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mjackson6 said:
I don’t see guys like Shaq, Pinckney, Bethel, Tate, Garvin, Osborn, etc letting that attitude fly in the locker room. Lots of alphas in there in their last go around to let immaturity ruin it.
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I agree that there are some vets in the locker room, but the team follows the HC. If he can’t handle the psychology of keeping the QBs engaged and pulling in the same direction it will splinter the team.

If it was as easy as just turning your team over to the veteran players, then anyone could be a successful HC. The HC needs to set the tone and be a master psychologist.
 
Usually the divide comes when the team is losing. The guys on the bench think the team would be winning if they were getting more PT, and factions form. Like almost every other disease, winning cures everything.

But it will certainly be important to keep the backup engaged. We don’t need another situation like when kaaya went down and Malik admitted he didn’t know the playbook.
 
I’ll add his first/stiffest test will be unifying the locker room in general. There’s been a lot of turnover on this roster, and there are several kids on this team who are new and were recently in adverse situations on their previous teams. You know kids like Chigoze, Tate, Bubba etc etc were not happy with their situations in the not too distant past. Otherwise they wouldn’t be here. And then kids like Hill, who had genuine locker room issues. How will everyone gel, and then how will everyone react once we lose a game or two, because it’s going to happen. And for some reason, the kids in this program go to putty once they lose a game far more often than not. He’s gotta solidify this locker room first and foremost.
 
LuCane said:
His first move in this specific area was hiring a coach players apparently respect. Enos knows QBs. He has a track record. He's up to date with modern skills, drills and schemes. I know that sounds like what should be a given and a low bar, but cot**** if we weren't below it in recent years.
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Good stuff on the importance of hiring a real professional QB coach who knows what he’s doing.

Next step will be Manny’s own ability to convince the loser that he’s a snap away from being the guy and to stay fully engaged. He can use the examples I mentioned (Darnold/Hurts) and many others to make the point that the guy who starts the first game isn’t always the guy who starts the rest of them when it’s a QB battle featuring all dudes with no track record.
 
As "Franchise" says the psychology is key in dealing with the blow of losing the long and hard battle to start at qb. How do you ease the hurt when these young guys may very well see their football future come to a screeching halt. I can definitely see one qb transfer coming. Manny and Co. will have their work cut out for them in maintaining focus, and will succeed if we never observe dissent within the team.
 
Turnoverchaincane said:
You're a legendary poster on this site. I get it. But that was some stupid ****. 100% your worst post ever. Quit guessing and trying to sound like your some kind of Cane profit. Both you and I and everyone else will find out what kind of HC Manny is after the game with the ******* gators. End of story.

Go Canes!!!!!!
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Salt said:
That responsibility likely to fall on Enos who has already proven can handle big egos and keep them focused. Just look at last year how he handled Hurts and Tua. But a good sign of a leader is also hiring competent people around you that you trust and can delegate authority to.
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The HC sets the tone. He’s the boss. The leader. You can’t abdicate that role to your coordinators. You can give them a lot of autonomy, but you need to have a clear hierarchy of power.
 
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The Franchise said:
Good stuff on the importance of hiring a real professional QB coach who knows what he’s doing.

Next step will be Manny’s own ability to convince the loser that he’s a snap away from being the guy and to stay fully engaged. He can use the examples I mentioned (Darnold/Hurts) and many others to make the point that the guy who starts the first game isn’t always the guy who starts the rest of them when it’s a QB battle featuring all dudes with no track record.
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I agree on that part and had actually written (and sent) a longer response, but imagined it devolving into a ****** war of Tate lovers vs. NKosi lovers vs. Jarren lovers. So I edited. Don't need that **** in my life.
 
scrantoncane said:
Usually the divide comes when the team is losing. The guys on the bench think the team would be winning if they were getting more PT, and factions form. Like almost every other disease, winning cures everything.

But it will certainly be important to keep the backup engaged. We don’t need another situation like when kaaya went down and Malik admitted he didn’t know the playbook.
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All this “just win” stuff puts the cart before the horse. It’s nice. But I don’t expect his first year to go off undefeated. There will be things that need his attention as HC, and the first big one will be keeping the backup QBs engaged and alert and pulling in the same direction.
 
