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Miami Makes Offer For Brendan Sorsby(Commits to TT)

dolemite79 said:
So much for us moving quickly this year.
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There’d be a contingent on this board complaining we are spending too much time on the portal instead of game prep.

Ole Miss and IU are spending a lot of resources currently. Miami and Oregon aren’t. Miami and Oregon recruit HS better than Ole Miss and IU do, so we don’t have to move at break neck speed. Obviously need to influx some talent, but it’s not as pressing as some schools currently are.
 
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Hoyacane1620 said:
He said in his press conference yesterday they had 13 guys on campus...
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He’s smart because he knows the longer recruitments drag out, the bigger the bag grows. Indiana can’t consistently compete financially with us, Ohio St, Texas schools, etc. He identifies his guys early, secures commitments, and people are fired up to play for him. He also targets veterans.

Mario slightly different approach, a bit more methodical in the evaluations aspect. Not saying one is better than the other, there’s just more urgency on Indiana’s side. We also have way more money to spend than they can, so we could be hunting bigger fish.

I would just be cautious about turning to HS kids on our depth chart as if they have earned the right to start. That’s not how a single elite program is operating, regardless of how they recruited HS. Someone just said they’d take JoJo/Upshaw etc over Livingstone, when one had 6 rec TDs as a freshman and the others played sparingly? Like that’s just dumb blind homerism. Luckily Mario doesn’t listen to that. Ohio State just kicked Graham to the curb and took a WR from Ohio, but Miami fans would be clamoring that Graham is the next messiah.

Let the coaches evaluate who is worth it and who isn’t, especially if the HS kids aren’t worth the investment. Yesterday’s evaluation is not today’s.

Bring in the best and let the chips fall where they may. Confident in our approach, but would like to see some urgency. There’s no spring to fall back on.
 
WeBallinBoyz said:
He’s smart because he knows the longer recruitments drag out, the bigger the bag grows. Indiana can’t consistently compete financially with us, Ohio St, Texas schools, etc. He identifies his guys early, secures commitments, and people are fired up to play for him. He also targets veterans.

Mario slightly different approach, a bit more methodical in the evaluations aspect. Not saying one is better than the other, there’s just more urgency on Indiana’s side. We also have way more money to spend than they can, so we could be hunting bigger fish.

I would just be cautious about turning to HS kids on our depth chart as if they have earned the right to start. That’s not how a single program is operating, regardless of how they recruited HS. Someone just said they’d take JoJo/Upshaw etc over Livingstone, when one had 6 rec TDs as a freshman and the others played sparingly? Like that’s just dumb blind homerism. Luckily Mario doesn’t listen to that.

Bring in the best and let the chips fall where they may. Confident in our approach, but would like to see some urgency. There’s no spring to fall back on.
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My take is we’ve finally built a roster stocked with Mario’s recruits. We are more in the supplemental stage of the portal than roster building stage. As good as IU has been, this is Cig’s second full class. He has to keep reloading each year.

I’d like some urgency at WR and QB. The secondary can go slow with the sheer numbers we’ve brought in. But if you look at nearly every position group minus QB and WR. Most talent has been developed in house. Outside QB, most big game portal hunting takes some time. I’d wager we do most of our damage on the second wave of commits. There’s gonna be this first wave of guys committing this week. I’d imagine we hit some the following week. We will either be prepping for the home natty or be done. Just lines up well for us imo
 
WeBallinBoyz said:
He’s smart because he knows the longer recruitments drag out, the bigger the bag grows. Indiana can’t consistently compete financially with us, Ohio St, Texas schools, etc. He identifies his guys early, secures commitments, and people are fired up to play for him. He also targets veterans.

Mario slightly different approach, a bit more methodical in the evaluations aspect. Not saying one is better than the other, there’s just more urgency on Indiana’s side. We also have way more money to spend than they can, so we could be hunting bigger fish.

I would just be cautious about turning to HS kids on our depth chart as if they have earned the right to start. That’s not how a single elite program is operating, regardless of how they recruited HS. Someone just said they’d take JoJo/Upshaw etc over Livingstone, when one had 6 rec TDs as a freshman and the others played sparingly? Like that’s just dumb blind homerism. Luckily Mario doesn’t listen to that. Ohio State just kicked Graham to the curb and took a WR from Ohio, but Miami fans would be clamoring that Graham is the next messiah.

Let the coaches evaluate who is worth it and who isn’t, especially if the HS kids aren’t worth the investment. Yesterday’s evaluation is not today’s.

Bring in the best and let the chips fall where they may. Confident in our approach, but would like to see some urgency. There’s no spring to fall back on.
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They have no choice to be urgent in their portal approach considering they have such high volume of players to replace. Mario has shown ability to adapt when needed so I am guessing he figures out how to manage this new portal schedule sooner than later.
 
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stormsurge said:
i cannot fathom why some student-athlete has not yet sued the NCAA for limiting the transfers to this period. I cannot believe the NCAA would not lose this in the courts.

****, if a chem major can transfer at other times of the year and the university accept them than why not the same for a student-athlete?
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I’m sure its
Coming in a couple of weeks
 
stormsurge said:
i cannot fathom why some student-athlete has not yet sued the NCAA for limiting the transfers to this period. I cannot believe the NCAA would not lose this in the courts.

****, if a chem major can transfer at other times of the year and the university accept them than why not the same for a student-athlete?
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It’s not really ripe to sue yet.
Nobody has actually been denied the second window. So there’s not really a harm yet. For all we know this could be on the books and the NCAA not try to stop anything in the spring.
 
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Really never saw it with Sorsby relative to what he's probably getting from TTU. Feasted on crappy competition. Struggled against better defenses ( Nebraska, Iowa St, UCF, Baylor, Utah).
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