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Diaz talks Lashlee rumors, COVID issues, and VT win

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canesthing3 said:
I must have watched a different 4th quarter than you this past Saturday.

And you saying a 2nd year coach that is 7-1 at a program that ain’t won shít in **** near 2 decades isn’t going to make it here literally made me laugh out loud. So thanks for that.
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Always. Conveniently. Ignoring. The fact.
He's been here 3.5 years. Totally responsible for everything related to defense.
He had enough time to put his stamp on half of this team current performance and future performance, i.e recruiting success.
 
I put down our 7-1 record much more to King than to Lashlee. I haven't seen anything that puts Lashlee in a genius OC category. I'd rather have Lashlee return than not but ... if he left, I don't think it would be the end of the world.
 
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NicKane said:
You’re defense of Corch Rumph and his recruting officially makes you Calvin the dumbest porster ive ever seen on here! Anyone who defends the indefensible is nothing more then a lamb to the slaughter! We have exactly 3 playable CBs on roster genius and what happens if one of those gets hurt, we’re playing freshman that doesn’t have a ******* clue what he’s doing! Because Rumph has failed miserably in recruiting quality CBs to this program in his five years here. Oh and maybe you should look at our incoming recruiting class and see if there’s any CBs In it, I’ll spoil the surprise, there’s none and on top of that the one CB that is totally on Rumph, which is brown is looking for any reason not to commit and play for Rumph. So by all means sport, take a long walk of a short pier into an ocean for a bull sharks with corch Dumph if you want too! Smh
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Your whole point is stupid because you keep talking bout "what it's" and not what's actually been taking place on the field since coach rumph got here, were we the #1 rated pass defense in 2018, OK THAN! I don't have to defend coach rumph, the facts do, I just reply to the non-sense and foolish post ad people like you who keep talking bout he dumb **** that has not mattered since coach rumph got here. If you want to keep being a clown, have at it and enjoy yourself, our db's have not cost us any games since coach rumph and banda has gotten here, in the meantime, would you like some cheese to go with your whine!
 
CashMoneyCane said:
If you're trying to insult people when you don't even know when we've won or lost national championships, you're gonna look like a fcking idiot.
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Bytch you know what game it was, the only people that'll take my post as an insult are the ones like yourself who don't like facts, so they try and resort to non-sense, STFU and answer the obvious fact, or continue being apart of the clown brigade!
 
Calvin said:
Your whole point is stupid because you keep talking bout "what it's" and not what's actually been taking place on the field since coach rumph got here, were we the #1 rated pass defense in 2018, OK THAN! I don't have to defend coach rumph, the facts do, I just reply to the non-sense and foolish post ad people like you who keep talking bout he dumb **** that has not mattered since coach rumph got here. If you want to keep being a clown, have at it and enjoy yourself, our db's have not cost us any games since coach rumph and banda has gotten here, in the meantime, would you like some cheese to go with your whine!
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Lmao number one pass defense one year that got us all the way to 7-6 and another blowout bowl loss to wisky. Wow, a lot to be proud of in that 2018 season and that “so called” number one pass defense! Lmao and our CBs still can’t turn their heads around to find the ball. Smh but wow Rumph is such a great teacher/tactician. And don’t even get me started on his top notch high level recruiting that has landed us all these blue chips like Campbell, Surtain and the kid from Alabama that Alabama and LSU didn’t want. I think he might have transferred this year. Lol but hey we got blades who didn’t start in highschool and Ivey who is literally slower then Donaldson with the bad knee. Smh couch is the only one worth a crap and it’s taken 2/3rds of the season to actually put the guy on the field majority of the time. So I’ll tell you what Calvin, we all know your Rumphs burner account but I assure you, no ones buying your BS here sport. You suck and atleast Banda can recruit at a high level, something your clearly allergic too! 😂🤣
 