I agree with your OP, @The Franchise. I think the process has already begun, as to this being Diaz first major test. From the outset, he set a "ridiculously high standard" (his words) for the QB's, on and off the field. As a result, we have already seen much improved and needed maturity from all three QB's.

From day one, he has been ****-bent on changing the culture and mental makeup of the team, especially the QB's. During the ACC media days, he mentioned that he felt the team had a weak mindset last year, in which it showed on the field. Manny's personality alone, has and will continue to play a huge role in changing the mental makeup of the QB's. Add in the hires, but more specifically upgrades of Enos over Junior, and equally as important, Feeley over Gus, and what we have is an environment that exposes and nullifies entitlement and selfishness, while simultaneously venerates and embraces accountability, hard work, and discipline.

Again, I completely agree with you. How Diaz handles this matter will have a huge positive or negative impact on the entire team. The good news is based upon what we've seen thus far from Diaz and his staff, we can feel a bit optimistic about how the situation will play out.
 
Turnoverchaincane said:
You're a legendary poster on this site. I get it. But that was some stupid ****. 100% your worst post ever. Quit guessing and trying to sound like your some kind of Cane profit. Both you and I and everyone else will find out what kind of HC Manny is after the game with the ******* gators. End of story.

Go Canes!!!!!!
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I don't think it's so crazy. Before we set foot on that field in Orlando, Diaz has to put the guy behind center he believes gives the rest of the team the best chance to win. The entire team needs to buy-in to that decision. He needs to give the starter all of his support while also keeping the other two in a competitive mindset that the position could still get be his. That's a delicate balance, one he hasn't ever had to approach before. It's a whole different ball game than starting one CB, DE, etc. over the other. There's no rotation, he has to own, eat and sell the decision. No one gives a **** if a S ******* he isn't playing, a S doesn't have a camp that thinks they're losing games because he isn't playing; QB1 however takes on a life of its own and can be very toxic.
 
reg said:
I agree with your OP, @The Franchise. I think the process has already begun, as to this being Diaz first major test. From the outset, he set a "ridiculously high standard" (his words) for the QB's, on and off the field. As a result, we have already seen much improved and needed maturity from all three QB's.

From day one, he has been ****-bent on changing the culture and mental makeup of the team, especially the QB's. During the ACC media days, he mentioned that he felt the team had a weak mindset last year, in which it showed on the field. Manny's personality alone, has and will continue to play a huge role in changing the mental makeup of the QB's. Add in the hires, but more specifically upgrades of Enos over Junior, and equally as important, Feeley over Gus, and what we have is an environment that exposes and nullifies entitlement and selfishness, while simultaneously venerates and embraces accountability, hard work, and discipline.

Again, I completely agree with you. How Diaz handles this matter will have a huge positive or negative impact on the entire team. The good news is based upon what we've seen thus far from Diaz and his staff, we can feel a bit optimistic about how the situation will play out.
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Good stuff, my dude. I’m very optimistic Diaz will handle it well, but we won’t know for sure until he has to do it. I’ve said from the beginning that I see him as a potential Dabo type leader (keep football fun and loose but demand max effort). He’s a better technical football coach than Dabo, but that’s less important for a HC than being a great leader.
 
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The Franchise said:
Good stuff, my dude. I’m very optimistic Diaz will handle it well, but we won’t know for sure until he has to do it. I’ve said from the beginning that I see him as a potential Dabo type leader (keep football fun and loose but demand max effort). He’s a better technical football coach than Dabo, but that’s less important for a HC than being a great leader.
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How do you think he’s done so far? I didn’t like when he was hired as DC and I was wrong. I didn’t like when they brought him back so quickly to be HC, and so far I feel I’m wrong. Interested in how you see it up to this point...
 
Only way I see that happening is by not having a fair qb comp. If these any of these qb’s don’t play well in the scrimmages, that’s on them. Diaz and Enos is giving them a fair shot at the position.
 
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