REPORT: Miami HIRING Favien Upshaw at RB Coach

[Hurracanes]

That’s rich coming from you

What does that mean? What question did I not answer?

 

[Crystal Ball]

I played with Favian at astronaut high.

Good guy, hope he works out here!

 

[AtlAtty]

He seems decently regarded. If there’s one position I won’t lose a ton of sleep over it’s the RB coach. Especially considering the room we have coming back next year. Recruiting worries me but again, with Mario and our NIL and everything I’m not really stressing our ability to recruit that position. It’s not like we hired a quality control coach to coach the DL.

This last part is what I hope everyone remembers; Mario is the lead recruiter. And the 2nd recruiter is the NIL package, and sometimes it is actually 1st.
And players know postion coaches never stick around for 4 years if they are any good. It’s just the nature of the business.

 

[LatinCane]

Brevard County represent! Hope he is the right man for the job and and can make a great RB stable even better!

 

[MedleyCane]

This last part is what I hope everyone remembers; Mario is the lead recruiter. And the 2nd recruiter is the NIL package, and sometimes it is actually 1st.
And players know postion coaches never stick around for 4 years if they are any good. It’s just the nature of the business.

This is really good recap of how the landscape has changed. I think Mario is going the Nick Saban, where they are not overly concerned with coaching turnover. Who knows....lots of folks were concerned with the Jai Lucas hire, and so far he's exceeded expectations.

 

[ST26]

So this guy was also interviewing for WR jobs?

Is that normal early in somebody's coaching career? And they just follow the path that has the most opportunities?

Yes, I think its relatively common

 

[htownkidd]

11-1, ACC Champion, 1st round bye.

 

[El Orange]

I am 100% certain that the quality of the texting and social media abilities of a RB coach as relates to "recruiting ability" are far far down the list in terms of getting elite talent to sign with your program.

NIL deal
Playing time
Head Coach
School location / brand / history
history of NFL development
Recent program success

Nobody is losing battles for 5 star RBs bc their primary recruiter didn't "recruit" them enough.

 

[ST26]

And then what happens when future recruits want to be coached by a top position coach?

This is why teams frequently fall off. Declines in coaching.

I’d be shocked if he’s here for more than 2 seasons anyways. With Mario and our NIL funds, we should be just fine acquiring talent. Heck, we have 4 starting caliber RBs on the payroll right now

 

[TheOriginalCane]

I’d be shocked if he’s here for more than 2 seasons anyways. With Mario and our NIL funds, we should be just fine acquiring talent. Heck, we have 4 starting caliber RBs on the payroll right now

Yes, and the reason we still have Lyle is because the former RB coach talked him into staying.

Position coaches do more than just "recruit". Alls I'm saying.

 

[Highline17]

I am 100% certain that the quality of the texting and social media abilities of a RB coach as relates to "recruiting ability" are far far down the list in terms of getting elite talent to sign with your program.

NIL deal
Playing time
Head Coach
School location / brand / history
history of NFL development
Recent program success

Nobody is losing battles for 5 star RBs bc their primary recruiter didn't "recruit" them enough.

Being a hard working tenacious coach plus having genuine communication style is 90% of being a “recruiter” nowadays.

The bag game is entirely legal now, so bagmen aren’t important. The churn of position coaches has never been higher, so local ties is more incumbent on the Head Coach.

 

[Ispyin]

wow a coaching thread filled with crying

couldnt see it coming

 

[ST26]

Yes, and the reason we still have Lyle is because the former RB coach talked him into staying.

Position coaches do more than just "recruit". Alls I'm saying.

We should all be thanking Merrit for that one. The staff expects him to be a huge contributor. Dude is special

 

[TouchMoney26]

He's a former player that Mario signed at FIU. Not sure he was "put through the gauntlet".

And if you are hiring guys with connections, why not consider Clinton Portis?

Confusing. A bit disappointing. Might work out well, might not, but I have some very fair concerns.

And, NO, I'm not going to project a bunch of bullcrap on what other jobs he woulda/coulda/shoulda been interviewing, or give him the halo effect of who hired him, or invent some false confidence because we had a good year last year.

The fact remains, his resume is wafer-thin. That cannot be argued.

3 years apart of Sean Payton's staff in the nfl
played for Mario as a recruit
from south Florida

why are bit%^ing, and no portis isn't going to come here and work his *** off under Mario and live the life he lives. plus he's not going to come coach while his son is on the team. Let his son live his life and college career without his dad around like every other athlete

 

[Pearson704]

He’s a pvssy, so that’s no surprise!

 

[cway313]

If he lands a stud 2027 RB then I will be happy. I won't pretend like I know anything else in the interim.