Yes, tons of people. Anecdotally, I remember hearing lots of folks say Manny was a great fit. But I also performed a 30 second Google search and found lots of praise, including the following by major publications:
Coaching carousel winners and losers: New grades for every hire ahead of the 2019 season
The carousel stopped spinning only to get started back up again, so we are revisiting our gradeswww.cbssports.comLetter grades for every college football coaching hire this offseason
Assigning grades to college football's new coaching hires coming out of the 2018 season. There were a lot of big names but still some intriguing moves.www.usatoday.com
Manny Diaz* | A | This is about as good a result that could be expected after the shocking retirement of Mark Richt on Dec. 30. Diaz left Temple after only 18 days to come back home. It's hard to blame him for leaving Temple. Born in Miami, Diaz's dad was mayor of the city. For the last three seasons, he was Richt's defensive coordinator. Diaz has hit the ground sprinting being aggressive in the transfer portal and calling all of it The New Miami. So his dad was mayor, aggressive in transfer portal, and calls it the new miami. got it. |