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Mark Matthews commits to TAMU in ambiguously ___ manner. Move On

NicKane said:
I disagree with that, Matthews wants to play left tackle and that isn’t happening here. So either we sell him on right tackle, which shouldn’t be hard seen as we just put a first rounder in the NFL at that positionor he goes somewhere else. He doesn’t want that Cantwell smoke at left tackle, I can tell you that.
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What's his fascination with LT all of a sudden? Has he even taken a snap at LT in high school? It just seems like a lame excuse on his end.

I’ll tell you this right now — if Cantwell was asked to play center this year, he’d say yes immediately. If he were asked to play Safety, he’d say yes in two seconds. Heck, Mauigoa played three years of RT and will now play guard at the next level. No complaints from him

Would Matthews? I’m not so sure.
 
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Sucks but at the end of the day, this is not an us thing lol.
Championship Contenders? ✅
Great Coaching? ✅
Development at your position? ✅
Possible Path to Early Playing Time? ✅
Strong NIL? ✅
Hometown team? ✅

If he sees all of that and still chooses to go to a team in ATM that has not won a national title since before WW2, I genuinely don't know what else to tell you. Some kids just want to get away for college lol. Mario has made it clear we want kids who want to be Canes. Writing is on the wall that this does not appear to be the case for this kid. We'll get ours and nothing going to stop this train.
 
JADood said:
Lmaooo and WE aren’t on the PR warpath?! We just tried to steal MM with a bag. And spent a bag on Wright so it looks good when we miss on some trench guys and some guys we have already missed on. This staff KNOWS it has to have a top 5 class after last year. No matter how they get it. Anything outside the top 10 after last year and all the hype you get as recruiters is gonna take a hit.
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Numbers alone will make it challenging to get a top 5 class. We might only sign 22-23 guys while other teams might secure 25-28 person classes. I'd much rather focus on a weighted average rather than a straight average to grade this class.
 
JADood said:
Lmaooo and WE aren’t on the PR warpath?! We just tried to steal MM with a bag. And spent a bag on Wright so it looks good when we miss on some trench guys and some guys we have already missed on. This staff KNOWS it has to have a top 5 class after last year. No matter how they get it. Anything outside the top 10 after last year and all the hype you get as recruiters is gonna take a hit.
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Or what? What happens if we don’t have a top 5 class? The hype they get will “take a hit” from who? You?
 
TheOriginalCane said:
JADood said:
I already told you guys about Matthews a couple days ago when EJ put the word out about his OV.
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************, you are one of the biggest mopes on the board. You have ZERO insight. Predicting bad things to happen to Miami doesn't make you some visionary on the odd occasion that one of your doom-and-gloom predictions coincidentally happens to occur.

You are a toxic troll who needs to join the F$U boards, where your terrible predictions will come true with greater frequency.
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You’re a great poster yourself 👍
 
htownkidd said:
JADood said:
Lmaooo and WE aren’t on the PR warpath?! We just tried to steal MM with a bag. And spent a bag on Wright so it looks good when we miss on some trench guys and some guys we have already missed on. This staff KNOWS it has to have a top 5 class after last year. No matter how they get it. Anything outside the top 10 after last year and all the hype you get as recruiters is gonna take a hit.
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Or what? What happens if we don’t have a top 5 class? The hype they get will “take a hit” from who? You?
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Are you serious? The sky was falling on here 3 days ago.
 
I will warn some of you right now that if you make this place insufferable with negativity I will not hesitate to put you in purgatory or worse.
This is still a Miami Hurricanes message boards for people who ENJOY discussions about the Hurricanes. That does not mean we cannot and should not be critical when deserved. But it does mean that gloating in negativity, or about your own predictions of failure, have no place on this board.

Let’s also keep in mind that this is recruiting and NONE of us knows exactly why a recruitment does in a certain direction. That is very different from watching a game and commenting about plays that can be objectively observed.

Govern yourselves accordingly and try to act like adults even if doing so goes against your nature.
 
