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For all the negativity towards Miami recruiting right now, people have a really short memory...

Did everyone forget how the 2022 recruiting class went only 9 months ago?
-We had 9 commits going into the season, last one was Markeith Williams on 8/11.
-0 commits and 1 decommit (Trequon Fegans) during the season and fired Manny
-Wesley Bissainthe commits on 12/4 - pretty sure he knew Mario was coming
-Mario took over on 12/6 with 9 total commits for '22 and 1 (Lamar Seymour) for '23
-3 of 9 decommitted (Justin Medlock, Landon Ibieta, Falentha Carswell) within the next 2 weeks and 0 after that.

-Closed out the high school signing class with:
--4 Blue chippers (highest ranked in class): Nyjalik Kelly, Jaleel Skinner, Cyrus Moss, TreVonte' Citizen
--4 Projects (lowest ranked in class): Jaden Harris, Anez Cooper, Ahmad Moten, Matthew McCoy

-Went hard to the portal and got 11 immediate contributors:
--3 Starters: Akheem Mesidor, Henry Parrish, Darrell Jackson Jr.
--8 2 Deep: Frank Ladson, Logan Sagapolu, Mitchell Agude, Caleb Johnson, Daryl Porter Jr., Jacob Lichtenstein, Jonathan Denis, Antonio Moultrie
-Picks up Colby Young during the summer.

Look at his evaluations... do you see any reaches or misevals? I know it's hard to tell so early in the process but every portal transfer has already contributed. Mesidor and Parrish have been 2 of our top players so far. The "reaches" have turned out to be some of the early surprises (Young, Cooper). Let's not forget the fact that he did most of this without a full staff and while trying to put together a staff. Stop complaining and just enjoy the process.


Commitment Timeline (Class Rank)
07/23/20 Jamaal Johnson Commits – 3* (#NR)
08/07/20 Brandon Cleveland Commits – #175 (#NR)
03/03/21 Kaden Martin* Commits – #321 (#NR)
03/10/21 Jamaal Johnson Decommits – #824 (#NR)
03/26/21 Jacurri Brown Commits - #167 (#35) - played in 2 games
03/30/21 Brandon Cleveland - Decommits – #335 (#NR)
06/11/21 Quan Lee - Commits – #684 (#NR)
06/19/21 Khamauri Rogers - Commits – #61 (#NR) - injured
06/20/21 Landon Ibieta - Commits – #675 (#NR)
06/28/21 Quan Lee - Decommits – #684 (#NR)
07/09/21 Chris Graves - Commits – #285 (#NR)
07/21/21 Falentha Carswell - Commits – #737 (#75)
07/23/21 Justin Medlock Commits - #454 (#62)
07/28/21 Isaiah Horton - Commits - #247 (#61)
07/30/21 Trequon Fegans - Commits -#82 (#45)
08/11/21 Markeith Williams - Commits -#242 (#37)
10/11/21 Trequon Fegans - Decommits - #90 (#45)
12/04/21 Wesley Bissainthe - Commits -#196 (#51)
______MARIO ERA______
12/06/21 Justin Medlock - Decommits - #461 (#51)
12/13/21 Landon Ibieta - Decommits – #553 (#67)
12/15/21 Falentha Carswell - Decommits –#593 (#69)
12/15/21 Jaden Harris - Commits -#926 (#69) - playing some
12/15/21 Nyjalik Kelly - Commits -#84 (#60) - rotation
12/17/21 Jacob Lichtenstein Transfers to Miami from USC - rotation
12/17/21 Jaleel Skinner - Commits -#98 (#49) - playing a lot
01/08/22 Cyrus Moss - Commits -#63 (#36)
01/15/22 Frank Ladson Transfers to Miami from Clemson - 2nd string (3rd in receptions and yards)
01/16/22 Henry Parrish Transfers to Miami from Ole Miss - Starter (leading team in rushing)
01/24/22 Antonio Moultrie Transfers to Miami from UAB - rotation
01/26/22 Logan Sagapolu Transfers to Miami from Oregon - 2nd team
02/02/22 TreVonte' Citizen - Commits -#107 (#14) - injured
02/02/22 Anez Cooper - Commits - 3* (#14)
02/02/22 Ahmad Moten - Commits -#554 (#14)
02/02/22 Matthew McCoy - Commits -#1249 (#14)
02/25/22 Daryl Porter Jr. Transfers to Miami from West Virginia - 2nd team
03/25/22 Mitchell Agude Transfers to Miami from UCLA - 2nd team
04/09/22 Jonathan Denis Transfers to Miami from Oregon - 2nd Team
04/20/22 Akheem Mesidor Transfers to Miami from WVU - Starter
04/22/22 Caleb Johnson Transfers to Miami from UCLA - 2nd string
04/26/22 Darrell Jackson Jr. Transfers to Miami from Maryland - Starter
06/19/22 Colby Young Commits to Miami from JUCO - started last game (tied for 1st in TD Rec)
 
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Hurricane Warrior said:
For all the negativity towards Miami recruiting right now, people have a really short memory...

