Last 17 Years of Miami Recruiting...

[davez]

Bored at work and depressed with this signing class, so I decided to look back at the recruiting classes going back to 1999 (from 247 composite rankings). It's made me even more depressed...

Year	National Rank	Conference Rank	Avg Rating	Coach	Conference	Wins	Losses	AP Rank
1999	1	1	0.7000	Davis	Big East	9	4	15
2000	7	2	0.7895	Davis	Big East	11	1	2
2001	8	2	0.9817	Coker	Big East	12	0	1
2002	5	2	0.8917	Coker	Big East	12	1	2
2003	4	1	0.8800	Coker	Big East	11	2	5
2004	1	1	0.8874	Coker	ACC	9	3	11
2005	9	2	0.9068	Coker	ACC	9	3	17
2006	14	4	0.8851	Coker	ACC	7	6
2007	12	2	0.8851	Shannon	ACC	5	7
2008	2	1	0.8840	Shannon	ACC	7	6
2009	16	3	0.8890	Shannon	ACC	9	4	19
2010	14	2	0.8682	Shannon	ACC	7	6
2011	33	6	0.8304	Golden	ACC	6	6
2012	10	2	0.8762	Golden	ACC	7	5
2013	14	2	0.8772	Golden	ACC	9	4
2014	12	2	0.8776	Golden	ACC	6	7
2015	28	5	0.8694	Golden	ACC	?	?

 

[DomWorld_Peace]

Second worst ranked class. #TrendingUP

 

[RocketsandCanes]

We we just went 6-7 with three top 15 classes on the roster... Barf.

 

[Hurricane5Champs]

Great WTF am I going to do with all of these t-shirts.....

 

[MiamiVice7]

The Golden Regime has a knack for historic lows.

 

[RaiseCane]

So you're saying that Al Golden has the 2 lowest ranked recruiting classes nationally and in our conference in the last 17 years? #Trendingup

 

[Phydeaux]

amazing the similarities of Shammin and Folden
the records are scary, and with the added year, not just the totals, but how they both peaked in 3rd year
cannot fathom year 5...

God, I cannot believe college football will be a bust before it begins this coming year.
what was once a ritual of 2o plus Saturdays, is now filled with trips to Lowes and "family" outings
coker to randy to al - 50 year low

 

[davez]

At least the 2011 class had a legitimate excuse for Golden -- just started, didn't have a full year, and the "cloud" made its first appearance. But that just makes this year even worse...

 

[ThomasM]

All you need to know about class rankings is right there. 2008 was ranked #2, and #1 by many. How did that turn out? And 2010 was top 14?? That's beyond a joke right there. Some good players, but 10 tons of roster chokers.

Not saying this class is as good as it should have been, because obviously it's not. However, don't kid yourselves into thinking some of our past classes were half as good as their rankings. Most of those classes, in hindsight, should have been ranked much, much lower.

Also, that class Butch brought in was epic. While the #1 ranked class by Coker.... Well...... Complete disaster of a class. Again, rankings mean very little. We need a coach that can get the most out of the talent they bring in. Coker, Shannon, and Golden aren't the guys to do that.

 

[rmcid]

I've seen a lot of the boys from those classes you say should be ranked lower, playing on Sundays.

 

[RocketsandCanes]

Back up to 26 after Norton. #TrendingUP

 

[ThomasM]

And I saw far, far more that either never contributed here, or SHOULD never have contributed here.

I've seen a lot of the boys from those classes you say should be ranked lower, playing on Sundays.

 

[UMFarArcher]

Great WTF am I going to do with all of these t-shirts.....
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You really want my suggestions?

 

[CFLACANE]

WE haven't won 10 games in 12 years but according to our fans we should have a fence up in SFLA...

 

[grogz26]

Clemson and Texas both have more top 50 Florida commits than Miami

 

[kmwcane]

Wow. So much wasted talent. Really illustrates how poor the coaching has been for the last decade or so.

For most of those years, based upon talent on paper, no excuse why there weren't 10 wins, especially playing in the ACC.

 

[TpaBayFlyFisher]

I think the thing to take away from the rankings is that they are an outside perception of the state of a program and its players. We fans know much more about a particular recruit or player than the ESPNU talking heads. But, the scouting services view some players as better than others, and the teams that land them are generally considered stronger than those that do not. Sure, there will be teams that perform much better than the rankings, but there will also be highly ranked teams that win national championships. I think our rankings are frequently better or lower than they really are because we are sitting next to so much talent.

 

[NoVaCaneFan]

Golden is so awful he's robbing The U without a ski mask

 

[terdferguson]

In the last 9 years we've only finished the season ranked one time. Wow.

 

[Rellyrell]

At least the 2011 class had a legitimate excuse for Golden -- just started, didn't have a full year, and the "cloud" made its first appearance. But that just makes this year even worse...

The cloud appeared AFTER the 2011 class. The cloud came to fruition in August of 2011 which would've affected the 2012 class and that, ironically, was Golden's best class.