Manny Marked "Safe For Now"

Yes, of course we are referring to Manny Diaz's job as Head Coach at the University of Miami. And only barely by the hair on his chinny-chin-chin as the old saying goes. Games still aren't yet fun for fans but at least a win is a win.

But for now, Miami's one a point win over ranked NC State buys Diaz more time to right this ship. The question is can he, will he and if so, just how soon?

What Manny will do with that extra time and free pass remains to be seen. Play clock managment and offensive play calling remain major glaring issues with the coaching staff. It seems that at times they can't get out of their own way.

Amazingly this thing they call "tackling" also seems to be still a thing of the past at Miami. Too many penalties, turnovers and mental lapses also plague both sides of the ball. Execution and efficiency are definitely lacking.

With the impressive Pittsburgh Panthers looming on the horizon, Manny better get busy. Clearly, there is much work to be done in Coral Gables. At least QB Tyler Van Dyke appears to be improving game to game.

Diaz may not be living day to day but he is most certainly living dangerously week to week. Because in the background you can faintly hear it.

The sound you hear is tick-tock, tick-tock...

Comments

[nemo2020]

1?

[Harry Miller]

He is a ediot. He is a nice guy though, he calls time out for the other team when they run out. Not many couches would do that for the other couch.

[Terrance Sullivan]

His Time Is Definitely Running Out!

[AeroCane]

I hate manny! I think he’s a horrible coach and just full of crap and way over his head! Has no effing clue!
With that said, he has brought out program to so ‘average’ it’s crazy! Think about it - 2 plays (Virginia and NC) and we are 5-2 (with 2 bad losses to MSU and Bama) OR 2 plays and we are freaking 1-6 (app st and NCST)
Either way he sucks and we are never going to more than average (or below) with this idiot at the helm!
JMO

[HerbieIbis]

Manny an idiot, naw!
He's playing the freshmen card, which is the last one he has.
Those upper classmen decided to take a powder, especially in the secondary.
He is a bad loss away from irrelevance.
I believe we may have a QB, Maybe! As I said before, clean up the tackling and the dumb penalties we make a run. When u keep playing down to the comp. this is what happens and that is a coaching problem.

[AeroCane]

Herb
That’s your opinion
I’ll stick with he’s still an effing idiot

[Sarasota 'cane]

Dead man walking. And if he’s not I’m gonna focus all my attention on the Miami Dolphins!

Wait, what?

Grrrrrrrrrr…..

[CGNC]

I agree with OGV, gutsy game by TVD. Entire team played with different energy IMO. Even 21 blitzed and got the QB LOL. Manny's timeout was priceless, I had a Shannon flashback.

Tim Reynolds
@ByTimReynolds
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Oct 24
How good was Miami QB Tyler Van Dyke last night, against an NC State team that came into the game leading the country in 3rd-down defense?

On 3rd and 4th downs, Van Dyke was 8 for 10, 172 yards, 2 TDs.

That would be a perfect 158.3 rating in the NFL.

College rating: 290.5.

[CGNC]

And we had a Mallory sighting. Twice.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Posted by: CGNC | October 25, 2021 at 12:37 PM

Yes, well, out-duel Kenny Pickett this week and then talk to me, still it was nice to see him earn a bounce his team's way once this last four weeks because he isn't the problem at quarterback, and that's always a solid place to start attempting a circling of the wagons from.

This is the best quarterback left on the schedule, everything else from here is a toss up to winnable, two top 25 upsets in a row probably gets a fourth year deservedly so even if no bowl. Fake Lames not coming back for the over promoted peter principle coordinator's fourth head coach season is the more important thing at this juncture anyway.

[HerbieIbis]

Bubba Bolden gone for the year. Shoulder problem, he's had since Virginia.

[TonyCane]

Hot take....

...if Tyler Van Dyke started from Week 1 (and was not injured), Miami would be 5-2 right now with a chance at 6-1.

Hurricanes are averaging nearly 35 points a game with Van Dyke starting. Virginia and North Carolina would be likely flips to wins if TVD has more experience, and it's possible that we pull out the Michigan State game as well.

Hurricanes offense has been far more prolific passing with TVD.

[AeroCane]

Tony
I disagree - manny’s defense would of given up more points - they always do
You can’t just say that without looking at the other side - ie the other team having more urgency to score more.

But based on what you’re saying Tony, you should call Blake ASAP and tell him to extend manny!

[TonyCane]

No, not at all. It would be a weak 5-2, because the defense would still be the defense.

But I'm not thinking that TVD changes the circumstances for the defense that much. We had a number of three and outs with King. Let's say we score quickly instead with TVD in some of those drives...it still means that the defense is back on the field in short order.

