Manny Diaz came into the head coaching job at the University of Miami with the false bravado of an 8th grader on the first day of tryouts. He puffed out his chest, wore some uncreased Nikes (rode a Yacht), and walked in with the swagger of Vincent K. McMahon.
And “then the bell rung” as they say in rasslin’. Diaz sounded the part, he looked the part, but Miami finished 6-7 in year one and lost to the FIU Panthers. Since then, Manny Diaz has been a Miami (Excuse) Machine. No talent, injuries, and even the “they didn’t show that before” shenanigan from the UVA game.