Northeast High School Head Coach Donnell Bennett played with new 'Canes Tight Ends Coach Mario Cristobal at the University in the early 90s. Bennett thinks very highly of Cristobal in the coaching ranks.
"He was on my offensive line so I definitely know him pretty well. I think it was a great hire. Mario's done a great job recruiting and he's a heck of a coach so it's a plus in my opinion."
In Bennett's opinion, what makes Cristobal such a force on the recruiting trail?
"He's very assertive and knowledgable when it comes to the game of recruiting."
Brennan Carroll will now be moving from coaching tight ends to receivers with Cristobal taking over tight ends.
"I'm not sure about that because I don't know too much about Coach Carroll. I'm sure Coach Golden made a decision that he believes we will work out to put our receiving corps to be even better."
One of the major story lines that came with former WR Coach George McDonald leaving Miami was how it would affect the recruitment of Bennett's star receiver, Stacy Coley.
"It's tough to say. I talked to Stacy about it earlier and he's just going to have to meet Coach Carroll and see where he plans to go with the receivers and see if that benefits him."
A positive for Miami is that RB's Coach Terry Richardson (Northeast alum) has been on Coley since early in the process.
"He's been involved from day 1."
Bennett's ties to Miami are another factor in favor of the 'Canes chances.
"It definitely helps Stacy that I played there. It's been awhile so I won't have the answer to every question that comes up, but I'll definitely be able to help with a lot of stuff since I went through it myself."
"He was on my offensive line so I definitely know him pretty well. I think it was a great hire. Mario's done a great job recruiting and he's a heck of a coach so it's a plus in my opinion."
In Bennett's opinion, what makes Cristobal such a force on the recruiting trail?
"He's very assertive and knowledgable when it comes to the game of recruiting."
Brennan Carroll will now be moving from coaching tight ends to receivers with Cristobal taking over tight ends.
"I'm not sure about that because I don't know too much about Coach Carroll. I'm sure Coach Golden made a decision that he believes we will work out to put our receiving corps to be even better."
One of the major story lines that came with former WR Coach George McDonald leaving Miami was how it would affect the recruitment of Bennett's star receiver, Stacy Coley.
"It's tough to say. I talked to Stacy about it earlier and he's just going to have to meet Coach Carroll and see where he plans to go with the receivers and see if that benefits him."
A positive for Miami is that RB's Coach Terry Richardson (Northeast alum) has been on Coley since early in the process.
"He's been involved from day 1."
Bennett's ties to Miami are another factor in favor of the 'Canes chances.
"It definitely helps Stacy that I played there. It's been awhile so I won't have the answer to every question that comes up, but I'll definitely be able to help with a lot of stuff since I went through it myself."
