So the breaking news today is that new head coach Manny Diaz has hired Major Applewhite as the Offensive Coordinator at the University of Miami. I know I promised to be positive from now on, but this decision got me to thinking.
According to "sources" it appears that Larry may have left his Fedora at the stadium in North Carolina and was not available after that incident occurred. Hey, who can blame the former Head Coach for not taking a step-down job to be an OC for a first year head coach in Coral Gables?
Hate to say I told all of you know it alls so...BUT you know that I told you so.
It is now rumored that Miami will score as many points as they need to win any game they play next year and every year after that. If this is true then I, and we, are all behind this incredibly great decision by Manny Diaz.
A great way to start this new relationship off is IF Miami scores more points than Florida in the first game of next season. I, along with many Canespacers, will be at that game in Orlando to cheer on Manny Diaz and his team.
The score will be noted and if the outcome is in favor of the team we love wearing the orange and green vs the team we hate wearing the orange and blue then that will do just fine thank you very much. Then beat FSU.
Go Canes, Go Manny, Go Major!
Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
Steely Dan
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 08:52 PM
301 as soon as 58 gets off the couch.
Posted by: raizecane | January 03, 2019 at 04:44 PM
Not gonna happen.
Posted by: SOUP | January 03, 2019 at 08:25 PM
BigWindyCane1
GET ON THE BUS ALREADY, SOUP!
Posted by: roachcane77 | January 03, 2019 at 08:47 PM
The BUS will remain parked until further notice.
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 09:00 PM
Major Applewhite mic'd up.
https://youtu.be/AuQfhWW5suo
Posted by: thirstybuzzardcane | January 03, 2019 at 09:06 PM
Here's some of the formations and plays we'll be seeing.
https://youtu.be/WHaIsUgUe-I
Posted by: thirstybuzzardcane | January 03, 2019 at 09:08 PM
Don’t be scairt!!
PTCD is treatable!
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 03, 2019 at 09:09 PM
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 03, 2019 at 09:09 PM
I ain't scairt. I am angry.
Post Traumatic Canes Disorder may be treatable but Vodka, Ibuprofin PM, Black Cherry Concentrate, Melatonin and Tumeric ain't working?
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 09:14 PM
Red flags going up like a mother f*cker for me... lazy/buddy hire at HC, lazy/buddy hire at DC, lazy/buddy hire at OC.
Wacth recruiting....
Posted by: Dude on a Pale Horse | January 03, 2019 at 09:18 PM
NSD in Feb will be big.
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 09:24 PM
Friends & Family U.
Posted by: Dude on a Pale Horse | January 03, 2019 at 09:26 PM
I’m going to have faith until he shows me I can’t! I like manny and will hope for the best but I will say that Blake James is a horrible AD and took the lazy way with the richt hire as well!
Posted by: AeroCane | January 03, 2019 at 09:31 PM
Posted by: AeroCane | January 03, 2019 at 09:31 PM
Elite HCs croot out of the gate. SOUP is right, NSD will tell us so much. Im not even talking about the cream of the crop. Can this staff find us another Malek Young or 2, another Redwine or 2, another Pinckney, another Trent Harris, another Homer, another Herndon and a playable f*cking OT? Because thats what we still need for depth purposes and we arent even close. We have been missing on way, way too many croots...
Posted by: Dude on a Pale Horse | January 03, 2019 at 09:41 PM
NSD this year won't tell me crap. Next recruiting cycle is what to look for.
The staff hasn't even been completed yet and there are only 30 plus days left and we just finished a 7-6 record and a coach that retired.
Posted by: raizecane | January 03, 2019 at 09:47 PM
Aero you say lazy hire, even with Manny? If so, disagree big time, as if we brought on a totally new HC, then you risk losing the 3 Kings, and including the ENTIRE D staff, which would destroy the continuity they've built. MD knows and is familiar with MA, and has the wide open style O we're looking for!
Posted by: ColaCane | January 03, 2019 at 09:47 PM
Posted by: ColaCane | January 03, 2019 at 09:47 PM
Manny was a very lazy HC hire... very lazy... he and Blake James are very close friends as well. The hire could work out, but it doesnt change the fact that it was very lazy. They didnt even interview anyone else. Then Manny hired his buddy from LA Tech & his buddy from Texas. Lazy and... lazy. This staff is totally devoid of great recruiters right now and Manny isnt a great recruiter himself. I am not optimistic about how this will turn out. Manny is a smart X&O guy, so he may be able to pump out 9 wins next year... maybe win the Coastal, but thats really not a compliment because the Coastal is arguably the Power 5's worst division.
Posted by: Dude on a Pale Horse | January 03, 2019 at 09:52 PM
Say what you want about MA, I can guarantee you that 100 percent of us on this blog wil agree it's an upgrade from Daddy & baby Richt.
