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2027 Mark Matthews 5* OL from STA Commits to TAMU

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TheATLCane said:
If it’s just “he doesn’t want to be at Miami”, then why was everyone so confident he was coming here? Seems that fact was overlooked or assumed
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Either the coaches completely missed the warning signs (troublesome) or they were doubtful all along (which would make you think why weren't we hedging our bets) or Matthews and camp were lying the whole time. I doubt it's the first given Mario is a crootin vet.
 
TboneJones said:
I think Matthews is believing the SEC hype. That's all I can see. It's not like he's likely to commit to LSU, Bama, UGA, or Texas. Those schools have championships albeit none of them have more than Miami.
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The SEC hype is real with many of these kids.
You turn on the TV on any autumn Saturday and you have their games on TV with massive crowds at their stadiums whereas look at the product the ACC puts out on same days. This is nothing against UM football as the coaches and players have done their part being elite.
But a lot of kids want to be part of those football crazed environments which matches the intensity of their football programs, especially at a school like STA which is used to playing for state championships and against elite teams from throughout the country.
 
AUcane said:
Either the coaches completely missed the warning signs (troublesome) or they were doubtful all along (which would make you think why weren't we hedging our bets) or Matthews and camp were lying the whole time. I doubt it's the first given Mario is a crootin vet.
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I don't think the coaches missed any signs.
They know how recruiting can be, been through many wars and understand that nothing is a given or should be assumed.
I'm also sure they will confident in the product they had to sell, and why wouldn't they given what they did these last seasons, beating elite teams from the best conferences.
It's like the car salesman who works at an high-end car dealer, who is confident in selling his product to affluent customers. How much do they worry about Honda, Ford, Toyota, etc?
Well, sometimes the customer goes another direction.
 
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Enough of this guy... Sucks we missed out on him, but I'm not gonna sit here and fascinate about him. Truth is idgaf what he does if he isn't playing for us. If he switches up, great. I'll root for him.

Otherwise, for me, he's a professional athlete that chose to play elsewhere, not gonna stress over the young man. That's just the way it is.
 
passitback said:
Enough of this guy... Sucks we missed out on him, but I'm not gonna sit here and fascinate about him. Truth is idgaf what he does if he isn't playing for us. If he switches up, great. I'll root for him.

Otherwise, for me, he's a professional athlete that chose to play elsewhere, not gonna stress over the young man. That's just the way it is.
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Exactly, you move on. Just like the MJC recruitment. Now if one or the other or even both want to flip to Miami then great. It's not over until they sign in December/February.
 
AUcane said:
Either the coaches completely missed the warning signs (troublesome) or they were doubtful all along (which would make you think why weren't we hedging our bets) or Matthews and camp were lying the whole time. I doubt it's the first given Mario is a crootin vet.
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The name of the kid from NJ was brought up by D$ a couple weeks ago, staff surely had some idea on Matthews. The board just assumed it was in addition to not in place of
 
AUcane said:
Either the coaches completely missed the warning signs (troublesome) or they were doubtful all along (which would make you think why weren't we hedging our bets) or Matthews and camp were lying the whole time. I doubt it's the first given Mario is a crootin vet.
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In this NIL era its beneficial for kids to have Miami in their top group. Also, maybe the kid was on the fence about going to Miami or leaving home and he fell in love with A&M. Everything isnt black or white.
 
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The Sphinx said:
This is the cold, hard truth that many on this board just cannot or refuse to comprehend. If you’ve recruited him to the fullest and you’re willing to pay whatever it takes and yet the kid still doesn’t want to come, there’s nothing you can do about it.

Some kids just don’t like Miami. Say it to yourselves again.
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too many who post on the recruiting board do not want to hear that.

Every kid they want who chooses to go elsewhere is a "miss" or a "whiff"
 
So when is he announcing? We have seen cases like this where a kid is slotted to commit to a team and then just get cold feet.
 
