Don't tell these people that... There's still a lot of naive cats on here that think Mac chose MD because "he wants to stay home" Lol...
Maryland had 4 committed RB's ahead of him already in their class, McFarland was 100% Miami until literally 2 days ago...
Like I said over in that Jeff Thomas thread, we got swooped at the last minute because his family got bagged... So when pops says Coach Brown was saying the "same old, same old", that meant we weren't willing to match or double the final offer made by MD who he had dinner with the night before. It's really that simple lol
I've said it a dozens of times & I'll say it again... If you want the recruit (especially this late in the game) you have to pay up.
Only the naive thinks McFarland's recruitment was clean. That kid was locked up to Miami for months and literally said he saw Thomas Brown like a brother. All of a sudden he has to go to a restaurant where his dad is waiting with 4 coaches and is forced to tell them that he's going to pick Miami. And in the blink of an eye, he's all Maryland. Thomas Brown didn't get out recruited for McFarland. He's been on him for 2 recruiting cycles - he got outbagged.
Unfortunately, the family doesn't do much research. Even in Miami's worst decade, we still churn out pros on a consistent basis - especially at RB. The family got assumingly thousands in the short-term but may have sacrificed millions in the long-term.