Golden talks recruiting

[CANE]

63 Danny Isidora OL 6-4 312 Fr Weston, FL

64 Hunter Wells OL 6-4 300 Fr Canton, IL

76 Taylor Gadbois OL 6-8 310 So Dallas, GA

74 Ereck Flowers OL 6-6 314 Fr Miami, FL

77 Seantrel Henderson OL 6-8 340 Jr St. Paul, MN

70 Jon Feliciano OL 6-5 314 So Davie, FL

79 Malcolm Bunche OL 6-7 323 So Newark, DE

62 Shane McDermott OL 6-4 296 So Lake Worth, FL

65 Brandon Linder OL 6-6 312 Jr Southwest Ranches, FL

75 Jared Wheeler OL 6-5 312 Jr Miami, FL

78 Jermaine Johnson OL 6-6 318 Jr Fort Lauderdale, FL

 

[UMcanesfan420]

Disagree with WR. Did you guys see who we had to play in the spring game?

Our wide outs had a great year but for real, they were overachievers IMO. They are a solid, deep group but its full of #3's and possibly a couple of #2's.

I'm gonna have to strongly disagree with you on that statement.


Dorsett is a #1. If he didn't have a bad stretch of drops mid season then it wouldn't even be a question.


Most of the other guys are strong 2's with potential for more. Malcolm, Scott, Herb.


Then there are the guys we just haven't seen enough of yet. Lockhart, Jontavious, etc. Some seem to think Jontavious Carter could be the best of them. I guess we'll see.


I understand that we don't have an Andre Johnson type #1 though. Is Coley that type? I'd sure like to find out at Greentree rather than some other school.


Either way, I really like what we have at WR. You always want to have more badasses coming in too. Can't wait for Ermon Lane in next years class. I think he could be that guy.

 

[soysoy05]

I think Dorsett would be an okay number 1, but for the level we want to be at, he needs to be a solid number 2.

I really loved what I saw in the few moments we got to see Malcolm.

 

[RiDLer80]

http://sfhighschoolsports.com/blog/audio/audio-al-golden-um-head-football-coach

*Didn't have typical Miami speed when he got here
*They don't pull scholarships
*Rather go slow and methodical with recruiting then make a mistake by offering a guy too soon
*Beau brings maturity, can motion, go vertical, looking forward to the competition between the TEs.
*RB and offensive line classes this year very important with who is graduating after next year.

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Ben saying this for a long time, and lots of folks here said nah, not a big deal, look who we have coming back.

We have a very nice OL class coming in between Gall (interior), Knighton (likely tackle), Kerr (he will be an OT here, just watch his senior highlights), likely Kirkland, and possibly Odogwu.

Add KC McDermott and Darling in 2014 and we have steady depth being maintained along the OL so long as the recruits are developed.

Yep. Al has this roster management game down pat.

This makes me so happy. I could mouth-kiss Golden. Full blown homo.

 

[DeadPoets]

Golden referring to HS coaches by their nicknames and ish - dude just gets it.

 

[jerzeycane]

Golden referring to HS coaches by their nicknames and ish - dude just gets it.

Did he call Tim Harris "Ice" or somethin lol

 

[The Franchise]

http://sfhighschoolsports.com/blog/audio/audio-al-golden-um-head-football-coach

*Didn't have typical Miami speed when he got here
*They don't pull scholarships
*Rather go slow and methodical with recruiting then make a mistake by offering a guy too soon
*Beau brings maturity, can motion, go vertical, looking forward to the competition between the TEs.
*RB and offensive line classes this year very important with who is graduating after next year.

View attachment 20038

Ben saying this for a long time, and lots of folks here said nah, not a big deal, look who we have coming back.

We have a very nice OL class coming in between Gall (interior), Knighton (likely tackle), Kerr (he will be an OT here, just watch his senior highlights), likely Kirkland, and possibly Odogwu.

Add KC McDermott and Darling in 2014 and we have steady depth being maintained along the OL so long as the recruits are developed.

Yep. Al has this roster management game down pat.

This makes me so happy. I could mouth-kiss Golden. Full blown homo.

Tongue too? Or just that uncomfortable quick lip to lip peck?

 

[RiDLer80]

No JuCo DT. No tongue.

 

[FlipT]

Disagree with WR. Did you guys see who we had to play in the spring game?

