Ready to get Elmo behind us and looking towards the future.
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well it is official. looking forward to see the staff get filled out
Here is the larger problem with Miami football, and a lot of other schools have this problem in a variety of sports: to solve the problem, a school has to take stock of what it is, not what it used to be. Diaz took over at Miami in 2019. The average football player was not alive or was in diapers whem Miami was relevant. Kids these days dont give a shit about a dominant program 20 years ago but has not done crap since. Miami would not give a coach a fair shake, COVID or no COVID. So to immediately write off Diaz because of his Miami tenure is shortsighted at best.
The strength coach and Diaz were in Miami together. If this why he said no to TAMU...
The strength coach and Diaz were in Miami together. If this why he said no to TAMU...
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Diaz is entitled to bring in his own guys if he wants. But he can't get anyone more loyal than Trooper Taylor, and it seems the OC and DC have hung around longer than they need to as well. You cannot buy loyalty like that, assuming they are competent at what they do.
I seem to recall Santucci is young and perhaps inexperienced for a coordinator's job. Assuming he's bright, and there's no reason to believe he's not, what better way to learn than with Manny Diaz?
I seem to recall Santucci is young and perhaps inexperienced for a coordinator's job. Assuming he's bright, and there's no reason to believe he's not, what better way to learn than with Manny Diaz?
I would be ecstatic if Diaz kept Trooper, Johns, and Santucci. On the other hand he could bring some real talent with him from PSU. Gonna be fun seeing what he ends up doing. OFC
I can't help but hope that Coach Manny has a good defense designed to stop oh, I don't know, 4th and 16?
That play and the ref assisted Miami Miracle are two plays you will never forget as a Duke football fan.
At first I though he was the current Miami coach who became a national joke this year for several horrible calls. But it's the ex Miami coach and Penn St. assistant. Okay; good hire.
Manny and Strength Coach David Feeley "Reunited and It Feels So Good!!" These guys will bring great energy and it will pay off NEXT YEAR!!
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Our social media team is better than TAMU. In less than 24 hours after the news broke, Diaz changed his Twitter to Duke head coach...
so this week the Sports Field Management Association named brooks field the best turf in college football. not a surprise to any of us who have seen how well it holds up in rainy conditions. we all got frustrated with cuts final years but we owe him thanks for making the university put so much into the field during the renovation.
I may sound like a broken record, but this hire may help keep the spigot open like it was under Elmo from alums for football. Im not saying Diaz will retire here, but after he was done so dirty by Miami, i think he is not looking to jump ship like apparently Elmo was from day one. He knows the score coming in. He can go 6-6 next year and he will not be on the hot seat (although I will be a bit disappointed as the ACC schedule is cake compared to this year). If we can keep at least one coordinator and the strength coach, i think we can keep most recruits and not have much drop off. This may not have been the best coach available, but longterm, i think it is. If we hired a coach who will still be here in 5-6 years, it most definitely is better than a coach that might be an up and comer and one foot out the door.
I was physically sick and depressed hot the whole Elmo thing went down. I am pumped about this hire.
I was physically sick and depressed hot the whole Elmo thing went down. I am pumped about this hire.
On a side note, Troy's head coach is going to Tulane. And the two rankings of the bowl games have our bowl as like 25 and 22. Pretty good all considering. I think it is a good thing just to get this year over with and be done before Christmas
There is a poster that I really like on the boards (ben swain) who mentioned several times that people he knew in college Football had said the Troy coach was not ready for a P5 job yet and needed to go to a mid major power for a few years first. I like him but if he wasn't ready then he made the right move. Really looking forward to seeing how Diaz does.
Pretty dope seeing coach Diaz with the crazies yesterday, hit a free throw , and held the baby. He seems really excited, I did really like his enthusiasm
I like Diaz and feel he's the right guy for Duke, assuming what he says is true (we've learned that's not always the case). Let's see if he can recruit for Duke, because we didn't really see much of an uptick in the recruiting in the past year or so (still getting those 3 star players who have potential as opposed to more 4 star players).
This is a good thing. I always wondered why a coach, especially one that has to restore his reputation (football wise, not personally) would not want this job. Through all the injury, drama, by far the hardest ACC schedule, and utter failure of 4th and 16 and the fallout, we are a bowl win away from being behind only one game from last year (where the schedule was 10x easier). Diaz walks into a situation where unless total disaster happens like 0-2 wins, he is not on the hot seat. At the end of the day, we are a basketball school; however, the past two years have shown we are willing to put resources into football. Marketing genius to have his introduction press conference right before the basketball game. If he has one foot out the door like Elko seemed to have, he is a damn good actor with how he was yesterday.
In an example, no way Donovan was not fired if Florida cared for basketball an inkling as much as football. After 2000 five straight years not making it out of the first weekend (and interesting interpretation of officiating - at all places, Wake Forest - from not even getting out of the first round in 2000. Diaz will have plenty of time to show he can coach.
