Are people seriously talking sht about NJoku and then throwing Butch as an example? LMFAO. NJoku is exactly the kind of kid Butch would turn into a monster here. Kid has only been playing football for a few years. His coach says he has a high jump of almost 7 feet. Kid played both ways with over 75 tackles on defense in addition to his offensive numbers. Urban Meyer flew out in person to meet with this kid and recruit him. Bama and Oregon were also trying to recruit him.
Some of you need to get a grip. Valentine is what it is. And Bo was nothing but a wet dream last week. That was always a huge long shot. It's disappointing but if you have been following UM recruiting a long time, this is more the norm than the exception.
The rational people on ALL boards tried to tell you all at the beginning how this was going to go. We locked up a lot of our recruits early this year. So there wasn't much territory left to finish with a huge bang. Despite that, we could still finish pretty well and we hit many important needs reasonably well. We got the California fcking PLAYER OF THE YEAR. Stole him right under the Noses of SC and UCLA. Got one of the elite RBs in the nation. A top DT and another pretty **** good one. TWO of the best DEs in the nation. Two top safeties. One of the best OL classes in the nation.
Look. We all want to get everyone, but we aren't there yet as a program. If we win and get better it will get easier. But guess what? Some of out highest rated classes have been our biggest busts historically here. It's finding the RIGHT kids at the RIGHT time that made us great. For all the short comings on this staff, they did uncover some gems this year. I think we did pretty well for a program that ended the season with its toungue hanging out.