VinnDogg
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While I am not claiming that Shalala and the AD made a smart move(this falls under the broken clock is right at least twice a day) knowing the outcome with foresight,it turned out to be a shrewd move.
Golden has stated that he and the staff were able to make serious inroads with some recruits that they eventually landed with the extra time. Some on the board were stating it was a bad choice to forefit the bowl game,but some half assed practices in Shreveport in a meaningless bowl game cannot equal the time to evaluate,contact and build relationships with kids and their coaches. The month of being on the road and scanning the state has set the program up very well for the years ahead. Golden and staff have been received well by the coaches in state and the extra time devoted to cultivating relationships meant a great deal to the high school coaches.
Golden was able to dig deeper and plan for more contingencies. The move he made when Northrop went to the Noles instead of coming here was classic. He was on the phone with Lawand Blue right away and made and offer. The kid burned Beamer and faxed his LOI to Coral Gables. This type of prep work and making late contacts with Blue and Ivery can be directly traced to the free time of not preparing for a bowl game.
We brought in a good class. The dreaded word potential hangs in the air until proven otherwise. The negative recruiting against UM was worse than ever before. The kids coming here weren't swayed by the NCAA investigation. Nor did they choose another school because they liked that university president more than ours. Props to the kids for that. And props to Golden and staff for their hard work. I like what he said at the presser "get your licks in now".
Golden has stated that he and the staff were able to make serious inroads with some recruits that they eventually landed with the extra time. Some on the board were stating it was a bad choice to forefit the bowl game,but some half assed practices in Shreveport in a meaningless bowl game cannot equal the time to evaluate,contact and build relationships with kids and their coaches. The month of being on the road and scanning the state has set the program up very well for the years ahead. Golden and staff have been received well by the coaches in state and the extra time devoted to cultivating relationships meant a great deal to the high school coaches.
Golden was able to dig deeper and plan for more contingencies. The move he made when Northrop went to the Noles instead of coming here was classic. He was on the phone with Lawand Blue right away and made and offer. The kid burned Beamer and faxed his LOI to Coral Gables. This type of prep work and making late contacts with Blue and Ivery can be directly traced to the free time of not preparing for a bowl game.
We brought in a good class. The dreaded word potential hangs in the air until proven otherwise. The negative recruiting against UM was worse than ever before. The kids coming here weren't swayed by the NCAA investigation. Nor did they choose another school because they liked that university president more than ours. Props to the kids for that. And props to Golden and staff for their hard work. I like what he said at the presser "get your licks in now".
