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2025 Davon Mitchell 5* TE from Los Alamitos, CA (‘24 Reclass Likely) [commits to OU]

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DMoney said:
The staff didn’t feel good here. I said from beginning they thought it was a toss up and had no idea what he would do.

Mitchell had a good NIL meeting with our people last night but even then they knew it would be a back-and-forth deal, which is the same thing OU 247 reported.
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D - I respect you and your site. There is some gaslighting going on though. There are more people on this forum than you and Cribs that are viewed as insiders, right or wrong . This is the most prominent Miami board on Al Gore’s internet. I will say that you nor cribby came out with anything more than 50/50. However, the board insiders that have been given a platform, or at the very least allowed to present themselves as connected posters, were presenting different info as late as yesterday night, including openly ridiculing posters with different insights. The staff is either feeding them **** based on incorrect feelings or they are openly trolling. It was celebration gif szn for 3 days. I think you can understand how the masses got wound up and thought it was better than just 50/50? There are plenty of receipts
 
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jmccomber5 said:
D - I respect you and your site. There is some gaslighting going on though. There are more people on this forum than you and Cribs that are viewed as insiders, right or wrong . This is the most prominent Miami board on Al Gore’s internet. I will say that you nor cribby came out with anything more than 50/50. However, the board insiders that have been given a platform, or at the very least allowed to present themselves as connected posters, were presenting different info as late as yesterday night, including openly ridiculing posters with different insights. It was celebration gif szn for 3 days. I think you can understand how the masses got wound up? There are plenty of receipts
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As @Cribby would say—post the receipts then. When you say “insiders are saying” it discredits everyone even people who didn’t say anything about it.

To be honest I only really put stock into what @Cribby says because he’s usually pretty conservative and I’d rather be pleasantly surprised than disappointed after getting my hopes up on some BS

No disrespect to anyone else who has sources and posts here but I don’t follow the forum closely enough to know who is right and wrong with **** so I just go off who I know is solid
 
fatnasty187 said:
This is the attitude that keeps you middle of the pack. No top team worries about stacking, except Miami? I get the need to justify but this is played out. He got a bigger incentive. I guess the work put in by Miami's staff didn't get it done. That's it. Miami missed on a guy that was 1 on their board.
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I'm not saying we're not trying to stack, yes this is 100% a miss....but the same fans that's moping about not landing this kid are the same ones that can't stand the sight of a 2 te set
 
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KSZ63 said:
Mitchell is a great talent, but I think I wanted him (BIG PAUSE) more from a momentum and national perception standpoint. This hurts, but TE is pretty far down on our list of needs moving forward.
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Agree with that. Mojo is valuable and he would’ve boosted us.

Onward. We’ll hit on a couple before month’s end.
 
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fatnasty187 said:
This is the attitude that keeps you middle of the pack. No top team worries about stacking, except Miami? I get the need to justify but this is played out. He got a bigger incentive. I guess the work put in by Miami's staff didn't get it done. That's it. Miami missed on a guy that was 1 on their board.
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There seems to be a disconnect between recruiting, paying for players, and the reality of who you are as a team.

To say you’re just gonna open a check book and land a top 3 class is short sighted.

You have to build a foundation and not just stack talent.
Talent is a word that gets thrown around like it’s some easy commodity to obtain and properly project.

The last thing you want at Miami is to have tamu “talent” and tamu results.
The admin and the booster base would destroy Mario and the fanbase will implode.
Look at this place just because we lost a tight end.

Now think of this without orange and green glasses on.
Who needs this player more? OU or UM.
Also, top teams don’t have to pay as much. It’s just that simple. Sometimes these schools can pay more for a certain player if they feel that it’s a need for the team. And maybe they can afford to outspend because they didn’t have to pay as much or not even at all for other elite players simply because of who they are as a program.

As far as recruiting please tell me what school with our recent past and **** poor performance against p5 schools is recruiting at this level?

I don’t think people here can appreciate what landing both Muigoa and Sampson meant. As well as landing the d ends and backers. All of those dudes were being heavily recruited but the best teams in cfb and teams with deep deep pockets.
Mauigoa should’ve been the number one player overall imo. And to also land a player with just as high potential at the same position is just a remarkable recruiting achievement.

We are recruiting against the elite of cfb in terms of tradition, money, and recent results.
Don’t expect all W’s.
We’ve beaten some of the top teams for talent last year and also this cycle and it ain’t over.
No one lands all their targets.

Let’s just hope we land a nice chunk of who we want at dline.

Any improvement on the field will mean lot for the 25 cycle and put us closer to the position of being able to stack talent without having to over spend at positions we don’t really need to.
 
