Corn Elder laughs at "South Florida" talent

Look here's another thing. Go back and look at some of our games from the 80's. The first guy to the ball nearly always made the tackle. That's the sign of a great football team. that's the sign of effort and fight and passion and all that.

How many times have you seen that in the last 10 years? Seems like it's always at least the third guy to the ball making the tackle for us nowadays. The first two will whiff nearly every time. That's the sign of softness.

Even our best players miss a lot of tackles.
 
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is South Florida the most fertile recruiting grounds in the country or not?

To address your point, there is no such thing as "fertile recruiting grounds" when there are no geographic limitations to recruiting. You want the BEST quarterback in America? He's not from South Florida. The BEST linebacker in America? Not from South Florida. And we could go through every position and make the same claim.

Florida State is riding on the shoulders of a kid from Alabama. Oklahoma barely leaves OK and TX. Oregon flies past us with west and northwest kids. You guys can stay stuck on Miami-Dade kids who play streetball, but the elite programs are saying "no thanks, we're good".

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You don't read very well do you?
 

So you don't care about real recruiting, you just want Florida to have more.

I don't even know what you and the other cat are even arguing at this point you've moved the ball so many times. I know you have failed horribly at basic math and statistical concepts such as correlations and ratios.

Who is arguing that we shouldn't be recruiting talent from other states?
 
I will say is....if they can put about 10 pounds on Corn by next year, he will be something serious. I am from Tennessee, and as much as I wanted him to play slot, the coaching staff did the right thing by moving him to corner.
 
StateSigneesPlayersRatio
Florida35134,84899
Georgia18833,207176
Louisiana9220,193220
Hawaii153,761251
Alabama8522,875269
Maryland/D.C.5315,333289
Ohio15345,882300
Utah258,784351
Virginia6625,965393
Mississippi5522,456408
California251102,505408
Texas379165,349436
Pennsylvania6026,280438
South Carolina4319,069443
Arkansas198,734460
New Jersey5625,888462
Oklahoma3014,949498
Arizona3718,803508
North Carolina7035,608509
Nevada126,701558
Michigan7341,138564
Colorado2715,899589
Indiana3621,726604
Illinois7646,889617
Missouri3723,066623
Tennessee3622,504625
Kentucky2113,261631
Kansas1913,950734
Delaware43,011753
Connecticut1310,263789
Idaho87,166896
New Mexico66,5201,087
Wisconsin2527,8401,114
Washington1721,2781,252
Wyoming22,7121,356
Massachusetts1419,6511,403
Alaska11,8561,856
Iowa1118,8521,714
New York1935,5521,871
Oregon713,1801,883
Nebraska510,1652,033
West Virginia25,9782,989
Minnesota824,5743,072
New Hampshire13,5483,548
Montana14,3244,324
Vermont01,1590
Rhode Island02,9280
North Dakota03,2210
South Dakota03,4680
Maine03,7440

[TD="colspan: 4"]A state-by-state breakdown of Division I FBS signees per participant. Data collected from participation stats distributed by the National Federation of High School Sports and signees as reported by Division I FBS schools and the Rivals.com database.[/TD]
 
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I don't even know what you and the other cat are even arguing at this point you've moved the ball so many times. I know you have failed horribly at basic math and statistical concepts such as correlations and ratios.

Who is arguing that we shouldn't be recruiting talent from other states?

So your entire point is that you want to beat your chest over the fact that there are more recruits in Miami than Charlotte? That's it?
 
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So you don't care about real recruiting, you just want Florida to have more.

I don't even know what you and the other cat are even arguing at this point you've moved the ball so many times. I know you have failed horribly at basic math and statistical concepts such as correlations and ratios.

Who is arguing that we shouldn't be recruiting talent from other states?

My point is simple. There's a misconception out there that somehow South Florida produces far and away the best football players in the country, and that we should be beating the brains out of every other team because we're located right in the heart of it.

I'm saying that might have been true in the 80's, but times have changed. There is no more talent in South Florida today than anywhere else in the South.

I'm saying that what's changed isn't the athleticism of the kids, it's the fight and work ethic in those kids. Back in the 80's, you had riots in the streets, crime through the roof, and the kids coming up in that era were tough as nails. Today, they're pampered and coddled from the time they're optimist. That's the difference between then and now.
 

So you don't care about real recruiting, you just want Florida to have more.

I don't even know what you and the other cat are even arguing at this point you've moved the ball so many times. I know you have failed horribly at basic math and statistical concepts such as correlations and ratios.

Who is arguing that we shouldn't be recruiting talent from other states?

My point is simple. There's a misconception out there that somehow South Florida produces far and away the best football players in the country, and that we should be beating the brains out of every other team because we're located right in the heart of it.

I'm saying that might have been true in the 80's, but times have changed. There is no more talent in South Florida today than anywhere else in the South.

