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Leonard Taylor committing 8/6

Dwinstitles said:
Yea I think he just needs to get rid of patke and Rumph and we will really be cooking if he replaces them with great recruiters that can coach as well.

That's just my observation on it.
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I wouldn't fire Rumph. He's a good coach. Unless I knew the guy I was replacing him with was a already KNOWN good coach, and a BETTER recruiter.
 
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wspcane said:
He gets a mulligan for Enos and letting Enos hire his staff without Manny's involvement. We can chalk that up as an expensive learning mistake by a first time head coach. I am glad he made the changes he did, but the reality is he had no choice but to make those changes. I am not going to give him a gold star for making those changes, even if I like who he hired in their place.

I think he may not have wanted much more staff overhaul after one year, but Patke's ST unit cost us significantly in multiple games even if you excuse Baxa. He should have and could have upgraded that spot but didn't. We will see if he has the ability to fire one of "his guys", whether that is Patke, Baker, etc. With that said, it is a young staff, I hope they keep growing, we win 10+ games, and none of that is an issue.
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You should give him a gold star because he did the one thing other Miami coaches refused to do. Richt and Golden both doubled down when their plans didn't work. It became blindingly obvious that the 3-4 was a terrible fit, but Golden wouldn't change. It was apparent to everyone that Richt needed to give up playcalling duties and fire his son. He retired instead. Diaz EASILY could have shifted the blame to execution and said Enos needed more time and better players, which is exactly what past coaches would have done. A lot of coaches might have felt sympathy for Enos too, since Diaz was responsible for taking him out of the OC gig at Bama and he could have felt obligated to give him an extra year. Instead he was stone cold and fired Enos. Oh, BTW, you might think it's no big thing to move away from the "pro style" scheme that Miami has run forever. It's actually a very big deal as he could have easily replaced Enos with another pro-style OC.
 
TimeB0mb said:
You should give him a gold star because he did the one thing other Miami coaches refused to do. Richt and Golden both doubled down when their plans didn't work. It became blindingly obvious that the 3-4 was a terrible fit, but Golden wouldn't change. It was apparent to everyone that Richt needed to give up playcalling duties and fire his son. He retired instead. Diaz EASILY could have shifted the blame to execution and said Enos needed more time and better players, which is exactly what past coaches would have done. A lot of coaches might have felt sympathy for Enos too, since Diaz was responsible for taking him out of the OC gig at Bama and he could have felt obligated to give him an extra year. Instead he was ice cold and fired Enos. Oh, BTW, you might think it's no big thing to move away from the "pro style" scheme that Miami has run forever. It's actually a very big deal as he could have easily replaced Enos with another pro-style OC.
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I think some of what you are saying is fair. However, I completely disagree with your analogy of Diaz firing Enos and co. to the changes Richt/Golden refused to make. The guys that Richt and Golden refused to fire that were problematic were akin to Manny's loyalty to this defensive staff. Golden's guy was D'Onofrio, obviously Richt's attachment to Jon went deeper than that. Manny had no loyalty to Enos other than perhaps some guilt. But that aside, from what D and others said, firing Enos was above Manny's head, even if he refused. If Baker's defense has problems again whenever next season happens, we will see what Manny does. Same with Patke if the ST do not improve or he can upgrade at the LB spot. I hope both excel in their roles and silence any doubts about their spots on the staff.

As to the pro style vs. spread, Manny's kept saying aggressive, fast paced, etc. offense when he was first hired and then picked Enos and his scheme from 1975. So either he was duped in the interview or he just did not know what he was looking for and at when evaluating Enos. He is a smart guy, so I would think the former. In either case, it seemed like he had every intention of moving to a spread last year and the wheels came off.
 
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TimeB0mb said:
You should give him a gold star because he did the one thing other Miami coaches refused to do. Richt and Golden both doubled down when their plans didn't work. It became blindingly obvious that the 3-4 was a terrible fit, but Golden wouldn't change. It was apparent to everyone that Richt needed to give up playcalling duties and fire his son. He retired instead. Diaz EASILY could have shifted the blame to execution and said Enos needed more time and better players, which is exactly what past coaches would have done. A lot of coaches might have felt sympathy for Enos too, since Diaz was responsible for taking him out of the OC gig at Bama and he could have felt obligated to give him an extra year. Instead he was stone cold and fired Enos. Oh, BTW, you might think it's no big thing to move away from the "pro style" scheme that Miami has run forever. It's actually a very big deal as he could have easily replaced Enos with another pro-style OC.
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Manny listening/changing is, quite literally, the one attribute that has given me hope since (approximately) November.
 
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wspcane said:
As to the pro style vs. spread, Manny's kept saying aggressive, fast paced, etc. offense when he was first hired and then picked Enos and his scheme from 1975.
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He was following the same line of thinking that goes back eons that Miami was built on pro-style and that's what will attract recruits with NFL dreams. You can run a fast paced, aggressive pro style. As Enos said, spread has a lot of pro concepts, and pro can use a lot of spread concepts. To his immense credit, he bailed on that philosophy immediately. The tendency for most coaches is to go back to what they know. Instead, Diaz made a seismic change to the program with the spread offense and S Fl recruits are really excited on both sides of the ball. Here's one thing I would bet my bank account on- if Richt had brought in an OC, it would have been someone who ran the pro-style, not a completely unfamiliar scheme even though that is what has been winning championships in CFB.
 
Dwinstitles said:
hes the type of guy IMO that needs the staff to handle everything, just show up show your swag be confident and get guys that know wtf they are doing. Dabo looked like a fool till he made those changes and now look......hopefully he can get his head out of his *** cause Diaz is good for tv and hype.
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Manny has been considered the smartest guy in the building even when Richt was there. That’s why Flake went all in for him the moment Richt retired. I know it’s cool to clown him and he earned it last year , but dude is a very intelligent football guy. He’s far from a ceo type. Right when he got involved with the d last year it instantly improved.

I didn’t like the hire when it was made because I knew manny was green and would take his lumps early , I actually posted this. But one thing I know is he’s not hard headed and stuck in his ways , which is a huge part of being a good coach. He’s about winning hence why he canned Penos and scrapped the pro style.

His fate depends on him learning from his early failures fast enough, it seems like he’s figuring some **** out, but nothing matters until the season starts. We’ll see.
 
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Cribby said:
Manny has been considered the smartest guy in the building even when Richt was there. That’s why Flake went all in for him the moment Richt retired. I know it’s cool to clown him and he earned it last year , but dude is a very intelligent football guy. He’s far from a ceo type. Right when he got involved with the d last year it instantly improved.

I didn’t like the hire when it was made because I knew manny was green and would take his lumps early , I actually posted this. But one thing I know is he’s not hard headed and stuck in his ways , which is a huge part of being a good coach. He’s about winning hence why he canned Penos and scrapped the pro style.

His fate depends on him learning from his early failures fast enough, it seems like he’s figuring some **** out, but nothing matters until the season starts. We’ll see.
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The biggest question mark about Manny — at least for me — was whether or not he would be feared/respected by the players. You can be a “player’s coach” like Dabo, but at the end of the day his players know they can’t step out of line or they’ll face his wrath. Do you know how the players perceive Manny?
 
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