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jmccomber5 said:
D - I respect you and your site. There is some gaslighting going on though. There are more people on this forum than you and Cribs that are viewed as insiders, right or wrong . This is the most prominent Miami board on Al Gore’s internet. I will say that you nor cribby came out with anything more than 50/50. However, the board insiders that have been given a platform, or at the very least allowed to present themselves as connected posters, were presenting different info as late as yesterday night, including openly ridiculing posters with different insights. The staff is either feeding them **** based on incorrect feelings or they are openly trolling. It was celebration gif szn for 3 days. I think you can understand how the masses got wound up and thought it was better than just 50/50? There are plenty of receipts
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I get you and I can’t speak for anybody else. But I spoke directly with staff and they weren’t misled here. Jacorey Barney- different story. They were blindsided.

With Mitchell, they worked extremely hard but they knew it was a coin flip with OU having several advantages (familiarity, friends at the school, etc.)
 
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PIPO said:
Hurracanes, @moshated305 @TheOriginalCane

The issue is, Leeds will uses the emojis, to mock people. From the middle fingers, to the laughing and disagreeing to even the 💯 to the ✅ as if all is known by Leeds.

Leeds no longer post here and thus has no way of sharing info as that is the choice. All I see is the ✅ and 💯 after certain insiders post info and then just mocking everyone else that has a different opinion whom is not an insider but Leeds feels the needs to mock them and then gets mad or when Leeds was still posting those ranting post going at people.

If you’re going to play the insider game, put your info out as an opinion rather than as a fact!!!

Everyone makes fun of Gaby or certain people want to go at Cribby but they are putting themselves out there. Not giving some emoji that many here on the board just take as a certainty that something is going to happen or makes other posters upset because they feel they are getting mocked for having an opinion.

It’s not about the miss or the hit. Everyone misses. It’s the arrogance of it all.
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Point blank, she was arrogant, condescending, and plenty wrong when she posted here. To the point she removed herself from the situation as she didn't have the leads. Dare question her and she'd come back with some snarky comment. Guys white knighted for her left and right because they get hot and bothered whenever any girl posts here.

No big deal about right or wrong. If you want to pop off though when people disagree, come back and take your medicine when you were flat out wrong.

I get where PIPO is coming from as the emoji thing is just a continuation of that. Again, no big deal, but say your truth PIPO.
 
pacusmc said:
There seems to be a disconnect between recruiting, paying for players, and the reality of who you are as a team.

To say you’re just gonna open a check book and land a top 3 class is short sighted.

You have to build a foundation and not just stack talent.
Talent is a word that gets thrown around like it’s some easy commodity to obtain and properly project.

The last thing you want at Miami is to have tamu “talent” and tamu results.
The admin and the booster base would destroy Mario and the fanbase will implode.
Look at this place just because we lost a tight end.

Now think of this without orange and green glasses on.
Who needs this player more? OU or UM.
Also, top teams don’t have to pay as much. It’s just that simple. Sometimes these schools can pay more for a certain player if they feel that it’s a need for the team. And maybe they can afford to outspend because they didn’t have to pay as much or not even at all for other elite players simply because of who they are as a program.

As far as recruiting please tell me what school with our recent past and **** poor performance against p5 schools is recruiting at this level?

I don’t think people here can appreciate what landing both Muigoa and Sampson meant. As well as landing the d ends and backers. All of those dudes were being heavily recruited but the best teams in cfb and teams with deep deep pockets.
Mauigoa should’ve been the number one player overall imo. And to also land a player with just as high potential at the same position is just a remarkable recruiting achievement.

We are recruiting against the elite of cfb in terms of tradition, money, and recent results.
Don’t expect all W’s.
We’ve beaten some of the top teams for talent last year and also this cycle and it ain’t over.
No one lands all their targets.

Let’s just hope we land a nice chunk of who we want at dline.

Any improvement on the field will mean lot for the 25 cycle and put us closer to the position of being able to stack talent without having to over spend at positions we don’t really need to.
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I'll be the first to say the class last year was what the team needed. My issue was the same thing. The QB wilding out, and Cormani. Not that it ruined anything at all, the issue is without those 2 in huge need positions sucked. The season hurt the brand.

I agree the work the staff has done is good. But I'll be blunt. The salary and resources this group has is an anonmolly. No one's ever had this to work with. So excuses and all that can be tossed. Heck, Mario's performance is either going to sink or bring the brand back from the dead.

Who needs Mitchell more? That I can't answer. I will give you this, I don't think either could afford the loss. Riley is a beast. But he is one guy. I hope he's a freshman all American. I'd still feel the same.
 
PIPO said:
That’s fair. Not questioning Leeds info. and if Leeds can’t post here because of OBB, then fine. Didn’t know that but convenient as well to take CIS info from insiders and use it for OBB purposes or benefit.

But whatever. It’s hard to know what info Leeds has or not. How can you really determine based on emojis. Leeds info has been questionable in the past and some has been good. It’s Par for the course as an insider.

But as I pointed out, don’t mock other posters with laughing, middle fingers emojis, etc if you don’t post. It comes across as arrogant and a ****ish move.
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