post by his coach....
I coach Dennis at Dillard and coached Many talented DB's in my days at St. Thomas Aquinas (Major Wright, Cody Riggs, Marcus Roberson, Nate Salley, Anthony Reddick, and many others) and can tell you that Miami got a STEAL with Dennis. He has legit 4.3 speed and has very good height. The weight will come. But the best part is he has Ed Reed, Ray Lewis, and Michael Irvin work ethic. He is a high character kid and lives to grind for the game. He trains like nobody else, even when he is by himself on the field. []__[]s Cane fans will be very happy that Dennis T[]__[]rner is a Cane ! Welcome to THE []__[] !
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Was Len Myers the last Dillard guy we had?
Was Len Myers the last Dillard guy we had?
Yep, and before that...Lamont Cain?
No idea what happened to Dillard. They were THE powerhouse broward time for decades and then all of a sudden in the late 90s, they started dropping off the radar. IIRC, they've been a real sh1tty team the past 5-10 years. I'm guessing that they are the victims of re-distrciting and new schools. Kind of like what happened to Carol City.
LOL @ someone questioning 4.51 being a fast time or not as a Junior in HS... 4.51 IS very fast in HS. Coach didn't say "he has elite speed"
What's that helmet?
A mini canes helmet
Kids who win some sort of "MVP" during the camp get one of those miniature helmets.
Couldnt have said it better myself, Prop Joe. The private schools screwed Dillard. And add to the fact that its not the "cool" thing in the hood to play there anymore and you have a disaster. Also Dillard and Ely are victims of new principals who refused to sacrifice academics for the sake of winning football games. So now both schools are "B" schools (and I think Ely is an "A" school) when back in the day when they ran **** on the football field they were "D" and "F" schools. The thugs cant skip school all week and then play football on Friday night anymore.
post by his coach....
I coach Dennis at Dillard and coached Many talented DB's in my days at St. Thomas Aquinas (Major Wright, Cody Riggs, Marcus Roberson, Nate Salley, Anthony Reddick, and many others) and can tell you that Miami got a STEAL with Dennis. He has legit 4.3 speed and has very good height. The weight will come. But the best part is he has Ed Reed, Ray Lewis, and Michael Irvin work ethic. He is a high character kid and lives to grind for the game. He trains like nobody else, even when he is by himself on the field. []__[]s Cane fans will be very happy that Dennis T[]__[]rner is a Cane ! Welcome to THE []__[] !
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see i could make due with that...
Under the radar prospects that just work hard.....those kids down the road turn into players.
Kid wanted to be a Cane and went an earned and got it.
Also he is a Lauderdale kid from a school we havent been able to crack..i love it.
Was Len Myers the last Dillard guy we had?
Yep, and before that...Lamont Cain?
No idea what happened to Dillard. They were THE powerhouse broward time for decades and then all of a sudden in the late 90s, they started dropping off the radar. IIRC, they've been a real sh1tty team the past 5-10 years. I'm guessing that they are the victims of re-distrciting and new schools. Kind of like what happened to Carol City.
victim of sta...and now U-SCHOOL.
They were good throughout the 90's and 200's when i was in high school.
They are in the best talent pool area of ft.lauderdale..yet they flip through head coaches like pages...its always a thing with principal's etc....then their talent pool is getting recruited away by the privates like U-SCHOOL and STA.
They still on an average should turn out more than 5 div 1 recruits a year though....this maybe their worse drought in awhile.
Couldnt have said it better myself, Prop Joe. The private schools screwed Dillard. And add to the fact that its not the "cool" thing in the hood to play there anymore and you have a disaster. Also Dillard and Ely are victims of new principals who refused to sacrifice academics for the sake of winning football games. So now both schools are "B" schools (and I think Ely is an "A" school) when back in the day when they ran **** on the football field they were "D" and "F" schools. The thugs cant skip school all week and then play football on Friday night anymore.
Was Len Myers the last Dillard guy we had?
Yep, and before that...Lamont Cain?
No idea what happened to Dillard. They were THE powerhouse broward time for decades and then all of a sudden in the late 90s, they started dropping off the radar. IIRC, they've been a real sh1tty team the past 5-10 years. I'm guessing that they are the victims of re-distrciting and new schools. Kind of like what happened to Carol City.
victim of sta...and now U-SCHOOL.
They were good throughout the 90's and 200's when i was in high school.
They are in the best talent pool area of ft.lauderdale..yet they flip through head coaches like pages...its always a thing with principal's etc....then their talent pool is getting recruited away by the privates like U-SCHOOL and STA.
They still on an average should turn out more than 5 div 1 recruits a year though....this maybe their worse drought in awhile.
This isn't entirely true... STA, Chaminade and Gibbons were recruiting in the 90's and early 2000's as well but Dillard was still beating them... Dillard demise resulted in bad coaching and complacency regarding their players... The players refused to train as the prospects did in the past and at one point they developed a reputation for playing favorites when it concern the children of former players... Their entire formula for winning was diluted with shortcuts resulting in mediocrity... Seems like they have a good staff in place now which is good...
As for recruiting, people believe me just about every school in Broward does it... I graduated in 06 from South Plantation and our spring ball had so many locals at our practice being recruited by our coaches to transfer... But it wasn't just our school... The former coach of Boyd Anderson probably had the worst reputation... He had kids transferring out of private schools to BA and he still underachieved... It happens throughout the county...
Broward needs some better coaches... The same thing to happen to Dillard is what happened to Plantation, Ely and Deerfield... Their coaching staffs isn't performing as they should... Plantation baffles me their coach won the last ship at Ely with Ty Moss but he hasn't brought that winning to Plantation yet...