First Washington Decommit of the Season

RaceBannon said:

creepycoug said:

RaceBannon said:

UWhuskytskeet said:

http://twitter.com/KeshawnW_5/status/1073241688632631296

Was really hoping to get an interview

The Cane DC took the head job at Temple. Payback for The U hiring the Temple coach a few years back

That will hurt the most. As shitty as they've been it's not on the D; Miami has one of the best defenses in the country and Manny had a lot to do with that. And he's a big recruiter.

Something tells me this won't be the last time I see Diaz coaching at Miami. He is a Miami guy - both school and city - when he gets tired of freezing his balls off in Philly and losing, I think he'll be back.

I hear that Manny Diaz considers Oregon to be his dream job and is just waiting for Cristobal to take over at the U

AIRWOLF said:

creepycoug said:

HillsboroDuck said:

Blackeye for @creepycoug, IMO

Yeeup. They're dropping like flies.

Frankly, losing a non-QB skill kid is usually not a problem there. Liberty City is full of safeties who will play at the U no matter what.

What they need are some road graters. The O line is underwhelming ... not horrible, not great. They can run block but can't pass block for shit.

None of it will matter until they get someone else calling the plays and settle on a QB. The freshman from GA should have been playing right after the second loss; invest in the next season.

So much talent on the D side of the ball going to waste down there.

It's almost as if there is a pattern of Richt's offenses being a mess.

Yeah, but he was the offensive coordinator at FSU under Bowden when there was little about that program that could be described "a mess" for a pretty good long run.

That said, I don't think it's that he doesn't know what he's doing. I think HC shouldn't be coordinators because it's not a part-time job. I also think that he's trying to run a pro-set offense with good, but at many positions, not elite, talent. What he has is a lot of speed and athleticism, and it makes sense to run something more akin to a spread and get those guys in space.

They ran the ball well this year at times, but when they came up against a good defense, or a defense that was willing to sell out and stack the box, they couldn't do it, and had no answer in the air to make them pay.

Not going to pretend to be an expert on this. But there was a lot written to that effect over the season. Nothing hurt them more than mistake-prone QB'ing. As Diaz once said in an interview, the game is about field position, and he was nicely suggesting that, as good as his defense is, you can't put them in bad spots over and over and over and over and over, along with a ton of 3 and outs, and expect shutouts. No defense will be able to do that. And especially on the road, where they really struggled. And then have an offense that can't answer. Recipe for losing.

whlinder said:

IF Diaz proves to be a decent HC he'll be taking over FSU from Taggart in a couple of years.

Intriguing. Didn't think of it from that angle. Although Miami is very different from Tally (VERY), it's still Florida and it's heat and southern recruiting, all things he's going to miss badly while in the Norte. The guy is a caricature of a Miami Cuban. Those people operate at their best in South Dade.

creepycoug said:

whlinder said:

IF Diaz proves to be a decent HC he'll be taking over FSU from Taggart in a couple of years.

Intriguing. Didn't think of it from that angle. Although Miami is very different from Tally (VERY), it's still Florida and it's heat and southern recruiting, all things he's going to miss badly while in the Norte. The guy is a caricature of a Miami Cuban. Those people operate at their best in South Dade.

*Chintriguing

I was just making the leap that he went to FSU and started there as a GA, and that FSU is a mess and will move on from Taggart in a couple of years.

Neighbor2972 said:

Turns out pressuring a bunch of freshman and sophomores to commit early isn't a good strategy

I highly doubt that's the issue. but I likewise put zero stock in any recruiting class but the current one about to sign. Verbals are about as ephemeral a thing can get.