You're right about Miami scoring more changing the urgency for the opponents. But I would grant that leads also potentially have a confidence building effect for the defense as well. At this point, anything would happen.

But going back to the offense, I think that there are signs that as good as King was, we may have been better served by going with TVD from week 1.

[CaneWarrior]

Question
Did Lenard Taylor play on Saturday or is he injured? Can’t seem to recall hearing is name called at all.

[AeroCane]

But going back to the offense, I think that there are signs that as good as King was, we may have been better served by going with TVD from week 1.

Posted by: TonyCane

Agreed and I like king as a teammate and person but not as our qb! Padded stats against the poor teams but never did anything against the better teams. I’d much rather have Garcia or van dyke
I just hope the new coach has a open qb competition and doesn’t just anoint TVD the starter without a true competition in the new offense. (Notice I said when - I’m hoping)

[HerbieIbis]

He played, the problem with our DT'S u never see them beat a block and tackle someone behind the line of scrimmage.
PPF had Ford one of highest graded players. He had one tackle.

[CaneWarrior]

Thanks Herb.

[AfriCane]

Holy sheet! What happened here, from the comments, u would have thought we lost the game. I mean, u r all not saying anything we haven’t said before.
People keep saying our dts r not getting a push. All I see on text-watch is them gashing O lines. If a qb is releasing the ball at at less than 2 second, it’s hard for most d line to get to them before release. Most of the time, we r getting to them, a nano second before release.

[HerbieIbis]

Well, if the Dee line was gashing people, I don't believe we would be giving up 160 to 170 yrs a game on the ground.
They however, did play slot better against NCST.

[Old Skool]

Bubba Bolden gone for the year. Shoulder problem, he's had since Virginia.

Posted by: HerbieIbis | October 25, 2021 at 04:07 PM

With Bubba gone, Avantae should get more PT

[AfriCane]

What I realize is that our fan base is the most knowledgeable in college football. But at the same time we r the most ignorant and toxic in all of college football. Canespace is a safe space from the morons to the most part. We probably have the most number of YouTube channels of college football fan base. But only 20%, that’s if, r thrash free; Roman cane breakdown, coach Hayes, canes insight channels to the most part, cane sport channels, OBB. And that is it. Everything else is compost heap full of animal waste.

[AfriCane]

With the new spat against manny for blaming fan base negativity affecting recruiting.
Well manny is right. We r toxic as fockk. But it is also true that loosing affects recruiting. They r both two truth. But this is the thing. Even if we r loosing, y should we not still get good recruits. 2 things make u a winner; coaching and talent. If u have one, u r only 50% on the way. If we didn’t have recruiting, we would have been much worse. Yea, yea! We lost to fiu. But Michigan also lost to app state when they were still an FCS team. Teams still recruit well even when they r playing poorly. Because we r loosing does not mean we shouldn’t have good recruiting. And yes fans will express their displeasure for the program. Our hyper toxicity makes things worse.
So in the end, I’m not suggesting that our fans don’t show their displeasure. But it doesn’t help when I directly tell kids not to come here. Those r the same fans that want us to loose so manny can get fired.
And that’s our fan base in a snail shell.

[HerbieIbis]

Africa,
Listen dog, when we suck, what are supposed to say, "Go getem Tiger"!
Show me some dam consistency and maybe, just maybe, the worm might turn for us, the fan base.
We sit here week after week and watch the debacle, which are our beloved Canes. The penalties, the drops, the missed tackles, the miscommunication, poor coaching, etc.
U tell me, Supposedly we have the 13th best roster in All of college football and what is our record, 3 and 4. That dam sure ain't good enough. Don't blame us for speaking the truth.
If u were a recruit, would u come here?
Manny had it all figured out, in the summer by inviting all these superstar recruits for a cook out. Trouble is, he gave them hamburgers instead of steak.
He was riding high and being real selective about who was recruiting, now fast forward and look at the recruiting board and u tell, what highly rated recruit is coming here
We pretty much had Stewart and Bisainthe and those 2 are probably gone. He didn't figure on some of his boys laying down on him. Well now he is playing his last card, the freshmen.
No doubt they will end up being good as long as we get the right AD and new coach. We shouldn't be no dam 3-4, period!
Yet here we are, once again struggling against teams, that shouldn't be on the field with us according our supposed talent gap.
So to conclude, somebody missed the boat somewhere, there is allot of blame to go around and until these morons, get their heads out their ass, everyone has a right to bitch. If the players or Manny don't like it, then do something about it on the field. Show us we were wrong for belittling this so call 13th most talented team in the nation.

