you almost hit the nail on the head here..no we do have elite athletes on the roster..but we don’t have elite football players..I still don’t think our fanbase has grasped the fact that Duke isn’t the same Duke that was around in 06..they have athletes. The talent gap between where we are and the teams we are losing too across the board is not that wide. Them playing man 1 and zero coverage on the outside should tell all u need to know..FIU same thing..
depth and comp is the real problem. when is the last time someone who you didn’t expect to flash, flashed..I’m talking young guys waiting in the wings but you see them making plays on the STs unit...The stock piling of talent, depth, competition is what the top program feed off. Nobodies job is safe. That includes ST units. That’s were the culture is lacking and has been since 04..it’s not that these kid don’t want to compete, but they don’t need to compete cause that talent behind them is not there. Prime example and the most important example today on the oline..we saw firsthand today how bad the options behind 60, 51, 53, 55 are..
If there is one thing Manny did speak on which was is inherently true, it’s this fact..It’s going to take a coach and staff who understands this and attacks disease which has led to complacency. And it cant be manufactured. It has to be tangible. Like JT4 losing his return duties in place of K.J...if a kid sees a sign of adversity and decides to transfer the coach has to show him the door and keep that plan in place. I don’t know if manny is the coach to do that. but It’s gonna take a guy who’s maybe not a players coach. It’s gonna take a coach who the players have a healthy fear of.
now we can rotate staffs in and out as much as CIS. The thing that seems to be a common theme? These position coaches, OCs, DCs, aside from Dno and Jon Richt all seem to land on their feet other places..some get high level jobs right after. TB is with the panthers. Todd Hartley UGA. Larry Scott UF. Dugans FSU. Stacey searels UNC. **** the butt of all our jokes Al golden landed a NFL gig..one thing is clear, they all know football..that brings me to my conclusions: Whoever the HC is needs to bring in a staff and reevaluate how they evaluate prospects with a clear understanding that your coming to Miami to compete. not to be the savior. Not to bring Miami back. But to first and foremost Compete at a high level. That’s how sustain success. That’s how you build winning culture. Places like OSU, OU, Bama at this point their HC could step down today, another staffer can take over the reigns and 1000 percent believe that winning culture that has been built for 10 plus year would stick..for us it’s the same. Just in the complete opposite direction