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2023 Cristobal on UM's recruiting...

LeedsCane said:
This is all from my understanding according to the recruits, coaches and members of circles (agents, owners) I have talked to and in no way am I saying I have spoken directly to Mario about his preferences and desires regarding recruits, yet: His big thing is he wants recruits to make sure they aren’t being caught up in the high of a visit and that when they commit, they understand that while they can take other visits, if they do then they are looking and if they are looking? We are looking. As far as turning down commitments? That HAS happened but it’s extremely rare. I believe it happened twice at the Elite day. He has certain expectations for recruits for sure, usually he wants you recruiting for the school as openly and often as possible. Antonio Tripp is a great example of a kid who does that publicly whilst guys like say a Brown or a Bain will do it more quietly. Mario isn’t going to force a commitment from a kid and he doesn’t have any problem with a kid saying he is committed silently. The staff has confidence that said kids will pop when they want to and if it’s not for Miami, the second through the sixth or seventh (in some cases) options are already established and are being recruited equally as hard. He absolutely wants to parents on visits, for two reasons; one? He knows the biggest strength of this staff is the ability to close with parents and recruits in the same room, face to face. Two? It shows more interest from the kid and less of a chance of a parent getting in the middle of a commitment if they are present for the commitment or the visit where the commitment is agreed upon. Staggering commitments seems to be the general consensus; the goal being to keep Miami constantly in the news for some positive reason and always have Miami on the minds of the recruits, no matter how ‘locked in’ they may be in their commitments. Mario knows that any kind of commitment is non-binding and there is no difference than if you have Miami in your top 10 or are committed publicly. You get recruited regardless. Some positions are being recruited harder than others and individual coaches on the staff have varying intensities in how they recruit certain kids. It takes an army, thankfully we have one of the best.
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Your "return" key is broken?

Love ya, just gotta get you to do more paragraph breaks!
 
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LeedsCane said:
This is all from my understanding according to the recruits, coaches and members of circles (agents, owners) I have talked to and in no way am I saying I have spoken directly to Mario about his preferences and desires regarding recruits, yet: His big thing is he wants recruits to make sure they aren’t being caught up in the high of a visit and that when they commit, they understand that while they can take other visits, if they do then they are looking and if they are looking? We are looking. As far as turning down commitments? That HAS happened but it’s extremely rare. I believe it happened twice at the Elite day. He has certain expectations for recruits for sure, usually he wants you recruiting for the school as openly and often as possible. Antonio Tripp is a great example of a kid who does that publicly whilst guys like say a Brown or a Bain will do it more quietly. Mario isn’t going to force a commitment from a kid and he doesn’t have any problem with a kid saying he is committed silently. The staff has confidence that said kids will pop when they want to and if it’s not for Miami, the second through the sixth or seventh (in some cases) options are already established and are being recruited equally as hard. He absolutely wants to parents on visits, for two reasons; one? He knows the biggest strength of this staff is the ability to close with parents and recruits in the same room, face to face. Two? It shows more interest from the kid and less of a chance of a parent getting in the middle of a commitment if they are present for the commitment or the visit where the commitment is agreed upon. Staggering commitments seems to be the general consensus; the goal being to keep Miami constantly in the news for some positive reason and always have Miami on the minds of the recruits, no matter how ‘locked in’ they may be in their commitments. Mario knows that any kind of commitment is non-binding and there is no difference than if you have Miami in your top 10 or are committed publicly. You get recruited regardless. Some positions are being recruited harder than others and individual coaches on the staff have varying intensities in how they recruit certain kids. It takes an army, thankfully we have one of the best.
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This is an excellent post.

Thanks, Leeds.
 
LeedsCane said:
This is all from my understanding according to the recruits, coaches and members of circles (agents, owners) I have talked to and in no way am I saying I have spoken directly to Mario about his preferences and desires regarding recruits, yet: His big thing is he wants recruits to make sure they aren’t being caught up in the high of a visit and that when they commit, they understand that while they can take other visits, if they do then they are looking and if they are looking? We are looking. As far as turning down commitments? That HAS happened but it’s extremely rare. I believe it happened twice at the Elite day. He has certain expectations for recruits for sure, usually he wants you recruiting for the school as openly and often as possible. Antonio Tripp is a great example of a kid who does that publicly whilst guys like say a Brown or a Bain will do it more quietly. Mario isn’t going to force a commitment from a kid and he doesn’t have any problem with a kid saying he is committed silently. The staff has confidence that said kids will pop when they want to and if it’s not for Miami, the second through the sixth or seventh (in some cases) options are already established and are being recruited equally as hard. He absolutely wants to parents on visits, for two reasons; one? He knows the biggest strength of this staff is the ability to close with parents and recruits in the same room, face to face. Two? It shows more interest from the kid and less of a chance of a parent getting in the middle of a commitment if they are present for the commitment or the visit where the commitment is agreed upon. Staggering commitments seems to be the general consensus; the goal being to keep Miami constantly in the news for some positive reason and always have Miami on the minds of the recruits, no matter how ‘locked in’ they may be in their commitments. Mario knows that any kind of commitment is non-binding and there is no difference than if you have Miami in your top 10 or are committed publicly. You get recruited regardless. Some positions are being recruited harder than others and individual coaches on the staff have varying intensities in how they recruit certain kids. It takes an army, thankfully we have one of the best.
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Thanks, knew you would come through with the insight. Btw I’m itching for the next podcast
 
The quotes in the thread from Mario need to be attached every time someone freaks out over a single recruit not selecting UM. What Mario is telling all of us is that the adults are running the show and have a plan and great eye for talent. Our coaching staff is like All State and we are in good hands.
 
