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What is the guy's vision? He throws people/culture (of which he has been part of the past 4 years) under the bus, and uses extravagant hyperbole, but what does he actually want and how does he expect us to get there (culture, staff, recruiting/development, overall system). Is he going to give us a better sense on his macro-level program building concepts? For instance, what kind of guys are we recruiting and do they work with the staff we have? More importantly given where we were as a program when Manny took over, how are we developing and where do we want to go?
Based on what I can tell in recruiting, and this current class as is, we have a lot of good players, but how do they fit or help us get better?
The cynic in me feels that while Manny is all in on analytics, he has no real substantive vision and subsequent metrics for how to progress as a program.
Most of us laugh at having Butch back but at least with FIU he has a **** plan for the guys he wants (5th/6th tier recruits or not) and attributes he wants.
Very simply (two things he has been quoted):
-Butch looks at the number of 40 times on the roster which hit a threshold when he took over in comparison to now
-Butch looks at strength numbers in comparison from when he started to now and number of guys hitting metrics from then to now
Does Manny look at this on a longitudinal basis? Is it important enough to him?
Butch says:
-"Every class they want to recruit they want to be 'better' than every other prior class (to build competition and depth). "
:So I'm sure every class they actually evaluate if they are improving their roster based on attributes they want. Does Manny do this? Based on some of the last second recruiting in this first class, it seems like there is no back-up plans and guys he wants to take (Francois and his mental issues) runs counter to what he initially finds important in team culture. Manny allowing head-cases to leave and return without consequence, etc. Giving up school records for sacks and only have 2 OL committed when we need 5 for competition and program improvement.
Again I am just bringing up a few concepts, some very simple (speed number improvements as a program) that Butch brought up that are clear metrics as to what he finds important in building a program. I just don't have a clue what the vision is yet, from Manny.
Outside of the awful performances week after week by Manny I just want to see post-spring, what are his metrics, how is he evaluating progress outside of tweets/stupidity? Like 99% of most fans I don't think Manny is remotely close to being the guy here. Absolute confirmation will take place post-spring when we hear or don't hear) his evaluations based on (whatever it is) his vision for progress. Right now, everything is just a **** mess.
Based on what I can tell in recruiting, and this current class as is, we have a lot of good players, but how do they fit or help us get better?
The cynic in me feels that while Manny is all in on analytics, he has no real substantive vision and subsequent metrics for how to progress as a program.
Most of us laugh at having Butch back but at least with FIU he has a **** plan for the guys he wants (5th/6th tier recruits or not) and attributes he wants.
Very simply (two things he has been quoted):
-Butch looks at the number of 40 times on the roster which hit a threshold when he took over in comparison to now
-Butch looks at strength numbers in comparison from when he started to now and number of guys hitting metrics from then to now
Does Manny look at this on a longitudinal basis? Is it important enough to him?
Butch says:
-"Every class they want to recruit they want to be 'better' than every other prior class (to build competition and depth). "
:So I'm sure every class they actually evaluate if they are improving their roster based on attributes they want. Does Manny do this? Based on some of the last second recruiting in this first class, it seems like there is no back-up plans and guys he wants to take (Francois and his mental issues) runs counter to what he initially finds important in team culture. Manny allowing head-cases to leave and return without consequence, etc. Giving up school records for sacks and only have 2 OL committed when we need 5 for competition and program improvement.
Again I am just bringing up a few concepts, some very simple (speed number improvements as a program) that Butch brought up that are clear metrics as to what he finds important in building a program. I just don't have a clue what the vision is yet, from Manny.
Outside of the awful performances week after week by Manny I just want to see post-spring, what are his metrics, how is he evaluating progress outside of tweets/stupidity? Like 99% of most fans I don't think Manny is remotely close to being the guy here. Absolute confirmation will take place post-spring when we hear or don't hear) his evaluations based on (whatever it is) his vision for progress. Right now, everything is just a **** mess.
I'll keep working at it.