Did everyone forget how the 2022 recruiting class went only 9 months ago?
-We had 9 commits going into the season, last one was Markeith Williams on 8/11.
-0 commits and 1 decommit (Trequon Fegans) during the season and fired Manny
-Wesley Bissainthe commits on 12/4 - pretty sure he knew Mario was coming
-Mario took over on 12/6 with 9 total commits for '22 and 1 (Lamar Seymour) for '23
-3 of 9 decommitted (Justin Medlock, Landon Ibieta, Falentha Carswell) within the next 2 weeks and 0 after that.

-Closed out the high school signing class with:
--4 Blue chippers (highest ranked in class): Nyjalik Kelly, Jaleel Skinner, Cyrus Moss, TreVonte' Citizen
--4 Projects (lowest ranked in class): Jaden Harris, Anez Cooper, Ahmad Moten, Matthew McCoy

-Went hard to the portal and got 11 immediate contributors:
--3 Starters: Akheem Mesidor, Henry Parrish, Darrell Jackson Jr.
--8 2 Deep: Frank Ladson, Logan Sagapolu, Mitchell Agude, Caleb Johnson, Daryl Porter Jr., Jacob Lichtenstein, Jonathan Denis, Antonio Moultrie
-Picks up Colby Young during the summer.

Look at his evaluations... do you see any reaches or misevals? I know it's hard to tell so early in the process but every portal transfer has already contributed. Mesidor and Parrish have been 2 of our top players so far. The "reaches" have turned out to be some of the early surprises (Young, Cooper). Let's not forget the fact that he did most of this without a full staff and while trying to put together a staff. Stop complaining and just enjoy the process.


Commitment Timeline (Class Rank)
07/23/20 Jamaal Johnson Commits – 3* (#NR)
08/07/20 Brandon Cleveland Commits – #175 (#NR)
03/03/21 Kaden Martin* Commits – #321 (#NR)
03/10/21 Jamaal Johnson Decommits – #824 (#NR)
03/26/21 Jacurri Brown Commits - #167 (#35) - played in 2 games
03/30/21 Brandon Cleveland - Decommits – #335 (#NR)
06/11/21 Quan Lee - Commits – #684 (#NR)
06/19/21 Khamauri Rogers - Commits – #61 (#NR) - injured
06/20/21 Landon Ibieta - Commits – #675 (#NR)
06/28/21 Quan Lee - Decommits – #684 (#NR)
07/09/21 Chris Graves - Commits – #285 (#NR)
07/21/21 Falentha Carswell - Commits – #737 (#75)
07/23/21 Justin Medlock Commits - #454 (#62)
07/28/21 Isaiah Horton - Commits - #247 (#61)
07/30/21 Trequon Fegans - Commits -#82 (#45)
08/11/21 Markeith Williams - Commits -#242 (#37)
10/11/21 Trequon Fegans - Decommits - #90 (#45)
12/04/21 Wesley Bissainthe - Commits -#196 (#51)
______MARIO ERA______
12/06/21 Justin Medlock - Decommits - #461 (#51)
12/13/21 Landon Ibieta - Decommits – #553 (#67)
12/15/21 Falentha Carswell - Decommits –#593 (#69)
12/15/21 Jaden Harris - Commits -#926 (#69) - playing some
12/15/21 Nyjalik Kelly - Commits -#84 (#60) - rotation
12/17/21 Jacob Lichtenstein Transfers to Miami from USC - rotation
12/17/21 Jaleel Skinner - Commits -#98 (#49) - playing a lot
01/08/22 Cyrus Moss - Commits -#63 (#36)
01/15/22 Frank Ladson Transfers to Miami from Clemson - 2nd string (3rd in receptions and yards)
01/16/22 Henry Parrish Transfers to Miami from Ole Miss - Starter (leading team in rushing)
01/24/22 Antonio Moultrie Transfers to Miami from UAB - rotation
01/26/22 Logan Sagapolu Transfers to Miami from Oregon - 2nd team
02/02/22 TreVonte' Citizen - Commits -#107 (#14) - injured
02/02/22 Anez Cooper - Commits - 3* (#14)
02/02/22 Ahmad Moten - Commits -#554 (#14)
02/02/22 Matthew McCoy - Commits -#1249 (#14)
02/25/22 Daryl Porter Jr. Transfers to Miami from West Virginia - 2nd team
03/25/22 Mitchell Agude Transfers to Miami from UCLA - 2nd team
04/09/22 Jonathan Denis Transfers to Miami from Oregon - 2nd Team
04/20/22 Akheem Mesidor Transfers to Miami from WVU - Starter
04/22/22 Caleb Johnson Transfers to Miami from UCLA - 2nd string
04/26/22 Darrell Jackson Jr. Transfers to Miami from
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Maryland - Starter
06/19/22 Colby Young Commits to Miami from JUCO - started last game (tied for 1st in TD Rec)
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Wait Young who just now got to play is tied for 1st in TD receptions?
 
