The Bank (7/2)

DMoney

Jul 2, 2025 3 min read

This won't be everyone's favorite update, but I need to give it like I get it.

Bottom line- I don't get the sense we're headed for a blockbuster two weeks. The message I'm getting is that the plan is to win key some battles, go into the season with a healthy class, perform on the field, and then take it to the next level with flips.

We saw that happen in the Class of 2024, and we saw it go the other way in 2025. So we'll see. This is a unique era in college football. There's a sense that if they go for broke now, they'll be in a worse position down the stretch and potentially create issues within the roster. But they also need to go into the season with a high-enough floor. Here's the latest:

- I continue to get confidence on RB Derrek Cooper (Chaminade). He remains the top target on the board.

- I"m getting less confidence on WR Tristen Keys (Hattiesburg, MS) than last week. As we've said, this is a high-profile recruitment with every school thinking they have a chance. Miami will continue to push until the end.

- Nobody has any clue where WR Calvin Russell (Northwestern) is headed. One of the more up-in-the-air recruitments in a while.

- The Canes are battling hard on S Blake Stewart (Atlanta). Clemson is a top contender but it's not a foregone conclusion by any means. He is a big priority.

- OL Breck Kolojay (IMG) is continuing with his process. He was pretty candid in his last interview with on3 that he's monitoring NIL deals and weighing different factors between Miami, Georgia and USC. That's a very professional process and Miami is battling.

- Miami has a good chance to flip CB Brody Jennings (Jacksonville). They have coveted him throughout this process.

- TE Heze Kent (Brunswick, GA) is still communicating with our staff. Texas and Florida are in there but Miami is alive. TE Zachery Turner (Dallas) is trending away after SMU took its financial commitment to another level.

- The Canes are also in the mix for DL Bryce Perry-Wright (Atlanta). That one is up in the air and will be decided over the next few days.

- On the football side, there is huge confidence from those observing workouts. They believe this is the best, most complete roster we've had in the Cristobal era by a good amount. I continue to hear rave reviews about Carson Beck's arm talent and overall skillset.

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Hoyacane1620

Jul 3, 2025

RVACane said:
Is there anyone on this board who would choose Mario as their Head Coach over Dennis or Butch if all were in the same generation? Identify yourself.

can this board stop living in the past??????

cway313

Jul 3, 2025

Hoyacane1620 said:
can this board stop living in the past??????

Be careful what you ask for.

S
sdaly12

Jul 3, 2025

WR Cane said:
SMU going to continue to hang around. LASHLEE is a good coach in fertile territory. They already have some nice OLs and DLs committed that I would love to have here.

++ SMU has the $$$$$

OrangeBowlMagic

Jul 3, 2025

RVACane said:
*put more high draft picks into the NFL.

There’s not a one size fits all answer but imo nothing hurts us more than the ACC

Hufftwoseven

Jul 3, 2025

Derrick Cooper for me is the biggest priority left aside from DL and DB. He’s the south Florida gem that we need to keep home every cycle to be elite again. Not at the most important position but it’s more about perception.

canecrazy23

Jul 3, 2025

TheOriginalCane said:
As per usual, your "factual" claims are full of crap.

Methodology:
---Used the schools that cway cited
---Since July 2021 when NIL was allowed
---Through the Class of 2025, since current recruits have not yet been signed
---Used the COMPOSITE rankings
---Did not count JuCos (unless you really want to give Miami credit for Shemar Kirk)

As per usual, cway went 50-50. Three of the schools he cited had "more of these players (top 5 at their position) than Miami in the NIL era". But three of the schools he cited did not.

And for the record, if Dennis Smith had not screamed at Drake Stubbs and driven him to flip to Hogtown, then only 2 of the schools cway cited would have had more "top 4 players at their position". And it's the schools we expected, LSU and USC.

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Does anyone really take anything cway says seriously?

canecrazy23

Jul 3, 2025

amanan28 said:
Mario has done a good job of raising the floor of the program, however I don’t see anyone on the roster or the current commits for ‘26 as difference makers.

So the number 1 player in the country committed isn't a difference maker?

Go back to bed.......

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canecrazy23

Jul 3, 2025

Hoyacane1620 said:
can this board stop living in the past??????

Stop. I love listening to these guys whine. It makes the offseason go by quicker.

cway313

Jul 3, 2025

canecrazy23 said:
Stop. I love listening to these guys whine. It makes the offseason go by quicker.

If you keep practicing, you will be able to swallow Mario in one big gulp.

TomAce

Jul 3, 2025

Same line, same bait, same fishermen, same boat, same lake…every June

canecrazy23

Jul 3, 2025

cway313 said:
If you keep practicing, you will be able to swallow Mario in one big gulp.

TwentySix

Jul 3, 2025

Hoyacane1620 said:
can this board stop living in the past??????

You know this is a Miami Hurricanes football board, right?

TheOriginalCane

Jul 3, 2025

Hoyacane1620 said:
can this board stop living in the past??????

amanan28

Jul 3, 2025

canecrazy23 said:
So the number 1 player in the country committed isn't a difference maker?

Go back to bed.......

If you read the post you can read between the lines talking about the skill positions…but go on.

RVACane

Jul 3, 2025

Hoyacane1620 said:
can this board stop living in the past??????

Can the St. CoRchibal faithful on this board stop reading portions of a conversation and look at an entire dialogue to see who brought up Erickson and Butch before crying like

s? It was your MarioBro side, I just responded.

K thx

Post in thread 'The Bank (7/2)'
https://www.canesinsight.com/threads/the-bank-7-2.199324/post-7761372

RVACane

Jul 3, 2025

amanan28 said:
If you read the post you can read between the lines talking about the skill positions…but go on.

The MarioBro St. CoRchibal purists on here don’t want to look at all facts objectively. They just see red when there’s any criticism.

Meanwhile Rhett Lashlee, Garen Justice and Rob Likens took a former B12 or whatever team to the ACCCG in year 1.

RVACane

Jul 3, 2025

OrangeBowlMagic said:
There’s not a one size fits all answer but imo nothing hurts us more than the ACC

I think Mario recruits slightly better in the SEC but someone brought up Texas and Oklahoma as examples of schools who recruited well in the B12 and are in the same place in the SEC. Notre Dame too. They’re killing it in recruiting without the SEC or B1G label. Meanwhile we are killing a number of schools from those conferences in recruiting.

We pick a lot of the wrong 4 stars somehow. We don’t put enough in the league at certain positions at high levels. If we were putting guys in the league, like at WR an CB on a high level, we’d sign those guys easier. We put TEs in the league and we continue to get them. I think it will soon show the same at OL.