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KANE said:
You’re correct! A school like Duke is probably perfect for Manny. The issue is…. does Manny realize that a school like Duke is perfect for him? My guess is he probably don’t. He would be on the first thing smoking to Tallahassee, if offered. The only thing hiring Manny would do for them, would be moving them about 4 years farther behind us. If you’re desperate enough, you can easily talk yourself into a Manny Diass hire. But if you fancy yourself a school that takes football seriously, and you hire Manny, you’re gonna stay looking up at your main rivals. You’re gonna be spending 1st class money, for 2nd-3rd class results. We lived the Manny experience. I’m glad we moved on before I needed a **** liver transplant.
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It's an interesting question. I will admit, I was very impressed when he pulled Mensah to Duke. Obviously, we know how that ended for them; Duke isn't putting $6.5 million into single football player, despite having the money to do so. The question is, would/can FSU? If he thinks the answer to that is yes, he will absolutely take the job. During his tenure here, Manny was a lot of things, but he is not a stupid guy, and I believe he gets that the equation needs to balance: Expectations vs. Budget cannot be a negative number. That said, the lesson FSU probably hasn't figured out yet, is despite them being the poster child for it, you need a HS recruiting foundation to be successful. That is still will the majority of your impact players will come from, you can't live and die by throwing money into the portal. There's too many people doing it, and you're completely captive to an unknown pool every year. If they talk themselves into Manny, that is what they are missing. He really sucked at recruiting. It's possible he's improved some, I guess, but I wouldn't bet on a lot of head-to-head wins against Mario.
 
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