Dobard Loves Miami

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Gotta love an OOS kid from SEC country who commits to us early and never gives a **** about anyone else.

And we spend all our time crying about guys like Bryant.......
 
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Dude from Louisiana understands more then some of these locals

Shameful mane

Maybe it's because I only follow Miami recruiting closely, but why does it seem like Miami kids/parents have no loyalty to the hometown/team?

- Local rags throw program under the bus on a consistent basis
- The streets is all they know (you think these parents have been in Coral Gables or on campus?)
- Negative recruiting used by other teams is still an effective tool on uneducated, single mothers (sorry, but it's true)
 
Rare for HS kids to actually be CFB fans. Nice when they are, hardly a knock on others who aren´t. When I was that age, there was only ever one thing on my mind..... Course, that was before Free **** on the internet.
 
Great attitude. I haven't even watch any Tim Williams highlights until reading Dobard's comments on him, but ****. Landing these two would be big.
 
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Can't get here fast enough. Potential playmakers at every skill position on offense. I love that in spite of the fact that our coaches have actively recruited multiple kids at his position (including a JUCO stud in Sandland) he has never publicly raised a concern or care. Seemingly understands we're working to get better and is ready to compete.
 
Dude from Louisiana understands more then some of these locals

Shameful mane

Maybe it's because I only follow Miami recruiting closely, but why does it seem like Miami kids/parents have no loyalty to the hometown/team?

Always been the nature of Miami just like it is in Los Angeles or most other big cities.
Win and they love you. Struggle and they start loving something else. Just ask Mario Cristobal.
Our empty stadiums nowadays tell you all you need to know. I remember going to the Knight Center to watch UM basketball back in the 90's and my dad my bro and I composed half the crowd.

When we get nationally relevant local parents will be paying us just to consider their kids.


Miami is a city full of pragmatists. Kids down here are always looking to play an angle and look out for #1. Loyalty isn't high on the list of values in this city (that doesn't just apply to football), but money and material success are at the top of the list. Hence, kids here are pushed to do what they (and their advisers/coaches/families) think is best for them right now, which includes selling out the hometown team and taking money from nefarious strangers from Louisiana, South Carolina, and Alabama.

The problem with this philosophy is is that what they think is best is only a perception, and perception does not always match reality. It may seem like a bad idea to go to Miami and a good idea to go to LSU or FSU, but by the time these kids enter their junior and senior seasons, for all they know, the landscape might change, LSU might start losing (and at that point they would face sanctions for their actions, the NCAA doesn't like to punish a winner, and allows winners to cheat with impunity, but if you cheat and still you lose, you better watch the **** out), and Miami might return to dominance, giving the kids at Miami a greater chance of being drafted in the first or second round. With this in mind a kid might as well stay loyal, but nobody teaches these kids about the cyclical and unpredictable nature of college football, so they make short-sighted decisions based on short-term gains that are negligible compared to what they could gain a few years down the line in their hometown, gains they could have made repping the hometown team they once dreamed of playing for.

They'd rather give the dream up for twenty-thousand cash that they will blow through before they begin their freshman year. These kids act like they know how to make an investment or something.
 
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Dude from Louisiana understands more then some of these locals

Shameful mane

Maybe it's because I only follow Miami recruiting closely, but why does it seem like Miami kids/parents have no loyalty to the hometown/team?

Always been the nature of Miami just like it is in Los Angeles or most other big cities.
Win and they love you. Struggle and they start loving something else. Just ask Mario Cristobal.
Our empty stadiums nowadays tell you all you need to know. I remember going to the Knight Center to watch UM basketball back in the 90's and my dad my bro and I composed half the crowd.

When we get nationally relevant local parents will be paying us just to consider their kids.


Miami is a city full of pragmatists. Kids down here are always looking to play an angle and look out for #1. Loyalty isn't high on the list of values in this city (that doesn't just apply to football), but money and material success are at the top of the list. Hence, kids here are pushed to do what they (and their advisers/coaches/families) think is best for them right now, which includes selling out the hometown team and taking money from nefarious strangers from Louisiana, South Carolina, and Alabama.

The problem with this philosophy is is that what they think is best is only a perception, and perception does not always match reality. It may seem like a bad idea to go to Miami and a good idea to go to LSU or FSU, but by the time these kids enter their junior and senior seasons, for all they know, the landscape might change, LSU might start losing (and at that point they would face sanctions for their actions, the NCAA doesn't like to punish a winner, and allows winners to cheat with impunity, but if you cheat and still you lose, you better watch the **** out), and Miami might return to dominance, giving the kids at Miami a greater chance of being drafted in the first or second round. With this in mind a kid might as well stay loyal, but nobody teaches these kids about the cyclical and unpredictable nature of college football, so they make short-sighted decisions based on short-term gains that are negligible compared to what they could gain a few years down the line in their hometown, gains they could have made repping the hometown team they once dreamed of playing for.

They'd rather give the dream up for twenty-thousand cash that they will blow through before they begin their freshman year. These kids act like they know how to make an investment or something.

Always like a post that can use a word like pragmatist without referring to a prison roommate.
 
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Dude from Louisiana understands more then some of these locals

Shameful mane

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If my eyes don't deceive me, and they usually do, those are Miami wrist bands on his arms!
 
Standish Dobard was hitting up Keith Bryant on twitter after the official visits to make sure he was on board.

Loisiana for the mostp part has been good to us...even the Vegas Franklin's were productive....
 
Standish Dobard was hitting up Keith Bryant on twitter after the official visits to make sure he was on board.

Loisiana for the mostp part has been good to us...even the Vegas Franklin's were productive....

Recruits from Louisiana since 2002

Jolla- horrible
Franklin- JAG
Derron Thomas- JAG
Chaz Washington- never enrolled
Laron Byrd- serviceable
Jacoby Briscoe- ?? not off to a great start.

Not saying Dobard will be a bust because I love his tape and he looks very talented but I disagree with Louisiana being good to us other than Reggie Wayne and Ed Reed, which was 15 years ago.

Last 10 years, dudes from Louisiana have been pretty awful for Miami
 
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Dobard had some big time offers, Im glad he is a Cane and hopefully he can help pull his boy Williams.
 
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