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I know everyone is obsessed with the potential class rankings…and I totally get that

But what has also killed our recruiting classes is compounding missing the elite guys in our backyard, but also missing the guys that play above their rankings

We’ve watched NFL players go through here without so much a phone call

So yes I’m looking forward to being up there in the Top 10 and Top 5 consistently again, but the NIL might put even more of a premium on getting some of these guys we just totally missed on that maybe just took a little bit of work or experience to find
 
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Hufftwoseven said:
Question, what does Cristobal expect from a player committed to Miami? Is he like Dabo where he doesn’t want you visiting elsewhere? Does he pump the breaks on commits if he feels they are on a ‘visit high’? I think I read he wants guys to stagger announcements, is that true??

I know previously it was said he wants the parents on campus.

@LeedsCane
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Judging by our lack of commitments it seems like he wants the kid to be sure when he pops. No BS. I’m sure he has multiple local kids still looking around that said they are in. He keeps recruiting. That’s how you do it. Difference is Dabo takes commits and says don’t even pick the phone up. Mario seems to say go look around and when you’re truly in, we will make it public. Maybe I’m wrong! Everyone on earth thinks Bain is coming right? He’s still visiting or has planned visits. So when they are done getting free cash and woman, they know what to do.
 
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CT Cane 44 said:
Judging by our lack of commitments it seems like he wants the kid to be sure when he pops. No BS. I’m sure he has multiple local kids still looking around that said they are in. He keeps recruiting. That’s how you do it. Difference is Dabo takes commits and says don’t even pick the phone up. Mario seems to say go look around and when you’re truly in, we will make it public. Maybe I’m wrong! Everyone on earth thinks Bain is coming right? He’s still visiting or has planned visits. So when they are done getting free cash and woman, they know what to do.
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This is the right approach, even if it opens the door for a last minute bag swoop from one of the usual suspects. It leaves us antsy in the present given the lack of commits, and potentially upset in the future if the desperation bags are dropped, but nonetheless it's the right way to handle these kids and let them enjoy the process.
 
WeBallinBoyz said:
This is the right approach, even if it opens the door for a last minute bag swoop from one of the usual suspects. It leaves us antsy in the present given the lack of commits, and potentially upset in the future if the desperation bags are dropped, but nonetheless it's the right way to handle these kids and let them enjoy the process.
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And I’ll add that if this staff is smart ( they are ) they will say ( like Georgia is doing with Joenel) whatever your offer is let us know and we will go over. Yeah, we may lose a kid or two, but the staff won’t be left like Diaz, with his pants down and a little D to show off
 
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Here’s the fact of the matter… We will get some great kids to commit this summer. Some kids we want may go elsewhere (for the time being) BUT if we get to the ACCCG this class will be top 7.
 
Im totally opposite of people, im glad we don't have bunches of top rank commits. The summer is when there is nothing to do but teams to send bags to other team commits. When we get commits late July like the dudes going the 23rd, there is no time become because its fall camp like a week later.
 
LeedsCane said:
This is all from my understanding according to the recruits, coaches and members of circles (agents, owners) I have talked to and in no way am I saying I have spoken directly to Mario about his preferences and desires regarding recruits, yet: His big thing is he wants recruits to make sure they aren’t being caught up in the high of a visit and that when they commit, they understand that while they can take other visits, if they do then they are looking and if they are looking? We are looking.

As far as turning down commitments? That HAS happened but it’s extremely rare. I believe it happened twice at the Elite day. He has certain expectations for recruits for sure, usually he wants you recruiting for the school as openly and often as possible. Antonio Tripp is a great example of a kid who does that publicly whilst guys like say a Brown or a Bain will do it more quietly. Mario isn’t going to force a commitment from a kid and he doesn’t have any problem with a kid saying he is committed silently. The staff has confidence that said kids will pop when they want to and if it’s not for Miami, the second through the sixth or seventh (in some cases) options are already established and are being recruited equally as hard.

He absolutely wants to parents on visits, for two reasons; one? He knows the biggest strength of this staff is the ability to close with parents and recruits in the same room, face to face. Two? It shows more interest from the kid and less of a chance of a parent getting in the middle of a commitment if they are present for the commitment or the visit where the commitment is agreed upon. Staggering commitments seems to be the general consensus; the goal being to keep Miami constantly in the news for some positive reason and always have Miami on the minds of the recruits, no matter how ‘locked in’ they may be in their commitments. Mario knows that any kind of commitment is non-binding and there is no difference than if you have Miami in your top 10 or are committed publicly. You get recruited regardless.

Some positions are being recruited harder than others and individual coaches on the staff have varying intensities in how they recruit certain kids. It takes an army, thankfully we have one of the best.
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