The Bank (4/16)

DMoney

Apr 16, 2023 3 min read

Putting this one out quick because a lot of news is dropping fast:

- Miami trending with Top 100 players WR JoJo Trader (Chaminade) and TE/WR Caleb Odom (Carrollton, GA). Nothing imminent I am aware of, but they would give Miami a huge start to their pass-catcher overhaul with blue-chip WR Chance Robinson (St. Thomas Aquinas), who committed on Saturday.

- I expect a run of commits and Portal additions. As Gaby hinted at on 247, I expect commits from DB Dylan Day (Baton Rouge, LA), OL Juan Minaya (Paramus, NJ) and S Isaiah Thomas (Clearwater). Miami is also trending for CB Ricky Knight (Benjamin), with FSU also in pursuit. People in the building (especially Coach Guidry) are very excited about Day. His frame looked long on his visit with room to add weight, and he has solid testing numbers to go along with outstanding film. He will upgrade the physicality, versatility and instincts of the class immediately. Minaya is someone Mirabal has targeted from the jump. He goes big-name hunting, but he also has his personal giants. Word on Thomas (originally from Toronto) is that he is a big-time talent and should be fully recovered in fall from his knee injury.

- I understand there will be a mixed reaction to a flood of non-blue chip commits, but remember that there were a ton of elite players on campus this month and they all left loving Miami. Those processes will take more time and I'll have more scoop on those visits later in the week. The kids identified above are prospects that Miami has evaluated and prioritized early.

- There is about to be a wave in the Portal. Watch the DT position. As I've been saying for weeks, Miami doesn't just want someone big- they want someone big and athletic. They will add a RB and a nickel. D2 All-American WR JaQuae Jackson is enjoying the recruiting process but Miami is firmly in that battle. Nothing done yet. I expect us to land Lou Cristobal (Georgia State starter) to compete with Ryan Rodriguez at backup center. The priority going forward with be corner.

- Another name to watch is Chris Wheatley-Humphrey from South Plantation. Miami loves him and is picking up momentum.

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grover

Apr 16, 2023

Ghandi said:
So much animosity for the 85th spot on a bad roster.

I don’t want him here either, but the amount of kilobytes wasted is truly awe inspiring.

This is a 7-5 to 8-4 roster at best. Who cares?

Because it flies in the face of Mario's messaging of building a team of champions. It's nepotism -- i.e., the antonym of meritocracy.

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Arehel

Apr 16, 2023

grover said:
Because it flies in the face of Mario's messaging of building a team of champions. It's nepotism -- i.e., the antonym of meritocracy.

He probably wants to bring him in to give a better look for the first reamers on scout team.

How's Leonard Taylor et al. Supposed to get better if he's up against Rodriguez all the time and the guy can make the right line calls either. At least he'll assumingly do the latter. I think that's the main purpose of depth anyway.

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GladeCane

Apr 16, 2023

Artist Formerly Known As said:
It’s nepotism. If his last name wasn’t Cristobal, the staff wouldn’t even open up a video with his name on it

Did you watch video on Lou? If you did, you would not have made the comment you did. He's actually pretty good.

252cane

Apr 16, 2023

RVACane said:
@252cane if by chance they land Trader, I’d agree to crowning Beard as to recruiting with Chance in the class. I don’t see it but hopefully I’m wrong. We’ll see.

Lol I didn’t go that far and say crown him but I believe he will bring in a good class and I do think we get trader

RVACane

Apr 16, 2023

grover said:
Because it flies in the face of Mario's messaging of building a team of champions. It's nepotism -- i.e., the antonym of meritocracy.

You need a more gif-friendly avatar.

PSU Cane

Apr 16, 2023

Canemang said:
I’ll let Mirabal know, thanks

So he‘s immune to mistakes or never makes bad evals? I guess all the chatter about the Oregon transfer guys not doing well enough to keep us out of the portal is just that, chatter.

252cane

Apr 16, 2023

Torocane said:
Didn't we just sign the #1 rated OL class?

No I believe that was bama

RVACane

Apr 16, 2023

252cane said:
No I believe that was bama

It’s pretty close. I think we did better in the top 20 but they pulled a couple more from 20-35

Bender

Apr 16, 2023

Tank Grill said:
Stupid is as stupid does sir.

Such a statement after what I've read from you and others about a player who hasn't even committed here, let alone gotten an offer, just because he is Cristobals nephew, is the biggest piece of irony I will have this year.

Edit: Just saw the name change. Good grief, I should have known...

Bender

Apr 16, 2023

Torocane said:
This kid being the only OL Mario has brought in since he has been here clearly shows he is not bringing quality OL talent.

He said they wanted bigger OL and all he has gotten is one 6' guy.

FromDeeeeep

Apr 16, 2023

Artist Formerly Known As said:
The difference is those teams are actually good with playoff caliber depth, but as long as y’all are cool continuing to add bad players to an already bad roster, I will be too.

A lot of programs do it. I only mentioned those 2 because how often they were discussed in the news.

If I had the time and was bored to death I probably could easily find multiple examples at smaller programs.

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Torocane

Apr 17, 2023

Ashley Schaeffer said:

Sarcasm

L A M P

Apr 17, 2023

Canesfreak said:
D$ giving you boys gold and 90% of the posts are about Cristobol’s nephew. Wtf

Including yours.. and the other 100 post just like this. One side hates it. One side said it’s no big deal. Both sides are talking about it. How is one more guilty than the other? D$ has pushed this thing. Blame him. Lol

Themadcane

Apr 17, 2023

When the offer to replace Manny went out and it said Mario we will give you 80 million. If Mario came back and said ok you got a deal but I need to use 1 roster spot for 4 years for my nephew- who shouldn’t really have one but I am all about family. If that news came out nobody who wanted Mario (me included) would’ve cared at all. I would have said take 2 and give one to your neighbors special needs daughter too. Probably won’t play here. But I don’t care either way. I can’t name 65 players on the team. This just gives me one more I know.

252cane

Apr 17, 2023

RVACane said:
It’s pretty close. I think we did better in the top 20 but they pulled a couple more from 20-35

They got 4 of the top 20 with #1, 8, 14, and 16th ranked tackles

RVACane

Apr 17, 2023

252cane said:
They got 4 of the top 20 with #1, 8, 14, and 16th ranked tackles

Not according to the 247 list. Maybe the composite with On3 and ESPN??? I ignore that because On3 is crap.

This is what 247 has.

252cane

Apr 17, 2023

RVACane said:
Not according to the 247 list. Maybe the composite with On3 and ESPN??? I ignore that because On3 is crap.

This is what 247 has.

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I use composite

Apr 17, 2023

aelmiami said:
We are trending for an elite South Florida WR and a top OOS TE.

But Nepotism man. And let’s be real, we’d all give our nephew a spot if we were Mario.

My nephew would be starting lol