[HerbieIbis]

By the way, while I'm at it, how many linemen do we have verballed, on both offense and defense? One and he hasn't been playing football but a couple years. We are less than 2 months from the first signing date and we have 8 verbs. We are ranked like 60. That ain't no way to stack classes, that he keeps talking about.

[nemo2020]

Did anyone see/report this yet?

The Dolphins signed former Miami Hurricanes star running back Duke Johnson to their practice squad.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article248208865.html#storylink=cpy

[AfriCane]

Herb, if u look at my text again, I’m not suggesting that we can’t be critical of our team. All college football fans do the same. There’s calling out and there’s going too far. We cannot suggest kids shouldn’t come here because we r loosing. We r not the only college that recruits even when we r loosing.
That hurts the school as a whole. We all agree it’s good to have a full cupboard for the next coach. Also put in mind that manny has not finished his 3rd year. It’s not like we finished the season season and the admin still leaves him in place. This is a developing situation and if anything, we need this recruits in place for when we bring in a new coach after manny is canned at season’s end. All school wants a hood recruiting class. FSU stunk the room last year and they have a good class currently. We should not tell kids not to come. period. We should not wish for our school to loose because we want manny gone. We can be critical without been toxic or destroying the program.

[58 Straight]

AfriCane...the problem with you my friend is that you are so completely predictable. You are ALWAYS trying to play the popular contrarian but you are so completely revealed in your approach and comments that they ring so false and insincere.

I admire your willingness to stand alone in your opinion but when you do so in the face of facts and reason and against all odds of being even partially right and then criticize others who are stating the obvious you look obviously ignorant.

[HerbieIbis]

U are right, we should root hard for the fellas. We ain't got to say anything, their play speaks for itself.
They watch game day and what Herbstreit said.
I don't want to root against us to lose but sometime, that's that's the way it's got to be to move forward. I'm tired of watching mediocre talented teams give us the high hard one because of all the mistakes. 16-14 and not being prepared to play except, finally the last game, is no excuse. There are none.

[AfriCane]

58, ain’t a damn fockikijg thing ignorant about me. And it’s the opposite. Most of our fan base is ignorant. The few that r not r on this blog. Now on the other hand 58, I’ve never seen u formulate anything of an independent thought, which makes it sound like u r a sheep.
Now, to argue your point; the only thing consistent about me is the love for my school and my unwillingness to throw out the baby with the bath water.
Critical thought is nuisance. U r either failing to read my passage properly or u couldn’t give 2 fockks about my point. It’s fine if u don’t agree that our fan base is toxic. But u cannot argue that u have seen people suggest kids should not come here, 1. 2, u cannot say u haven’t heard people suggest we loose so manny gets fired. I sight these 2 as example of toxic thoughts and words thrown out by our fan base. I also made clear that loosing is also a problem for keeping recruits.
These r facts.
To wrap; I’m not trying to be a contrarian. Im not a kid that’s trying to earn ‘cool’ points. I say what I see and what I believe. And if my thoughts and believe goes against a mostly idiotic fanbase, then it’s whatever. Even when some of the conclusions r right, as in the case of manny needing to go, ideas and what’s been said about it or the football team in general r moronic.
So, no my man, I’m not the one!!

[AfriCane]

Herb, I agree with your last post.
I think I will just leave it to what we all agree on, that we love the U.

[86Cane]

1. 58, ain’t a damn fockikijg thing ignorant about me. And it’s the opposite. Most of our fan base is ignorant.

2. So, no my man, I’m not the one!

Posted by: AfriCane | October 26, 2021 at 10:47 PM

1. There u go again!

2. I know, I was just poking at U to see how U would respond. Ain't had any blog wars up in here in quite some time. I just wanted to see if U still had it in U. Good news, U passed the test!

Be calm and blog on...

[86Cane]

I think I will just leave it to what we all agree on, that we love the U.

Posted by: AfriCane | October 26, 2021 at 10:50 PM

There IT is right there.

[AfriCane]

Well 86, we grow up As men. But there r some traits we don’t get rid of from our childhood. In my case, it’s not letting shit slide or been defensive if I perceive that I’m been attacked. Believe me, I meditate on been able to ‘turn the left cheek.’ And I did not grow up hood in any stretch of the imagination. Just some shit I got from my mother.

[AeroCane]

I think I will just leave it to what we all agree on, that we love the U.

Posted by: AfriCane | October 26, 2021 at 10:50 PM

There IT is right there.

Posted by: 86Cane |

My concern is we love the U sports way more than frenk, the bot and Blake - that’s a huge worry for the future of baseball, football and basketball at the U

[HerbieIbis]

Along the recruiting front, as most of u know we lost Feagans to Bama and might be lucky to hold on to Roger's. I look for him to decom as well.

