications with those two individuals,’’ James told the Herald. “But I had communication with them in advance of the letter and I have communication with Julio. “It’s not like I didn’t have communication with so many of the leaders on our campus. We’re part of a university. We’re not on an island. I wouldn’t want anyone to think that I didn’t have communication with campus before all this happened.’’

Should UM hire a new coach, James was asked if there is enough money to hire a big-time, proven one. “I’m not going to get into that,’’ James said. “What I’ll say is the University of Miami is committed to winning football. And we’re committed to putting the resources in our program that are needed to winning on whatever front that is.’’
 
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I've already written this in too many threads.. even though everyone who understands the sport (and even those who don't) has seen how bad and underprepared the team has looked, but that *** hat probably could've make an argument to stay with 7 wins. We're extremely lucky that so many eyes are watching on what's happening now.
 
Hoyacane1620 said:
She keeps adding more:

In late September, after ESPN College GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit called out Frenk, James and Diaz for not being aligned in their goals and visions for the football program, Frenk released a long statement regarding UM athletics that included his decision “to increase the involvement’’ of Frenk’s leadership team to “augment my own direct engagement with the athletics director.” Frenk named his chief of staff Rudy Fernandez and his senior advisor Joe Echevarria as helping to facilitate “seamless alignment between the Board of Trustees, my entire administration, and the athletics department.’’

“The only way my role has really changed is that I have much more regular communications with those two individuals,’’ James told the Herald. “But I had communication with them in advance of the letter and I have communication with Julio. “It’s not like I didn’t have communication with so many of the leaders on our campus. We’re part of a university. We’re not on an island. I wouldn’t want anyone to think that I didn’t have communication with campus before all this happened.’’

Should UM hire a new coach, James was asked if there is enough money to hire a big-time, proven one. “I’m not going to get into that,’’ James said. “What I’ll say is the University of Miami is committed to winning football. And we’re committed to putting the resources in our program that are needed to winning on whatever front that is.’’
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This is as much of a vote of non-confidence as you'll ever see an AD make
 
Hoyacane1620 said:
The Herald also asked James if UM president Julio Frenk has assured James that his job is safe. “I haven’t had those types of conversations,’’ James said. “What I can say is Julio Frenk has been very supportive of me. He’s been very supportive of our athletics program. He has great alignment and he has great expectations of our athletics program. Obviously we have to continue to get better. I know that, he knows that and in this case Manny knows that. “Those are the things we’re focused on, getting better. “I have great communication with Julio and a great appreciation for my job and recognize that part of my job is making sure we exceed at a higher level of competition.” In late September, after ESPN College GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit called out Frenk, James and Diaz for not being aligned in their goals and visions for the football program, Frenk released a long statement regarding UM athletics that included his decision “to increase the involvement’’ of Frenk’s leadership team to “augment my own direct engagement with the athletics director.” Frenk named his chief of staff Rudy Fernandez and his senior advisor Joe Echevarria as helping to facilitate “seamless alignment between the Board of Trustees, my entire administration, and the athletics department.’’
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These are incredibly weird statements. I thought these folks were incompetent. I now consider they may be trolling.
 
Hoyacane1620 said:
She keeps adding more:

In late September, after ESPN College GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit called out Frenk, James and Diaz for not being aligned in their goals and visions for the football program, Frenk released a long statement regarding UM athletics that included his decision “to increase the involvement’’ of Frenk’s leadership team to “augment my own direct engagement with the athletics director.” Frenk named his chief of staff Rudy Fernandez and his senior advisor Joe Echevarria as helping to facilitate “seamless alignment between the Board of Trustees, my entire administration, and the athletics department.’’

“The only way my role has really changed is that I have much more regular communications with those two individuals,’’ James told the Herald. “But I had communication with them in advance of the letter and I have communication with Julio. “It’s not like I didn’t have communication with so many of the leaders on our campus. We’re part of a university. We’re not on an island. I wouldn’t want anyone to think that I didn’t have communication with campus before all this happened.’’

Should UM hire a new coach, James was asked if there is enough money to hire a big-time, proven one. “I’m not going to get into that,’’ James said. “What I’ll say is the University of Miami is committed to winning football. And we’re committed to putting the resources in our program that are needed to winning on whatever front that is.’’
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So will he resign?
 
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