Dude from Louisiana understands more then some of these locals
Shameful mane
Maybe it's because I only follow Miami recruiting closely, but why does it seem like Miami kids/parents have no loyalty to the hometown/team?
Always been the nature of Miami just like it is in Los Angeles or most other big cities.
Win and they love you. Struggle and they start loving something else. Just ask Mario Cristobal.
Our empty stadiums nowadays tell you all you need to know. I remember going to the Knight Center to watch UM basketball back in the 90's and my dad my bro and I composed half the crowd.
When we get nationally relevant local parents will be paying us just to consider their kids.
Miami is a city full of pragmatists. Kids down here are always looking to play an angle and look out for #1. Loyalty isn't high on the list of values in this city (that doesn't just apply to football), but money and material success are at the top of the list. Hence, kids here are pushed to do what they (and their advisers/coaches/families) think is best for them right now, which includes selling out the hometown team and taking money from nefarious strangers from Louisiana, South Carolina, and Alabama.
The problem with this philosophy is is that what they think is best is only a perception, and perception does not always match reality. It may seem like a bad idea to go to Miami and a good idea to go to LSU or FSU, but by the time these kids enter their junior and senior seasons, for all they know, the landscape might change, LSU might start losing (and at that point they would face sanctions for their actions, the NCAA doesn't like to punish a winner, and allows winners to cheat with impunity, but if you cheat and still you lose, you better watch the **** out), and Miami might return to dominance, giving the kids at Miami a greater chance of being drafted in the first or second round. With this in mind a kid might as well stay loyal, but nobody teaches these kids about the cyclical and unpredictable nature of college football, so they make short-sighted decisions based on short-term gains that are negligible compared to what they could gain a few years down the line in their hometown, gains they could have made repping the hometown team they once dreamed of playing for.
They'd rather give the dream up for twenty-thousand cash that they will blow through before they begin their freshman year. These kids act like they know how to make an investment or something.
