He wouldn't let his team be without Corners I know that much. Currently, We have a coach who literally let all the best Corners leave her. Fire Rumph yes, but its deeper than Rumph. Manny Diaz can't recruit, develop, and know nothing about roster management... Hence every year he's the Portal King, but with no Championship... Not even an ACC Championship.
have you ever heard of Kenny Vaccaro, Alex Okafor, Emmanuel Acho...
However other than that, he only spent decent time at Middle TN St. and not very many memorable names are coming from that program, and to top it off Manny has not really spent much time at any other school, besides Miami.
Now, when you look at the big picture, you have to realize that he was not exactly dealt the best hand to be able to recruit with to start. We did not have a legit QB on the roster, and our OL was so bad that it almost would not have mattered if we did have one. What he has been able to do in the portal is almost groundbreaking, because you cannot break out of a rut in the recruiting area without winning games and gaining some exposure in the eye of the national media.
Manny has been able to do this....granted we still cannot afford to lose to a Ga Tech or Wake Forest (or even UNC, if we want to continue to gain Coastal momentum), but he has been able to scratch his way into a top 10 ranking. In my book all of this is progress, and not to mention we have a top 15 recruiting class.
Now do we have a couple holes in our recruiting class? Sure. Can we fill those holes with portal player? Why not?
I am still feeling good about Manny moving forward. I do think he needs to make some changes to his defensive staff. Not quite the overhaul that he made with the offensive side of the ball, but I think we have a coordinator that needs a demotion, at least. I also feel that Manny and his entire staff need more fire and grit, and stop trying to be these players' best friend ALL THE TIME.