2015 Class: 22 commits so far...

Love when statements are backed by facts. What this shows is that we are getting their. 2016 Class will be the one that solidifies our status and start the monopoly on SoFl recruits.
Terrible excuses... You don't think Bama faces negative recruiting? Self imposed scholly limit? What's does that have to do with losing studs? If I only have 10 scholly's I'm going after 20 studs... We missed out... Fan support? Broken relationships by previous staff? It's 4 freaked years later... Didn't Cook take an Arky visit? I went to South Plantation and believe me RS played a role with Collins... How does bad relationships effect losing Amari Cooper? And grades is BS issue... For 3 consecutive years we took Angelo-Louis, Derrick Griffen, and Gray... All grade casualties... They took their commitments when everyone knew the weren't coming(Gray pending)... Come on those are some lame excuses... Speaking about bad relationships, Golden isn't loved by everyone in south Florida either so don't make it seem like he's cleaning up anything, because there was nothing to clean... Coaches down here complain...

If you get the number 1 cb and number 1 wideout all of those excuses go out the window... Those excuses was nonexistent for both coley and Howard...

.
2012 Rivals 250 South Florida recruits
  1. #13 Tracy Howard committed to Miami
  2. #30 Duke Johnson committed to Miami
  3. #38 Mario Pender committed to FSU
  4. #45 Amari Cooper committed to Alabama
  5. #74 Avery Young committed to Auburn
  6. #83 Deon Bush committed to Miami
  7. #106 Jelani Hamilton committed to Miami
  8. #110 Amos Leggett committed to Marshall (we all know if he had the grades he would be a Cane)
  9. #116 Angelo Jean-Louis committed to Miami
  10. #133 Keith Brown committed to Louisville
  11. #140 Donaldven Manning committed to Virginia Tech
  12. #163 Ty Darlington committed to Oklahoma
  13. #183 Ricardo Louis committed to Auburn
  14. #186 Malcolm Lewis committed to Miami
    [*]#205 Ereck Flowers committed to Miami
  15. #247 Avery Johnson committed to LSU


2013 Rivals 250 South Florida recruits
  1. #15 Matthew Thomas committed to FSU
  2. #19 Greg Bryant committed to Notre Dame (Never offered by Miami)
  3. #38 Kelvin Taylor committed to Florida
  4. #42 Mackensie Alexander committed to Clemson
  5. #47 Joey Bosa committed to Ohio State
  6. #111 Stacy Coley committed to Miami
  7. #117 Alex Collins committed to Arkansas
  8. #166 Denver Kirkland committed to Arkansas
  9. #183 Jordan Cunningham committed to Vanderbilt
  10. #187 Artie Burns committed to Miami
  11. #201 Jermaine Grace committed to Miami
  12. #203 Will Likely committed to Maryland
  13. #238 Jamal Carter committed to Miami
  14. #242 Jayron Kearse committed to Clemson


2014 Rivals 250 South Florida recruits
  1. #11 Travis Rudolph committed to FSU
  2. #13 Sony Michel committed to Georgia
  3. #18 Dalvin Cook committed to FSU
  4. #22 Chad Thomas committed to Miami
  5. #28 Ermon Lane committed to FSU
  6. #59 Travonte Valentine committed to LSU
  7. #62 Joseph Yearby committed to Miami
  8. #69 Treon Harris committed to Florida
  9. #110 Anthony Moten committed to Miami
  10. #113 Kc McDermott committed to Miami
  11. #143 Trevor Darling committed to Miami
  12. #117 Johnnie Dixon committed to Ohio State
  13. #172 Quincy Wilson committed to Florida (Never offered by Miami)
  14. #175 Madre London committed to Michigan St.
  15. #185 D'Ernest Johnson committed to USF (Never offered by Miami)
  16. #200 Brandon Powell committed to Florida
  17. #224 Corey Holmes committed to Notre Dame
  18. #236 John Battle committed to LSU (Never offered by Miami)
  19. #243 J.C. Jackson committed to Florida

Total 49
Miami 16 commits
FSU 5
Florida 5
Alabama 1
LSU 3
Louisville 1


So despite the issues that Miami has faced over the years, this staff has still managed to pull in more top South Florida than Florida, FSU, Alabama, LSU, and Louisville combined. Yes this staff has missed on some very important kids, but of all these kids only one was just a clear ***** up by this staff (Travis Rudolph). Miami was in the top 2 until the very end for at least 75% of all of these kids, I really don't know what more you expected.

