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Had this been a South Florida coach talking about Miami the death penalty would already be on the table.
Yea the issue is...if they dont choose well...they just have a 5 star that is replacing him and they get washed out. Most schools cant stack 5 stars to that level or have them bust to that level.That’s part of my point. When I say they’re good at evals, I don’t mean they’re good guessers. They know what they’re looking for, know how to find answers, and put in the work. They have real process infrastructure behind recruiting. I’ve been yelling this from the rooftops around here for years. Evals is a bit art but it’s a lot of science and effort. We may not be able to hire nfl head coaches to be analysts, but we could probably invest 750K a year towards data analytics and evals, and direct it towards recruiting, player development and scouting. Would be money well spent. Remember, we have a narrower pond to fish in so we can be more focused in our application of resources. It’s actually hard to do what they do and be a national recruiter.
I think people forget that it’s easy to pick badly amongst highly rated kids also. The odds may be better but there are still plenty of bad fits. They clearly know what they want and need and how to assess. I obviously appreciate that you have to adjust the results for the talent inputs, but UM’s record with highly rated recruits the past 15 years has been pretty dismal. Alabama has more choices but they still need to choose well.
I dont have hatred for them. One of my familys close friends are one of their big boosters/alumni. I got to see first hand their game day atmosphere..(i went to Tuas first game) and i can see how kids would commit there. I was treated like a **** recruit lol1. Well this yr is kinda hard to judge being that they are defending Nat’l Champions, & just had a historic recruiting class.
2. They been given out 4 stars for JUCO players. Dean was a 4 star
3. So here’s my question, why didn’t we unearth these JUCO players? How do we end up w/ a Michael Wyche but Bama ends up w/ a Cody? How do we end up w/ a Dean & Bama ends up w/ a DeQuan Menzie? How does Bama end up w/ Chance Warmack & we end up w/ Kai-Leon Herbert? Since u wanna nit-pick about what a fringe 4 star means, fine....we can do that. HOW IN THE FCK do we end up w/ McCloud & Bama ends up w/ Hightower? Both are 4 star guys, right? Oh, let me guess...247 messed that up, too, huh? How do we end up w/ Jeremiah Payton & Bama ends up w/ Metchie? How do we end up w/ Jovani Haskins but Bama ends up w/ Irv Smith? How do we end up w/ Sunny O, but Bama ends up w/ Bradley Bozeman?
Cuddy, I can go on & on w/ how we’ve recruited higher ranked players than Bama, w/o the same dividends. Again, ur hatred is blinding u to logic. U talking about Greg being the TX player of the year...my ***** we’ve had Mr Football Jacory Harris as our QB, boy. We’ve had Mr Football Robert Marve come through! We’ve had Jack Allison come through. We’ve had N’Kosi Perry come through. We’ve had Olsen come through. We’re talking NATIONAL All-Americans....BLUE CHIP guys, and u wanna push a narrative about 3 star Greg Mac??
U’re better than this, dog. We’re all entitled to our feelings, but let’s be real...Bama’s evals are not Coker’s. Once upon a time we just welcomed any 5/4 star player w/o evaluating chit. The results? We got chit. And never will I knock a program that can recruit nationally & get any top ranked player to come. That used to be us; we locked down home then cherry picked. That’s the way WINNING programs operate.
I dont have hatred for them. One of my familys close friends are one of their big boosters/alumni. I got to see first hand their game day atmosphere..(i went to Tuas first game) and i can see how kids would commit there. I was treated like a **** recruit lol
1.) I kinda said in the last 3 years. So speaking on This year is moot. I went back 3 cycles
2.)Dean was a 4 star because he had a supposed BAMA offer. **** i think he was a commit to them at 1 point trying to remember.
3.) We dont recruit Juco's tough. Our academic requirements are tough for them to get in. But your reasoning is kind of stupid either way. Because i could just post sh*t like how did we get Jeremy Shockey and they got Brad Smelley. How did we get Bryant Mckinnie and they got whomever. Cody would be Michael Wyche in the system he played in. Cody was perfect for the 3-4 they ran...and i think Um offered him to. I dont even know who tf Dequan Menzie is . Alot of more rambling..Jovani Haskins?. I mean we produce TE's better than they do either way but carry on.
I'd let @TheSwagger1 speak on Mcelroy and the records he was setting in TX. I think he had to sit behind Chase Daniel in high school. He wasnt some lowly recruit. Alot of the stuff your skewing on n on about is DEVELOPMENT..not totally bad evals and recruiting. Its quite obvious we havent had that we have had sh*tty coaches for some time.
