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Steve44 said:
The SOFLA “handlers” would say “oh you gotta win first” “oh you gotta play on big stage” “oh you need to develop first round picks” …..still dont mean a thing. No group of elite players leave their home area at a higher rate than SOFLA.
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How much of it is sports culture down here? There’s so many transplants here, you go to the bar on NFL Sunday and Dolphins fans are just speckled into a sea of Giants, Jets, Steelers, Eagles etc fans. Kids born in south Florida chose other home town teams because being an outsider appears to be the move. Isn’t Pete a Knicks fan who hates the Panthers?? lol

The stadiums are empty and the home teams are outnumbered by opposing fans. There’s very little sense of hometown pride in a place so few consider their hometown.
 
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CANEBRINGTHEPAIN said:
My kid goes to Heritage and one of the football players shares the same agent as Mathews. I was told its about playing time. He is being promised to play as a Freshman. He is 98% gone is what he said. We already knew he was gone but that's the info that was shared with me.
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If anyone is surprised by this reasoning than that person is a fool.
Whatever WE think about MM, he and his family most likely believe he is a 1st round pick after 3 years of college. So they most certainly will try to find a place that puts MM in the best position to reach that 3 years of college goal.

People on CIS are writing things like, “look at Samson and how he developed”. I guarantee MM and family are looking at Samson thinking “I don’t want to be him and finally starting after in year 4”. They likely see Samson as a reason NOT to attend UM.

I assume most of you have never had a family member expect to be a 1st round draft pick so let me fill you in. My nephew was a McDonald’s high school all-American basketball player. He chose the college he did in large part because he expected to be a 1st round pick and the coach at the school he attended assured him of a starting spot from day 1. I didn’t agree with the decision and I didn’t like the coach he chose to play for, but I heard all the discussions about being a 1st round pick. And once people start thinking that way there is nothing anyone can say different. Not even more money because a few $100,000 difference pales in comparison to the idea of being a 1st Round pick after 3 years of college.
 
AtlAtty said:
If anyone is surprised by this reasoning than that person is a fool.
Whatever WE think about MM, he and his family most likely believe he is a 1st round pick after 3 years of college. So they most certainly will try to find a place that puts MM in the best position to reach that 3 years of college goal.

People on CIS are writing things like, “look at Samson and how he developed”. I guarantee MM and family are looking at Samson thinking “I don’t want to be him and finally starting after in year 4”. They likely see Samson as a reason NOT to attend UM.

I assume most of you have never had a family member expect to be a 1st round draft pick so let me fill you in. My nephew was a McDonald’s high school all-American basketball player. He chose the college he did in large part because he expected to be a 1st round pick and the coach at the school he attended assured him of a starting spot from day 1. I didn’t agree with the decision and I didn’t like the coach he chose to play for, but I heard all the discussions about being a 1st round pick. And once people start thinking that way there is nothing anyone can say different. Not even more money because a few $100,000 difference pales in comparison to the idea of being a 1st Round pick after 3 years of college.
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If he’s as good as he thinks he is, he should compete for Samson’s spot and win it. Mario will start whoever is better.
 
88 said:
How much of it is sports culture down here? There’s so many transplants here, you go to the bar on NFL Sunday and Dolphins fans are just speckled into a sea of Giants, Jets, Steelers, Eagles etc fans. Kids born in south Florida chose other home town teams because being an outsider appears to be the move. Isn’t Pete a Knicks fan who hates the Panthers?? lol

The stadiums are empty and the home teams are outnumbered by opposing fans. There’s very little sense of hometown pride in a place so few consider their hometown.
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Good points.
Alot of folks down there thinks it's cool to play at other schools, thinking it's a cool thing to put on a different uniform.
People down there like to be "trendy". Wear the latest sneaker or threads, drive the hot car, etc.
I know a lot of folks down there whose kids want to attend a UCLA, or a traditional college setting in the east or Midwest, who usually end up at FIU, FAU or even a local CC, not there is anything with those schools. Lol.
 
