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Class Impact: Marc Britt exits

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Did britt **** on us? Talk trash when he decommitted? If not then there is nothing wrong for us to circle back around. 17 year old kids are all over the place... as long as he has handled it respectfully, why wouldnt we welcome him back?
 
grover said:
Will be interesting to see which of those two ends up the better player at college. Britt seems pretty athletic for his highlights to me.
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I got a feeling that Tae has the higher ceiling and may be one to player sooner but Brit will be **** good himself once he puts it all together and probably be the better "pure" free safety. He has room to grow physically while Tae has probably maxed out

AUcane said:
same position?
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With us, Britt was going to be a safety through and through (even though some fans was thinking he could switch back to WR if/when Manuel don't qualify) while Tae is going to be a cross between safety and nickel (well our STAR position) along with Tre'vez Johnson.
 
flagator86 said:
I got a feeling that Tae has the higher ceiling and may be one to player sooner but Brit will be **** good himself once he puts it all together and probably be the better "pure" free safety. He has room to grow physically while Tae has probably maxed out



With us, Britt was going to be a safety through and through (even though some fans was thinking he could switch back to WR if/when Manuel don't qualify) while Tae is going to be a cross between safety and nickel (well our STAR position) along with Tre'vez Johnson.
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Cho *** up I'm tired of you enjoying our misery
 
I never watched his film but I was surprised at his physicality , especially for him being kinda skinny. Most skinny guys avoid contact , he searches it out. His wr film and dB film both look really good. Somebody will getting getting a good player regardless of position.
 
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No_Fly_Zone said:
Disagree with the contention that because we "are dealing with 17 year old divas in a corrupt environment," you can't analyze a program's recruiting strategy (or lack thereof). I also disagree with your assumption that these kids are "divas." Sure, some of them are, but most of them aren't.

If it was just one isolated incident, maybe we can yell "diva" or "bags" (both do exist). But it's more than that. Examples from this cycle alone:
1. Our staff told a local kid with interest in the program (Jesus Machado) at a position of need (LB) NOT TO VISIT in the early signing period. Why? They thought they had Flowe or Greene in the bag. Well, Flowe signed with Oregon, Greene signed with Nebraska, and Machado went to Tulane (bad move on his part, made possible by a stupid "all-eggs-in-one-basket" recruiting strategy).
2. We waited until late November to offer Ron Delancy. He is a kid who is respected among his peers, and UM decided to big-time him while hoping for a bunch of commits that weren't coming. He signed with Nebraska, too.
3. Jaidon Francois's recruitment. The whole saga. Summarized version: three decommits from one kid.
4. We (allegedly) drop Justin Hodges late in the cycle (sometime in October, I think). Contingency plan for his replacement? Nah, just offer the wrong kids late and hope for the best.
5. Marcus Fleming's recruitment. We complain about WR depth. We complaint about speed at WR. Well...
6. No commitable offer for Hyppolite. No real push to flip him (again, we thought we were going to land better prospects...LOL).
7. Parrish never received a commitable offer. This one ended up ok, because Knighton fell into the staff's lap. But it could have been disastrous. Our staff claimed they were only pursuing a second RB who they thought was elite, and Knighton was that guy. Fast-forward to Deejay declaring for the NFL and Lingard transferring. Had we not fallen backwards into Knighton, we'd have 3 scholarship RBs next year (Harris, Burns, Chaney). Even with Knighton, we're thin at the position.

This is just off the top of my head. I'm sure @Liberty City El or some of the more keyed in guys can cite to another half-dozen missteps by the staff in this recruiting cycle alone.

As far as the results, with over 80% of the 2020 recruits locked in for this cycle, they are as follows:
1. We have 2 OL recruits signed despite having one of the all-time worst OLs in our program's history;
2. We have a total of 8 scholarship WRs (counting the early signees);
3. We have a total of 5 scholarship CBs (again, counting the early signees), having signed only one kid with good traits but who is a project; and
4. We only managed 2 LB commits, despite the staff repeatedly saying they wanted 3 or 4 to address depth concerns.

The class is not horrible. Viewed in a vacuum, it's a solid class currently ranked at No. 18. But it's a well below average class for UM over the past 20 years for a non-transition class. It's a sub-par class for a supposed "bump year" class at UM. And the class has some holes at several positions of need (especially OL and CB).

Considering the foregoing, and the last two decades of mediocrity, I think it is more than fair to analyze/criticize "the process."
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Thank you!

When you really break this down it’s pathetic. The hubris of Manny Diaz and his staff is so alarming. I’m all for being confident and shooting your shot. But it makes you look like a doofus when you claim “every kid is signing” and then they never do. And good players go else where.

If this doesn’t change...in 2022 we’ll be saying wow Nebraska is so much faster than Miami.
 
Goulds Cane said:
This dude was talking **** about us for months & now we're circling back to him?
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Welcome to Miami Hurricane recruiting! If you look to your right there’s a therapist to help you understand UM’s decision making and reruns of our championship runs to the left to keep up from going insane.
 
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