I don't want any of those three.No to Diaz, too soon. Bring me cristobal or Lane Kiffin over him.
You want to stop losing elite recruits and winning those type of recruitments? Go get cristobal who is a pitbull recruiter and one of the best of the business. You want passion? He definitely has it In coaching and recruiting
What else is new.You're telling me this hire will be a political hire instead of finding the "right coach"?
How’d it workout when we hired an old coach who’s never won the big one?
They've got to put his name on the IPF somewhere - the Mark Richt Office or something?Holy **** that Richt walked away without a buyout. He could have easily negotiated millions (even at a reduced amount $5-15M is totally possible).
Part of me is blown away that he did the "right" thing to put UM in a good financial situation which we should actually all be insanely thankful for actually. Still blown away he chose to walk away versus make a few staff changes
Ironic enough Richt also just saved Blake's *** to a big extent. Blake fcked up big time giving him that extension last year and massive buy-out which could have really screwed us
Whole thing is crazy, just hoping we spend our new found fortune wisely...
Miami’s search for their next head coach is officially underway. First off, Miami has no monetary obligation to Mark Richt; he did things the right way and completely cut ties with zero severance payments requested. Therefore, I’m told there is more money available to bring in what Blake James said is “the best guy for the job”. A good source tells me that Mario Cristobal has already confirmed his interest in the job with Miami. Another source tells me Manny Diaz reached out this morning just after the news broke to let UM brass know he was interested in the opening. A source inside Hecht tells me there is a segment of the athletic department that is pushing for Diaz and he has at least some internal support.
Blake James did not have a lot for us at the presser and I don’t think he was playing coy. He seemed really blindsided by Richt’s decision this morning and last night the mutual understanding between the two was that changes were necessary on offense, that was it. Richt made this decision late last night/early this morning. As such, a lot more will become clear in the coming days as things develop, and I’ve been told Miami wants this to be a quick search to hit the ground running for the last month of recruiting.
Diaz would be a disaster.
I don’t mind Diaz but he won’t win year 1. I think he will win but it will take time and our fan base is way too impatient.
You simply can't hire Diaz. He's three years removed from being a JAG DC.No way we hire Diaz unless he presents a plan for the offense.