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Alex_Dynamix said:
News flash we HAVENT/DIDNT recruit well enough to boot James Williams to Florida, you just assume we would’ve upgraded at safety when he left, Where were all these Elite safeties that Miami has brought in that would’ve been an upgrade to James Williams when he was here ? Can you point me to em?
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Right. We did not. Which is what @E1k said -- recruit over them.

BUT WAIT ---- I just checked the season is not cancelled ... and yet, we lost.... a local 5 STAR SAFETY to the Portal... THIS OFFSEASON!!!!

WHY will life go on? --- BECAUSE MARIO STARTED TO USE THE *PORTAL!!!!

*The same portal he did not use early on because according to his apologists was "not sustainable"

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Angry Ibis said:
Right. We did not. Which is what @E1k said -- recruit over them.

BUT WAIT ---- I just checked the season is not cancelled ... and yet, we lost.... a local 5 STAR SAFETY to the Portal... THIS OFFSEASON!!!!

WHY will life go on? --- BECAUSE MARIO STARTED TO USE THE *PORTAL!!!!

*The same portal he did not use early on because according to his apologists was "not sustainable"

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We failed to recruit over him, nor did we bring in anybody better then him after he left, everything else is yapping. Also Zaquan Patterson was not a 5 star
 
Angry Ibis said:
It is excuse making...

High School: One of nation’s top-ranked players…Five-star prospect by Rivals…

Zaquan Patterson

miamihurricanes.com miamihurricanes.com
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You see things in black and white & Everything is an excuse to you I get it..I prefer to use my brain n realize certain things have to happen here b4 we start talking about Miami like we’re BAMA or UGA..
 
We’ve had worse safety play than James Williams.

And if anyone is wondering why Mario is recruiting nationally more than he is locally then this is a prime example.

We’re never gonna compete for or be the first choice for any elite national kid down here until we win a natty or at least be a perennial playoff team.

Until the kid tells his handlers coaches or parents that “I want to be at Miami first and foremost” we have to recruit nationally.

I’ll give you an example of what I mean. Jarez Parks was the number one rated defensive end in his class. He still chose bama over other elite programs even though bama was full. He grey shirted and I don’t think he ever played a snap for them.

Until the local kids have a reason to turn down more or equal money to playoff teams they’re just not gonna do it. Yes, I know he probably got paid and some booster paid his tuition or something. But it goes to show how impressionable these kids are and what they’re willing to do or their handlers are willing to do in order to attach their name to a frontrunner.

Local kids have held Miami hostage for over a decade now. I’ve been told there have been several kids that we outbid other schools for but the player still left.
We’ve lost players who have had relatives on staff, employed at the school, legacies. It didn’t matter.

The double standard when it comes to landing sofla players and the hypocrisy of the local handlers and even fans makes me realize that the biggest detriment to our success is not that we don’t land the elite local players, it’s that we chase too many in order to create some loyalty amongst a group of people who have none.
 
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E1k said:
We worry about that **** way too much lol, how many kids are gonna be 6’5 safeties? Win and put guys in the league and none of this will matter as much as we think. Its only seems important because we been mediocre
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Its just the nature of SFL unfortunately lol... But I agree with u that Winning n Producing Quality draft picks will mostly solve it
 
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pacusmc said:
We’ve had worse safety play than James Williams.

And if anyone is wondering why Mario is recruiting nationally more than he is locally then this is a prime example.

We’re never gonna compete for or be the first choice for any elite national kid down here until we win a natty or at least be a perennial playoff team.

Until the kid tells his handlers coaches or parents that “I want to be at Miami first and foremost” we have to recruit nationally.

I’ll give you an example and f what I mean. Juarez Parks was the number one rated defensive end in his class. He still chose bama You ver other elite programs even though bama was full. He grey shirted and I do t think he ever played a snap for them. Until the local kids have a reason to turn down more or equal money to playoff teams they’re just not gonna do it. Yes, I know he probably got paid and some booster paid his tuition or something. But it goes to show how impressionable these kids are and what they’re willing g to do or their handlers are willing to do in order to attach their name to a frontrunner.

Local kids have held Miami hostage for over a decade now. I’ve been told there have been several kids that we outbid their schools for but the player still left.
We’ve lost players who have had relatives on staff, employed at the school, legacies. It didn’t matter.

The double standard when it comes to landing sofla players and the hypocrisy of the local handlers and even fans makes me realize that the biggest detriment to our success is not that we don’t land the elite local players, it’s that we chase too many in order to create some loyalty amongst a group of people who have none.
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GREAT post right here
 
Coach Macho said:
Optics wise, the staff was in a screwed up situation with James.

And it doesn't help that we're in a location where every "foe foe" Cover-3 running high school coach thinks they know more than the staff at the University of Miami.
They would destroy us if we moved James or let him transfer.

The only solution is to win big and start sending kids to the NFL. Once we do that, we'll have enough clout to dictate terms to ANYBODY.

I doubt Saban or Smart has/had to deal with this. (at least to this extent)
I could be wrong though.
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THIS right here is all im saying that got the mopes in an uproar lol smh
 
DTP said:
If the team actually won games, they wouldn’t have to worry about how it looked locally. Either they win and start dictating to local players and coaches or they keep losing and bending over backwards for local players and coaches (which doesn’t help the team get better)
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I Agree , winning will solve alot in terms of our local recruiting.
 
Coach Macho said:
This is my 18th year coaching, 16 as a DC
One of the most common things I deal with is OTHER people telling me WHAT POSITION a kid should play (particularly based on how they LOOK).

