Manny Diaz on Joe Rose Monday 8/23

[Canezum5]

Roster depth/ scout team, etc

- Said they are putting Scout team roster together now.

- This week will be the continued evaluation of guys and who can help the team execute the Bama game plan the best

- Next week will be fully practicing the Bama game plan and having guys in place for the game.


Manny says he feels good about the Dline, particularly after the scrimmage this weekend. Feels the DTs have made great strides; DE position has 4 guys who can get the job done - says he believes this position is in the Miami DNA.

- He feels good about having two lines of DL who can sub in and out and keep coming at the opposing OL in waves..

- RB: still not ready to name a "feature back". Competition will continue through this week. None of the guys have been fully participating due to various bumps and bruises...

- TVD & Garcia been pushing each other. Anticipates that competition to continue at a high level throughout the season

- Young WR: All getting reps. All making plays = staff is really excited that they have shown to be exactly what they had on film in HS

- Manny said they have talked about Bama but the main focus has been on Miami playing their best. Says if they don't consistently play at a high level they can lose to anyone on any given day. That's been the focus since camp started. Translating that into Bama prep

A great scout team is a huge key to a successful season and team.

We gotta have an absolute stout scout team!

Our scout teams have had us Ill prepared for years. The talent level is rising. We have to sacrifice some of that talent to play on scout team so we can get the very best looks for GameDay

 

[Canesq]

I hope we can return to a day that we don’t lose to “anyone“ on any given day if we don’t play our best.

I would like to know that we are generally going to punch the Dukes and Georgia Techs of the world in the mouth, even if we aren‘t on our A game.

Exactly I’m so tired of these dogfights with these lesser teams.

I’m tired of two and three star players looking like first round draft picks.

So depressing to see the recruiting rankings the last five years vs a team we barely beat.