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Rhett Lashlee named ACC coach of the Year

I’m going to casually mention Rhett Lashlee and Manny Diaz were the two best head coaches in our conference this year. Maybe if Rhett had gone to Columbus or Manny was a bit more Cuban, our athletic department would have given them some of the money they’ve given our current coaches.
 
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mavericksouth said:
Until Miami's culture problem changes and you hire a true leader that has a true system and who knows the type of players that fits said system; doesn't obsess over five-star divas; and has x's and o's knowledge, this foolishness that we have seen for 20 years will remain the same. Hire Urban. People hate us any way.
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Yeah! We don't want any five-stars! We want players that fit a system! That is what has done it for Georgia and Alabama.
 
MikeyCanez said:
Yeah! We don't want any five-stars! We want players that fit a system! That is what has done it for Georgia and Alabama.
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Re-read my post. Five-star divas. Ed Reed wasn't a 5 star. Neither was Cam Ward originally. Neither was Restrepo. Miami does not do an effective enough job of identifying good football players. Five star divas, sure. They are great athletes but Miami needs more smart football players that are focused on team before themselves. You also need to be better at scheming and game day preparation. I don't get what I said that's so controversial.
 
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DTP said:
I’m going to casually mention Rhett Lashlee and Manny Diaz were the two best head coaches in our conference this year. Maybe if Rhett had gone to Columbus or Manny was a bit more Cuban, our athletic department would have given them some of the money they’ve given our current coaches.
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Lashlee is an X and O guy. Though now that he’s gone we forget his running game was atrocious. He also never wow’d anyone with his recruiting. When he left he took a bunch of talent from Miami and all those guys are upperclassmen now. He’s done well this year but let’s see how he does when he loses all his Miami transfers. And frankly, Miami had a better offense than Lashlee this year (defense is a different story, but the point still stands). Manny can just GTFOH. The guy sucked. He took over a team that went 8-3 last year. He is what he is—a boom or bust D coordinator who can’t recruit DL or LB to save his life. But that’s all Duke will ever ask of him to be. So it’s a great fit for him.
 
George84 said:
Lashlee is an X and O guy. Though now that he’s gone we forget his running game was atrocious. He also never wow’d anyone with his recruiting. When he left he took a bunch of talent from Miami and all those guys are upperclassmen now. He’s done well this year but let’s see how he does when he loses all his Miami transfers. And frankly, Miami had a better offense than Lashlee this year (defense is a different story, but the point still stands). Manny can just GTFOH. The guy sucked. He took over a team that went 8-3 last year. He is what he is—a boom or bust D coordinator who can’t recruit DL or LB to save his life. But that’s all Duke will ever ask of him to be. So it’s a great fit for him.
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Those guys won as much at Miami with 1/3 the money and resources that the current guys have. I’m just saying we could have saved a ton of money to average 7 wins over the last 3 years.

Lashlee, in one ACC season has now played in as many ACC championships is Miami has in 20.
 
dorsey1 said:
What’s he’s done in 2 years is nothing short of remarkable-

Our ex players are doing well especially B.Smith-

I hope they win it all-

At least kick Dabo’s ***!
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If only if one of our lazy UM beat(off) writers would bother asking Mario why are the castoff players doing better at SMU than UM and was it worth spending all that NIL money for underwhelming players (minus Cam, of course).
 
MedleyCane said:
If only if one of our lazy UM beat(off) writers would bother asking Mario why are the castoff players doing better at SMU than UM and was it worth spending all that NIL money for underwhelming players (minus Cam, of course).
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Don’t you remember? Those guys were bad culture guys. Locker room cancers.
 
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MedleyCane said:
If only if one of our lazy UM beat(off) writers would bother asking Mario why are the castoff players doing better at SMU than UM and was it worth spending all that NIL money for underwhelming players (minus Cam, of course).
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Good point-

The local beat writers are soft as charmin-
 
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mavericksouth said:
Re-read my post. Five-star divas. Ed Reed wasn't a 5 star. Neither was Cam Ward originally. Neither was Restrepo. Miami does not do an effective enough job of identifying good football players. Five star divas, sure. They are great athletes but Miami needs more smart football players that are focused on team before themselves. You also need to be better at scheming and game day preparation. I don't get what I said that's so controversial.
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If you haven't figured out by now that there is a direct correlation between blue-chip recruits and national championships, then I cannot help you.
 
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MikeyCanez said:
If you haven't figured out by now that there is a direct correlation between blue-chip recruits and national championships, then I cannot help you.
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But my man, we've had top classes for the past two decades. Shannon got that great 2008 class led by the Miami Northwestern high national champions. Had 5 stars Sean Spence and Arthur Brown and Marcus Forston. Al Golden landed a five star "shut down" corner in Tracy Howard and five star Stacy Coley in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Richt had a top 10 class in 2018, with "studs" like Jarren Williams, Mark Pope, Lorenzo Lingard, Brian Hightower and Nesta Silvera. In 2020, Manny landed his "stud" class with five stars Leonard Taylor and James Williams, coupled with 4-star "blue chippers" like Thad Franklin, Jake Garcia, Chase Smith, and Romello Brinson. Miami has landed plenty of "top classes" with the coveted five stars. With that, tell me, where are the championships that correlate with this great five-star recruiting? Surely we should have some by your logic. This the same story that Mario is telling now. It's a hamster wheel. Miami's problem is systemic.
 
DTP said:
I’m going to casually mention Rhett Lashlee and Manny Diaz were the two best head coaches in our conference this year. Maybe if Rhett had gone to Columbus or Manny was a bit more Cuban, our athletic department would have given them some of the money they’ve given our current coaches.
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This one stings, but out of the Top 7 teams in the ACC this season, here is how many games each played against teams that finished at least .500 in conference:

SMU: 3 (Won at Lville by 7, Won at Duke in OT on a failed 2PT try, beat BC at home by 10)
Clemson: 2 (curbstomped by Lville at home, won at VT (w/o Drones or Tuten)
Miami: 5 (I don't need to list them)
Syracuse: 3
Louisville: 5
GTech: 5
Duke: 4 (1-3 in these games, they beat VT by 3 at home)

I get it, whining over schedules is lame and give Lashlee and Diaz all the credit. But if we played the Duke or SMU or Clemson schedule, the vibes would be different around here.
 
DTP said:
I’m going to casually mention Rhett Lashlee and Manny Diaz were the two best head coaches in our conference this year. Maybe if Rhett had gone to Columbus or Manny was a bit more Cuban, our athletic department would have given them some of the money they’ve given our current coaches.
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A bit more Cuban. Killed me LOL
 
George84 said:
Lashlee is an X and O guy. Though now that he’s gone we forget his running game was atrocious. He also never wow’d anyone with his recruiting. When he left he took a bunch of talent from Miami and all those guys are upperclassmen now. He’s done well this year but let’s see how he does when he loses all his Miami transfers. And frankly, Miami had a better offense than Lashlee this year (defense is a different story, but the point still stands). Manny can just GTFOH. The guy sucked. He took over a team that went 8-3 last year. He is what he is—a boom or bust D coordinator who can’t recruit DL or LB to save his life. But that’s all Duke will ever ask of him to be. So it’s a great fit for him.
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Duke Went 7-5 regular season (8-5 including bowl win) last year.
 
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