I've got kids RIGHT NOW who people are telling me should move to Linebacker. Meanwhile, the kid can't read a Linemen to save his life, isn't a braniac (LB's need brains), doesn't know the system (fronts, etc), is a "crash out" and lacks composure, isn't a leader, isn't a good communicator, etc etc etc...
Basically none of the intangibles that it takes to be a great Linebacker.

But he should be a Linebacker because of how he looks.

Keep in mind, I've produced multiple All State Linebackers (out of kids who nobody wanted), 2023's Brian Piccalo award winner (after he sat the bench at Chaminade for 3 years) and 2024's Miami Herald Defensive Player Of the Year.

Yet, kids (and sometimes coaches) will STILL tell ME what position a player should be playing, just like James Williams told Miami.

Point of the story (rant) is...
We (adults) created a culture of appeasement and cooperation with young people who haven't even earned it. Entitlement to the extent that they will actually tell grown men who have decades of experience what position they are going to play... IN THEIR DEFENSE.

And because we slurp these children and pay them a lot of money, we appease them because we're scared that they will walk.

I had to watch film on James Williams (Western) when I was preparing for Columbus. I saw one of the worst tackling efforts I've EVER SEEN from a high school Safety, which was a large reason why Henry Parrish racked up over 260 yards rushing that night.

I'm a firm believer that YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE. And it doesn't matter what position you play, the will and "want to" doesn't change. If you don't wanna tackle at Safety, you ain't gonna want to tackle at LB. (and you certainly aren't going to wanna strike blockers)

This... my friends... is what happens when you're a star athlete from a young age and you are brought up in a culture of appeasement and cooperation (from adults). At some point the kid believed he was a safety, and nobody with any balls stepped in and gave him a dose of reality. And it didn't change until big money (NFL) was involved.

The sad thing is...
If someone had the balls to give this kid a reality check 10 years ago, he may have very well been a first rounder at the Linebacker position.
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GTFOH with this common sense. there is no room for such garbage here
 
Alex_Dynamix said:
You see things in black and white & Everything is an excuse to you I get it..I prefer to use my brain n realize certain things have to happen here b4 we start talking about Miami like we’re BAMA or UGA..
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What does this have to do with James Williams and “holding us hostage”?

We didn’t recruit over him or develop. We held ourselves hostage. The excuses are people talking out of both sides of their mouth.
 
Angry Ibis said:
What does this have to do with James Williams and “holding us hostage”?

We didn’t recruit over him or develop. We held ourselves hostage. The excuses are people talking out of both sides of their mouth.
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I never used the phrase "held us hostage" that was another poster, I was strictly speaking on the staffs decision to let him play safety here instead letting him transfer to UF. We're actually kinda saying the same thing but you're just dismissing the effect on local recruiting & thats fine thats your opinion. All the Bad optics aside, even if we wanted to tell him to gtfoh we simply didn't have the luxury to let him go because of our lackluster recruiting up until that point, plain n simple. Jaden Harris was a starting safety last year for christs sake.
 
Alex_Dynamix said:
I never used the phrase "held us hostage" that was another poster, I was strictly speaking on the staffs decision to let him play safety here instead letting him transfer to UF. We're actually kinda saying the same thing but you're just dismissing the effect on local recruiting & thats fine thats your opinion. All the Bad optics aside, even if we wanted to tell him to gtfoh we simply didn't have the luxury to let him go because of our lackluster recruiting up until that point, plain n simple. Jaden Harris was a starting safety last year for christs sake.
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Mope!
 
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cway313 said:
Well Mario decided to cede control to the 20 year old and it still hasn't resulted in the 5* SFLA recruits picking Miami.
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OK but from 23-26….There's been (according to the composite…Fair, right?). There's been what…5 So Fla 5 *

Hakeem Williams
Armondo Blount
Jeremiah Smith
Dia Bell
Calvin Russell

Not a big sample size at all. And he has to be given credit for passing or at least not anti-ing up for Williams right? @Coach Macho warned us on this kid being talented but overrated and flat out soft, and both he and CMC seem to be right.
 
skeeter said:
OK but from 23-26….There's been (according to the composite…Fair, right?). There's been what…5 So Fla 5 *

Hakeem Williams
Armondo Blount
Jeremiah Smith
Dia Bell
Calvin Russell

Not a big sample size at all. And he has to be given credit for passing or at least not anti-ing up for Williams right? @Coach Macho warned us on this kid being talented but overrated and flat out soft, and both he and CMC seem to be right.
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If you expand the list from 5* to the top 5 we still have not fared well year- year. I simply don't understand the logic behind crediting for a miss.
 
skeeter said:
OK but from 23-26….There's been (according to the composite…Fair, right?). There's been what…5 So Fla 5 *

Hakeem Williams
Armondo Blount
Jeremiah Smith
Dia Bell
Calvin Russell

Not a big sample size at all. And he has to be given credit for passing or at least not anti-ing up for Williams right? @Coach Macho warned us on this kid being talented but overrated and flat out soft, and both he and CMC seem to be right.
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I think you were safe until you included CMC being right about, well anything. Good luck on your journey to oblivion.
 
skeeter said:
OK but from 23-26….There's been (according to the composite…Fair, right?). There's been what…5 So Fla 5 *

Hakeem Williams
Armondo Blount
Jeremiah Smith
Dia Bell
Calvin Russell

Not a big sample size at all. And he has to be given credit for passing or at least not anti-ing up for Williams right? @Coach Macho warned us on this kid being talented but overrated and flat out soft, and both he and CMC seem to be right.
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Out of those guys we went balls to wall for 2 of em, landed Blount, but our WR woes came back to bite us in the *** w/ Smith we were like the ugly basic chick throwing the coochie n got told no thanks
 
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