Yes, the reputation as a top recruiter would take a hit or at least be questioned. It would be discussed. “How did we end up outside the top 10 and miss out on some of our top targets, especially Matthews, after going to the Natty last year?” It’s a conversation that is already being and has been discussed by the fanbase, if it were to actually happen, there would be a whole thread about it.
That has BEEN the case. Nothing new.
Every team misses out on some of their top targets, even the team that ends up with the mythical #1 class that you guys ********** about.
So he picked the weaker offensive line development, the weaker overall program, the weaker academics, and the worse campus all for less money? Make that make sense. Do people actually buy this lol
I mean he said he wanted to play in the sec
That's cool that he wants to do that, but that still doesn't change anything. A&M want's the narrative to be that he's picking them for less money lol. They think we're dumb
How come it doesn’t? All those things you said is better at Miami doesn’t mean Matthews feels the same way
It's very simple. If I was Mario I would have pushed heavily to get both committments especially OLU. Out of the blue ND comes in and now it looks like he's going there. I have turned into a big Mario fan and before I wasn't. I think his ego got to him trying to convince Matthews to come to UM but the kid wanted out of South Fl. We move on and a lesson learned. I have plenty of faith in the present program and direction we are headed. I do expect us to be in the National Championship Game again as long as Mensah stays healthy. So you deduce whatever you like but yes, in this case Mario spent too much time and energy on Matthews. I'm not suggesting he can't manage his time with big time recruits at all. In this case yes but he's done a very good job in recruiting in my opinion.
Those other teams don’t put their 5 stars in the league? Mario got 2 5 star OL in one class, 1 became a top 10 pick the other one is a backup. Matter of fact, the only 5 stars Mario has put in the league so far is CiCi and Kayvon. Mario had 3, 5 stars at Oregon in one class that didn’t pan out. I know you guys haven’t forgotten Justin Flowe in here. In Mario’s first 3 classes here, the transfers and misses far outweigh the hits.
If he wanted to go there so bad, then why not commit 4-5 weeks ago when apparently he had his mind made up? He literally scheduled a Miami OV just to get more money from A&M. Of course, Texas A&M wants the narrative out there that he's going there for less money. That's buy design lol
Additional variables:
The info isn’t coming from a&m. You don’t think the staff knows what the offers are? And they are saying they offering more money than a&m
You can say,” so what” or “who cares, move on” to just about everything in THIS thread alone. But yet, here we are at 52 pages. People will talk about it, on here, on social media, in spaces, on FB, on Reddit. But so what, who cares?
