CJ Bailey needs to come home

[jtwist89]

Id like to see how he progresses throughout the year. Highlights look amazing, but I watched him yesterday and not completely sold YET. Hes still young, lets see at the end of the season. We must have NFL QBs. That needs to be our highest investment. So whoever is the best available, regardless of where he is from.... get him!

 

[Pearson704]

Let’s bring C.J. Bailey home next season. I was disappointed we didnt go after him harder out of high school.

I'd rather bring that UL RB home; but if you had to choose between Bailey and Cal freshman to pursue next season who would it be?

 

[Josh]

Wouldve sat for two years...but i like watching other schools develop and get our future QBs quality game reps.

 

[ItsAUThing.com]

But we'd lose Emory to the portal....pass

If he goes, he goes.

Miami plays at Notre Dame, at Clemson and at South Carolina next year.

Not saying Bailey is the answer, but Williams and Nickel aren't for 2026.

 

[L A M P]

IF we make a playoff run & IF Beck plays his way into 1st rd, I’d imagine we’d be considered Portal QBU.

If we keep targeting guys like Mateer, we’ll be ok.

 

[SinisterCane]

Mario and Company can’t develop a HS qb to save their lives

 

[Page305]

No I’m saying this as if we could have just signed him out of high school. Who would you rather have on your roster, CJ Bailey or Judd (not an FBs quarterback) Anderson?

If we want to start developing our own guys instead of relying on transfers, it has to start with recruiting guys who are actually capable of development.

Definitely CJ Bailey. You're right. I've made this same point before that you're making.

I was just more so referring to the fact of us "having" to pay him next yr. If he's even available. He might not even want to come here anymore. I can see him somewhere like Louisville honestly.

 

[SinisterCane]

We will see

We have no choice to keep getting portal quarterbacks because under the Mario regime they cannot evaluate high school quarterbacks

 

[Cane30]

I am quite confident the majority of people in here have only watched highlights or very little of Bailey. We are at a level where we are trying to win championships, now. This kid has come a ways from Chaminade, particularly running. Still not a elite runner. He isn't on Mendoza's level right now. He has 10 games to get better accuracy. He has talent. I think the QB portal would have to be pretty average for us to take Bailey as he is right now. That could change.

 

[frank1886]

Our portal QB target should be Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele. This this kid is the truth, he’ll be expensive but we get him 2 years.

 

[grover]

Becoming painfully obvious.

If 1. QBs need reps to win games. and 2. Playoff programs can't afford to lose games... then 3. QBs on playoff programs will be sourced from other teams

I've posted this a couple times before, but the only workaround I see is to have a boomerang in the NIL contract, where we essentially subsidize a QB's NIL to go play at another program like FIU, then they come and play for us after a year or two in the minor leagues. Come to Miami as a freshman, redshirt and develop under the best coaches and run the scout team, transfer to an FIU type school and play for a year or two, transfer back to play for Miami.

 

[rsa coral gables]

I haven't been a fan of CJ Bailey's. To me even his success only comes against marginal competition. But I'd have to say he does seem to be developing at a level I personally didn't believe he had in him. That being said if he continues to develop he's only going to be willing to transfer to a place that gaurentees him a starting spot. That ain't us. With nickel and Coleman in the fold were not promising no one nothing.

You like nickel ?

 

[grover]

I am quite confident the majority of people in here have only watched highlights or very little of Bailey. We are at a level where we are trying to win championships, now. This kid has come a ways from Chaminade, particularly running. Still not a elite runner. He isn't on Mendoza's level right now. He has 10 games to get better accuracy. He has talent. I think the QB portal would have to be pretty average for us to take Bailey as he is right now. That could change.

My concern is that the shark tank will be much more active this year given transfer QBs with reps are now proven to be much more reliable than developmental QBs. So instead of 5 programs all bidding for Ward or Beck, it will be 25. Ward was 1.5M, Beck 3M+. Next portal, instead of 3M, the winner will probably pay double again.

We're super lucky there are a few Florida native options who will most likely be in the portal. Going to cost us a lot more this time around though.

 

[cowboycane]

We have no choice to keep getting pulled quarterbacks because under the Mario regime they cannot evaluate high school quarterbacks

To be fair who actually is developing high school QBs among the big boy programs right now?

 

[rsa coral gables]

To be fair who actually is developing high school QBs among the big boy programs right now?

The Gata

 

[SinisterCane]

Georgia developed beck and Washington state develop ward

 

[SinisterCane]

Our portal QB target should be Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele. This this kid is the truth, he’ll be expensive but we get him 2 years.

We just need California to keep developing him because we know that won’t happen here

 

[FromDeeeeep]

Our portal QB target should be Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele. This this kid is the truth, he’ll be expensive but we get him 2 years.

USC is gonna back up the truck for him

 

[FromDeeeeep]

Gimme Mensah instead

lol I don’t know how you get so many people to bite every time.

Impressive.

 

[joeB954]

Mario and Company can’t develop a HS qb to save their lives

You have to give them credit for Herbert. I think just the way things are now it’s easy to get a proven qb. But I’d like to have somebody that’s here more than one year