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“I think the excitement level (with recruits) is high,” Cristobal told The Athletic. “They know we’re headed in the right direction, and we’re going to have a **** of a (signing) class. We’re going after guys that we feel strongly about, and we are finding some other guys now that could be playing in the Super Bowl and you’ve never heard of them until we got to them. We trust our eyes. The board is deep and vast.”
“We’ve been on the other side of the country,” Cristobal said. “Even though we recruited some players over here, we really cherry-picked over here. We didn’t cultivate (relationships) over here. Very different. Now, you’ve got to cultivate on this side and cherry-pick the other side now. Recultivating, assigning areas and getting back into it, when you start, you’re always a year behind and it takes you a full year to fully catch up to be ahead of the kids in the 2024, 2025, 2026 classes. But we are at warp speed. We’ve got our foot on the gas and we’re rolling as hard and as fast as we can to get there.”
Cristobal made a run at 247Sports’ No. 1 ranked player in south Florida last year. But five-star defensive lineman Shemar Stewart opted to sign with Texas A&M. Stewart said Miami finished second. Cristobal thinks he still landed the best player in South Florida. “It’s important to get the No. 1 guy on your board,” Cristobal replied when asked how important it is to sign the No. 1 recruit in Miami’s backyard every year. “Was Wesley (Bissainthe) not No. 1 last year?”
LFG.
“We’ve been on the other side of the country,” Cristobal said. “Even though we recruited some players over here, we really cherry-picked over here. We didn’t cultivate (relationships) over here. Very different. Now, you’ve got to cultivate on this side and cherry-pick the other side now. Recultivating, assigning areas and getting back into it, when you start, you’re always a year behind and it takes you a full year to fully catch up to be ahead of the kids in the 2024, 2025, 2026 classes. But we are at warp speed. We’ve got our foot on the gas and we’re rolling as hard and as fast as we can to get there.”
Cristobal made a run at 247Sports’ No. 1 ranked player in south Florida last year. But five-star defensive lineman Shemar Stewart opted to sign with Texas A&M. Stewart said Miami finished second. Cristobal thinks he still landed the best player in South Florida. “It’s important to get the No. 1 guy on your board,” Cristobal replied when asked how important it is to sign the No. 1 recruit in Miami’s backyard every year. “Was Wesley (Bissainthe) not No. 1 last year?”
LFG.