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NGL we 3-3 I'm not singing praises of players that have yet to contribute. Young is the only player that has made an impact. Mario needs to show he can build a contender. One or two players in a class doesn't do that. We need to be hitting on 65-75% of classes.
 
WestEndzone said:
That’s fine.


But what have you done for me lately?
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Well since you asked and we’re making lists:

- Mocked the second wave.
- Got insulted for mocking the second wave.
- The second wave still never really came.

- Then had a great feeling about a WR according to the board only to lose 3 games in a row running a subpar offense and losing out of the early pledge from said WR…

- Watched another WR commit to FSU

- Watched UF mop up DB recruits

No one is saying Mario can’t recruit, but there is a legit concern that the early season blunders, many mirroring long term concerns, may have hurt with some recruits impacting the potential standard bump….
 
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Canesfan_134 said:
He’s a closer. This class will come together eventually.
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Agreed - and most of the “misses” so far have been local kids. He won’t be able to change that culture, even with wins and firing Gattis and bringing in spread OC. Those recruits were already recruited through 7v7 and handlers.

That said, he is doing exactly what he should be doing in this day (especially considering the culture locally), he‘s putting a lot more eggs in national baskets and while it seems slow right now, he will really work those connections after the season and I think he will close strong with out of state commits being the dogs and recruiting leaders. Already happening with Rashada and Francis.
 
Mario didn’t all of the sudden forget how to recruit.

But there’s no doubt in mind he’s now fully realizing the difficulties of recruiting at Miami. Yes Oregon had unique hurdles to overcome. But the toxicity around this program makes this recruiting job just as hard, if not harder. At least in the short term aka turning things around.

Salvaging this season (8-4…maybe even 7-5 with a bowl win?) would put Mario in a good spot to finish strong. Not top 5. But top 10 for sure.

And that FSU will be huge if we win the next two.
 
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All of that was without Alonzo Highsmith's talent evaluation. Come NSD, we'll be ecstatic.
 
Hurricane Warrior said:
For all the negativity towards Miami recruiting right now, people have a really short memory...

Did everyone forget how the 2022 recruiting class went only 9 months ago?
-We had 9 commits going into the season, last one was Markeith Williams on 8/11.
-0 commits and 1 decommit (Trequon Fegans) during the season and fired Manny
-Wesley Bissainthe commits on 12/4 - pretty sure he knew Mario was coming
-Mario took over on 12/6 with 9 total commits for '22 and 1 (Lamar Seymour) for '23
-3 of 9 decommitted (Justin Medlock, Landon Ibieta, Falentha Carswell) within the next 2 weeks and 0 after that.

-Closed out the high school signing class with:
--4 Blue chippers (highest ranked in class): Nyjalik Kelly, Jaleel Skinner, Cyrus Moss, TreVonte' Citizen
--4 Projects (lowest ranked in class): Jaden Harris, Anez Cooper, Ahmad Moten, Matthew McCoy

-Went hard to the portal and got 11 immediate contributors:
--3 Starters: Akheem Mesidor, Henry Parrish, Darrell Jackson Jr.
--8 2 Deep: Frank Ladson, Logan Sagapolu, Mitchell Agude, Caleb Johnson, Daryl Porter Jr., Jacob Lichtenstein, Jonathan Denis, Antonio Moultrie
-Picks up Colby Young during the summer.

