Not at all. We recruited this dude for 4 years and probably harder than any other school than UGA. There’s Nothing more that Mario or the U can do. To show Cooper that he is wanted here. OH MY BAD JUST GIVE HIM MORE MONEY THAN TEXAS. GTFOH. I know the coaches gotta held hostage by the recruits at times, but come on my G. They (TEXAS) recruited you for like 2-3 weeks.
Nowhere in my post did I say we were gonna give him more money than Texas. You buy him a ticket and all the other elite recruits for the game against Notre Dame. It really doesn’t matter whether it makes a difference with Cooper or not as long as it makes a difference with other kids. You do it to invite them to a great atmosphere a great crowd, and hopefully a good performance on the field. These kids talk they let other kids know about how good it was to be there and how electric the atmosphere is. If somebody ever tells them that Miami games are boring all they have to do is say “I went to the game and it was lit”. Has a lot of elite recruiters have said for the past few cycles, they had no idea that Miami was like this. We’re getting kids on campus that in the past we had no business getting.
You don’t do it for the immediate effect it will have on Cooper or any other kid that’s committed already. You do it to stop the narratives that have been propagated by other coaches and other fanbases. You do it to make a statement that things aren’t how they used to be. You do it to make a statement to let them know that the future is bright.
You give them a ticket you tell him to come enjoy the game because they’ve earned that right and worked hard for it. That’s it plain and simple.
Recruiting is an ongoing process. And it would be a mistake not to invite these kids to this game. How many times are we gonna be able to get a ranked opponent that was in the playoffs, at home, on Labor Day weekend?
This is a business and some of y’all are taking it too personal. Trust me, I took it way personal with Wesley. And it was stupid on my part.
You’re gonna sit there and not invite some of these kids that are committed because they took more money?
You never know what’s going on in these kids minds. You never know what’s gonna happen to any of these programs. You respect their decision, treat them like gentlemen and give them a warm welcome.
Last thing you wanna do is treat somebody like to have to come back and kiss your *** if they want in. You don’t wanna make them feel like they have to put their pride aside to come back. You take pride completely out of the equation for them and for you.
The kid has never said anything publicly about Miami or Mario or the program..
Of course, you can say that action speak louder than words. But is it really? Did Cooper really do the same things that other kids like Donell, Harris, Rambo Hunter, and other kids have done after they picked other schools?
. F’CK NO WE ARE NOT THE FALL BACK PLAN. If his camp/people are telling him that( NOT SAYING THEY ARE). Meaning you can always come back home. WE GOTTA CLOSE THAT F’ING DOOR. Miami was never the back up plan back in the day. I know it was years decades ago when we were able to hold that moniker. Mario CANT be preaching old school toughness and mentality. Then be willing to play rebound guy behind closed doors after hearing your girl. Get a train ran on her.