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NicKane said:
Lmao number one pass defense one year that got us all the way to 7-6 and another blowout bowl loss to wisky. Wow, a lot to be proud of in that 2018 season and that “so called” number one pass defense! Lmao and our CBs still can’t turn their heads around to find the ball. Smh but wow Rumph is such a great teacher/tactician. And don’t even get me started on his top notch high level recruiting that has landed us all these blue chips like Campbell, Surtain and the kid from Alabama that Alabama and LSU didn’t want. I think he might have transferred this year. Lol but hey we got blades who didn’t start in highschool and Ivey who is literally slower then Donaldson with the bad knee. Smh couch is the only one worth a crap and it’s taken 2/3rds of the season to actually put the guy on the field majority of the time. So I’ll tell you what Calvin, we all know your Rumphs burner account but I assure you, no ones buying your BS here sport. You suck and atleast Banda can recruit at a high level, something your clearly allergic too! 😂🤣
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Ok, I'm glad yo ignorant *** is out the closet now, I see you are a star whores, the nerd recruiting sites are your guide, you still salty like a scored woman because some db's from years ago chose to go to the sec, lol, you're a clown, and without them ou r secondary still excelled. Obviously you don't know football, since you basically insinuating the defense helped us go 7&6 that year, so it's useless talking to a non-football mind, maybe if you start doing yoga your heart will heal from the hurt and pain that you feel inside from your boys committing elsewhere, just keep being a star whores and not at the actual games, has the "highly recruited" gurvan hall been playing better than any of our cb's, keep being an ostrich, no need in talking football with you, because you don't know it, carry-on!
 
Stefan Adams said:
On Monday, Miami Hurricanes head coach Manny Diaz addressed some of the rumors regarding the interest in OC Rhett Lashlee from other programs to fill their head coaching positions next season.

“What we have now is a system that we want to build on,” Diaz said. “Look, that’s a compliment to our program. I know from being caught up in those rumors myself, a lot were just rumors. We think we can create a great standard of living here for our coaches you can’t find other places.”

If Lashlee were to leave UM, Diaz was asked if wide receivers coach Rob Likens, who has prior offensive coordinator experience, would be a candidate to fill that vacancy.

“We love our coaches we have on our staff and it’s great we have multiple coaches with coordinator experience, but it’s unfair (to speculate with hypotheticals),” Diaz said.

After winning their fourth straight game on Saturday and defeating Virginia Tech, Diaz commented on the close victory that saw UM overcome a double-digit second half deficit in Blacksburg.

“A great team effort, faced a lot of adversity,” Diaz said. “It was our drive, passion, resilience in the fourth quarter. Our best ball is still out there, which is exciting.”

Despite Diaz’s hope that the worst was behind them, Miami’s issues with COVID-19 continued this weekend, and the program saw the number of unavailable players (13 vs. VT) increase for the third straight week. It got to the point where the game was in jeopardy, according to Diaz. (UPDATE: The ACC later postponed Miami’s next two games for COVID related issues following this news conference).

“I remember in the summer all the predictions, we wouldn’t get the thing off and running,” Diaz said. “There was a lot of `No way this will work.’ What I took away from that is don’t try to predict the future.”

“It was a hard week, as the week went on we kept losing players. The players come to work, but they have eyes, can see. They didn’t talk about this, we got this from them yesterday, but they weren’t sure midweek last week how it was going to go. I think when we got there on Friday and got through our last round of testing here and were on the edge, but there was a big release of excitement like `Oh, this is happening!’”

Miami’s OL continued their struggles vs. VT, surrendering 6 sacks and 8 TFL to the Hokies.

“I felt like Virginia Tech’s defense, for pretty much three quarters, just competed harder than our offense,” Diaz said. “We are fast and physical on offense, and more than any other game, we were neither fast nor physical. We didn’t have our normal bite like we’re used to. Our offensive line, we were disappointed with how they played. But they hung together.”

On defense, DE Jaelan Phillips had his best game as a Hurricane in accounting for 4.5 TFL and 2.5 sacks vs. VT, while Diaz also praised the play of DT Jon Ford, and LB’s BJ Jennings and Sam Brooks.

“(Phillips) plays so hard,” Diaz said. “Jon played really well. That last game might have been Jon’s best game, very active. We had him on 11 tackles between solo and assists. I thought Jennings played really, really well. Just trusting himself, making quicker decisions, getting to the hold quicker. And Sam Brooks, it was good to get Sam back in the game. Sam had been dealing with some injury things throughout the year. Proud of those players.”

While UM’s offense did not reach the heights of their 600+ yard effort vs. NC State last week and struggled early on vs. VT, the Canes were able to put together two key TD drives late in the game to pull off the win against the Hokies this week.

“What the offense has done and our defense along with it, how our program has changed - we’re going to go really fast for four quarters,” Diaz said. “You’ll try to keep up, sooner or later the other guy loses his will. We just did a better job executing in the fourth than they did.

“This tempo, it’s death by a lot of body blows. Short runs, snapping the ball - we’ve had long drives on offense the last few weeks, those things take their toll and wear down a defense, especially when you start playing the backups. Some of that is a factor in it as well.”

Punter Lou Hedley helped UM win the field position battle by having the best game of his career, finishing the day with a career-high 52.4 ypp on seven punts.