Our wide outs had a great year but for real, they were overachievers IMO. They are a solid, deep group but its full of #3's and possibly a couple of #2's.

I'm gonna have to strongly disagree with you on that statement.


Dorsett is a #1. If he didn't have a bad stretch of drops mid season then it wouldn't even be a question.


Most of the other guys are strong 2's with potential for more. Malcolm, Scott, Herb.


Then there are the guys we just haven't seen enough of yet. Lockhart, Jontavious, etc. Some seem to think Jontavious Carter could be the best of them. I guess we'll see.


I understand that we don't have an Andre Johnson type #1 though. Is Coley that type? I'd sure like to find out at Greentree rather than some other school.


Either way, I really like what we have at WR. You always want to have more badasses coming in too. Can't wait for Ermon Lane in next years class. I think he could be that guy.

Love most of your posts, but I'll have to disagree on this one.PD is a strong #2 imo, because on the crucial downs SM usually looked for Davon or Hurns and they came through.I think PD benefits from SM having an elite arm,unlike J12,and this lets him get behind coverage after 3-4 seconds.I will add this,PD could become a #1 with Sandland in the mix taking the safety over the top out of play.I think Lane,Coley, or Strong could be the kids that make Olsen's life alot easier and get us to the Big game.

 

[jerzeycane]

Herb's potential of a solid 2

Dorsett is a great 2

Burns should be a bit guy

Scott probably has the most potential of them all, but he isn't a natural pass catcher and may not even be with the team come Fall Camp

We need a stud there

Scott will be reinstated first of the year. Golden already said this. What he did was dumb but certainly should not effect the long term future on the team.

Dorsett is defintely a number 1 option...

He could he. What I was talking about was last year. There's tons of potential there and maybe our best WR got hurt just as he was emerging. Overall they did better than expected I think. We could use a real game breaker though.

My cousin plays Juco ball in Cali he talks to Strong and said he's pretty much down to UM,Arizona State and South Carolina but hearing that he has to be a UM lean because i'm pretty sure he isn't playing in the SEC in 2013 with the online class like Beau. Also what i didn't know is he got a UM offer in october i didn't know the staff was on him that long..

MUSIC. TO MY. EARS.

 

[JHallCanes]

Disagree with WR. Did you guys see who we had to play in the spring game?

Our wide outs had a great year but for real, they were overachievers IMO. They are a solid, deep group but its full of #3's and possibly a couple of #2's.

I'm gonna have to strongly disagree with you on that statement.


Dorsett is a #1. If he didn't have a bad stretch of drops mid season then it wouldn't even be a question.


Most of the other guys are strong 2's with potential for more. Malcolm, Scott, Herb.


Then there are the guys we just haven't seen enough of yet. Lockhart, Jontavious, etc. Some seem to think Jontavious Carter could be the best of them. I guess we'll see.


I understand that we don't have an Andre Johnson type #1 though. Is Coley that type? I'd sure like to find out at Greentree rather than some other school.


Either way, I really like what we have at WR. You always want to have more badasses coming in too. Can't wait for Ermon Lane in next years class. I think he could be that guy.

Fair enough. I don't think Dorsett is a #1 though, not at all. A #1 sure doesn't drop two perfect passes on the big stage.

You can't call Malc (who I think will be our best WR) a #2 when he barely played.

I'm not talking potential here, I am talking actual production, and moreover I was talking about coming into the season. We had a bunch of freshmen and Dorsett who hadn't proved anything yet, and Scott who hadn't done anything.

Down the road, sure, we've got guys that can step up but I'm not talking about down the road.

 

[Biscuits]

Agree with Flip and JHall on PD. If he's a #1, he hasn't shown it yet.

I don't see enough YAC production from PD to truly consider him a #1, in addition to the reasons already mentioned.

 

[JHallCanes]

Agree with Flip and JHall on PD. If he's a #1, he hasn't shown it yet.

I don't see enough YAC production from PD to truly consider him a #1, in addition to the reasons already mentioned.

I will say this about PD though, people were expecting WWWAAAAYYYY too much from him this year. Dorsett really was a non-factor on the offense and looked like a deer in headlights but many thought that Streeter leaving wouldn't matter because we had Dorsett. I thought that was insanity.

