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Got this from a FB post to definitely TIFWIW
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This is being posted on Canesport and Inside The U message boards:
I will not reveal the source so don't ask.
Got word today from a source that neither Bond nor Kamalu will be in this class. Also, got an update on AQM. Here were the reasons given to me:
Bond: Apparently, he had to get some classes/credits in order this summer and failed to do so. The guy told me that he was very upset by this, as Bond was being penciled in as a significant contributor for this season by the coaching staff. Anyway, looks like he won't be coming here. Look for him to end up at some school with less stringent qualifying standards or another year in JUCO.
Kamalu: I was told that he would not be joining and would be heading elsewhere, but not for academic reasons. I was led to believe that there was a change of heart, as was reported earlier, and that despite our staff's best efforts, something else is pulling him away from Coral Gables. Also, the guy didn't seem overly disappointed about this loss.
AQM: There was some concern that he would be a non-qualifier, but those fears appear to have gone away and he is now going through the main NCAA Clearinghouse and will pass through OK. Expect him to report soon.
He also gave me a tidbit about Sony Michel: Mark Richt and UGA run a VERY CLEAN program recruiting wise. Meaning that Richt does not negative recruit. Also, their coaching staff does not offer $ to kids with poor families. My guy seemed to think that there was a legitimate change of heart and/or that a booster got involved in the $ arena unbeknownst to the UGA coaching staff. Apparently, Miami has tremendous respect for the UGA program and Richt, and they reciprocate that respect as much, if not more. Was apparently a crushing loss to our coaching staff, who'd been putting in the work for 5+ years (Shannon's staff too).
He also mentioned some info about the Booker T, Ice Harris, Matthew Thomas and Denver Kirkland incident, as well as Alex Collins. Here is what he told me about what happened with those two scenarios:
Kirkland: Was a silent commit to both Miami & FSU. Miami did not know that he was a silent to FSU as well until James Coley joined the Miami staff. After Coley joined and learned that Kirkland had silently pledged to Miami as well, he told Al and Barrow that he was silent to BOTH SCHOOLS. When Barrow heard this, he went, in person, to Booker T to talk to Kirkland. He said either you're silent to us, or to them, but not both ... Choose. Denver was wishy washy back and forth after being called on these shenanigans, and Barrow said WRONG ANSWER and pulled the offer. You all know what happened after that...rest was history. Neither FSU nor Miami wanted him, so Ice directed him to Arkansas.
Thomas: He had been a silent commit to Miami since FOREVER. Then, USC swooped in and got in his ear about LA and Matthew genuinely listened. Had a change of heart and really wanted to go to USC. He just decided that he wanted out of Miami, which is what his mother wanted for him all along (why she was a thorn in Miami's side). His mother wanted him at FSU. He decided to go to USC, Mother said NO. While this USC/FSU battle began within his house, He never told Miami of his change of heart and stayed a silent commit to UM. He ended up signing with FSU because his mother wouldn't sign USC papers. He ended up at FSU. HE NEVER TOLD MIAMI OF HIS CHANGED STATUS and that he was no longer a silent commit. Al & staff were furious with Ice over this.
Collins: Boy always liked Miami. His #2 school was Wisconsin. He had a rock solid relationship with their RB coach, Padgett or something like that. Anyway, Al and coaches stayed on his strong, every indication was that he was going to Miami with Wisconsin coming in as a close second. His mother was HUGELY in our corner, not wanting him out of state. When the RB coach went with Beliema to Arkansas, he listened. When Randy Shannon got in his ear about Arkansas too, where he would be coached by his favorite coach and being looked after by Randy, a "Miami" guy, it was too much to pass up and he wanted to go to Arkansas. He thought he was getting best of both worlds. His mother said NO, and we all know what happened with those LOI shenanigans. He had been silent to Miami for a long time until all this craziness started just before Signing Day.
Anyway, hope we're wrong on Bond and Kamalu and they make it in, but things don't look too good. Hope that info about those big time defections clear things up for you guys.
