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Manny's first offseason as a head coach was a huge success. Great talking game, transfers, made us feel proud to be Miami Hurricanes again.

Manny's first football season as a head coach was a complete disaster. Disaster!

Manny second off-season as a head coach is going to be full of talking, transfers, and new hires. The difference is I don't believe anything he says. I will hold all judgment and reservations until we play actual football games.
 
“Right now the whole focus is on getting the right offensive coordinator,” Diaz said. “I’ve already spoken to seven or eight guys both at the college and pro level. I’m trying to find the guy with the right style of offense, we’re going to have a dramatic change in the style of offense. We’re going to get the tempo sped up, get the ball spread out to people in space. We’re trying to get the right guy, once we secure that guy we do have good coaches on staff and we’ll see the proper fit going forward.”

So Diaz wants a spread offense?

“Spread is an ambiguous word, there are all different kinds,” he said. “But there is no doubt there is a style of play in college football that is dominant at the top of the top 25 charts. So yes.”
 
“You have a defense finished top 15 in the country, recruiting class top 15, improvements coming in placekicking, we got the culture fixed. We didn’t get the offense fixed, and that’s on me. We have another opportunity to get it done again, have some exciting guys out there very interested in coming to the University of Miami.”

Is there enough talent on this roster for a quick fix?

“We have certainly enough in our locker room to compete,” Diaz said. “We defeated the Coastal champions (Virginia) in our stadium this year. At this place there’s always a comparison of our teams and our teams in the past. Look, we have to recruit to that and that’s happening. But we have enough. Now what do you do? There’s three things. Your who, how and what. The what is what are we doing schematically, the who is who do you have doing it and the how is how are they doing it. And that’s the culture. I do think we laid down a good culture, the guys competed. Every article said will the guys even show up in the bowl game. The guys competed as if the game meant everything to them. So there’s something there. The who we have, we’re going to continue to recruit. We love the recruiting class we have going in but we have guys in the locker room dedicated to being the solution. We’ve had to make changes in tactics, how we were moving the ball and scoring points on offense, we weren’t getting it done. There’s the team in that locker room that is good enough to compete and get back here in two weeks and get ready for spring ball.”
 
The O line, of course, has also been an issue.

Asked about the talent in that group, Diaz said, “Every position, look, we’re trying to upgrade everything we have. Is it good enough? It is absolutely. We have guys that are good enough to compete. … there’s going to be some growing pains that we’re paying for sins of the past (with poor O line recruiting).”

He added “There are a couple of transfers we’re trying to get in.”

At receiver, Diaz said - with guys not seeming to get open - “Well, Louisiana Tech, on first and second down they’re going to play very soft umbrella zone coverage. So they’re going to flood the field with a bunch of bodies. That has less to do with route running 101 or whatever. I saw our guys improve as route runners this year. The issue quite simply again is the enormity of offense and the enormity of plays that can you really detail out, be outstanding at. And what are you doing to get the defense out of their comfort zone? Those are two things that as time went on did not happen.”
 
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ThomasM said:
I think he also underestimated how bad the QBs actually were.
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I think there is talent in that QB room. It wasn't all bad all season. I do think as the season went on, the entire offensive personnel felt defeated in the system they were asked to perform in. It was a lose- lose for everyone, starting with the OL. As the losses piled up, the resentment grew and apathy seemed to take over at the end. I'm keeping an open mind to see what a new OC and a more flexible, appropriate offensive scheme can do with the talent we have now and the guys coming in.
 
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g8rh8rMD said:
And Blake knows he has no ******* clue what it takes to win in college football. Why everyone else doesn’t know that or seem to care is a great mystery. It,s good that Blake understands his limitations. Unfortunately, it means that no one in the building knows how to build or run a winning program. That wouldnt necessarily be an issue if we had Nick Saban as HC, but it tends to cause problems when all your hires are promotions from within or first-timers, so basically everyone is learning on the job.
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It is a mystery. I've been thinking on some words to this effect for a few weeks now.

TBH...Blake isn't the problem per se IF the right coach can be found. Blake is 99% of what college campus industry types are: 150% non-confrontational betas. Not good, not bad, just are.

A reason Blake needs to go is his inability to get some savage "who do we hire to fix this" advice. He clearly became enamored of Manuela as the DC, and thought it would translate to HC role.

Back.to my first point, IF the right coach can be put into play, Blake is not the problem because he (like the rest) is to much of a herbivore who in his wdest dreams couldn't command a carnivore.

A Schnelly/JJ/Butch personality would mushroom stamp Blake anytime they wanted to. Blake is no meddling Jerry Jones type in this arena because he knows better (thank god).

SO, if by some miracle the hiring process for Manuela's replacement does select the saviour, Blake can keep shaking hands, kissing babies, and raising money while a true savage is rebuilding Miami's brand and on-field play.

This of course is theoretical. The BEST solution is a fund raising, **** on wheels, knows outstanding performance AD type, who will then surround him/herself with coaches across all sports to be the same.

Oh dare we dream a little dream.
 
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Cognizantphotos said:
Said a offense didn’t get fixed like he promised a year ago and it’s his fault. It’s time to gut and refresh to make it right this time.
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And to be fair it’s really the one redeeming quality I’ve had for Manny. I never thought he was a great DC but he was a stark contrast philosophically to Richt, Golden, Shannon etc where they were more like “my way is the right way you all just don’t get it”

Manny has shown he’s much more willing to make changes.

Ultimately doesn’t mean much but...it’s a hopeful change of pace from the last few HC’s
 
CANEMC said:
“Right now the whole focus is on getting the right offensive coordinator,” Diaz said. “I’ve already spoken to seven or eight guys both at the college and pro level. I’m trying to find the guy with the right style of offense, we’re going to have a dramatic change in the style of offense. We’re going to get the tempo sped up, get the ball spread out to people in space. We’re trying to get the right guy, once we secure that guy we do have good coaches on staff and we’ll see the proper fit going forward.”

So Diaz wants a spread offense?

“Spread is an ambiguous word, there are all different kinds,” he said. “But there is no doubt there is a style of play in college football that is dominant at the top of the top 25 charts. So yes.”
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