Posted by: raizecane | January 03, 2019 at 09:53 PM
Posted by: raizecane | January 03, 2019 at 09:47 PM
It shuh-uhd... so should Manny's history as a not so good recruiter. Number 2 defense in the country with a top 2ndary and he's ONLY got a S thats never played Safety and a very slight CB committed. Now I like them both as commits, but we needed 2 or 3 S, and a minimum of 2 CBs this year... and every year for that matter... and there is no shortage of really great SoFL DBs, yet only 2 want to play for his D, and they happen to be HS teammates. You may not follow recruiting and thats why you are willing/wanting to give him time... but he's already got some red flags popping up. Trust me, this NSD and every NSD tells a story.
Posted by: Dude on a Pale Horse | January 03, 2019 at 09:56 PM
Posted by: raizecane | January 03, 2019 at 09:53 PM
Absolutely agree on that point.
Posted by: Dude on a Pale Horse | January 03, 2019 at 09:57 PM
LOL, Ivins says there is NO deal in place with Applewhite. This OC hire is gonna be an adventure.
Posted by: Dude on a Pale Horse | January 03, 2019 at 10:24 PM
NSD this year won't tell me crap. Next recruiting cycle is what to look for.
The staff hasn't even been completed yet and there are only 30 plus days left and we just finished a 7-6 record and a coach that retired.
Posted by: raizecane | January 03, 2019 at 09:47 PM
Raizecane, who apparently has been recruited by Go Canes, says that recruiting THIS year is no big deal? You still don't get it, do you?
How many years you got to make it happen? No BUZZ this year? Then why hire these coaches? You hire coaches to create BUZZ! Instead you get the snooze button.
No star QB in this class? U still a dumb azz.
We will see...
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 10:39 PM
I ain't gonna be positive until we SMOKE the Gatahs!
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 10:42 PM
And then only maybe...
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 10:43 PM
Steely Dan... The GREATEST! (RIP Walter Becker.)
Posted by: roachcane77 | January 03, 2019 at 10:53 PM
Applewhite will be interesting if hired.
His offense really blew up last year, ala Scott Frost, but Briles gets most of the credit for it.
But look at his QB's numbers first to second year. Not much of a difference in completion percentage and TD to INT ratio a bit higher. He just had fewer starts in 2017.
King's development started before Briles got there and he put up excellent numbers immediately.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4039300/deriq-king
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 03, 2019 at 10:55 PM
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 10:39 PM
wtf are you even talking about?
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 03, 2019 at 11:00 PM
wtf are you even talking about?
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 03, 2019 at 11:00 PM
WTF are you even talking about?
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 11:07 PM
wtf are you even talking about?
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 03, 2019 at 11:00 PM
WTF are you even talking about?
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 11:07 PM
WTF are you all talking about?
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | January 03, 2019 at 11:13 PM
wtf are you even talking about?
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 03, 2019 at 11:00 PM
WTF are you even talking about?
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 11:07 PM
WTF are you all talking about?
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | January 03, 2019 at 11:13 PM
WTF?
Posted by: NativeCane | January 03, 2019 at 11:15 PM
The Herb says this. Judging a coach at a lesser school with lesser talent and getting mediocre results, it's justified to crucify the hire, albeit it he was a second choice. The question I have once again, can and is he a good recuiter. Hard to judge because at Houston top croots are not busting the door down. Here he has a chance to get those top guys but the performance by his offence will ultimately be what he is judged by.
This year's croots class will pretty much be in the toilet. Even if by some major miracle we get Bogle and stephenson, they ain't helping the OH. We have 4 more chances to get at least 2 dogged finishers on the crooting trail.
The Herb is okay with Apple white. Dam big up grade from what we had.
Posted by: Herbieibis | January 03, 2019 at 11:20 PM
You think that these new coaches, Diaz, Baker and Applewhite, who some recruits have never even heard of, have five years to build "relationships" with the SoFl recruits to build the 2023 class?
In five years they will have won or lost with what they brought to the table. This isn't Temple or Rutgers, where "hard workers" earn their stripes and have time to grow. This is Miami where shock and awe works best really LATE at night under neon lights.
Good night sweet dreamers, good night.
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 03, 2019 at 11:28 PM
WTF everybody suck
Posted by: solarcane | January 03, 2019 at 11:42 PM
Trying to understand Soup in the evenings...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ9iPTu_FMA
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 03, 2019 at 11:43 PM
Sometimes you gotta read between the lines Manny playing a little mind games
WINN will like this
"As for UM quarterbacks, freshman Jarren Williams would be pleased, as he was recruited by Applewhite"
Posted by: solarcane | January 03, 2019 at 11:46 PM
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 03, 2019 at 11:43 PM
Lmao! Yea
Posted by: solarcane | January 03, 2019 at 11:48 PM
I need my pal DTX to tell me wats up with Applewhite
15 and 11 as a head coach must have had easy going Texans pretty stoked
Posted by: solarcane | January 03, 2019 at 11:52 PM
Some Soup
" This isn't Temple or Rutgers, where "hard workers" earn their stripes and have time to grow."
