The Bank (12/19)

DMoney

Thursday at 2:05 PM 3 min read

Even as they prepare for Iowa State, the Canes are working on numerous fronts in the Portal. Here is the latest:

- My read from the building is that the Canes like their options at QB. It's true that the coaches and players like Emory Williams. Anybody with connections to the team will confirm that. But they were also extremely aggressive in pursuing Washington State transfer QB John Mateer, as reported by various national and Oklahoma sources. So watch the actions. The Canes are actively looking to improve the talent in that room and will continue to do so throughout the Portal period (which extends by five days for playoff teams eliminated from the tournament). Fernando Mendoza is a name that we like (and that I personally feel would be an improvement to the current room) but he is by no means the only target. I get the impression they feel better about their options now than they did last year, when so much rode on Cam Ward.

- Secondary recruiting could pick up quickly. Wisconsin CB Xavier Lucas just entered the Portal and the Canes are the heavy favorite. He is a Broward native and former teammate of OJ Frederique under CIS legend @Coach Macho. That reunion would give Miami perhaps the most talented pair of young corners in the conference. Lucas has three years of eligibility.

- Miami is also pursuing Michigan State CB corner (and Venice, FL native) Charles Brantley, who is one of the most experienced and proven corners in the Portal. There is strong mutual interest there. Arizona CB Emmanuel Karnley is another young, long, fast corner with three years of eligibility who Miami likes a lot. Ole Miss and Michigan are battling there.

- At safety, Miami is thrilled with the addition of Zechariah Poyser from Jacksonville State. He may have been the best safety in the Portal and has three years of eligibility. If we add another name as a boundary safety, watch for Adrian Wilson (Washington State).

- WR Kevin Concepcion is on campus now and having a good visit. He is a high-priority target.

- I expect Miami to add a starting C and will monitor names jumping in the Portal (that is an active market).

- WR CJ Daniels is considered a high-character, proven target with rave reviews from LSU staffers and others who have coached him. His contested-catch ability projects to be an improvement over anybody in our room last year.

- The DT name to know right now is David Blay, a 6'4, 300+pound late bloomer from Pennsylvania. He is visiting through the weekend. Miami would like to add a premium, productive target instead of a volume of low-ceiling players, as the room has improved through recruiting.

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gacaneaddict

Thursday at 7:04 PM

tdjones34 said:
It's a glorified practice
Play the kids
We want recruits but then say we need portal because our blue chips haven't shown anything
And then don't want them playing in a crap bowl game?

SMH

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tdjones34

Thursday at 7:05 PM

gacaneaddict said:
SMH

Me too

RVACane

Thursday at 7:05 PM

gacaneaddict said:
I feel Like im living in Bizzaro world.

We have the best QB in the country, maybe best in school history, has 1 more game left, but instead we got people wanting to see Emory in the bowl game?

If Mario willingly sat Cam Ward for Emory in this game, it would be the biggest coaching malpractice of his career.

He’d be doing Cam a favor and protecting him from injury for the draft in a game that means nothing otherwise except for getting young guys reps and seeing what we’ve got going forward but you keep going on about how Restrepo not playing like that’s shameful and now with cam because - quite frankly - you don’t give two ***** about these kids and their futures after they leave Miami as long as you’re entitled crying *** is entertained.

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tdjones34

Thursday at 7:07 PM

RVACane said:
He’d be doing Cam a favor and protecting him from injury for the draft in a game that means nothing otherwise except for getting young guys reps and seeing what we’ve got going forward but you keep going on about how Restrepo not playing like that’s shameful and now with cam because - quite frankly - you don’t give two ***** about these kids and their futures after they leave Miami as long as you’re entitled crying *** is entertained.

Let cam start
Get him out at half or early qtr

Lokest

Thursday at 7:09 PM

Allabouttheu95 said:
Jesus Christ this might be the most bleak bank to date….

We can go bleaker

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tdjones34

Thursday at 7:09 PM

Jojo carr loften
Young OL ans DL
Pruitt popo hayes
Brown day Patterson
Mack of healthy

Need to play a lot

RVACane

Thursday at 7:09 PM

tdjones34 said:
Let cam start
Get him out at half or early qtr

Up to him and Mario. But if he opted not to play like Restrepo, it’s understandable at this point and they deserve appreciation and respect for their decisions, especially with what they’ve accomplished here.

Lokest

Thursday at 7:10 PM

tdjones34 said:
Let cam start
Get him out at half or early qtr

Cam gives us the best chance to win that game. What message does that send the team if Mario sits him? If you want cam to sit and give the young guys reps then get on the defense to do their ******* job.

stormsurge

Thursday at 7:11 PM

Why do i get the feeling that Miami is in contact with a bigtime QB who has not declared yet and DMoney is not at liberty to discuss this yet?

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tdjones34

Thursday at 7:11 PM

Lokest said:
Cam gives us the best chance to win that game. What message does that send the team if Mario sits him? If you want cam to sit and give the young guys reps then get on the defense to do their ******* job.

Win the pop tarts bowl or get guys experience
Ill take experience every day

Hoyacane1620

Thursday at 7:11 PM

tdjones34 said:
It's a glorified practice
Play the kids
We want recruits but then say we need portal because our blue chips haven't shown anything
And then don't want them playing in a crap bowl game?

it's a ranked matchup. Yes, the name makes it feel like a crap bowl game. Cam doesn't think it's a crap game.

He'll be throwing to young guys.

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skeeter

Thursday at 7:12 PM

Allabouttheu95 said:
Jesus Christ this might be the most bleak bank to date….

What is bleak about it?

flips

Thursday at 7:12 PM

gacaneaddict said:
I feel Like im living in Bizzaro world.

We have the best QB in the country, maybe best in school history, has 1 more game left, but instead we got people wanting to see Emory in the bowl game?

If Mario willingly sat Cam Ward for Emory in this game, it would be the biggest coaching malpractice of his career.

Whoa. You're a little over your skis:

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tdjones34

Thursday at 7:13 PM

Hoyacane1620 said:
it's a ranked matchup. Yes, the name makes it feel like a crap bowl game. Cam doesn't think it's a crap game.

He'll be throwing to young guys.

He should start if he wants to play
I want to see him selfishly but don't want him to get hurt and team needs to see guys returning play in the game

StevoBevo

Thursday at 7:14 PM

RVACane said:
Yeah man, this is the way I’m looking for this storyline to go!

@cway313 , @Angry Ibis & @Rellyrell way to reel this one in.

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I’m not trying to be a mope that’s just how it looks. Mario has been known to be slow and methodical and the portal is the exact opposite right now. It seems he is already taking the slow and methodical approach to firing or demoting Guidry. **** even for him to be announced as returning he is.

I think his approach to focusing on mateer and seemingly just letting Mensah/Arnold just go to other schools was a terrible move. Because he either had some type of intel that mateer was extremely interested in us and was already told he’d (Mario/Miami) get a visit or he didn’t wanna settle (which he has to now) and all while we lost a significant chunk of our top tier portal targets

I don’t think Mario is a bad recruiter but I think there’s an adjustment that NEEDS to be made. On the flip side I think he’s actually done a good job of retaining our talent thus far. If we were truly in trouble we’d be losing talent. The team fights for Mario and loves him once their on his side, but his bigger obstacle in this NIL/Portal era seems to be getting them in the door. His strength is relationships, unfortunately recruiting is way more than that these days.