88 said:
How much of it is sports culture down here? There’s so many transplants here, you go to the bar on NFL Sunday and Dolphins fans are just speckled into a sea of Giants, Jets, Steelers, Eagles etc fans. Kids born in south Florida chose other home town teams because being an outsider appears to be the move. Isn’t Pete a Knicks fan who hates the Panthers?? lol
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Speaking of transplants, I have a cousin who grew up and lives in Indiana/Kentucky area. Lots of Louisville and Indiana grads in his family and most of them have a second home in the sw Florida area. I bet a lot of them showed up to the IU-UM NC game.
 
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AtlAtty said:
If anyone is surprised by this reasoning than that person is a fool.
Whatever WE think about MM, he and his family most likely believe he is a 1st round pick after 3 years of college. So they most certainly will try to find a place that puts MM in the best position to reach that 3 years of college goal.

People on CIS are writing things like, “look at Samson and how he developed”. I guarantee MM and family are looking at Samson thinking “I don’t want to be him and finally starting after in year 4”. They likely see Samson as a reason NOT to attend UM.

I assume most of you have never had a family member expect to be a 1st round draft pick so let me fill you in. My nephew was a McDonald’s high school all-American basketball player. He chose the college he did in large part because he expected to be a 1st round pick and the coach at the school he attended assured him of a starting spot from day 1. I didn’t agree with the decision and I didn’t like the coach he chose to play for, but I heard all the discussions about being a 1st round pick. And once people start thinking that way there is nothing anyone can say different. Not even more money because a few $100,000 difference pales in comparison to the idea of being a 1st Round pick after 3 years of college.
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I get kids going where they think gives them the best shot at the league, but are there stats that show starting as a Freshman on OL makes you more likely to be a 1st round pick? Great players may start as a freshman but I don't know that ungreat players starting as a freshman makes the ungreat player a first round pick, meaning I don't see a cause-effect relationship to a promise of starting and making the NFL.

If the goal is playing time, then pick the easy path. If the goal is the league, then easy playing time may not be the best path. That is why Bama and UGA were able to stack 5 star players for years pre NIL.
 
TheUBack said:
I mean why else move 1500 miles away for less money. That screams a guy who doesnt have a good home life. Contrast that with Fletcher and Mali who are all about family
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Its almost assuredly not that deep fam lol ..not every kid in Miami is dying to be a Hurricane, it is what it is you just gotta accept that instead of creating make believe scenarios in your head.
 
88 said:
How much of it is sports culture down here? There’s so many transplants here, you go to the bar on NFL Sunday and Dolphins fans are just speckled into a sea of Giants, Jets, Steelers, Eagles etc fans. Kids born in south Florida chose other home town teams because being an outsider appears to be the move. Isn’t Pete a Knicks fan who hates the Panthers?? lol

The stadiums are empty and the home teams are outnumbered by opposing fans. There’s very little sense of hometown pride in a place so few consider their hometown.
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One thing about this younger generation is that they are bigger fans of players than of teams. Fantasy football and social media really changed that culture. It's not just a South Florida thing. These kids just aren't as loyal to their hometown teams as we were. So many of us became fans of our teams because of where we lived, or because of our parents, and it's just not the same anymore. These kids wear jerseys from players from so many different teams.
 
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caneingville said:
One thing about this younger generation is that they are bigger fans of players than of teams. Fantasy football and social media really changed that culture. It's not just a South Florida thing. These kids just aren't as loyal to their hometown teams as we were. So many of us became fans of our teams because of where we lived, or because of our parents, and it's just not the same anymore. These kids wear jerseys from players from so many different teams.
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That’s true, unless you live in Baton Rouge, Columbus, Ann Arbor etc :)
 
My wife guarantees she’s going to put it on me after a couple drinks, then she falls asleep on the car ride home. This kids young and dont understand what the word guaranteed means.
 
Problem2 said:
Gaby hasn’t given up

Says Miami making aggressive last push
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Alex_Dynamix said:
Its almost assuredly not that deep fam lol ..not every kid in Miami is dying to be a Hurricane, it is what it is you just gotta accept that instead of creating make believe scenarios in your head.
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This program is about more than one player or recruit.

The Surtain Jr. and Tyson Campbell recruitments back in the day almost broke me. Now that I'm much older and more mature, it's much easier to be realistic about all of this stuff. If Matthews or any other kid doesn't want to be here, then I wish them a healthy and successful career wherever they are. It's all about who wants to be here to bring the program back to the top.

We of course know that our head coach will never stop trying to do the best he can for our program.
 
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