To his credit he took a massive leap out there last year but still, he isn't a #1, not yet anyway.

 

[Consigliere]

Agree with Flip and JHall on PD. If he's a #1, he hasn't shown it yet.

I don't see enough YAC production from PD to truly consider him a #1, in addition to the reasons already mentioned.

A few things on Dorsett (to the board)

1. Before the season he was considered a so-so player.

2. The kid was a true sophomore this year.

3. He had some mental mishaps this year but still managed to get almost 850 receiving yards.

4. He burnt DBs all season.

5. This kid is a tremendous worker and will get these mental mishaps fixed.

I like our chances this year with this kid, he can fix the mental lapses and he will still burn DBs. Personally I don't care if Miami fans consider him a #1 or #6, we need his production and he is a big part of the offense.

 

[JHallCanes]

Agree with Flip and JHall on PD. If he's a #1, he hasn't shown it yet.

I don't see enough YAC production from PD to truly consider him a #1, in addition to the reasons already mentioned.

A few things on Dorsett (to the board)

1. Before the season he was considered a so-so player.

2. The kid was a true sophomore this year.

3. He had some mental mishaps this year but still managed to get almost 850 receiving yards.

4. He burnt DBs all season.

5. This kid is a tremendous worker and will get these mental mishaps fixed.

I like our chances this year with this kid, he can fix the mental lapses and he will still burn DBs. Personally I don't care if Miami fans consider him a #1 or #6, we need his production and he is a big part of the offense.

Definitely agree here and your point #1 is exactly what I was saying. He far exceeded realistic expectations. He will be our top guy going in to next year and from the jump he took in one season, I wouldn't put anything past him.

He disappeared against FSU, KSU, ND, UNC in the big games. That's the one thing that he needs to improve on to take that final step to being one of the tops in the conference and possibly the country.

 

[skyman]

Looked up his numbers, a true #1 (atleast to me) shows up in the big games. He is a guy you can go to regardless of competition.

Against the top teams we played his numbers are as followed:

KSU: 3 catches, 31 yards

ND: 1 catch, 6 yards

FSU: 2 catches, 15 yards

I know some tend to overrate our players and then when they under perform throw them under the bus, but at the moment phillip is not a #1 receiver in my eyes. He played at a good #2 and has potential to be an underrated #1 because of our system. Also if anyone who has met PD before he doesnt really have personality of a Steve Smith or Santana, not sure if some will get this or it should even be included but his personality is great for a #2 guy, team guy who will do alot of little things including blocking down field. Looking forward to seeing him develop even more

 

[Consigliere]

He disappeared against FSU, KSU, ND, UNC in the big games. That's the one thing that he needs to improve on to take that final step to being one of the tops in the conference and possibly the country.

So essentially had 850 Receiving Yards in 8 other games, not bad for a kid.

He had some big mental lapses against ND. I wouldn't be surprised if he put up similar numbers next year in total because of the increased production from Scott, Lewis and Waters etc.

 

[jerzeycane]

Phil reminds me of Kenny Stills. Kenny's got better hands though. Phil isn't a real natural pass catcher, but he's enough of a natural that he can work to become a sure handed guy.

 

[Consigliere]

Looked up his numbers, a true #1 (atleast to me) shows up in the big games. He is a guy you can go to regardless of competition.

Many consider Sammy Watkins a #1WR to say the least...

FSU 6 for 24

Furman 4 for 52

GT 6 for 42

SC 4 for 37

1 TD over those 4 games, 2 games out of 9 (played) 100+ Yards

Total for 2012 (He missed 3 games)
57 for 708 (12.4 YPC) and 3TD

Again who gives a **** what the fans consider him, just catch the ball and put up numbers.

 

[jerzeycane]

Looked up his numbers, a true #1 (atleast to me) shows up in the big games. He is a guy you can go to regardless of competition.

Many consider Sammy Watkins a #1WR to say the least...

FSU 6 for 24

Furman 4 for 52

GT 6 for 42

SC 4 for 37

1 TD over those 4 games

Total for 2012 (He missed 3 games)
57 for 708 (12.4 YPC) and 3TD

Again who gives a **** what the fans consider him, just catch the ball and put up numbers.

I don't consider Sammy a #1 receiver. He's not as good a receiver as Amari, Marqise Lee, and company.