Nice article on Diaz

[AFDawg]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=sec&id=98509&src=desktop

 

[DreadNought.sixpack]

Good read. I just hope his stint at UT was an anomaly.

 

[121Josey]

Good read. I just hope his stint at UT was an anomaly.

His rankings or staying longer than a year?**

 

[thf24]

I think it was. Looking back, that defense had far less talent than its star-count suggested despite having every bit of the pre-madonna attitude.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Reading between the lines Diaz's comments are an indictment of Mack Brown and his lack of discipline and focus at Texas. Diaz makes it clear that everyone there was not pulling in the same direction.

One of the best things Mullen does it get everyone singing from the same songbook. Diaz is going to do really really well here.

 

[patdog]

No question about it. He can't come right out and say it, but he's giving a pretty clear picture of what it was like his 1-1/2 years at Texas.

 

[coach66]

Watched part 1 of Lombardi special on NFL network last night. If you haven't

watched it you need to because his focus, drive, and intensity is what made him great. Hell they ran the power sweep about 50% of the time but they ran it to perfection. Everybody was damn well on the same page including all the coaches and players or you were out the door. The results speak for themselves. He was ahead of his time because today just about all coaches are madmen (his words), you have to be to be able to compete. They earn their money.

It was also interesting that Lombardi admitted he didn't have a 17ing clue how to coach NFL players and he was a laughing stock when he joined the Giants as offensive coordinator. He confided in The Marlboro Man Charlie Conerly and Frank Gifford and he credited them with setting him on the path to being one of the great coaches of all time.

 

[Hammer Down]

Even the most competent people can be rendered helpless in bad situations. I think people will be surprised how good our defense will be.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Reading between the lines Diaz's comments are an indictment of Mack Brown and his lack of discipline and focus at Texas. Diaz makes it clear that everyone there was not pulling in the same direction..

was diaz in denial when he visited? the dysfunction those years on mack's teams were visible. charlie strong just spent a solid year weeding out the players who weren't on board and it wasn't a short list.

 

[coach66]

Manny was young and it was a financial home run at the time. He was confident

in his ability to be even better with access to better players, facilities, and overall resources. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way and the key is not making the same poor decisions twice. We all live and learn hopefully.

 

[Philly Dawg]

Right or wrong, there is only one direction at MSU. Mullen's direction.

 

[patdog]

I doubt he did a lot of investigative work when he was offered that job. It's not like you get a lot of time to do stuff like that anyway. Hell, it was freaking Texas, which was only one year removed from playing for the national championship, and it was a huge raise.

 

[myusernamesucks]

Did he mention where he may go when he quits on us again?

It's only a matter of time. Cant believe folks are trying to justify us hiring him back.

 

[NCDawg.sixpack]

It's only a matter of time. Cant believe folks are trying to justify us hiring him back.

Think he was hired for a 3 year contract, and a pretty good size buy-out if he leaves. I personally think it was a great hire and I believe we will have a better defense this year than we had last year.

 

[patdog]

I bet you're wrong about that. Except in the sense that it's only a matter of time before any coach moves on for one reason or another.

 

[121Josey]

He will either quit or we will fire him. It's only a matter of time. But this time around it will take more (cost) for him to leave. Plus, hopefully he's learned something about job security and expectations. That is all.

 

[22yardpunt]

I would say three years, then all bets are off.