I am dropping it, my friend. I hate when threads get derailed by "race" talk. I've addressed what I felt was an ignorant comment and should have left it there, instead of getting caught up in a back and forth about race, hence contributing to the derailing of the thread.
Yea but at the end of the day Luke will still deliver players to UM if we want them. What the **** can/would Dan LeBetard ever do for UM??
Dude said this year when we were on fire that UCF would run rough shod over us..he was close to saying FAU as well. This is a guy that likely didnt watch more than 2 um games on the year. He didnt pick us vs vtech or nd. He shows up on the 30 for 30s because he is a espn employee with a gas station Miami hat like he is some Representation of Miami (the city or school)..when hes a chump from Miramar. The old Miramar..not even the current demographic.,..that went to Chaminade Madonna in Hollywood.
TBH, Cook was initially snubbed. We rated his teammate higher. Thats a well known fact. See how that worked out.
Freeman and Cooper stories are factual. Bridgwater, Lamar Jackson et al... The recurring theme Luke is discussing is correct. Besides, when those guys were coming out and we were running WE-FENSE, and had folden, and even randy as coaches, would YOU have wanted to play for Miami?
Some times I feel bad for legacies like Chickilo etc because they were coming here regardless in the ****tiest of times, and did it for the love. It was almost a career killer for a lot of them.
Luke talks out of his *** 90% of the time, but I think when you take your U glasses off for a second and see he is trying to push pretty much all of pork n beans into a 4 year university, he really does deserve a bit of slack. Just a bit.
He's a highschool coach now, it would be incorrect for him to wear U glasses 24/7 and push every kid there. Hes always gonna get butt hurt when one kid thats a diamond in the rough doesnt get a Miami offer and goes to Marshall and has a good career, but thats how it is. We now are offering and evaluating top talent.
Dude, you are starting to show your true color, my friend. Your post has no merit or substance. What did I defend? Enlighten me. I dont like Luke because he is slimy as f'uck. It has nothing to do with him being black. I clearly stated, at the beginning of my post, that I dislike Luke. You, on the other hand, have now mentioned in two different post in this very thread, that Luke is playing the "race card". So let me ask, what card are you playing?
Yea but at the end of the day Luke will still deliver players to UM if we want them. What the **** can/would Dan LeBetard ever do for UM??
Dude said this year when we were on fire that UCF would run rough shod over us..he was close to saying FAU as well. This is a guy that likely didnt watch more than 2 um games on the year. He didnt pick us vs vtech or nd. He shows up on the 30 for 30s because he is a espn employee with a gas station Miami hat like he is some Representation of Miami (the city or school)..when hes a chump from Miramar. The old Miramar..not even the current demographic.,..that went to Chaminade Madonna in Hollywood.
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I don't see the point in hating LeBatard. He is (or, was) a journalist - digging up dirt and exposing stories, that's what they do. If he hadn't "broken the news," all of that garbage would have come out eventually anyway, and our probation for the Pell Grant stuff would have just been delayed by a year, 2, 3, who knows. In retrospect, better that it happened when it did.
I never read that article at the time. It kinda confirms some things I suspected, especially about the Sugar Bowl against Alabama. I was in New Orleans for that game, and I kept hearing stories about how the players and coaches were out on Bourbon Street every night getting hammered. They were staying at the Le Meridien on Canal St., right in the thick of it all. Meanwhile, Alabama was staying far away at some dump motel in Mississippi, doing nothing but focusing on the game. Hearing all that, I knew we were screwed before the game even started. That team could have won that game, if the players and coaches had taken it seriously.
I'm sorry, but you can't have it both ways. You can't say that we "softballed" recruits and then follow it up with "but they wouldn't have played for Golden/Shannon anyways". You're making an argument against your own case. I can't speak for Freeman or Cooper, but Bridgewater decommitted because we fired Randy Shannon - nothing more, nothing less.Freeman and Cooper stories are factual. Bridgwater, Lamar Jackson et al... The recurring theme Luke is discussing is correct. Besides, when those guys were coming out and we were running WE-FENSE, and had folden, and even randy as coaches, would YOU have wanted to play for Miami?
This is true and part of why we all love Chickilo and are happy with his success in the NFL.Some times I feel bad for legacies like Chickilo etc because they were coming here regardless in the ****tiest of times, and did it for the love. It was almost a career killer for a lot of them.
Aren't all youth and HS football coaches doing this? I'm not going to take a soft stance on Luke because he's doing the job he is being payed to do. What most of us have issue with is the under-the-table games he's playing while advocating his position as a mentor and moral compass for south Florida kids. Just because he doesn't work for a major sports agency doesn't mean he isn't using their playbook.Luke talks out of his *** 90% of the time, but I think when you take your U glasses off for a second and see he is trying to push pretty much all of pork n beans into a 4 year university, he really does deserve a bit of slack. Just a bit.
Luke has and always will be self-serving. Post-Shapiro, Miami and Golden were forced to play by the rules which meant they had to disconnect from people like Luke. He's not mad that we didn't offer some of his kids, he's mad that he lost his connection to the university which in part helped line his pockets. Luke doesn't love Miami football, he loves the financial opportunity it can provide him.He's a highschool coach now, it would be incorrect for him to wear U glasses 24/7 and push every kid there. Hes always gonna get butt hurt when one kid thats a diamond in the rough doesn't get a Miami offer and goes to Marshall and has a good career, but thats how it is. We now are offering and evaluating top talent.
Not exactly. She's a lawyer and Luke has players hire her to help negotiate contracts with sports agencies. I believe she "co-represents" them which basically means she is not licensed to be their agent but is still paid for legal consultation/support.Isn't his wife a sports agent or something too?
Not joking- Why do we hate LeBatard?
Not exactly. She's a lawyer and Luke has players hire her to help negotiate contracts with sports agencies. I believe she "co-represents" them which basically means she is not licensed to be their agent but is still paid for legal consultation/support.
No worries. I’ll roll with you every time.