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Your friend is an idiot.
he did not write it...just fwd to me kinda laughing himself..UCLA fans want this kid bad...
They should. It blows my mind that we can walk in to their house, **** on their lawn, kick their dog, and steal basically the best quarterback in the state of California right out from under their noses.
It's hard to wrap my mind around that, but I'm glad we're able to do it either way. Kid will be a good one here.
Simply an exercise in excellent, early talent evaluation on the part of our staff, particularly Coach Coley. Remember, prior to the Opening and being named a member of the Elite 11, Kaaya wasn't perceived as one of the top-tier QB's (at least in regard to recruiting services). He performs on a big stage and boom, blows up. At that point he was already locked into Miami. ****, I think Barton Simmons at 247 lists Kaaya as one of his top 25 players in the nation regardless of position. Just more evidence this staff can evaluate.
It's crazy that we found him before the local school did. We're thousands of miles away, meanwhile UCLA could have had someone on his campus every day. It's not like this kid plays for some nobody school, it's a well-known high school in So Cal.
That either says really good things about us, or really bad things about UCLA and USC. Or both.
I think it's more along the lines of the former, though I believe D-Money pointed out in a recent thread relating to Kaaya that the UCLA staff has realized it made a huge mistake.
I'm with you too in regard the irony of securing a top-notch QB from the other side of the country.
I remember when we brought Coley on board and everyone was salivating over acquiring his south Florida recruiting ties (and stripping them from FSU no less). While he's done well so far in SFLA, his biggest get may turn out to be a Los Angeles area quarterback.