Look at his evaluations... do you see any reaches or misevals? I know it's hard to tell so early in the process but every portal transfer has already contributed. Mesidor and Parrish have been 2 of our top players so far. The "reaches" have turned out to be some of the early surprises (Young, Cooper). Let's not forget the fact that he did most of this without a full staff and while trying to put together a staff. Stop complaining and just enjoy the process.


Commitment Timeline (Class Rank)
07/23/20 Jamaal Johnson Commits – 3* (#NR)
08/07/20 Brandon Cleveland Commits – #175 (#NR)
03/03/21 Kaden Martin* Commits – #321 (#NR)
03/10/21 Jamaal Johnson Decommits – #824 (#NR)
03/26/21 Jacurri Brown Commits - #167 (#35) - played in 2 games
03/30/21 Brandon Cleveland - Decommits – #335 (#NR)
06/11/21 Quan Lee - Commits – #684 (#NR)
06/19/21 Khamauri Rogers - Commits – #61 (#NR) - injured
06/20/21 Landon Ibieta - Commits – #675 (#NR)
06/28/21 Quan Lee - Decommits – #684 (#NR)
07/09/21 Chris Graves - Commits – #285 (#NR)
07/21/21 Falentha Carswell - Commits – #737 (#75)
07/23/21 Justin Medlock Commits - #454 (#62)
07/28/21 Isaiah Horton - Commits - #247 (#61)
07/30/21 Trequon Fegans - Commits -#82 (#45)
08/11/21 Markeith Williams - Commits -#242 (#37)
10/11/21 Trequon Fegans - Decommits - #90 (#45)
12/04/21 Wesley Bissainthe - Commits -#196 (#51)
______MARIO ERA______
12/06/21 Justin Medlock - Decommits - #461 (#51)
12/13/21 Landon Ibieta - Decommits – #553 (#67)
12/15/21 Falentha Carswell - Decommits –#593 (#69)
12/15/21 Jaden Harris - Commits -#926 (#69) - playing some
12/15/21 Nyjalik Kelly - Commits -#84 (#60) - rotation
12/17/21 Jacob Lichtenstein Transfers to Miami from USC - rotation
12/17/21 Jaleel Skinner - Commits -#98 (#49) - playing a lot
01/08/22 Cyrus Moss - Commits -#63 (#36)
01/15/22 Frank Ladson Transfers to Miami from Clemson - 2nd string (3rd in receptions and yards)
01/16/22 Henry Parrish Transfers to Miami from Ole Miss - Starter (leading team in rushing)
01/24/22 Antonio Moultrie Transfers to Miami from UAB - rotation
01/26/22 Logan Sagapolu Transfers to Miami from Oregon - 2nd team
02/02/22 TreVonte' Citizen - Commits -#107 (#14) - injured
02/02/22 Anez Cooper - Commits - 3* (#14)
02/02/22 Ahmad Moten - Commits -#554 (#14)
02/02/22 Matthew McCoy - Commits -#1249 (#14)
02/25/22 Daryl Porter Jr. Transfers to Miami from West Virginia - 2nd team
03/25/22 Mitchell Agude Transfers to Miami from UCLA - 2nd team
04/09/22 Jonathan Denis Transfers to Miami from Oregon - 2nd Team
04/20/22 Akheem Mesidor Transfers to Miami from WVU - Starter
04/22/22 Caleb Johnson Transfers to Miami from UCLA - 2nd string
04/26/22 Darrell Jackson Jr. Transfers to Miami from Maryland - Starter
06/19/22 Colby Young Commits to Miami from JUCO - started last game (tied for 1st in TD Rec)
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rascon said:
Agreed - and most of the “misses” so far have been local kids. He won’t be able to change that culture, even with wins and firing Gattis and bringing in spread OC. Those recruits were already recruited through 7v7 and handlers.

That said, he is doing exactly what he should be doing in this day (especially considering the culture locally), he‘s putting a lot more eggs in national baskets and while it seems slow right now, he will really work those connections after the season and I think he will close strong with out of state commits being the dogs and recruiting leaders. Already happening with Rashada and Francis.
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Exactly we got Rashada and Francis on board I was hoping for ****ey too but he’s going elsewhere. I would love to flip Inniss late and still think we possibly could. Once he changed the culture the local kids will be begging to be apart of it.
 
Canesfan_134 said:
Exactly we got Rashada and Francis on board I was hoping for ****ey too but he’s going elsewhere. I would love to flip Inniss late and still think we possibly could. Once he changed the culture the local kids will be begging to be apart of it.
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the old culture BS. lol once he starts winning, kids will come. no one gives a **** bout anything else
 
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