He was a good recruiter not elite. Let's face it though we will always get talent based on our history and location. Next coach has to get the studs to stay home. No more losing the Dalvin Cook's and Calvin Ridley's amongst others.
Ereck flowers? At the end of the day those guys were developed. perryman, Clive walford, Duke Johnson, Phillip Dorsett, flowers, armbrister, Gunter. They all got better every year. Coming from highschool I would have never though Dorsett would have been a 1st round pickHe wasn't great at anything, but he did amass some talent for the next coach. Last year alone we had 7 players drafted so he was doing something right. As I said, he wasn't a great recruiter, but he did accumulate a good amount of talent except for OL and DT.
The guys that were drafted were Shannon recruits.
look at any programs recruiting classes. The amount of kids that become something will be very similar. Golden's issue was the mass exodus of players that showed potential early and were gone the next season. Attrition really hurt. A lot of characters were asked to leave.
look at any programs recruiting classes. The amount of kids that become something will be very similar. Golden's issue was the mass exodus of players that showed potential early and were gone the next season. Attrition really hurt. A lot of characters were asked to leave.
That's called POOR RECRUITING.
Offering kids that have no business playing at Miami.
look at any programs recruiting classes. The amount of kids that become something will be very similar. Golden's issue was the mass exodus of players that showed potential early and were gone the next season. Attrition really hurt. A lot of characters were asked to leave.
That's called POOR RECRUITING.
Offering kids that have no business playing at Miami.
So we didn't lose any kids that could play? None? Again, every recruiting class at every program has plenty of wash outs. I am certainly not advocating for Golden as a super recruiter but this roster today is pretty darn good. The kids that were asked to leave because of character issues doesn't qualify him as a poor recruiter.
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Miami has the 2nd most players in the NFL.
Miami has higher rated classes than everyone it plays except FSU for a decade.
The problem is and was COACHING.
Al Golden was considered one of the best recruiters in the biz. But when you can't win, you can't recruit. We have gone over this hundreds of times for the love of god.
For the billionth time...
EVALUATING TALENT is part of recruiting. Deciding who deserves an offer and who can/can't play ball at this level.
THAT, my friends, is what Golden is dogsh!t terrible at.
Signing Danny Dilliard, Larry Hope and Nate Dortch instead of Fabian Moreau.
Signing Braxton Berrios instead of Isaiah McKenzie. (or even the white WR at UNC that's better than Berrios)
Almost not signing Denzel Perryman.
Not recruiting James Burgess or Quincy Wilson.
Offering Dennis Turner, Ryan Mayes and Nigel Bethel instead of Juwan Dowels or Ronnie Hoggins. (following class)
Not offering Skai Moore. (until it was too late)
Not recruiting Luther Maddy.
Recruiting Travis Rudolph as a Cornerback.
And we won't even begin to talk about the guys he struck out on. The list is long.
LOL @ anybody who looks at this current roster...as well as the turnover from previous rosters... and still considers him a good recruiter.
For the billionth time...
EVALUATING TALENT is part of recruiting. Deciding who deserves an offer and who can/can't play ball at this level.
THAT, my friends, is what Golden is dogsh!t terrible at.
Signing Danny Dilliard, Larry Hope and Nate Dortch instead of Fabian Moreau.
Signing Braxton Berrios instead of Isaiah McKenzie. (or even the white WR at UNC that's better than Berrios)
Almost not signing Denzel Perryman.
Not recruiting James Burgess or Quincy Wilson.
Offering Dennis Turner, Ryan Mayes and Nigel Bethel instead of Juwan Dowels or Ronnie Hoggins. (following class)
Not offering Skai Moore. (until it was too late)
Not recruiting Luther Maddy.
Recruiting Travis Rudolph as a Cornerback.
And we won't even begin to talk about the guys he struck out on. The list is long.
LOL @ anybody who looks at this current roster...as well as the turnover from previous rosters... and still considers him a good recruiter.
The OP is dead wrong, Golden was a very good recruiter, tireless, relentless, he left this roster a heck of a lot better then he found it. I really wonder how hard Butch would put into recruiting? He was good at one time but now he is looking for a fat paycheck to go into retirement. That's why they put CEOs out to pasture in the business world. Give me a young, aggressive coach any day, Butch is a washed up old man.
The OP is dead wrong, Golden was a very good recruiter, tireless, relentless, he left this roster a heck of a lot better then he found it. I really wonder how hard Butch would put into recruiting? He was good at one time but now he is looking for a fat paycheck to go into retirement. That's why they put CEOs out to pasture in the business world. Give me a young, aggressive coach any day, Butch is a washed up old man.