Go Canes!
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This is being posted on Canesport and Inside The U message boards:
I will not reveal the source so don't ask.
Got word today from a source that neither Bond nor Kamalu will be in this class. Also, got an update on AQM. Here were the reasons given to me:
Bond: Apparently, he had to get some classes/credits in order this summer and failed to do so. The guy told me that he was very upset by this, as Bond was being penciled in as a significant contributor for this season by the coaching staff. Anyway, looks like he won't be coming here. Look for him to end up at some school with less stringent qualifying standards or another year in JUCO.
Kamalu: I was told that he would not be joining and would be heading elsewhere, but not for academic reasons. I was led to believe that there was a change of heart, as was reported earlier, and that despite our staff's best efforts, something else is pulling him away from Coral Gables. Also, the guy didn't seem overly disappointed about this loss.
AQM: There was some concern that he would be a non-qualifier, but those fears appear to have gone away and he is now going through the main NCAA Clearinghouse and will pass through OK. Expect him to report soon.
He also gave me a tidbit about Sony Michel: Mark Richt and UGA run a VERY CLEAN program recruiting wise. Meaning that Richt does not negative recruit. Also, their coaching staff does not offer $ to kids with poor families. My guy seemed to think that there was a legitimate change of heart and/or that a booster got involved in the $ arena unbeknownst to the UGA coaching staff. Apparently, Miami has tremendous respect for the UGA program and Richt, and they reciprocate that respect as much, if not more. Was apparently a crushing loss to our coaching staff, who'd been putting in the work for 5+ years (Shannon's staff too).
He also mentioned some info about the Booker T, Ice Harris, Matthew Thomas and Denver Kirkland incident, as well as Alex Collins. Here is what he told me about what happened with those two scenarios:
Kirkland: Was a silent commit to both Miami & FSU. Miami did not know that he was a silent to FSU as well until James Coley joined the Miami staff. After Coley joined and learned that Kirkland had silently pledged to Miami as well, he told Al and Barrow that he was silent to BOTH SCHOOLS. When Barrow heard this, he went, in person, to Booker T to talk to Kirkland. He said either you're silent to us, or to them, but not both ... Choose. Denver was wishy washy back and forth after being called on these shenanigans, and Barrow said WRONG ANSWER and pulled the offer. You all know what happened after that...rest was history. Neither FSU nor Miami wanted him, so Ice directed him to Arkansas.
Thomas: He had been a silent commit to Miami since FOREVER. Then, USC swooped in and got in his ear about LA and Matthew genuinely listened. Had a change of heart and really wanted to go to USC. He just decided that he wanted out of Miami, which is what his mother wanted for him all along (why she was a thorn in Miami's side). His mother wanted him at FSU. He decided to go to USC, Mother said NO. While this USC/FSU battle began within his house, He never told Miami of his change of heart and stayed a silent commit to UM. He ended up signing with FSU because his mother wouldn't sign USC papers. He ended up at FSU. HE NEVER TOLD MIAMI OF HIS CHANGED STATUS and that he was no longer a silent commit. Al & staff were furious with Ice over this.
Collins: Boy always liked Miami. His #2 school was Wisconsin. He had a rock solid relationship with their RB coach, Padgett or something like that. Anyway, Al and coaches stayed on his strong, every indication was that he was going to Miami with Wisconsin coming in as a close second. His mother was HUGELY in our corner, not wanting him out of state. When the RB coach went with Beliema to Arkansas, he listened. When Randy Shannon got in his ear about Arkansas too, where he would be coached by his favorite coach and being looked after by Randy, a "Miami" guy, it was too much to pass up and he wanted to go to Arkansas. He thought he was getting best of both worlds. His mother said NO, and we all know what happened with those LOI shenanigans. He had been silent to Miami for a long time until all this craziness started just before Signing Day.
Anyway, hope we're wrong on Bond and Kamalu and they make it in, but things don't look too good. Hope that info about those big time defections clear things up for you guys.
Go Canes!
