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i think learning how to compete in and win football games has skyrocketed to the top of the list …
 
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College football is a arms race. You are only truly competing with the big boys if you don’t mind spending big boy money. That is across the board. Support staff, coaches, recruiting, facilities. Why UM hasn’t caught on to this concept I don’t know. Football brings in so much money I thought that decision would be able to be made with your eyes closed.
Stop trying to do it the Dollar Tree way.
 
I'm curious as to what Manny saw in Enos that led him to believe he was something better than what we got.
 
canes1996 said:
One of the red flags from his interview (if what was posted on this thread is true): that the culture is “fixed” merely because guys “competed.” I think he is still only meaning the defense (which still has warts but looks like a juggernaut compared to the offense). If simply trying hard is the standard, then winning will never be.
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Bingo. The culture isn't fixed until everyone in the locker room hates losing more than they like winning.

Christ, I'm just a fan and I hate leaving the house after a loss. Meanwhile our kids are posting highlights to their social media before leaving the locker room because as 19 and 20 year olds, they need to focus on building their brand apparently. **** outta here.

I loathe O$U, but did you see their post-game interviews after losing to Clemson? Those kids were in physical pain over that loss. But a 14-0 L to LaTech in the Miami locker room? Who cares, someone take a picture of me with my game participation trophy and tell me when it gets 1k likes.

That's your God **** culture problem.
 
CaneFanWNY said:
I just dont understand why he just didnt ******* do this in the first place?
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I can. He may have been looking for a spread coach, and Enos fell in his lap. He though, just as most of us, that we were getting some great coach from big bad bama.
Also, with his background as a qb guru, he may have thought this was a qb coach away from being fixed. Turns out, it wasnt.

99% of miami fans thought we struck gold. It happens. At least Manny was smart enough to get rid of him after 1 year. Golden would have stuck with him like he did No'D till he was fired.
 
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nycane said:
He saw being able to say he hired someone from bama

Also enos was fairly well regarded in coaching circles but I think manny was blinded by the fact he could hire a bama guy and brag
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i don't think it was just the bama prestige. at that time enos was (rightly or wrongly) regarded as a QB guru, and literally all we heard from manny all offseason was about how we desperately needed to fix the QB position. i think unfortunately he was too singleminded in that regard and thought that bringing in a guy who could develop QBs would fix our offense just like that.
 
CANEMC said:
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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Jesus, I can’t even process what he’s saying. WTF is he talking about? The steaming cow splatter we saw at the bowl game, and what he’s describing, couldn’t be more different. This sounds like a six year-old talking how he’s gonna do his school project. I’m so over this guy with his fabrications. He should follow his papi’s career, he seems to know the jargon.
 
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TitansHope said:
i don't think it was just the bama prestige. at that time enos was (rightly or wrongly) regarded as a QB guru, and literally all we heard from manny all offseason was about how we desperately needed to fix the QB position. i think unfortunately he was too singleminded in that regard and thought that bringing in a guy who could develop QBs would fix our offense just like that.
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Imo he’s a qb coach not a oc
 
canesbaby said:
We can all criticize Manny up and down for the uncountable mistakes and blunders he's made in his first season starting with his bluster all offseason. But you can't blame the guy for being hired and learning on the job. That falls on the BOT and AD. So, what he thought would work didn't work and he's quickly making changes. Whether it ultimately works nobody knows but he's doing what any leader would do.
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I am so bored with this post!
 
i know diaz said similar things last year about wanting spread/tempo before going with enos. but i also watched the vast majority of you clowns get down on your knees over the hire when it happened.

i didnt like the hire when it happened, as i was begging for Harrell or Yost. and maybe neither was a realistic hire..we'll never know.

but, i do like that he's not blaming the players/talent, not even the o-line. i also like that he quickly identified some obvious mistakes and is trying to rectify them.

the "culture is fixed" comment might rub some of you the wrong way, but for me, i interpret that as him choosing NOT to publicly blame the players(although poor culture also reflects on the leadership/him).

ultimately, my desire to not be a miserable cvnt all off-season is going to win out this year(pending the hires on offense), and i'll do my best to support my team going into 2020.
 
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i'll also say that whatever you think about manny, i do think he really cares about this job and i also think that he's willing to self-assess and make changes to a degree that guys like golden and richt were not. unfortunately he's also just way, way more green than either of them which resulted in a lot of the mess this season. i genuinely still do think there's a chance he turns this thing around, but every year he spends learning on the job reduces that chance and digs the hole deeper with recruiting etc. so he really NEEDS to nail this OC hire and get us 9 or 10 wins next year, some kind of upward trajectory. and that's where my doubt comes in. i don't know that he's capable of that based on what we've seen. sure hope i'm wrong, though.
 
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