[VA Cane]

I pull for them to win; I am glad we won. I have a hard time watching bad football and thinking its going to get better...thought that for 18 years.

I HAVE to win...at everything..I do not always win...life appraising football...but when I lose I am out there the next opportunity doing what I have to do to regroup fix the roadblocks to success and never take my eyes off the main objective...Winning!

I can only hope we win...Pitt will be a tough game..their QB is pretty good...he has developed over his time there and is pretty good...good kid...could be long day!

[MLALUMNI1970]

What is the weather like, up in northern PA??

[nemo2020]

GREAT ARTICLE - Keeping it real!

Blake James Should Resign as Athletic Director at Miami

For many years now, the focus on Miami football has always been centered around making terrible hires at head coach, which is the truth. However, I’m here to point out the real problem; the administration. Specifically, athletic director Blake James, who has done absolutely nothing impressive for Miami athletics across the board since he has been hired.

All three major sports — football, baseball, and basketball — are mediocre at best and have been for a long time now. I could get into specifics for all three and make this article 20 pages long, but the cold hard truth is that they’re not good.

But the big one is obviously football. Miami is a football school, and the administration can try and deflect it all they want, but it’s true. Miami is a football school, and it has a loyal fan base that deserves much better than what they have been getting for 15+ years.

READ MORE:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/blake-james-should-resign-as-athletic-director-at-miami/ar-AAQ40D6?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Posted by: MLALUMNI1970 | October 28, 2021 at 03:37 PM

Should be firmly in the historical range where media will always try and point out that Miami doesn't play well in cold temperatures, so in the high 50's to 60's? Steelers are not on a bye week this week so the city should be preoccupied with that instead of the team following Clemson on their schedule at Heinz Field.

[CGNC]

Posted by: AfriCane | October 26, 2021 at 04:01 PM

LMAO, I am sure the Gator boards are very tolerant of their current 3 losses.

[CGNC]

Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | October 25, 2021 at 01:34 PM

Agreed!

[HerbieIbis]

Well, like I said last week, we should thank Herbsteit for starting the ball rolling and now every sports journalist is chiming, Thank God!
Maybe those zeros that sit on the board, will get off their wallets, clean house and get a true sports guy in here.
The secret is out of the bag, now we know it's not the money that they choose to use as an excuse, naw they just don't care. They don't mind, on a good year getting 8 or 9 wins but if a coach has 2 bad years, he's probably done. They will not tolerate 5 to 7 wins in back to back seasons.
Just close up shop and forget football, which to me they already have based on the results the last 15 to 17 years.
Frankly, I'm tired of talking about the same old shyt. Pick a subject on the football team and there some negative stuff to say about it.
Baseball is the same way.
We have pitching, we can't hit. Have hitting we can't pitch. We have the weather and just like football, talent in the back yard.
We are getting pick pocketed and we don't see it or feel it.
Congratulation on being the new Mediocre YEW!

[YooperCane]

Go pack go!

[AeroCane]

Great article by David lake of inside the U
He’s also very knowledgeable IMO
In summary:
- people in Mario’s camp all think he would absolutely love the Miami job and would take it
- he hates Blake James and would only come if Blake was gone from the U
- he thinks big donors who know and like Mario would penny up for the buy out
- if not for Covid, Frenk would not still be here (he was renewed only because he’s a health expert but very disliked because all the school’s numbers and rankings have gone down since he’s been here - undergrad and law school)
- Blake didn’t even know his own contract with Addias and had to be told that when UL did their contract with addias, we were entitled to more money
- their are bot members who are friends with manny sr and this causes a problem with getting rid of the loser (oops I mean Manny)
That’s just a small summary but good stuff if you’re a member

[orange 'n green in the vein]

But Fake Lames raises money, you know his main job responsibility so plan the parade now or something, and distributes tickets and is a nice Fake Lames to others, that's more important than being successful as the AD head, right?

[nemo2020]

I find it hard to believe that Mario would want to leave a well financed program like Oregon to take the head coaching job at UM, where football is no longer a priority. And if he did come here, the U would (again) merely be a stepping stone to "greener" ($$$) pastures in the SEC.

[86Cane]

LMAO, I am sure the Gator boards are very tolerant of their current 3 losses.

Posted by: CGNC | October 28, 2021 at 05:36 PM

Right? As if!

[86Cane]

I find it hard to believe that Mario would want to leave a well financed program like Oregon to take the head coaching job at UM.

Posted by: nemo2020 | October 29, 2021 at 12:12 PM

Well that makes at least two of us here that think that.

[AfriCane]

That’s what Brandon Meriweather alluded to on his show. He preety much said manny sr. had some influence on manny not been fired, except he said manny sr. was on the BOT.