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BS85 said:
I disagree with this. I hope to God it stays together obviously, but that was an eye opening loss.
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If it happens they never had the class, they never really established appropriate relationships, and never gave a clear plan as to why they are the right coaches and this is the right program for the player. The point isn’t whether or not it happens, it’s that something like one game they didn’t even play in affecting their decision to the point of changing schools 3 days before they sign.......shows this staff is also complete trash at evaluations and building relationships.
 
RVACane said:
Legit Baker has to go but Brooklyn’s right about this. It won’t matter if Manny is going to keep his scheme and control of it. It only changes if we get a legit independent DC who runs his own scheme his way.
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I don't think Don Brown would suffer Diaz if he tried to control the D. That's why I want a big time P5 DC.

If Diaz wants to go back to coaching LBs to feel like he hasn't totally abandoned that side of the ball, I can live with it.
 
TimeB0mb said:
I don't think Don Brown would suffer Diaz if he tried to control the D. That's why I want a big time P5 DC.

If Diaz wants to go back to coaching LBs to feel like he hasn't totally abandoned that side of the ball, I can live with it.
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He has to walk away from the D and leave it to a guy like Brown, Freeman... whoever, as long as they’re accomplished, and CEO this thing. Otherwise, we have no chance. My biggest fear is select firings but keeping his D in tact.
 
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When Manny was hired, the elephant in the room was the O. The D had been serviceable so he made O staff changes.

Those O changes bombed, so Manny made changes again. The D was still serviceable.

This year, the O held it’s own, but the D has regressed. Manny addresses the elephant in the room this off season - obviously the D - or his tenure will be short lived.
 
RVACane said:
He has to walk away from the D and leave it to a guy like Brown, Freeman... whoever, as long as they’re accomplished, and CEO this thing. Otherwise, we have no chance. My biggest fear is select firings but keeping his D in tact.
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I 100% agree with all of this. My best case ceiling for Manny is winning an ACC championship or a few and maybe making the playoffs once. He'll never win the whole thing. However, for him to even do that, he has to completely abandon his "defense".
 
RVACane said:
He has to walk away from the D and leave it to a guy like Brown, Freeman... whoever, as long as they’re accomplished, and CEO this thing. Otherwise, we have no chance. My biggest fear is select firings but keeping his D in tact.
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This week is the crossroads of his career. If he accepts that his defensive scheme is broken and that he needs to let an expert DC improve the D while Diaz works on managing the team, he still has a chance as a HC in CFB. If he thinks he's the smartest guy in the room and gets another lackey to run his system, his FBS head coaching career is done and he's lucky if he ends up as a D2 HC.

I know this is unpopular to say - but I want the Miami HC to succeed, whoever he is. I don't know Diaz so I don't have any reason to say he's "my guy". I wanted Mario Cristobal but that also looks like it would have been a bad choice. I wanted Golden to succeed and knew he had to fire DNo. He didn’t. I wanted Richt to succeed and hire a spread OC and better DC after Diaz left, but he didn't. I want Diaz to succeed but I know the ONLY way it happens is if he gives up coaching defense and brings in a DC who runs the show. I think he needs to start with making changes this week and putting in interim coaches while he looks for a top DC this offseason (like Don Brown)
 
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BS85 said:
I don't do post game write-ups because I'm too lazy and lots of others already do this. However, I have enough hate in my heart to power through writing this. I have tons of **** I want to say so I'm just going to focus on what MUST happen for this program to get back to respectability.

Manny must move on from his defensive "philosophy". It clearly doesn't ******* work. The d-ends lose contain by design (******* dumb), the delayed blitzes never work, and the lack of man coverage leads to easy completions. The d-line doesn't hold up o-lineman so the linebackers, who already suck ***, get blocked out of the play leaving the safeties to clean everything up.

Obviously, Baker getting fired is part of this. The entire d staff outside the old guy MUST go. No more amateur hour bull****. Get some proven d-coordinator with a normal philosophy who focuses on crazy **** like tackling and not getting gashed for 550 rushing yards.

QUIT PLAYING OLD ****** PLAYERS. This is the single worst thing this staff does. You've got TAC, you've got Flagg, you've got Huff....and we keep rolling out Jennings and McCloud? It's pure insanity. McCloud is the worst linebacker I've ever seen. It's comical how bad he is yet the coaches won't just sit his *** down even though there's talent behind him. It affects the games, it hurts recruiting, it hurts depth, and it just doesn't make sense. Manny and the entire staph need to quit with this ****.

This includes the offense. Rivers, Keyshawn, and the other freshmen receivers have all looked good yet they roll out Scaife and Wiggins (worst receiver I've ever seen at Miami) now matter how bad they look.

The coaches need to truly play the best available player. That earns the team's respect and let's them know you aren't playing favorites.

Accountability and toughness- this one ties to what I just talked about. If a player ***** up bad, there should be consequences. Carter has 400 targeting calls or personal fouls yet the coaches have never taken him out, even for a single play, because if it. He needs to get his *** handed to him on the sideline. That teaches accountability.

If you play like dog**** (McCloud, Jennings, Wiggins, Scaife, Bolden, etc), you get pulled for a few series. I'd you continue to suck, you don't get to play anymore.

Smiling after a loss- if a player does this, he gets punched in the face by Jaelen Philips. These kids are way too soft. I'm sure having ****** coaches (on defense) who put you out of position sucks, but have some ******* pride and don't give up in the first quarter. Watching that game today literally made me sick. The "culture" of the players still isn't where it needs to be. I, at times, want to blame gen z or even the S. Florida culture but I think this giving up attitude isn't the fault of the kids. I believe it stems from the favoritism and ****** coaching/scheme which was addressed earlier. I mean, if you are always put at a disadvantage schematically or never get to play no matter how well you do, that has to wear on you over time.

Roster Management
The recruiting (hoping to God the class stays together) has improved but the main issue is roster management. Manny needs to keep sufficient players numbers within each position group. Cornerback is the most glaring issue here obviously.

Manny needs to be humbled
He thinks he's some sort of football savant. Well guess what Manny, you're analytics and defensive philosophy don't ******* work. You're not smart or experienced enough to do anything in this league without bringing in a real philosophy with real coaches (not the current high school squad), and using all the help you can get (recruit the 5 star players who actively reach out to you!!!).

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"Manny must move on from his defensive "philosophy".

This 100%
 
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