Where are the LBs?

[CaneFanWNY]

Whole lot of bad evals by the staff with these names.

Whole lot of posters in OP that should have some involvement on the ground level of recruiting for Miami as well IMO

 

[JHallCanes]

we screamed for these guys on a message board, on a fuqin message board bruh..........imagine?

The same was happening with OL as well

We could definitely do this with that position as well

 

[jjacks93]

How are there posters here more knowledgeable and better at projecting talents than our god**** head coach ?

 

[Canesfan1899]

You , myself , @gogeta and @orange&green84 are the people I remember ripping lb recruiting for awhile. It’s finally caught up to manny and it’ll be one of the reasons he’ll be canned.

I like that you are beginning to talk definitively about Diaz getting canned.

 

[JustAFanHTX]

Flagg gets a lot of unfair criticism on this board. I’m his biggest defender. He should have never been asked to play this early. He was a developmental kid who shouldn’t have had to see action until his 3rd year. He is being thrown into the fire and it’s Mannys fault.

It’s the equal of asking Big Baby Seymour to be our starting C because Gaynor isn’t cutting it then killing Big Baby when he gets destroyed week and week by DTs.

I think if Flagg was brought along like he should have been he could have been the equivalent of that Clemson backer..

 

[305407cane]

Ruben was the easiest slam dunk of life and we ignored him. Probably the easiest evaluation ever. Guys fast good size and smart and plays off ball

 

[NC_Canes_11]

This too. Don’t get me wrong Shaq And Pink were leaps and bounds better than what we got but 4 was an absolute eraser. He made a lot of guys look better

Most valuable person on the defensive side of the ball this school has had in a decade.

 

[canesmang1]

I thought manny‘s scheme will never make LBs look good because the DL just shoots gap and doesn’t control the Oline?

 

[Canesfan1899]

Bonito was my youngest brothers roommate at OU. He wasn’t gonna be a tough pull we still talk.. he wanted to be at Miami.. they didn’t even try with him much

 

[Dwinstitles]

lol dawg I’m not gonna do this with you. You don’t have to keep using that kid as an example especially if you’re going to be wrong OUT LOUD. He was recruited by both programs and A&M bc he’s a north shore kid. He didn’t get offers the same reason my brother (a 4 star CB who was as hot as grease when he hit the scene) didn’t get offers from a lot of places. He shut his recruitment down. It happens both ways. But I can show you proof of his recruitment if we have to go that far. I know Oklahoma’s staff very well. Now based upon his play this far it’s okay to look at him like a miss.. but you’re speaking on what you don’t know. Just looking at offer lists not knowing how what works

agree to disagree although he has played well I envision a different type of linebacker at UM. I just have a bigger scope of what a UM backer should look like and play like. Im ok with your take sir

 

[SinisterCane]

Linebacker is the weakest position on the team. Since inheriting Shaq and Pinckney, Manny has been unable to recruit quality players at the position.

Was this mistake avoidable? Some of his misfortune is due to injury. Steed, for example, is a take all day if healthy. But here is a list of some local LBs we passed on who are playing better than our guys. I’m also including CIS posts made about them while they were in high school. A few of these players double as pass rushers, which is another weakness of the team.

Nik Bonitto- 6'3, 240 lbs, Oklahoma (Fort Lauderdale, FL)








Mikel Jones- 6'1, 220 lbs, Syracuse (Miami, FL)









Yasir Abdullah, 6'1, 235 lbs, Louisville (Miramar, FL)

Don’t try to switch up now you said we was all good on defense

 

[Dwinstitles]

Sad thing is, Flagg's our best LB.

He probably is right now, I think Smith was better but hes hurt and thats bad u have to move a DB for speed cause u didnt do your job to recruit speed.

 

[JustAFanHTX]

I wish I was lying, I helped him move in. He and my brother both cried so much cuz they were homesick. My brother wishes he went to A&M and nik wished he went to Miami

 

[Dwinstitles]

The same was happening with OL as well

We could definitely do this with that position as well

DL as well wr dbs, if we can do that its a recruiting and eval problem. The coaching is bad to on top of that.

 

[Canesfan1899]

I wish I was lying, I helped him move in. He and my brother both cried so much cuz they were homesick. My brother wishes he went to A&M and nik wished he went to Miami

I believe every word, makes it even sadder.

 

[JustAFanHTX]

agree to disagree although he has played well I envision a different type of linebacker at UM. I just have a bigger scope of what a UM backer should look like and play like. Im ok with your take sir

We both want better backers at UM dude lol

 

[streetja]

Who was that one poster that said we were stacked at LB and that position was the least of our worries because we have 8-10 guys there? Please step forward big dawg.

When it comes to any type of question like this it's always safe to assume it was @Go Canes!!

 

[SinisterCane]

You , myself , @gogeta and @orange&green84 are the people I remember ripping lb recruiting for awhile. It’s finally caught up to manny and it’ll be one of the reasons he’ll be canned.

I was here day 1 saying WE HAD FUQIN LBs, D$ was playing both sides

 

[Bennubird]

Manny is missing on evaluations, but he is also not developing the talent he does get at that position. App. State's LBs had better fundamentals than ours. So, we need better evaluations and better player development.

 

[JHallCanes]

DL as well wr dbs, if we can do that its a recruiting and eval problem. The coaching is bad to on top of that.

I think the whole point from us fans goes far beyond LBs

Most casual observers don’t see these small things that take years to surface sometimes

You have people quickly going “hey we might have a problem” and then everyone starts with the “wait and see” defensiveness

I remember these specific criticisms when Richt wanted to bring in Manny as DC and that was just at DC. Do people really expect it to get better when you increase their responsibilities?

In some cases it may feel like Monday Morning QBing but it all was out there back then with our last several staffs