RightSaidFred
Be cool, don’t be culo
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This is a shame, IMO. One thing that drives me nuts about the way the university of miami operates is everything has to be done in **** secret. At some point somebody over there needs to realize that it's OK to promote yourself, in fact it's helpful to do so. Build a brand.
Life Wallet is a brand. John Ruiz tweeting about NIL deals helped Miami get visibility with recruits but somehow it offended the wine and cheese crowd, I don't know. Nobody's ever heard of the Miami Connection or whatever they're called... that collective. We have no idea how competitive they are vs our rivals' collectives, because everything's a **** state secret when it comes to the University of Miami and the way they do things.
That's what happens when you let the lawyers and bureaucrats run your business I guess.
IMO Life Wallet, in the form it took last year with the tweets and all, was Miami's best shot in 30 years of getting back to what we were. I think the reason we got all of those 5* DT's and DE's to visit this summer was because of the brand built by Ruiz and Life Wallet and kids wanting to see what's up.
Wouldn't surprise me if Miami told Ruiz to cool it with the tweets because they didn't like the attention, and Ruiz is like "ok in that case **** off." Wouldn't surpise me at all. Miami admin would rather lose quietly than win loudly. That's my impression of them.
UM really needs a strong president who can knock some heads around and get things accomplished. Everything coming out of Miami lately has been so **** passive and beta, it's annoying as ****.