Issues this staff has faced
  1. 3 years of NCAA investigation
  2. Negative recruiting from every school in the country
  3. Limited scholarships (This staff stated multiple times, that they were self imposing scholarships)
  4. Admissions (several studs were not offered simply because this staff knew they would not make it in)
  5. Lack of fan support (Kids don't want to play in a empty stadium)
  6. Broken relationships by previous staff (We all know this staff had to spend the first two years repairing relationships because the previous staff simply neglected them)
  7. Lack of competitive facilities (Miami was miles behind every major program in terms of facilities when this staff arrived)
 
Advertisement
See, now we're starting to get some firm positions taken. Things that can be bumped and laughed at later no matter how the class turns out.
 
1. Cronkrite
2. Gaulitz

Feder was a huge loss. Once in a decade super star, especially if Ohio St. plays him at DT.
 
1. Cronkrite
2. Gaulitz

Feder was a huge loss. Once in a decade super star , especially if Ohio St. plays him at DT.

34.jpg
 
Weren't we looking at around a 21+/- person class?
If so we are getting pretty full.
Would like to see some big names finish it off but at the same time - more than likely a lot of these guys will move up the boards throughout the next season.
 
Almost 40 WRs have been offered by the staff up to this point, and we have 3 commits in Spence, Gosier, and Chatman.

Spence and Chatman seem to be similar possession type WRs. I'm not impressed with either, but I don't know **** anyway.

Gosier has that intriguing size and athleticism.

There's always room for improvement and this staff can do better at the WR position this cycle.
 
Advertisement
I wouldn't look too much into the total we have for 2015 because by August I could see us have 2 back off of their commitment as well as us stop recruiting a few of the committed so they can look elsewhere much like how Turner and Edoard were done last year.
 
Mark Walton and the other running backs is the creme of the crop.Frankly this class looks like a typical VT North Carolina class. May get you to an ACC championship but that'S it. Seems to me like Golden is just tired of all of the crap from the south fl. Four star players and is mining the three star fields looking for gems in the rough. Can't say that I blame him.
 
Miami needs some defensive backs & Defensive tackles to finish this class off. Offensively it's an average class, but defensively can be great, they need Tyrek Cole, Jaquan, Tim Irvin, & Davante Davis, & Rashad Fenton.

I know SOMEBODY will commit to play defensive tackle. It doesn't have to be a big name just get a JUCO guy to plug up the middle. That's what Bama does.
 
I've been clamoring for more elite, blue-chip talent and we just landed (along with Dexter Williams) the most physically gifted recruit in our current class.

Absolutely thrilled to land Scarlett. Even happier that he said on ESPNU he doesn't plan to take any visits.
 
Advertisement
This is like picking the prettiest fat girl.
I'm gonna be updating this thread throughout the cycle.


Dan,

I like that idea.. keeps everyone in the loop, more interested in the recruiting process, and seeing how are class fills out.
Also holds people accountable for their statements when they try to shift the narrative.

I've been pretty fair in praising the good gets of this class throughout this thread. Therefore I feel justified in reminding everyone that this was supposed to be the class without a cloud or handcuffs.
whoops

Tyree St. Louis and Brendan Loftus in one day is pretty sweet.
 
OL class is going to be reshuffled a lot before signing day. I'm guessing we really want St Louis and Loftus since they just came on. If any or all of Milo, Merrick, or Dowdy sign on then a few are going to get pushed out.

Should be pretty interesting to see who is highest on the staff's board.
 
This class still has a lot of room for improvement, but St. Louis is certainly a very nice addition. Glad he committed today.
 
This class still has a lot of room for improvement, but St. Louis is certainly a very nice addition. Glad he committed today.

I agree and I think you will see that happen. We are at 21/22 (depending on Walton) and we still need to take DTs, LBs, CBs, S. If we have a good year I think you will see us bring in some higher rated guys and just push out our lowest guys on our board.

I think we end up with a nice class if the product on the field is good.
 
Back
Top