Manny's Recruiting Venting and Appreciation Thread

[BS85]

I could write out two pages of boneheaded moves but hes gone and we need to move on.

I'd definitely tune in if you and @LeedsCane discussed this in her podcast

 

[Acane4ever]

F I U

 

[grover]

What exactly do you mean as Miami kid ?

Would make a Butch or JJ roster, even if that’s second or third team. Not sure Cave and Chantz qualify tbh.

 

[DTP]

Manny’s recruiting was too all-or-nothing. He signed some really good players but he had way too many misses and just ignored some positions. You’ll never make the jump of you have as many roster holes as we’ve had. He didn’t sign a linebacker worth a **** his entire stint as DC or HC

 

[Torocane]

Oh, I know this would be painful for you, lol

He did GUARANTEE that Manny was not going to get fired!! Lol
So yeah I'm guessing it's painful in a lot of ways.

 

[Southbeach44]

4th and 14
4th and 17
30 missed tackles against Michigan state

I think not tackling in practiSe might have had something to do with all of those... What a joke.

 

[Bipolarcane]

Nothing worse then an incompetent person thinking they are the smartest person in the room. This dudes blunders are legendary and I’m glad he is gone or he would have done irreversible damage to this program.

 

[Kjdcanefan]

The miracle of childbirth.

 

[Odysseus]

You can say how every team we played did something the staff never seen before

 

[KANE]

Manny basically stopped recruiting last season during the season, who the *** does that?

Shannon did that too. Golden saw the end coming and stepped back on his recruiting efforts as well.

 

[Odysseus]

Got punked by Mack after the game last year

 

[Odysseus]

You can say how he let an assistant coach pull out a pistol on a wide receiver in locker room

 

[Invalid Username]

Why…why do you want to bring up this pain on a Friday.

 

[GonzoCane]

“Mistah Kurtz— he dead.”

 

[The U is back to work]

I've not heard this story. Do you have more details?

I thought when Shemar gave his OV debrief he said the staff all met us at the car and walked us over whereas Manny made kids park and walk over and that he had been to campus 5+x but never to Manny’s office which just seems weird

 

[grover]

I think you’re selling short Tae, Chantz, Isaiah, Elijah and Balom. There’s talent on this team. There’s also TVD, Don, Rooster, X and Redding. I’m forgetting some, but no one said Manny killed it, but a projected first round quarterback, five star running back and the other three I listed are no joke. Manny gets all the credit and all the blame. That’s the way life works. Fact

I respect that. But Since he was a DC and solely responsible for defense, I focus on those recruiting failures. Lashlee and COVID hid how rapidly the team was devolving into mediocrity.

 

[KANE]

You can say how he let an assistant coach pull out a pistol on a wide receiver in locker room

Yeah that. I was about to say….

Seriously I remember something to that effect, but I don’t remember if it was corroborated or not.

 

[PUNCICANE]

I could write out two pages of boneheaded moves but hes gone and we need to move on.

Such an underrated post.

Only losers continue to harp on the past. Winners learn from it and move the **** on. Our fan base has had a loser mentality for going on 2 decades now and it’s time to “MOVE ON”

 

[GojiraCane]

Facts. Our fanbase as a whole is overly fixated on looking backwards. Yes, our history is practically unparalleled but at some point you have put aome distance with our past so we can truly focus on moving forward. All that should matter is MC & winning so we can get back to where we belong without constant rehashing.

The historian in me wants to know what went wrong. Ive always disliked the notion that we just need to move on after a regime change; I want to know and understand the facts as to what drove the change and why things fell down. In part so that if it happens again you can spot the warning signs.

 

[GojiraCane]

F I U

Yes, I always thought that was the demarcation point. That ruined Manny’s regime in the eyes of many. It’s rare for a Year 1 loss to do that.