NorthEastCane
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Would you say it’s harder to keep a diamond in the rough so to speak, under wraps these days with all the recruiting services, social media, camp circuits, etc?
Not disagreeing that coaches like Golden or Richt have mismanaged talent. I think part of the problem is Miami started to go down when the internet, camps, and scouting services started to become more and more popular.
It’s difficult to keep a Rousseau, Garvin, or Harvey on the down low where the poachers, street agents, and bagmen don’t catch a whiff of talent.
I fully believe schools like Bama, UGA, Clemson, etc are letting the Big 3 do their talent evaluations for them in a lot of cases. All 3 schools are fighting the same battles. Fifteen years ago all 3 got their share. Sure elite guys would leave once in a while. If you look at the Top 10 in state players almost none of them sign in state anymore.
I'm not so sure it's about finding a diamond in the rough or catching lightning in a bottle. I'm not even sure that years ago there were mis-evaluations of 3*s that should have been 5*'s. These are high school kids many of whom don't mature physically until they are seniors. Butch always held open spots for late senior season evaluations. Even the oft mentioned Sean Taylor blew up his senior year and was known nationally by mid-season.
I think it's more a question of knowing where our sweet spot is. It's the 4*s and high 3*s. And in So Fla there is a large enough pool that we can get our share. Every year someone starts a thread wondering how we overlooked a local guy of that type (e.g., Skai Moore, Antonio Brown) that blew up in college. Many of whom wanted to come here.
It's a question of getting the right ones and developing them . We've won championships with teams largely stocked with that type of talent. Bama, UG and Clemson are chasing the "elites" with their bags, not the 3* or 4* types. Miami competing with them is chasing fools gold. UM needs to lock up the core of their class with high 3s and 4s and have a few irons in the fire to cherry pick a few 5s and we'll be fine.