That's for sure Temple was 7-1 in their conference and beat Houston..you know Houston where Applewhite used to live.
Posted by: solarcane | January 04, 2019 at 12:09 AM
Applewhite is a “major” (no pun intended) OC upgrade, and there is no doubt - CMR, JR, Brown, Dugans, or whoever was the OC last season clearly didn’t get it done in year three. Having a 95th ranked offense with this talent is really unprecedented at the U. The fact that other good potential OCs are interested and that Applewhite is possibly taking this OC job is encouraging and shows that a lot of people with intimate football knowledge and experience value this roster and program. Coaching changes alone should lead to an improvement over the Canes 7-6 record this season.
Baker is obviously an upgrade over Richt’s plan for Co-DCs with Banda and Patke. The Canes clearly got much better based on coaching alone.
Posted by: BigWindyCane | January 04, 2019 at 12:42 AM
Houston fans do have a sense of humor
"You sent us D'nofo, and so we are shipping Applewhite down to you,
Its called Karma"
Applewhite is as well liked in Houston as D'no was here it seems.
Posted by: solarcane | January 04, 2019 at 12:47 AM
His only fault was hiring Deno as his DC but at least they fired his ain't got a clue ass.
Posted by: Herbieibis | January 04, 2019 at 02:12 AM
WINN will like this
"As for UM quarterbacks, freshman Jarren Williams would be pleased, as he was recruited by Applewhite"
Posted by: solarcane | January 03, 2019 at 11:46 PM
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Posted by: WWIN | January 04, 2019 at 03:18 AM
Say what you want about MA, I can guarantee you that 100 percent of us on this blog wil agree it's an upgrade from Daddy & baby Richt.
Posted by: raizecane | January 03, 2019 at 09:53 PM
Agree with this 100%.
How much is the question.
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 04, 2019 at 07:10 AM
Baker is obviously an upgrade over Richt’s plan for Co-DCs with Banda and Patke. The Canes clearly got much better based on coaching alone.
Posted by: BigWindyCane | January 04, 2019 at 12:42 AM
I also agree with this 100%.
Just not sure that high schoolers in CA, TX, GA and all across FL are all texting each other..."Hey, did you here that Miami just hired that DC from La Tech? OH, it's ON in Miami!"
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 04, 2019 at 07:14 AM
301 as soon as 58 gets off the couch.
Posted by: raizecane | January 03, 2019 at 04:44 PM
Be a pal and help a brother out and buy my season tickets for me? I'll buy the Cap'n N Coke?
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 04, 2019 at 07:18 AM
If we hired coaches using records based at their previous job, we would never have hired this guy who had the following record prior to Miami -
7-4
3-7-1
7-5
4-5-2
8-4
29-25-3 (total)
Would you folks be happy with this hire? My guess is No. Yes it turned out pretty good for us.
Posted by: raizecane | January 04, 2019 at 07:21 AM
Be a pal and help a brother out and buy my season tickets for me? I'll buy the Cap'n N Coke?
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 04, 2019 at 07:18 AM
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Will you throw in some publix chicken wings for KYCANE ? LOL
Posted by: raizecane | January 04, 2019 at 07:27 AM
Gang,
here is a little Diaz explaining to Perry how things are going to be
This is from my Gonzo Outthere site
Give it a like if you wanna
There are about 60 videos there
VA this ones for you
https://youtu.be/kPmDHOI2LKs
Posted by: solarcane | January 04, 2019 at 07:40 AM
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 04, 2019 at 07:14 AM
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 04, 2019 at 08:09 AM
https://rolltide.com/coaches.aspx?rc=810
Nick Saban's co defensive coordinators came from University of Texas San Antonio, the program Coker started from scratch a few years ago
https://rolltide.com/coaches.aspx?rc=810
And the other was hired from Cal
https://rolltide.com/coaches.aspx?rc=803&path=football
Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 04, 2019 at 08:13 AM
When you are from Louisiana and you name your kids Braxton and Bentley you better be a bad ass
Posted by: solarcane | January 04, 2019 at 08:27 AM
Will you throw in some publix chicken wings for KYCANE ? LOL
Posted by: raizecane | January 04, 2019 at 07:27 AM
As long as he drives us to/from the game then yeah, I am cool with that.
Posted by: 58 Straight | January 04, 2019 at 08:54 AM
I do believe that Diaz isn't the type that will keep MA or Baker around if they don't produce.
Posted by: UMike | January 04, 2019 at 08:59 AM