“Hedley pinning them deep throughout the game - everyone had a hand in (the win),” Diaz said.

With the Canes heading into their last three games at 7-1, Diaz has overall been pleased with the season his Hurricanes have put together thus far.

“It’s been sad we haven’t had the ability to share it with our fans throughout the year, which is what we’d love to have happen,” Diaz said. “It was just a coming together of these guys when we were apart, some of the adversity we dealt with really brought our guys together - close teams win. It’s a ‘They’re playing for each other’ type vibe with our team.”

Diaz mentioned that medical issues have prevented freshman OL Issiah Walker from seeing the field this year.

“He’s medically not ready to play yet, getting ready and we think he has a really bright future here,” Diaz said.

Diaz also indicated he plans to add at least one other cornerback commitment to the 2021 class; UM currently has one pledge in the form of ATH Malik Curtis and plan to start him out at CB.

“We’re not going to finish the recruiting class with one cornerback commit,” Diaz said.
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Again the offensive didn’t play hard for 3 quarters. Who’s responsibility does he think that is?
 
miamicanephins said:
247sports, just had an interview article on the Lashlee rumors, cant link it from my phone, but Laslee said he was happy at Miami and wasn't looking to move up to HC..... for what that's worth.
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Don’t get me wrong that’s nice to hear but he’s gonna say that regardless no matter what’s happening behind the scenes
 
I've always been of the opinion that its completely unethical for a coordinator level hire to leave after one year. If you take a job at that level it should come with at least a two year commitment, regardless of whether a promotional move comes along after one year.
 
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TrueFloridian said:
I’m sorry. Did Diaz say he’s proud of Sam Brooks? For giving us the worst performance possibly ever by a UM LB? I haven’t seen so many people call out a player on an in game thread since Robert Knowles was an underclassmen.
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Possibly the worst EVER?

Wow that's really bad.
 
NicKane said:
Will see my friend. My eyes usually don’t lie to me and I don’t See it one iota with Rumph and Baker.
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You don't see Frierson balling at striker and Couch at corner?

I know you saw the NC State game but did you see us hold VT 14 below their average?
 
TrueFloridian said:
I’m sorry. Did Diaz say he’s proud of Sam Brooks? For giving us the worst performance possibly ever by a UM LB? I haven’t seen so many people call out a player on an in game thread since Robert Knowles was an underclassmen.
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Wasn’t he in on a few sacks? I mean you want to talk about bad lbs just looking 44 and 53.
 
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Go Canes!! said:
Possibly the worst EVER?

Wow that's really bad.
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There are two current Lbs on the roster who have played worse games than Brooks. People will just throw anything out there. Just because he didn’t have a Perryman game of 17 tackles I guess it’s a ****** performance...
 
ChicagoCane1992 said:
Wasn’t he in on a few sacks? I mean you want to talk about bad lbs just looking 44 and 53.
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Go watch the game again. It’s horrendous. Sam showed promise in some games ala Clemson. Everything he was doing well went out the window last week. I dunno what happened but he needs a reset.
 
TrueFloridian said:
Go watch the game again. It’s horrendous. Sam showed promise in some games ala Clemson. Everything he was doing well went out the window last week. I dunno what happened but he needs a reset.
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You do know he’s been playing hurt pretty much all year and still has done more than 44 and 53.
 
Calvin said:
Ok, I'm glad yo ignorant *** is out the closet now, I see you are a star whores, the nerd recruiting sites are your guide, you still salty like a scored woman because some db's from years ago chose to go to the sec, lol, you're a clown, and without them ou r secondary still excelled. Obviously you don't know football, since you basically insinuating the defense helped us go 7&6 that year, so it's useless talking to a non-football mind, maybe if you start doing yoga your heart will heal from the hurt and pain that you feel inside from your boys committing elsewhere, just keep being a star whores and not at the actual games, has the "highly recruited" gurvan hall been playing better than any of our cb's, keep being an ostrich, no need in talking football with you, because you don't know it, carry-on!
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You suck at your job Rumph and we all know this is your burner account. Diaz was about to fire you last year and since you have failed in recruiting another year as it’s going into late November and we have no CBs committed since your awkward as **** and suck at your job! Hopefully for the betterment of the team and our CB depth and talent Diaz finally sees the light and gives you your walking papers. God willing the next CB coach will be able to coach our CBs to turn there heads and locate the ball when it’s in the air. Something you Corch Dumph/Calvin haven’t been able to do in 5 years here. Smh don’t let the door hit you in the way out back to corching in highschool! Lol
 
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