Allabouttheu95 said:
Everyone and their mother is reporting he is taking less money to go to A&M but yes let’s keep regurgitating this nonsense about oil money

Wake up and smell the roses. We lost the recruiting battle in April. Luckily signing day isn’t until December.
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Wake up yourself. Who is regurgitating anything? I did read that he has a $3M per year multi year deal. And yes ... A&M has oil money. I haven't seen anyone "or their mother" saying he took less $$ to go to A&M.
 
Rickd said:
Wake up yourself. Who is regurgitating anything? I did read that he has a $3M per year multi year deal. And yes ... A&M has oil money. I haven't seen anyone "or their mother" saying he took less $$ to go to A&M.
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Odin said:
The numbers we heard for Cantwell last year was 5M for 3 years,the numbers we've seen for this kid is 8 or 9M for 3 years.Almost double,so when Dmoney says miami was willing to pay top money does he mean they were willing to match Tam or they were willing to pay him at Cantwell's level,there is a big difference there.
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High bidder on Matthews. It's not money.
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What really gets me irritated is that for over a year, all the talk is how he is a Cane lock. Now, in a matter of a couple of weeks, the narrative completely changes? How is that possible? Bad reporting? Big bags dropping? Both can be true. What is unsettling is that the staff put so much time and effort into a recruit for well over a year, possibly multiple years - and all of a sudden, a white horse riding into town with a bag steals him away at the end. The the real messed up part is that our bag is probably just as big as theirs. Truly baffling.
 
The longer he holds off from committing the better for us. Because as soon as he is committed it’s probably over, deal will be signed.

We want to hope his week long visit is just a post visit high and that the more time passes the more that will subside. Hopefully he takes all OVs and doesn’t commit till like end of June/July
 
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Rickd said:
Wake up yourself. Who is regurgitating anything? I did read that he has a $3M per year multi year deal. And yes ... A&M has oil money. I haven't seen anyone "or their mother" saying he took less $$ to go to A&M.
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I am pretty certain Cantwell is getting $1.5 million. We backed out of the Seaton bidding war at $3.5. Maybe those #'s can help you some.

I don't understand why this thread is still rolling. In contact is a little more than just being respectful to me. Miami has years in this. He should be respectful. Other than that, it's over to me.
 
STG said:
Let's make this clear, since we have people here who think unless you gargle Mario's nuts, you are not a fan.

This discussion was NEVER about our ability to develop OL. It was about whether other schools can develop OL, specifically A&M, period.

I brought up A&Ms ability to develop OL, because we had posters saying Matthews would be dumb to go to A&M instead of Miami, as he would not get developed there. Well, based on the data that is not an accurate assessment.

The reality is this, nobody knows who can/will develop Matthews better. Only time will be the judge of that. What I can say for certain is that Matthews choosing A&M if based on developing OL is not a bad choice.

People acting as if Mario/Alex are the only coaches/programs who can develop OL is laughable. Or saying without question they are the best developers of OL is also comical. Between 8 years as OU and UM, they have had 9 total OL drafted. 6 of those 9 went in the 5th and later. The other 3 included 2 first rounders and 1 3rd rounder (Bell), he was not a 2nd rounder by the way.

In comparison, during that same 8 year stretch;

Alabama has had 6 1st round picks at OL and 13 drafted overall.

Georgia has also had 6 1st round picks at OL 18 and drafted overall.

Ohio State has had 4 1st round picks at OL and 15 drafted overall.

Point is this, OL can actually go to other programs and expect to get developed just as good, if not better than had they chose to attend UM. Doesn't take away from how good Mario and Alex are at developing OL, but they aren't the only ones who can develop OL.
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Agreed.
 
Rickd said:
Wake up yourself. Who is regurgitating anything? I did read that he has a $3M per year multi year deal. And yes ... A&M has oil money. I haven't seen anyone "or their mother" saying he took less $$ to go to A&M.
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Both d money and Pete have reported this

Gaby has reported this

Mark Matthew’s is taking less money to go to college station according to the insiders.

We lost the recruitment in April. Not because of money
 
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