You cant be a true UM fan and say we locked down home then cherry picked....Because that doesnt happen in South Florida. Just like there are know dope boys that RUN south florida or cities or no gangs that run the area...UM never locked down south florida consistently. Guys always left.
1. Actions speak louder than words. Saying u don’t have hatred for Bama b/c u attended a game is like a racist person saying they are not racist b/c they have “a” black friend. Lol.
2. I clearly went back several yrs regarding Bama’s recruiting classes
3. Bro, what r u smoking? Why in thee fock would I bring out Shockey or the other JUCO players during The Butch era!?! Clearly, we’re talking about Bama since Saban vs. us in the last 15+ yrs. U’re whole notion was that Bama just offer blue chips & voila, magic baby. I highlighted how evaluation still plays a part & did a compare & contrasts for our CLASSES to show how simply offering a blue chip is NOT what Bama does
4. Dean was not a f’ing 4 star JUCO due to a Bama offer. Lol. Dude was ranked the #2 JUCO CB in the nation. Bama moved on from him b/c after, wait for it, EVALUATING him, they saw he wasn’t a fit. We, here, saw 4 star #2 CB & ran w/ a storyline that we “beat Bama” for a CB. L-o-L. Furthermore, as my guy @Ethenic Sands pointed out, 4 star ratings BEEN given out Blue Chip rankings to JUCO players, since like 2002 which debunks the notion u tried to use to diminish Bama’s evals on Cody. Lol!!!
5. U’re still trying to tap dance around the fact that Greg McElroy was a 3 star QB. Yes, he was the 5A section player of the year, but Matt Stafford was the #1 QB & the All American, not McElroy. Regardless, McElroy wasn’t even a Saban recruit, he just had his success under Saban. But u know who was a Saban recruit? Some guy named Mac Jones from Jacksonville....3 star.
6. The fact u said we didn’t lock down So Fla & cherry pick let’s me know we can’t have a serious convo. U’re pushing a narrative that’s disingenuous to make a point. Of course we didn’t get every player in South Fla! TF?! That’s like saying SC gets every player from So Cal or TX gets every player from Austin & the surrounding areas. That’s just unrealistic. The whole point of “The State of Miami” was build the team w/ OUR targets, which we got more often than not, then & only then reach into CA, TX, PA, NY, IL, THE JUCO & poach the best guys from those areas. That was the blue print, and ANY long time Miami fan knows that. ****, the coaches told us that. Lol.
Anyways bro, I know U’re well connected on the HS scene. I respect ur opinion on 9/10 matters on this board....ur take on Bama is a little off-kilter, imo. I can tell u of a recent 5 star recruit & star who attended Bama & I can unequivocally tell u it was made clear that being a 5 star was one thing, but they would continue to evaluate to make sure he was Bama material, stars be damned.
1. Actions...Im a UM fan not a Bama fan i give af about them. Thats for you guys...all i truly care about is THis U *kw2 VOICE* Your on a UM board whiteknighting for Bama..chill
2. You said it would be hard to talk about this year since they won a MNC. I just pointed out i went back 3 cycles. They are setting historical record classes YEARLY.
3. You did a compare and contrast on guys from different CLASSES. So whats wrong with the Butch era since you were drawing from all over the place?.
4. There is NOBODY that ran with a narrative on here that WE beat Bama for Dean. In fact there were posters clowning that he wasnt starter as a juco. You made up a narrative. Again JUCO's arent ranked properly these are facts..who's even rating and ranking them actually?.Since you know. Ive been following recruiting since i was in high school early 2000s..that juco sh*t is always just aluck of the draw. The #2 juco prospect in last years class signed with Jackson State..mean while a kid "rated" lower than him with offers from every big sec program, oregon, and fsu is a 3 star Bama commit. I personally never look at star ranking for juco players. Because they arent rated correctly.
5. There is no tap dancing he was a 3 star or whatever because he just started his sr year. He went on to set records that year in TX at a Power House program. That being said were really speaking on Greg Mcelroy here. Your campaigning like he was Vince Young or Tim Tebow lol.
6. Again...like i said even then we got BEAT out for our top targets. You do realize we have 2 other power house programs in state right?. There isnt any other state with 3 football programs similar. I get the blue print know the whole history i aint a crootin rook here.
