I disagree. The real big miss was the 2016 class in which several high profile recruits signed Letters of Intent to Miami, but were drafted high and turned pro. That left the staff scrambling to fill the roster with guys that would have never been recruited to Miami.
I blame the coaching. Particularly the hitting coach DiMare. The poor hitting is a direct reflection on his lack of coaching. There is no way a team should continue to strike out at the rate they do. A good hitting coach could get more out of less talented players.
Look at Toral. As a coach, you can't get this talented hitter straightened out? It seems like the hitters are left to figure things out on their own because I see the same awful at-bats in recent games that I saw in the beginning of the season. That shouldn't happen with good coaching.
You can't blame the freshman either. The poor hitting has been across the board regardless of experience at the college level.
As I said in other posts, the problem is going to get masked because the freshman will improve over the next couple of years because of summer leagues and their own physical and mental maturation. They will be good enough to win the ACC and go to Omaha, but it won't be because of DiMare, but rather inspite of him.
