And on top of it, I’m not even sure we can blame it all (or mostly) on coaching anymore. It’s was comforting to think that if not for D’no, UM would’ve been relevant under golden because of talent. And if not for OC richt um would’ve been relevant under richt, because of talent. But fvck.. these players lost to fiu. They didn’t look any stronger or faster than LaTech....
Why should we be assuming that the talent is there anymore?
You're not wrong, but they certainly have more talent than those teams. But this is a ground up rebuild and everyone wants to immediately be competing with Clemson. They need to take this in steps, which was a main failure of Manny's idiotic off-season.
1) Back to basics... scheme, effort, etc. Get rid of the chains, the rings, the dancing, the TNM, the old Miami. Focus on what is important instead of your outfit for getting off the bus or your instagram story. That nonsense is not winning a game or getting anyone drafted.
2) Rethink our recruiting strategy from top down... At this point the top local 2021 guys are not even putting us in their top 5-10. That is incredible. But don't waste resources or time on them beyond the base level in case of a fluke. Make sure you cast a wide net and are not scrambling at the last hour as usual, and find those next tier guys that fit our scheme, play to their strengths, and develop them.
3) Win the games you're supposed to. Fortunately, in the ACC and with our schedule that
should be good for 9 wins almost overnight. I italicize should because that is what this year was supposed to be.
4) Do that for more than one year, and in the process develop players/get them drafted higher than the 7th round.
5) Then start thinking about landing the bigger local fish and catching Clemson.
Manny is your standard Miami BSer... all talk, no action, and no idea what kind of hard work goes into being successful. This ******* thought he was going to roll in on a yacht and win everything. Then we wonder why our guys thought they would roll into the FIU game with a U on their helmet and automatically win. We should have won 9 games this year off of schedule alone and it is clear Manny has absolutely no idea how to fix this mess that he helped create.