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Still very baffled by no offer for McKenzie. And dont give me the "whats the point, he wouldnt qualify anyway," excuse either. We offered Trayone real early in the process when we all knew he had grade issues and would a lot for him to get in. ND is out of the picture now. Looks like hes heading to VT, where he will take a massive **** on Doritos face for the next 4 years. Awesome.
Despite comments to the contrary from Valentine and so-called insiders, his transcript would face serious scrutiny if he were to sign with Miami. Arguably not so much at LSU of the other SEC football factories (will exclude Vandy and even the Gators). We're talking about a kid who transferred high schools, by all accounts was under water academically, apparently has taken some online classes and currently attends a school that may raises eyes with Miami admissions and the NCAA Eligibility Center. Still desperately want him to sign with Miami, but even if he does probably couldn't breath easy till he's enrolled in classes.
I take McKenzie and Battle without a second thought.
Cerenod has a lot of upside and is very athletic for his size, but I guess they don't think he fits in with their scheme. He's compact, strong, active, and moves very well. Given the state of DT, I'd take him.
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/167777/highlights/116411375?autoplay=1
I'm not a fan of Mayes. He may be small, but Dowels can stick. I guess the staff didn't care about Bethel, and if we miss on Jackson, then we only take 1 CB this cycle. If we wanted to add one, I'm good with bringing in Dowels.
Not to be the "well actually" guy, but this isn't going to end up as a top 10 class if we strikeout on NSD, as expected. It went from top 3, to top 5, to top 10, to likely somewhere in the mid-teens. Not saying it's a bad class or that I'm not very happy to have the recruits who have stuck by their commitments, but it is what it is.
Anything Valentine says at this point is nothing but an excuse. He committed to Miami when we were running the same scheme. That is Les talking. If he goes to LSU he will have committed to four separate teams in a couple of years. Not sure, but that may be a record for indecision.
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With way things seem to be going lately I will just be happy if he keep everyone we have now and nobody flips to other schools on nsd
Funny, people were whining that Louisville had better defensive linemen than we do just a short while ago. But when you talk about Ivory being not well regarding, he was a Louisville commit that Golden flipped late.
LMFAO…classic
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Think we are good. CS reported that his coach said he is set to sign with UM on Wed.
Not sure where all this extra scholarships laying around bull**** is coming from because is simply not the case. Right now, Miami sits with with 56 players on 'ships. That's counting the graduates and Bunche leaving. We have 26 commits which puts us at 82. We have 9 ships that have to give up over a three year period, so this puts us right on track.
Lastly, I can see perhaps signing one or two more considering grades and attrition.....but there is no gross mismanagement of 'ships being left on the table...
Lastly, I can see perhaps signing one or two more considering grades and attrition.....but there is no gross mismanagement of 'ships being left on the table...
Continuity is overrated.
So I was reading Scout's commitment tracker page. Two kids that make no sense to me are JoJo Nicholas and Ravian Pierce. Both are highly rated prospects and are picking from crap schools (USF, FAU, Arky). Do they have commitable offers from our staff? Could we get on them now and have a shot? Are they simply overrated and we were never interested?
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First, the 9 ships can be taken at any time over 3 years. Sure they could take 3 each year but they can split it a different way as well.
Second, the school is trying to claim that they some of the ships they self-imposed last year should count towards the 9. Not saying it will work, just this is where the school may have some additional ships.
Third, not sure if the 56 number is correct but that is neither here nor there.
Can't blame Valentine for wanting to play in an aggressive defense. That's what defenses are supposed to be. Aggressive!! Don't have to be a college student to see the difference. Gilliard would be an excellent replacement in the event Valentine chooses LSU. We can't afford keep losing the top DT's in the State of Miami territories and expect to see the huge improvements we need on defense . From a DT quality and depth perspective we won't stand a chance stopping the teams we need to beat to win the ACC.
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Aren't we massively under the number anyway? We played last year at like 75. We only have to forfeit 3 a year.
******* offer everyone you think is half decent.
LET'S GO CANES
Because the "aggressive defense" garbage don't got **** to do with why he ain't comin
This was already denied. And while we can move the nine around over the 3 years, it's been stated they're planning to be at 82 this year.
