2022 Cyrus Moss - DEFENSIVE END - COMMITS!

does USC have a good track record recently for developing and putting people in the league?
No, but that doesn’t really matter to them, their ratings system isn’t based solely on a player’s talent...

Players being heavily recruited by USC will get 5-star bump ups because of Lincoln Riley & what the 247 analysts think of him as a Coach & the fact it was a splash hire & he’s getting paid a boatload of money.

That’s not to say they don’t have a great deal of respect for Mario too & how he’s developed players, but the reality is, the 247 guys are very political with their ratings & they base it off of trivial things like which programs & which coaches are recruiting a player & how it will drive their subscriber-ship count up.

As ridiculous as it sounds it’s true, if a player is being recruited by a high profile school & high profile coach, they will increase their ratings, hence Bama, UGA, TAMU, OH St etc & those programs also have the highest subscriber rates as well, so it’s system that feeds itself.

Them not giving Moss a 5-star if he comes to Miami isn’t so much about how they feel about Mario, but how they feel about Miami as a program & in their eyes we’re not “there” yet.
 
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I can just see it now Cyrus moss commits to usc and u know he really stood out to us so we’re bumping him to 5 star

Cyrus moss commits to Miami u know he has tools but not a complete player and is gonna need to develop we actually moved him to a fringe 4 star almost 3
Thats the narrative we allowed to be put out there by not investing in program for close to 20 years, we went cheap route and hired corches off fired staffs, used car salesman, cheap strength corches that have to watch from outside the gym lol.. Hopefully now that changes but what can you do, if the school doesnt care why should we expect these guy to?
 
No, but that doesn’t really matter to them, their ratings system isn’t based solely on a player’s talent...

Players being heavily recruited by USC will get 5-star bump ups because of Lincoln Riley & what the 247 analysts think of him as a Coach & the fact it was a splash hire & he’s getting paid a boatload of money.

That’s not to say they don’t have a great deal of respect for Mario too & how he’s developed players, but the reality is, the 247 guys are very political with their ratings & they base it off of trivial things like which programs & which coaches are recruiting a player & how it will drive their subscriber-ship count up.

As ridiculous as it sounds it’s true, if a player is being recruited by a high profile school & high profile coach, they will increase their ratings, hence Bama, UGA, TAMU, OH St etc & those programs also have the highest subscriber rates as well, so it’s system that feeds itself.

Them not giving Moss a 5-star if he comes to Miami isn’t so much about how they feel about Mario, but how they feel about Miami as a program & in their eyes we’re not “there” yet.
Guess it’s why you get a guy like JW, Taylor, and Shemar. They aren’t on the fringe. Guaranteed 5 stars.
 
No, but that doesn’t really matter to them, their ratings system isn’t based solely on a player’s talent...

Players being heavily recruited by USC will get 5-star bump ups because of Lincoln Riley & what the 247 analysts think of him as a Coach & the fact it was a splash hire & he’s getting paid a boatload of money.

That’s not to say they don’t have a great deal of respect for Mario too & how he’s developed players, but the reality is, the 247 guys are very political with their ratings & they base it off of trivial things like which programs & which coaches are recruiting a player & how it will drive their subscriber-ship count up.

As ridiculous as it sounds it’s true, if a player is being recruited by a high profile school & high profile coach, they will increase their ratings, hence Bama, UGA, TAMU, OH St etc & those programs also have the highest subscriber rates as well, so it’s system that feeds itself.

Them not giving Moss a 5-star if he comes to Miami isn’t so much about how they feel about Mario, but how they feel about Miami as a program & in their eyes we’re not “there” yet.
Yup exactly I remember saban saying when I offer a kid he becomes a 5 star doesn’t matter what he was ranked before
 
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Yup exactly I remember saban saying we i offer a kid he becomes a 5 star doesn’t matter what he was ranked before
When we were still good, any kid we offered got a 4 star bump as well. It’s kinda like seeing Warren Buffet pick an obscure stock, others watching will take notice and bolster that company’s exposure.
 