Your 5 star recruit you know can say that....because they are evaluating other 5 star recruits. Ive said that many a time already. Literally described it with the Jordan Battle decision. They beat out a team that he begged for a commitable offer for who produces just as much nfl dbs as they do in Ohio State.
My opinion is just that it isnt hard to evaluate when your evaluating 5 star recruits ready to jump in the boat..or pick off other guys evals and commits any time you want. We didnt do that on our run...and thats our fault. I admitted to that.
*Bama's evals arent any much different than any others, They "offer" a ton of players (more so than us for whatever reason). But they have created a culture from winning and buying or whatever where there is some development and there hoarding of 5 star recruits..where there is iron sharpening iron. The issue i have is the d*ckpulling by ppl, espn, coaches, posters ON THIS BOARD that creates some mystified fairy dust that they have in Tuscaloosa which creates some mystical football program which in turn leads to more 5 star recruits signing up to go there.
FOR EXAMPLE THERE ISNT ONE SOUTH FLORIDA RECRUIT THAT WENT UP THERE THAT MOST PLUGGED IN POSTERS DOWN HERE KNEW WHAT THEY WOULD DO AT BAMA. You think they evaluated better on Pat Surtain?...Jerry Jeudy?. Ridley?. We knew what these guys would be...and they would be the same at FAU.
He missed the entire part about being quiet. The entire part.Match it?? What boosters do we have that are gonna do that....these schools have deep deep pockets and networks that care immensely about football and sports. They don't care about academics
Agreed.Winning does that. ****, we had that same mythical aura too, bruh. We were the guys that dawned the mantra NFLU. The sports world began & stopped w/ us. That’s what happens, man. It’s not us, so it’s annoying, but at the end of the day, I respect a program that invested in itself. I blame us for tricking off what we built. We changed the game, which is why Nick picked Butch’s brains.
Right now, Clemson, OSU, & Bama are machines on auto pilot that all the top kids want to go to. They can take their time, evaluate, prepare for possible attrition due to log jams, etc. Its a program.
And for the record, I did compare classes sans McCloud & Hightower. That was an example of two “fringe” 4 star players, but everyone else was based upon their respective classes.
FactsI seen it..The list of 3 stars werent impressive. In what world is a 4 star recruit a find?. If a kid in Florida has offer from all 3 of the BIG 3....he can be listed as a 1 star recruit..kid is definately legitimately a 4star recruit level kid.
For example Eddie Jackson. He wasnt a Saban find..my man had sh*tty grades and only played his sr year. They win because they get the best of the best...and have the depth to have 4 and 5 star kids shirt or be back ups.
They **** sure aint getting much 3 star skill position guys. Again 4 star kids arent SLEEPERS or evals.
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Nick Chubb responds to Rush Propst accusations against Georgia
Over the weekend, video emerged of what is said to be Valdosta High School head coach Rush Propst making allegations that Georgia and other schools pay players.www.dawgnation.com
Agreed.
We were that guy but literally offered and signed bums in the time period. Im not talking about 5 star bust im talking bout down right guys that shouldnt have had offers. Sh*t still infuriates me. We at a time didnt have enough wrs for spring practice...In south florida. We followed that up with this era and not having a legitimate cb room ...in south florida. Sh*t is infuriating.
I love this last class and liked the class before alot to. Hopefully we can somewhat get back to it..with pulling some 9-10 win seasons with Manny.
Agreed. It’s their ignorant arrogance that is the prime example of why most of our fans would be terrible bagmen.... eventually their egos would get the best of them and they would want credit or to showboat...The FBI and the IRS absolutely care about college athletics. You might have missed the FBI kill our basketball program over bad information. I’m not sure if you like ******* with either of them. I can only speak for myself and that’s a big no. I’m a little taken aback by this boards desire to be lawless and carefree. I do wonder, are people lying, stupid or both.
Looks like its Bama, UGA, Tennessee, LSU and now Auburn that have all been accused of cheating/coverups in recent weeks. I'm starting to see a pattern here...
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Lawsuit against Auburn casts light inside secretive athletics department
“This culture is never going to change unless someone says something. I don’t know why all this happened to me."www.al.com
Agreed. It’s their ignorant arrogance that is the prime example of why most of our fans would be terrible bagmen.... eventually their egos would get the best of them and they would want credit or to showboat...
Most Miami fans or boosters are more like Nevin Shapiro than the preacher in Macon, Atlanta businessman, car dealership in Mobile, we’ve never heard of....
And pneumonia.Coach Propst is in the hospital with COVID.