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The type of player/mold Miami needs to recruit vs. Projections

Damiencane86 said:
Football IQ is and has been too undervalued amongst this program for far too long. We've been constantly littered with players who lack discipline, quick mental processing, and the ability to respond to adversity. The hope is Mario & Zo can change this through proper vetting & evals.
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This x 1000, how many times have we seen a positive play negated by a foolish/look at me penalty!? Yes, it happens everywhere, but we seem to specialize in it as well as, at times, a painful lack of situational awareness.
 
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m-vac said:
Historically and consistently Miami has recruited in their backyard & Florida as a whole - but they key is in the type of player whether from SoFlo or elsewhere.

Kam Kitchens coming out of Northwestern was always labeled extremely smart, cerebral & once he got to the U it has been said he prepares and watches film like a pro. He also is physically gifted, but not elite like so many SoFlo kids we get. I have said since they came in, Kam is Ed Reed and James Williams is Sean Taylor. James is cerebral as well, but needs to clean up his technique and tackling, as he relies on his superior athleticism. Jacurri Brown is another guy with the cerebral capability along with elite physical tools.

A guy who was physically gifted and played fast, but lacked in mentally processing to get himself on the field more - Avantae Williams.

We need guys that produce big time at the high school level, b/c it translates. Its a football player that makes it happen, rather than loading up on mostly guys who are more physically gifted at a young age or project to have certain freakish measurable's. Yes, we still want and need those types, but we need more guys who are elite above the neck.

I think the class we hav coming in has a bunch of guys who can think the game and process information to understand how the defense & offense scheme flows collectively.

My curiosity is the cerebral part being emphasized and taught at the youth level and up? South Florida or Florida kids as a whole get way more reps than most kids from starting young and then the 7 on 7's, etc, compared to NJ,OH, Pitt and even Texas. Reps, or the 10,000 hour rule...Thoughts??
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Football IQ.

It’s what Urban Meyer criticized the most about Miami highschools.

Physical traits can get kids high marks in the star rating system. Then when they bust our fans go “Our coaches suck!” Richt rarely won fewer than 10 games but in Coral Gables it was common.
 
Canedog said:
Let’s not make this moar complicated than it needs to be. The type of player Miami needs to recruit is the player who got that dog in em.
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Interesting. Define "dog in em"? Players definitely need that "edge" but I think we'd all agree that Tae had that "edge" and that "dog in em".

Kam Kinchens has that "edge" and also is an elite IQ level player. Less "dog in em" than Tae but a significantly better player.
 
Kinchens does remind me of Ed Reed when he was in college. At least that Georgia Tech game. Ed is on staff, wouldn't surprise me at all if Kinchens is spending a lot time with him learning, and the fact that he's in the film room as much as he is also reminds me of Ed.

That Georgia Tech game was the best individual performance I've seen from a Miami Hurricane in about 20 years. I'm very high on that kid and hope he keeps it up in the film room and keeps picking Ed's brain and keeps improving. He's special.

Just came on here to say that
 
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Stop reading at “ James Williams is Sean Taylor”.
I’ll try reading the rest later. Gonna have a beer or three. Good night.
 
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