Why did Richt hire Manny Diaz?

[DTP]

I think ideally, Diaz would like to run a lot of what Randy Shannon did best, man under cover 2 but the lack of quality cornerbacks is going to put a cap on how much he can use that technique. However what Manny and Randy have in common is the shared belief that negative yardage plays are what actually create "stops" and they're willing to risk an occasional big chunk play to get as many negative yardage plays as possible. It's the total opposite of what Golden/D'Onofrio wanted to do which was limit big plays and force a defense to nickle and dime you all the way down the field. Unfortunately, that happened waaaay too much here. Too many times the opponent converted an easy third and two because the defense made no penetration on first or second down and allowed positive yardage plays (even if they were only 3 or 4 yard gains).

Actually, Diaz is completely risk averse. He does not typically give up big plays. His problem is getting picked apart on 2nd and long. He tends to allow a lot of intermediate completions and has trouble getting off the field.

You're right. At least I remember reading something of that nature previously, so I'll partially retract my previous reply. Diaz was prone to being a bit too "blitz happy" and I know that's ended up biting him in the *** a few too many times.

 

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This hire scares the **** out of me. I don't like it at all, and I have a feeling he will prove very quickly to be the worst coach on the staff.

I guess he could have a bad year this year, but you are seemingly very wrong again.

 

[brock]

I'm not sure why he was hired. He's terrible. His defenses will get pressure but we're still going to be terrible against the run and the tackling will still be a joke. Probably the worst hire Richt made.

LOL

 

[brock]

**** what he did at Texas tbh....They didn't have players drafted at all more than 2 times in the past 5 years or so.... Hard to judge on his tenure in his last season there... Instead I will take note of the defense he fielded in the best conference while having arguably the worst talent on defense in his division.... Which was pretty good when you consider that...

Hmmm