Officer Marcus Forston was the biggest disappointment in this class. He didn't really give a ****. Would wager he's one of the biggest recruiting busts we've had. High star DTs (*.994 via 247) rarely become unserviceable. That's him. Aldarius Johnson, too. Just straight up busts. Ben Jones, another one. Developmental, but never developed. Bar Milo before Bar Milo.
We still have a lot of problems that linger from the Coker Era and we repeat the same mistakes, a lot of these are evident here. Lots of lazy players, poon hounds, video game addicts, poor attitudes, and bad evals. A lot of it from the bottom of the class, but I digress. The CLIQUES that would start to erode our team chemistry and lead us to many November breakdowns when large swaths of the team would quit would really become entrenched from this class moving forward.
Didn't recruit TY Hilton because of issues with Thearon Collier and the Booker T. recruits.
Brandon Marti was a psychpath we took based on coaching connections. John Calhoun was recruited based on his head coach and Randy having a connection and they had offered him before they went up to see him in a game. Pat Hill was recruited based on film. Cannon Smith because of who his dad was.
Jordan Futch was around campus all of the time before he enrolled. Absolute nothing for Miami. The linebackers from this class, the bloat of it, ended up with a lot of position changes and limited upside.
Sean Spence and Arthur Brown were collegiate studs and may have been good pros, but injuries sapped everything from them. Despite his brother being a wildman and the hanger-ons around him from his church being a distraction, Arthur Brown came off a serious God fearing guy. Came to campus, couldn't get on the field because Randy is a bozo, and left soon after and became an All-American back home. Malpractice with him and was a sign of more to come. There was a time Brandon Harris was one of the better corners in college football. So, there was some good evaluation here, but the bloat of this class leads to a ton of misses. Losing Arthur Brown would lead his little brother to becoming a wild man and the ultimate WHAT IF. We lost 2-five star players there as Bryce was a crown jewel prospect for Miami the next year who instead would have a rollercoaster college career and bust himself despite drinking coffee in the NFL. The alternative reality Miami has with a good Arthur and Bryce Brown would be good fan fiction.
Not mentioned, because Travis Benjamin was such an obvious good eval...but shouts to Micanor Regis who became a nice player and collected a few NFL checks.
Jacory wasn't the worst player to hitch your wagon to. Surely not to lose Geno Smith...most everyone thought Jacory would be pretty good. Absolutely hindered by Pat Nix and Mark Whipple.
We lost players like Pat Pete, Corey Luiget, Shoelace Robinson, Matt Patchan, Janorris Jenkins...some of these seemed like slam dunks, too. A true sign of things to come.
There is enough good players here of note, but so many busts and bad apples, it offsets any good we had. Story of Randy's time here.
Also, RIP to Gavin Hardin.