When all the dust settles, I think we keep at least one of the coordinators, Taylor, and a good core of players incoming recruits. With the way NCST finished the season, SMU won its conference, and Northwestern finished the season, I admit our schedule looks tougher than I thought, but I am excited for our future, moreso than two weeks ago.
Has Diaz even spoken to one Duke coach? Has he spoken to like 50 players? Diaz and Nina said they wanted to prioritize players on the team, and then players in the portal, and then recruits, and then maybe address coaches later like next year?? Isn't that the opposite of what priorities should be? Players entered portal because of coaching uncertainty, and that's why current players may also enter, and why recruits may decommit. Why hasn't Diaz and Nina said all the same coaches will remain for the time being, and changes will be made as needed over time? If Duke wanted to continue its football success, why not keep all the current coaches who made offense, defense, and special teams good, and made the players in the portal look good or turned them into NFL prospects? Problem with that is Diaz would be accused of winning with "Elko's coaches" and therefore would not command a high salary from the next school. Nina should have told him Duke will be keeping all its assistants and if that reduces Diaz's moneymaking abilities elsewhere in the near future, too bad, that's great for Duke as well. So far Diaz seems to be prioritizing himself over Duke.
Jesus. He met with all the players the day he came in and had an Internet meeting with recruits and then their parents that same night.
We have enough issues without creating some.
We have enough issues without creating some.
That is a whole lot of stupid.
1. People have free will to choose jobs. Sometimes, and I know this is a concept, people leave a job or take a new job and salary is only a factor and may not be the biggest one.
2. Diaz stated he met with the team and plans on meeting with every person who wants to meet with him individually. Even stated he met with about 15 guys individually after the team meeting.
To say Diaz is prioritizing himself over Duke when you were slobbering over Elmo earlier in this thread when it was clear on how he handled leaving ELMO DID NOT CARE ONE SHIT ABOUT ANYONE BUT HIMSELF is ludicrous...
Also in regards to the staff he is meeting with them but some have already taken office at aTm. Give this a few days to play out. A bunch of the coaches were not happy with how chicken shit Elmo handled his leaving in the night but some don't care about class and have made their decision. If you bothered to get into it, when Elmo did his video conference with the players after leaving they yelled at him, cussed him out and threw food at the screen before turning it off on him. Great response in my book.
Man now you got me pissed.
Man now you got me pissed.
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Well trooper has just announced he is headed to aTm to be running backs coach
Well so long Trooper, thanks for your service. Hope you get a nice pay hike. Let's get another bowl coach. Can't have a future Aggie coaching us ìn Birmingham. Wonder if Watters and Moore knew this last week, and could also be headed to College Station.
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Is what it is with Taylor. Let Diaz build his own staff, Elmo is losing players and recruits along with not getting his first choice with coaches. Maybe not everyone wants to be the little brother of Texas
The media may not know nor touch this, but players and recruits certainly know how Elmo handled leaving Duke so a lot of them want nothing to do with this.
It sounds like Diaz is going to get involved with coaching the team for the Bowl, which is unusual but if Johns and Santucci keep their systems in place then it could work. It allows Diaz to take over quickly which is good.
These are wild times for sure.
These are wild times for sure.
kwyjibos13, correct. ACC NETWORK will not even address the sneaky, middle of the nite exit by Elmo.
On the Monday he departed, Mark Packer ("ACC PM"), said we are only going to talk about the job Mike Elko did at Duke during his two years there. Propaganda show heavily controlled by the ESPN-SEC (aTm) $$$ train. ACC is merely the caboose.
You are very much correct. Duke players know very much NOT to trust him. OFC
I started to reply in full to this moronic bs but decided I did not have the time to address all of the illogic contained in what supposedly is "constructive" criticism. So, I will leave it at this. One, it is not the AD's right or obligation to dictate who will be on the HC's staff. Two, The current assistants may or may not be the best candidates for OC or DC out there. Three, no quality cadidate for HC is going to accept an offer which is contingent upon the AD choosing his OC, DC, and other assistants. OFC
So it seems that trooper might be hedging on aTm. Still has not given official word to Duke. Might be another feely situation. His wife is a dean at UNC and maybe doesn't want to give up what she has built. Let's see how this plays out. aTm might have jumped the gun with the announcement. The other aspect is that trooper MUST get a coordinator job if he is ever going to be a head coach and I don't know if that path is open for him at Duke
This Trooper Taylor situation is interesting. Whatever happens, I wish the best for him. A & M seems like a good but short lived payday with no future but if that's what Trooper wants, I hope he's happy. He's been a good soldier for Duke (no pun intended with his name).
A great guy who's worked hard, but a somewhat tainted legacy by this announcement PRIOR to a bowl game he agreed to coach.
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This bowl situation is a mess with the coaching changes and portal entires. I truly wonder what kind of team we field, do even have a running back left? I’d love to end the season with a w, I think even Troy is having a coaching change
