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Cooper > all our WR. BUT all our WR's > all Alabama's WR's.
Cooper > all our WR. BUT all our WR's > all Alabama's WR's.
When I was on scout this was my favorite local wr film of all time.....this 1 was on al, kid was a cane since birth. They even talked about it during the national totle game nd vs bama, golden found him n saban closed. Thing was his film was incredible when he comes off the line I was amazed.......I realized even more how great he was cuz saban went all out 4 him. Butch lands coop.......all jokes aside i like butch but its da truth. Coop was torn between um n bama.
Have to disagree, I watched him a couple times during his senior year and he looked horrible. Physical tools, but looked disinterested. He had a horrible QB though so that was probably it because clearly he's a stud. All that said we should have landed him, but I've heard so many different stories on what happened I don't even know what to believe. I do know he had an offer and went somewhere else. Time to move in.
I was with bakas on this 1 number 1 rated dade cty prospect according to him n me. Golden missed this 1 believe me im telling u. This was an early warning sign 4 me but the whole cloud thing i ate it up. Its cool if u disagree though.
Fair enough, certainly was a warning sign in hindsight.
I made a thread about this a while back because I didn't know much about his recruitment. Majority said Cooper just wanted to get away.
When I was on scout this was my favorite local wr film of all time.....this 1 was on al, kid was a cane since birth. They even talked about it during the national totle game nd vs bama, golden found him n saban closed. Thing was his film was incredible when he comes off the line I was amazed.......I realized even more how great he was cuz saban went all out 4 him. Butch lands coop.......all jokes aside i like butch but its da truth. Coop was torn between um n bama.
Have to disagree, I watched him a couple times during his senior year and he looked horrible. Physical tools, but looked disinterested. He had a horrible QB though so that was probably it because clearly he's a stud. All that said we should have landed him, but I've heard so many different stories on what happened I don't even know what to believe. I do know he had an offer and went somewhere else. Time to move in.
I was with bakas on this 1 number 1 rated dade cty prospect according to him n me. Golden missed this 1 believe me im telling u. This was an early warning sign 4 me but the whole cloud thing i ate it up. Its cool if u disagree though.
Fair enough, certainly was a warning sign in hindsight.
With respect, it's uncool to deny how effed up it was when that story came out. Every show, every game and anything Canes related, was accompanied by some time lined power-point presentation on transgressions and NCAA sanctions.
My Golden beef isn't Amari, or the handful of studs he either got or lost. It's the bottom half of his classes that show he's not properly or successfully identifying talent. Yes, the superstar cookie-cutter 4/5 stars hurt when they go elsewhere, but missing on so many of the 2/3 star guys hurts even more.
The programs biggest weakness is a poster child for poor evaluation and development. Darius Smith, Corey King, Jalen Grimble, Ricardo Williams, Junior Alexis, Jelani Hamilton, Dwayne Hoilett, Jacoby Briscoe, Dequan Ivery and so on. I mean WTF...Where's Earl Moore's progression and why is Chad Thomas wrestling with Centers/Guards?
Golden hasn't shown the ability to evaluate, retain and develop his classes. The University demonstrating its policy of abandoning and alienating AQM doesn't help either.
Grimble was a highly rated recruit but he was overrated. Doing decent for Oregon St. but that's because he's finally getting playing time.
Slow play Cooper but take a commit from D'Mauri Jones, thanks Al
No, he was in the same class as Duke and Tracy Howard. In the summer of 2011, Mike Bakas was telling everyone on Scout that Cooper was the next guy who was going to commit to Miami. He said it would happen in a few days. ~3 weeks later he committed to Bama.Wasn't he in the Chick/Perryman class that Golden had about 2 minutes to put/keep together? Though I'm not a slurper - hard to pin this one on Golden.
Slow play Cooper but take a commit from D'Mauri Jones, thanks Al
I am all for getting a new coach too, but the lack of facts the "mopes" use makes the board suck. Cooper committed or was about to commit and momma Cooper wanted him to hold off. Then Alabama came in and we all can speculate, but he was not slow played, just made his own choice.
Dwayne bowe list goes on and on studs leave s fla all the time before during and after al
Dwayne bowe list goes on and on studs leave s fla all the time before during and after al
That's correct. Bunch of whiners here. I've been following recruiting since the mid-80's, much more closely back then compared to now. We always had disappointments in south Florida....always. It was very frustrating, but it happened and will continue to happen. Maybe Golden's to blame, maybe not. Half the players we lost turned out not to be so great, Lamont Green is one who comes to mind immediately, maybe Sterling Palmer, Paul Moore, Rich McKenzie, so many others. Some were average to good, but not superstars. The biggest one we lost might have been Marvin Jones, but we really didn't have a chance anyway, because of his brother and being an FSU legacy. So we lost Marvin Jones, but a few years later we got a bigger stud out of nowhere, Ray Lewis.
Yeah, should have said Dwayne Bowe as another loss, as well s maybe Samari Rolle, Lawrence Wright. Probably many others.
Of course, if you want, we can blame them all on Golden, or Shannon, or better yet, George W. Bush.
194 yards and 2 td's at halftime....
**** you, Al
Slow play Cooper but take a commit from D'Mauri Jones, thanks Al
I am all for getting a new coach too, but the lack of facts the "mopes" use makes the board suck. Cooper committed or was about to commit and momma Cooper wanted him to hold off. Then Alabama came in and we all can speculate, but he was not slow played, just made his own choice.
Dwayne bowe list goes on and on studs leave s fla all the time before during and after al
That's correct. Bunch of whiners here. I've been following recruiting since the mid-80's, much more closely back then compared to now. We always had disappointments in south Florida....always. It was very frustrating, but it happened and will continue to happen. Maybe Golden's to blame, maybe not. Half the players we lost turned out not to be so great, Lamont Green is one who comes to mind immediately, maybe Sterling Palmer, Paul Moore, Rich McKenzie, so many others. Some were average to good, but not superstars. The biggest one we lost might have been Marvin Jones, but we really didn't have a chance anyway, because of his brother and being an FSU legacy. So we lost Marvin Jones, but a few years later we got a bigger stud out of nowhere, Ray Lewis.
Yeah, should have said Dwayne Bowe as another loss, as well s maybe Samari Rolle, Lawrence Wright. Probably many others.
Of course, if you want, we can blame them all on Golden, or Shannon, or better yet, George W. Bush.
But Butch got the best kids and Fsu couldn't *** with whim. Which ever coach does great in sfla will turn miami around.
Slow play Cooper but take a commit from D'Mauri Jones, thanks Al
I am all for getting a new coach too, but the lack of facts the "mopes" use makes the board suck. Cooper committed or was about to commit and momma Cooper wanted him to hold off. Then Alabama came in and we all can speculate, but he was not slow played, just made his own choice.
I made a thread about this a while back because I didn't know much about his recruitment. Majority said Cooper just wanted to get away.