<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">i'd really like to see what diaz could do as a hc. i think he'd make a really damn good coach. copied this over from espn...</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; ">
[/b]</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; ">1. Manny Diaz, defensive coordinator,Texas Longhorns[/b]
Aggressive, energetic, incredibly impressive -- those are some of the sentiments shared by my peers in calling Diaz one of the most desirable assistants waiting in the wings for a head coaching job. His defenses parallel his own career arc: risk-taking and adventuresome, while never willing to let circumstances dictate his next call, instead trusting his core philosophy of never backing down.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><offer></offer></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">I crossed paths with Diaz while he was coordinating a Middle Tennessee State defense that was built around getting after quarterbacks and recording tackles for loss. That trend has followed him with stops in Starkville and now Austin, where as defensive coordinator a season ago he presided over a unit that ranked 11th in total defense and 16th in tackles for loss -- impressive totals considering that the defense received no support from an inconsistent Longhorns offense.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Oklahoma State and LSU are the only defensive backfields in America that will compete with Diaz's group in 2012, and with Robert Griffin III and the Brandon Weeden and Justin Blackmon show moving on to the NFL, the Longhorns defense should be even better in 2012.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">The son of the two-term mayor of Miami and former communications major (he worked at ESPN for a time) knows how to connect with the media as well as his players. Beyond the charm is a football junkie who loves the analytics and numbers beyond the game. As Mandel said to me this week, "With Diaz's fascination with advanced statistics, he could become the first 'Moneyball' coach for college football."</p>
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[/b]</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; ">1. Manny Diaz, defensive coordinator,Texas Longhorns[/b]
Aggressive, energetic, incredibly impressive -- those are some of the sentiments shared by my peers in calling Diaz one of the most desirable assistants waiting in the wings for a head coaching job. His defenses parallel his own career arc: risk-taking and adventuresome, while never willing to let circumstances dictate his next call, instead trusting his core philosophy of never backing down.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><offer></offer></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">I crossed paths with Diaz while he was coordinating a Middle Tennessee State defense that was built around getting after quarterbacks and recording tackles for loss. That trend has followed him with stops in Starkville and now Austin, where as defensive coordinator a season ago he presided over a unit that ranked 11th in total defense and 16th in tackles for loss -- impressive totals considering that the defense received no support from an inconsistent Longhorns offense.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Oklahoma State and LSU are the only defensive backfields in America that will compete with Diaz's group in 2012, and with Robert Griffin III and the Brandon Weeden and Justin Blackmon show moving on to the NFL, the Longhorns defense should be even better in 2012.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">The son of the two-term mayor of Miami and former communications major (he worked at ESPN for a time) knows how to connect with the media as well as his players. Beyond the charm is a football junkie who loves the analytics and numbers beyond the game. As Mandel said to me this week, "With Diaz's fascination with advanced statistics, he could become the first 'Moneyball' coach for college football."</p>
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