Navaughn Donaldson

[Canesfan0024]

The pt of what I was saying that you missed, was not that we should only recruit 2 & 3 star players. It was that talent evaluations & assessments matter more than recruiting rankings & stars, much more in fact. Fans like yourself assumed just because Navaughn was a high 4 star recruit, that he would automatically become one of the greatest o-linemen in school history. It just doesn't work like that

Erik Flowers was a 5 star and he DOMINATED. Linder DOMINATED. Henderson played very well and is still currently in the NFL. Donaldson was the highest rated offensive player this week. You are an idiot. Stars matter.

 

[rok]

He flat out sucks at football. Fat f-ck.

This is what it's supposed to look like when you're up against an inferior team:

 

[SayWhat]

He had a bad game, but I gotta give credit where it's due and 71 on their side can play. Smart player who positioned himself well consistently while diagnosing plays.

 

[The Svengali]

Never said he wasn’t talented, but people like you hyping the kid is part of the reason his development has been disappointing. Nobody is to blame for his lack of development but him. He didn’t stay a fat slob because of anybody but himself. He didn’t stay weak because of anybody but himself. He is a perfect example of the biggest issue at Miami. Kids who just think they can skate by on talent. They think that because of people like you who drill it into their brains by hyping them for nothing.

I don’t think this is fair. Recruits get hyped at every major P5 school.

 

[Canes1968]

I don’t think this is fair. Recruits get hyped at every major P5 school.

The SF sports culture doesn't exist many other places though. This kids grow up through Optimist and high school thinking they are the cats meow, most talented players in the country, SF high school football is the best, nobody can beat us because we are too talent, SF 3*'s are better than than a 5* anywhere else. These kids get garbage coaching and development down here and the high school teams a ridiculously undisciplined.

When your school is filling it's roster largely with players from this area, to think that culture doesn't naturally make its way into your program is naive. Every kid on this roster needs to be broken of that attitude the moment they step foot on campus. Previous regimes haven't done a good job of that, which is why you see kids feeling themselves every time we have any kind of success. Seriously, look back over the past 15 years. Every time we've had a glimmer of success, it's been followed up by a let down against an opponent we should have handled easily.