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RealRussellPumps said:
Sucks but at the end of the day, this is not an us thing lol.
Championship Contenders? ✅
Great Coaching? ✅
Development at your position? ✅
Possible Path to Early Playing Time? ✅
Strong NIL? ✅
Hometown team? ✅

If he sees all of that and still chooses to go to a team in ATM that has not won a national title since before WW2, I genuinely don't know what else to tell you. Some kids just want to get away for college lol. Mario has made it clear we want kids who want to be Canes. Writing is on the wall that this does not appear to be the case for this kid. We'll get ours and nothing going to stop this train.
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yeah, he's talented but some guys just want to see other things ... either that or it's a competition issue, which if that's the case he's better off at a&m
 
ST26 said:
What's his fascination with LT all of a sudden? Has he even taken a snap at LT in high school? It just seems like a lame excuse on his end.

I’ll tell you this right now — if Cantwell was asked to play center this year, he’d say yes immediately. If he were asked to play Safety, he’d say yes in two seconds. Heck, Mauigoa played three years of RT and will now play guard at the next level. No complaints from him

Would Matthews? I’m not so sure.
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I agree, because Cantwell and Francis are all in team guys. I can’t say the same for Matthews.
 
I see several people tooting their own horn about telling us Mark Matthews will not be a Hurricane. That's very comical to say the least. Anyone with common sense can make that statement. The guy has been on campus numerous times, has the ability to be coached by an excellent staff, offered a ton of money and still no commitment. I can't blame Mario for anything because he's done such a super job. The reality is he doesn't want to be a Cane and after he declares on Friday I would move on to much more needed commitments who WANT TO BE A CANE. Certainly the D line and LB are two places to look and a big physical receiver and another TE. It did cross my mind how would Cantwell would feel if Matthews got a bigger NIL package than him. We are so blessed to have Cantwell who loves being a CANE. This program is headed in the right right direction with or without Matthews. It doesn't matter he's in our backyard or as some of you refer to the optics. He doesn't want to stay in Miami and play for us. It's very simple. GO CANES and spend some money on others. My only minor complaint is that Mario spent way too much resources and time on Matthews. He should have been more focused on Olu and Folorunshu .Hate to lose both of them to ND but ya never know. It's a long season for sure.
 
Hurry-Cane said:
Some of these schools are on the PR warpath right now, particularly a couple were going to head to head with a lot in A&M and ND. Both teams, and especially ND are P ISSED at how 2025 ended up and are unbelievably aggressive on the trail. The DT from Chicago, not surprising, losing MM sucks, no other way to spin it but Mario has proven a few times when things looks bleak in spring/summer he somehow shocks the s hit out of us at the end so we’ll see how it all turns out.
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Notre Dame has practically folded its men’s basketball program. Lost all the good or promising players off an already poor team (Burton, Haralson, Certa - all with multiple years of eligibility) along with four other guys. They are institutionally all in on football.
 
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JADood said:
dccane06 said:
Adamcanes said:
I would be shocked if they land Matthews OR Folorunsho.
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@jsy @JADood Get your grubby little fingers ready to type away angrily on Friday
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I already told you guys about Matthews a couple days ago when EJ put the word out about his OV.
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Do we think EJ putting out the article had an impact with TAMU upping the pressure to get Matthews to commit now? If I remember correctly, him posting info early got him in trouble with the Michigan brass/ fans for exactly that.
 
CanesSkins26 said:
We aren’t getting either. People are freaking out about MM, but we’re covered for now at OT. DT Is where we have real trouble brewing and where our recruiting last few cycles has really fallen short.
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Impossible to say for you and me. It’s May. And you and me are just a couple of guys that read things on forums. Nobody thought Wright was coming. At 1 point, everyone had Cantwell gone. Justin Scott, same thing. I know that we’re going into this season with arguably the best DL in the country 2 years in a row. I think we should give Mario just a little bit of trust. When we start underperforming like so many of these star powered teams, Il get concerned.
 
htownkidd said:
JADood said:
Are you serious? The sky was falling on here 3 days ago.
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So it will take a hit from the same emotional women posing as men on this board who had the sky falling an hour before the Wright news, then all was well, and now it’s falling again. Those people? That’s my point.
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Yes, the reputation as a top recruiter would take a hit or at least be questioned. It would be discussed. “How did we end up outside the top 10 and miss out on some of our top targets, especially Matthews, after going to the Natty last year?” It’s a conversation that is already being and has been discussed by the fanbase, if it were to actually happen, there would be a whole thread about it.
 
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