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Our problems today lie in the past

Dan E. Dangerously said:
2018 not fairing much better:

QB: Williams- transfer

RB: Lingard- transfer
RB: Harris- Likely starter in 2020, fighting off 2 incoming freshmen
FB: George- transfer

WR: Hightower- transfer
WR: Ezzard- transfer
WR: Pope- yet to make significant contribution
WR: Wiggins- is the biggest contributor from this group so far

TE: Jordan- difference maker
TE: Mallory- shown flashes here and there

OL: Scaife- started since freshman year
OL: Reed- In and out of the portal
OL: Campbell- hasn't shown much

DL: Silvera- In the mix to start in 2020
DL: Miller- In the mix to start in 2020
DL: Rousseau- LOL difference maker

LB: Joyner- yet to play

DB: Hall- settled in nicely late last year
DB: Ivey- up and down
DB: Frierson yet to contribute
DB: Blades- likely starter in 2020
DB: Bethel- transfer

K: Baxa- transfer
LS: James- he snaps the ball well?


24 guys got scholarships
7 have already transferred, and it's not hard to pick out another 3 or 4 that could/should in the next year
1 went to a long snapper

Only 2 guys you can call special or difference makers

Worst of all, this was the class we signed coming off our best season in ~15 years

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Going into Spring 2020, we now sit at 79 guys on scholarship and prevented from getting above 81 by the annual limit. So by 2021, we should be the closest to 85 that we've been in almost a decade
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2018-2019 was objectively the worst recruiting class in the history of UM football. Or at least since recruiting rankings came into existence in the late 1990s.
 
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Before you guys dump on the quality of past recruiting classes, I think you should look at the coaching staff first and blame them for not developing guys. If we had good coaching in place the last two years, all these guys who appear to be busts might have been developed properly and turned into decent players. It's honestly very difficult to accurately assess players and recruiting classes under a bad staff, because you don't know if the players are bad because they are bad, or because they aren't being taught the game of football properly. I have it from a very good source that Miami practices the last few years have been run like a country club. Very little intensity, urgency, or teaching going on. This is all on the coaches, not the players!
 
Lulz. In a totally unrelated subject, allabouttheu83 went absolutely nuclear on navaughn Donaldson on youtube. I was weak.
 
The 2018 class hasn’t produced much either. And they had so much hype coming into college.
 
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citizenkane said:
In 2015 and 2016 Miami's recruiting classes were a disaster.

What is left of those kids are now seniors and there are so very little of them and few are difference makers.and we are paying the price for this now.

of the 2015 class Robert knowles and Scott Patchan are still on the team...neither was a highly rated recruit back then and neither is a difference maker today.
Larence Cager was in that class too but transferred and also wasn't a difference maker.

of the 2016 class remaining players are SHaq, Pickney, McCloud(now redshirting so not even playing), Mike Irvin, Romeo Finley and Pat Bethel.
The LB were difference makers, Bethel is solid if unspectacular and Finley isn't having a great year either. None of these players were 5 star recruits and I doubt any will be high draft picks.

The rest of the seniors on our roster transferred in and there are no seniors on the offensive line which is all Al Golden's fault as he was the primary recruiter of these classes.

Then you go into 2017 and this is all on Richt. HIs evaluations on recruits were terrible to say the least.

Here are all the busts:
Kai Leon Herbert
Zack Dykstra
Zillontae Hillary
DJ Johnson( transferred)
Deandre Wilder(injury)
Brian Polendey (is he still on the team)
Evidence Njoku (or lack thereof)
Steed
Cade Weldon
Bradley Jennings??
Derrick Smith(transferred, aweful in coverage)
Zach Feagles(transferred, couldn't punt)

It's hard to believe this was the 12th rated class in the nation and 2nd best in the ACC when out of 25 enrollees half of them either left or just couldn't play!!

When you move into the 2018 class thing start to get a little better but we are literally missing an entire class which is why we are not at full strength and the players who are difference makers are in the 2018 and 2019 classes only. It also doesn't help that we have had 3 coaches in the last 4 years as this constant turnover generates even more player turnover and poor recruiting classes.

Real player evaluation and recruiting along with redshirting and building up our roster to full strength is currently under way. We just can't win with 70 something players on the roster and the upperclassmen being outplayed by true freshman! Hopefully the new players will bring new attitudes of competition and sticking it out instead of running away from the competition.
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“The Cloud” thanks Nevin Shapiro and sorry *** NCAA for taking 3 years on the BS Charles Robinson scandal
 
Radio's 08 class, Folden's 12 and 14 class, Rorcht's 18 class..... Received around 9 to 10 win fluke seasons and ranked very high, all to end up very high in attrition and non contribution. Followed by 6 to 7 wins......It's a vicious cycle.
 
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