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Georgia Tennis coach Manny Diaz retiring at season's end

Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:51 pm
Posted by Utah_CUtiger
Utah
Member since Jun 2017
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:51 pm
Great career coming to an end
This post was edited on 2/22/24 at 2:54 pm
Posted by P2K
Nevada
Member since Sep 2022
844 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:11 pm to
I was just thinking about his legacy recently and when he planned to hang it up. too bad he’s retiring after a season the tennis program sucks.
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
25913 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:32 pm to
6 NCs and 29 SEC Championships.
Posted by Chip82
Athens, Georgia
Member since Jan 2023
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:51 pm to
LINK


Also reflects the era when Vince Dooley as AD helped coin the phrase "title town."

Posted by Chip82
Athens, Georgia
Member since Jan 2023
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:54 pm to
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6 NCs and 29 SEC Championships.


With 771 victories to date, Diaz is the all-time winningest coach in SEC history.
Posted by Utah_CUtiger
Utah
Member since Jun 2017
3154 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 5:24 pm to
Yeah last year was the year he should have done it but I think he expected this year’s team to be good with bug incoming talent. But the talent was too good as they decided to go pro instead of coming to UGA (Alex Michelsen now in the top 100 in the world) which left the Dawgs a bit bare this year.
Posted by pelicansfan123
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 6:12 pm to
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Yeah last year was the year he should have done it but I think he expected this year’s team to be good with bug incoming talent. But the talent was too good as they decided to go pro instead of coming to UGA (Alex Michelsen now in the top 100 in the world) which left the Dawgs a bit bare this year.



Michelsen leaving was a huge blow and then Ethan Quinn making the ill-informed decision to go pro was another blow.

No idea who got in Quinn's ear and told him it was the right decision, he needed another year or two at Georgia to refine his game. In the realm of pro tennis, he's a very limited player currently.
Posted by Utah_CUtiger
Utah
Member since Jun 2017
3154 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 7:29 pm to
I totally agree. Quinn was great his freshman year at UGA but not completely dominant. Another year of the crowd behind him and being on a team would have been better than losing in early rounds of obscure pro events.

There was also Peruvian Ignacio Buse who was committed but decided to go pro. He has big talent to as he beat world top 20 Nico Jarry in Davis cup.

That would have been a salty top 3.
This post was edited on 2/22/24 at 7:30 pm
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