This is why Cooney deserves his job....

[MiamiChris]

He was the assistant WR Coach last year, so he was with Jeff more than anyone.

Is he willing to take and lose his bias towards his two guys Wiggins and Pope and treat the whole group as one and not add to the divide?

 

[Big Toney]

Cooney deserves to be the Wr Position Coach. He earned it

 

[BS85]

if lo is healthy. oh boy. lo, cam, deejay, asa, jt, hightower, brevin, pope a year stronger, etc. this is some explosiveness

Richt's nightmare

 

[CANEMC]

Richt's nightmare

Don't sleep on Payton either! We deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

 

[caneaddict]

Fun fact: Cooney was the primary recruiter for Haselwood. If we didn't dud the end of the season, he was coming. Dugan's obviously was recruiting him but no one had more communication and a better rapport with Haselwood than Cooney.

in the hasselwood video the mom mentioned Dugan several times and not cooney

 

[Bweezy25]

He was the assistant WR Coach last year, so he was with Jeff more than anyone.

Hopefully he learned from Dugans mistakes

 

[1mg of Epi]

My issue with Cooney is that he was hired to build local recruiting relationships and in the end we struck out on a greater percentage of our local targets than anyone thought possible. Even Golden had a much higher percentage of the top tricounty kids commit than Rocit did this class.

So while you can put the blame squarely on Richt’s staff for failing to close, you can’t ignore that Cooney was part of that staff. Give him another year under the new regime to prove himself and show more positive outcomes before bumping him up.

That recruiting failure was a direct result of the product on the field.

 

[Dghustla]

My issue with Cooney is that he was hired to build local recruiting relationships and in the end we struck out on a greater percentage of our local targets than anyone thought possible. Even Golden had a much higher percentage of the top tricounty kids commit than Rocit did this class.

So while you can put the blame squarely on Richt’s staff for failing to close, you can’t ignore that Cooney was part of that staff. Give him another year under the new regime to prove himself and show more positive outcomes before bumping him up.

You can be the best salesman on earth but if your product sucks you gunna have a hard time closing consistently. These kids don’t live in a vacuum and Richt wasn’t putting out a desirable product. Coney is the only reason kids were even open to hearing the pitch.

 

[Number1CanesFan]

Most we've had on the team in YEARS. And isn't Mallory faster than Brevin?

Waiting for Evidence Njoku to start making moves.

No doubt. I want Njoku to be the next Calvin Johnson!!!! He has such a sick catch radius and can jump.

 

[canesmang1]

He’s done a great job at his new position. I don’t believe that translates to a position coach. That’s a Richt move.

 

[KevinCaneFace]

He’s done a great job at his new position. I don’t believe that translates to a position coach. That’s a Richt move.

So what exactly translates to being a position coach? Do you have to be a proven HC to be worthy of the mighty title of WR’s coach? Maybe we should let talented up and coming coaches go prove it elsewhere and then watch them win recruits for other teams.

 

[John77]

So what exactly translates to being a position coach? Do you have to be a proven HC to be worthy of the mighty title of WR’s coach? Maybe we should let talented up and coming coaches go prove it elsewhere and then watch them win recruits for other teams.

We shouldn’t have first time coaches hired at Miami, it’s stupid and unnecessary.

 

[Dwinstitles]

 

[pumbaa]

We shouldn’t have first time coaches hired at Miami, it’s stupid and unnecessary.

So the whole DEF side of the ball pretty much?

 

[HSFC]

Cooney coached Pope and Wiggins in high school - how ready were they when they got to Miami?

 

[Dhatguy]

is this facts????

No, the man didn’t have those types of recruiting privileges.

 

[rsa coral gables]

My issue with Cooney is that he was hired to build local recruiting relationships and in the end we struck out on a greater percentage of our local targets than anyone thought possible. Even Golden had a much higher percentage of the top tricounty kids commit than Rocit did this class.

So while you can put the blame squarely on Richt’s staff for failing to close, you can’t ignore that Cooney was part of that staff. Give him another year under the new regime to prove himself and show more positive outcomes before bumping him up.

i don't know whether he can coach or not. but maybe he is an elite recruiter but a ****ty coach? just because he excels in recruiting, does that earn him a coaching position? those are two entirely different skill sets. we need good, technical coaching!!

 

[KevinCaneFace]

We shouldn’t have first time coaches hired at Miami, it’s stupid and unnecessary.

Lol that’s laughable. We’ve had many work out well here as well as a few current staff members.

But a great leader is supposed to recognize talent and develop that talent. If Cooney is talented a good leader would promote and develop instead of letting him walk to become great elsewhere

 

[GladeCane]

Lol that’s laughable. We’ve had many work out well here as well as a few current staff members.

But a great leader is supposed to recognize talent and develop that talent. If Cooney is talented a good leader would promote and develop instead of letting him walk to become great elsewhere

It's actually very smart. You need someone in the critical WR coaches position with a proven track record.

 

[rsa coral gables]

Lol that’s laughable. We’ve had many work out well here as well as a few current staff members.

But a great leader is supposed to recognize talent and develop that talent. If Cooney is talented a good leader would promote and develop instead of letting him walk to become great elsewhere

do you know whether he is an elite teacher? an elite technical coach?