What Golden's 2012 recruiting tells me...
- We severely lack size, depth, and bodies on the front seven (9 players committed, and we continue to recruit the positions).
- We severely need immediate contributors for as early as spring (10+ coming in as EE).
- We lack "athletes"...hence, recruiting a ridiculous amount of CB/WR prospects (11 so far)...mixing both size and speed.
- We lack overall depth a program like the University of Miami should have at all positions. 3 QBs, 2 RBs, 5 WRs, 1 TE (while still recruiting more), 3 OL (while still recruiting more), 4 DL (while still recruiting more), 5 linebackers (while still recruiting more), 5 DBs (while still recruiting more).
- He feels as though it is of the utmost importance to maximize scholarship players on the roster...he did it last year by continually looking for players after Signing Day and filling the roster with less heralded, unsigned prospects (Wells, Armbrister, King, Smith, etc.).
- He puts a premium on our summer camp (numerous commitments camped at Miami and won positional MVP awards).
- He has made it a priority to be in every home/school locally with face to face time...he's not just a "closer" or a guy that comes in to seal the deal, he's out there actively recruiting just as much as his main recruiters on the staff and couple this with an emphasis on local recruiting being main targets.
Its not dissimilar to what Randy Shannon did in 08, truth be told. Randy just didn't continue the trend year-to-year, hence, why we still had the same problems 4 years later that he inherited and attempted to fix in one recruiting class and he didn't put a premium on maximizing the roster size.
What Golden's 2012 recruiting tells me...
- We severely lack size, depth, and bodies on the front seven (9 players committed, and we continue to recruit the positions).
- We severely need immediate contributors for as early as spring (10+ coming in as EE).
- We lack "athletes"...hence, recruiting a ridiculous amount of CB/WR prospects (11 so far)...mixing both size and speed.
- We lack overall depth a program like the University of Miami should have at all positions. 3 QBs, 2 RBs, 5 WRs, 1 TE (while still recruiting more), 3 OL (while still recruiting more), 4 DL (while still recruiting more), 5 linebackers (while still recruiting more), 5 DBs (while still recruiting more).
- He feels as though it is of the utmost importance to maximize scholarship players on the roster...he did it last year by continually looking for players after Signing Day and filling the roster with less heralded, unsigned prospects (Wells, Armbrister, King, Smith, etc.).
- He puts a premium on our summer camp (numerous commitments camped at Miami and won positional MVP awards).
- He has made it a priority to be in every home/school locally with face to face time...he's not just a "closer" or a guy that comes in to seal the deal, he's out there actively recruiting just as much as his main recruiters on the staff and couple this with an emphasis on local recruiting being main targets.
Its not dissimilar to what Randy Shannon did in 08, truth be told. Randy just didn't continue the trend year-to-year, hence, why we still had the same problems 4 years later that he inherited and attempted to fix in one recruiting class and he didn't put a premium on maximizing the roster size.
Wow.
CanesInsight Larry > Canestime Larry
Wow.
CanesInsight Larry > Canestime Larry
Larry was always a good poster, especially in regards to the 'Canes, but as the quality of discussion of the premmy board went down, I felt less inclined to post and generate discussion with the likes of penncanefan, OCF, and the rest of the All-Positive First Teamers trolling the forums.
What Golden's 2012 recruiting tells me...
- We severely lack size, depth, and bodies on the front seven (9 players committed, and we continue to recruit the positions).
- We severely need immediate contributors for as early as spring (10+ coming in as EE).
- We lack "athletes"...hence, recruiting a ridiculous amount of CB/WR prospects (11 so far)...mixing both size and speed.
- We lack overall depth a program like the University of Miami should have at all positions. 3 QBs, 2 RBs, 5 WRs, 1 TE (while still recruiting more), 3 OL (while still recruiting more), 4 DL (while still recruiting more), 5 linebackers (while still recruiting more), 5 DBs (while still recruiting more).
- He feels as though it is of the utmost importance to maximize scholarship players on the roster...he did it last year by continually looking for players after Signing Day and filling the roster with less heralded, unsigned prospects (Wells, Armbrister, King, Smith, etc.).
- He puts a premium on our summer camp (numerous commitments camped at Miami and won positional MVP awards).
- He has made it a priority to be in every home/school locally with face to face time...he's not just a "closer" or a guy that comes in to seal the deal, he's out there actively recruiting just as much as his main recruiters on the staff and couple this with an emphasis on local recruiting being main targets.
Its not dissimilar to what Randy Shannon did in 08, truth be told. Randy just didn't continue the trend year-to-year, hence, why we still had the same problems 4 years later that he inherited and attempted to fix in one recruiting class and he didn't put a premium on maximizing the roster size.
What Golden's 2012 recruiting tells me...
- We severely lack size, depth, and bodies on the front seven (9 players committed, and we continue to recruit the positions).
- We severely need immediate contributors for as early as spring (10+ coming in as EE).
- We lack "athletes"...hence, recruiting a ridiculous amount of CB/WR prospects (11 so far)...mixing both size and speed.
- We lack overall depth a program like the University of Miami should have at all positions. 3 QBs, 2 RBs, 5 WRs, 1 TE (while still recruiting more), 3 OL (while still recruiting more), 4 DL (while still recruiting more), 5 linebackers (while still recruiting more), 5 DBs (while still recruiting more).
- He feels as though it is of the utmost importance to maximize scholarship players on the roster...he did it last year by continually looking for players after Signing Day and filling the roster with less heralded, unsigned prospects (Wells, Armbrister, King, Smith, etc.).
- He puts a premium on our summer camp (numerous commitments camped at Miami and won positional MVP awards).
- He has made it a priority to be in every home/school locally with face to face time...he's not just a "closer" or a guy that comes in to seal the deal, he's out there actively recruiting just as much as his main recruiters on the staff and couple this with an emphasis on local recruiting being main targets.
Its not dissimilar to what Randy Shannon did in 08, truth be told. Randy just didn't continue the trend year-to-year, hence, why we still had the same problems 4 years later that he inherited and attempted to fix in one recruiting class and he didn't put a premium on maximizing the roster size.
Can someone explain to me why we had so many "walk-on" players on the roster with Shannon?
Guys like Gholston and Fentress are great for feel good stories on Raising Canes but is it really something that should happen at a major D-1 school like Miami? If you read through the roster, it is full of guys that were not even listed as scholarship guys from signing day. I know walk-on are key to practice squads, etc. but you normally don't see them on the roster. We had a ton.
Was Shannon using all the ships available? Was he just using them as hand-out to walk-ons when we had non-qualifiers and departures? This is something I have always wondered.
It depends on the previous year.Is there a limit to how many EE you can have?