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When we were still good, any kid we offered got a 4 star bump as well. It’s kinda like seeing Warren Buffet pick an obscure stock, others watching will take notice and bolster that company’s exposure.
I get u but we literally still produce tons of nfl talent and whenever we land a kid his rating most of the time drops
 
I get u but we literally still produce tons of nfl talent and whenever we land a kid his rating most of the time drops
We produce quantity but the quality isn’t really there. Also, let’s not act like our commits/signees don’t get any love. When was the last time we actually played up to our recruiting ranking? If anything, an outsider/non fan could argue that the recruiting services overrate our guys
 
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Kid would be smart to hold off on announcing until Feb 2 if he does want that 5th star
 
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He committed and decommited to a bunch of teams. A little long but here is what happened on NSD:

This is where Jonathan Colon stood when he woke up signing day morning. Around 8 am he decides he does not want to be a Florida Gator and his heart tells him to play for the Hurricanes. So he signs his Letter of Intent (LOI) to Miami. Unlike a verbal commitment, a LOI is binding, it is just like a contract. He goes to school and has a 10:45 am press conference to announce his decision. When he gets to school, his high school coaching staff pulls him aside and sits him in a room for two hours where they try to convince him to go to Florida. His mom has brought LOI from the Gators and wants him to sign it. At 10:45, a very depressed Colons signs his LOI and sends it off to Gainesville. At 11:15 am he faxes his LOI to the Miami Hurricane coaching staff. So now the problem is two programs have both gotten what amounts to a contract from the kid. The governing law of the NCAA states that whatever LOI was signed first is the binding one. So now Colon is property of the Miami Hurricanes, but wait the story doesn't end there. Steve Spurrier, as you can guess, is none to happy to learn of this change of events and plans to fight it. His mom, who still wants him to be a Gator, comes out and announces that a woman from Miami visited her house the night before and had told them to sign some papers that were "scholarship forms" for the University of Miami. Since Colon was undecided she signed them. Well, according to his mom, these forms weren't scholarship applications at all, but rather the LOI to Miami. She was duped you see. Colon didn't sign the LOI to Miami at 8 am on February 2, but rather 10 pm on February 1. Which is a no-no, that means the LOI is void because nobody can sign a LOI until 7 am on signing day (February 2). So if this is true, his mom gets her wish and he is a Florida Gator. Now Butch Davis is laughing at this scenario. He has no clue as to what woman showed up at the Colon's door that night. Colon's mom's story sounds pretty far-fetched to me. What mother just starts signing papers regarding her son when she has no clue as to who the person is presenting the papers is or what the papers pertain too? Jonathon Colon disapeared until this afternoon when he stated he wanted to play for the Florida Gators. SO the next step in this whole process is to present it to the NCAA for a final ruling. Guess who is the chairman of that committee? The head of the SEC (Southeastern Athletic Conference), the conference that the Florida Gators are a part of.


Her name was COACH SQUEAK!
 
Thats the narrative we allowed to be put out there by not investing in program for close to 20 years, we went cheap route and hired corches off fired staffs, used car salesman, cheap strength corches that have to watch from outside the gym lol.. Hopefully now that changes but what can you do, if the school doesnt care why should we expect these guy to?


You mean "the same guy that the 2001 team credits with being the glue of the program"? Andreu Swasey?
 
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No, but that doesn’t really matter to them, their ratings system isn’t based solely on a player’s talent...

Players being heavily recruited by USC will get 5-star bump ups because of Lincoln Riley & what the 247 analysts think of him as a Coach & the fact it was a splash hire & he’s getting paid a boatload of money.

That’s not to say they don’t have a great deal of respect for Mario too & how he’s developed players, but the reality is, the 247 guys are very political with their ratings & they base it off of trivial things like which programs & which coaches are recruiting a player & how it will drive their subscriber-ship count up.

As ridiculous as it sounds it’s true, if a player is being recruited by a high profile school & high profile coach, they will increase their ratings, hence Bama, UGA, TAMU, OH St etc & those programs also have the highest subscriber rates as well, so it’s system that feeds itself.

Them not giving Moss a 5-star if he comes to Miami isn’t so much about how they feel about Mario, but how they feel about Miami as a program & in their eyes we’re not “there” yet.
In the 90s I remember people always said to ignore the magazine rankings and just look at the offer list / who is upset they didn't get the guy.
 
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Still that’s a good hiring of Nua for USC. Riley finally starting to figure out you need a **** good defense to compliment his offense to do well in the CFP?
 
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