I'm saying that what's changed isn't the athleticism of the kids, it's the fight and work ethic in those kids. Back in the 80's, you had riots in the streets, crime through the roof, and the kids coming up in that era were tough as nails. Today, they're pampered and coddled from the time they're optimist. That's the difference between then and now.

Did you not look at Joe's post above????

He clearly disproved your point by showing that per capita Florida has the most Division 1 signees.
 
I don't even know what you and the other cat are even arguing at this point you've moved the ball so many times. I know you have failed horribly at basic math and statistical concepts such as correlations and ratios.

Who is arguing that we shouldn't be recruiting talent from other states?

So your entire point is that you want to beat your chest over the fact that there are more recruits in Miami than Charlotte? That's it?

Not trying to beat my chest on anything. I will happily take a recruit from anywhere. If they can play they can play. But to suggest Florida/ South Florida isn't loaded with a greater density of talent than other states/areas is mathematically incorrect.

Joecane reformatted and posted the link I put up earlier demonstrating what I just stated.

Correlations based on raw population numbers are qualitatively different from density ratios.
 

So you don't care about real recruiting, you just want Florida to have more.

I don't even know what you and the other cat are even arguing at this point you've moved the ball so many times. I know you have failed horribly at basic math and statistical concepts such as correlations and ratios.

Who is arguing that we shouldn't be recruiting talent from other states?

My point is simple. There's a misconception out there that somehow South Florida produces far and away the best football players in the country, and that we should be beating the brains out of every other team because we're located right in the heart of it.

I'm saying that might have been true in the 80's, but times have changed. There is no more talent in South Florida today than anywhere else in the South.

I'm saying that what's changed isn't the athleticism of the kids, it's the fight and work ethic in those kids. Back in the 80's, you had riots in the streets, crime through the roof, and the kids coming up in that era were tough as nails. Today, they're pampered and coddled from the time they're optimist. That's the difference between then and now.

Prove it. Last time I checked, I saw there were 21 nfl players from dade, 16 from Broward, and 12 from PBC. **** St. Thomas Aquinas just put 4-6 kids in the draft LAST YEAR alone. Every sec head coach knows south Florida has the best talent.

For the people who are bringing up examples of Oregon and Oklahoma, why would they consistently go to south Florida when they have regional talent as well. No one is California and Texas areas have no talent. They are saying south Florida has the most talent. Which is a fact.
 
But to suggest Florida/ South Florida isn't loaded with a greater density of talent than other states/areas is mathematically incorrect.

Um, no one has argued against that. Not even once. What we're saying is that it has nothing to do with actual recruiting. I want the best players on our team. We have a greater density of talent in our region? Cool. The top programs are taking their kids from ten different regions. That is the point.
 
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For the people who are bringing up examples of Oregon and Oklahoma, why would they consistently go to south Florida when they have regional talent as well.

I brought those schools up, and you made my point for me. There is PLENTY of talent that doesn't live in South Florida. Saying we have "more" doesn't help us at all, because no one else is just recruiting from one area.
 

So you don't care about real recruiting, you just want Florida to have more.

I don't even know what you and the other cat are even arguing at this point you've moved the ball so many times. I know you have failed horribly at basic math and statistical concepts such as correlations and ratios.

Who is arguing that we shouldn't be recruiting talent from other states?

My point is simple. There's a misconception out there that somehow South Florida produces far and away the best football players in the country, and that we should be beating the brains out of every other team because we're located right in the heart of it.

I'm saying that might have been true in the 80's, but times have changed. There is no more talent in South Florida today than anywhere else in the South.

I'm saying that what's changed isn't the athleticism of the kids, it's the fight and work ethic in those kids. Back in the 80's, you had riots in the streets, crime through the roof, and the kids coming up in that era were tough as nails. Today, they're pampered and coddled from the time they're optimist. That's the difference between then and now.

Did you not look at Joe's post above????

He clearly disproved your point by showing that per capita Florida has the most Division 1 signees.

Dude, that shows nothing close to what you think it shows. It's not per capita, it's per registered football player. When I look at that table, I wonder why only 34,000 kids in Florida are signed up to play football. That's barely more than Georgia, a state much smaller population than Florida.... and it's much smaller than, say, Texas.
 
For the people who are bringing up examples of Oregon and Oklahoma, why would they consistently go to south Florida when they have regional talent as well.

I brought those schools up, and you made my point for me. There is PLENTY of talent that doesn't live in South Florida. Saying we have "more" doesn't help us at all, because no one else is just recruiting from one area.

C'mon man you have to be trolling. What's easier trying to convince Joseph Yearby and Anthony Moten to come to Miami or trying to get Royce Freeman and Adoree to come across the country?

Who said we are should only recruit south Florida? No one. Are we only recruiting south Florida? No. People just believe (crazy notion but here it comes) that south Florida should be the center of our success. I mean it's only the most talented area in the country, so why should we not lock it down?

Not to mention, the point you're trying to make changes with every post you make.
 
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