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It will be interesting to see how Golden approaches recruiting from the JUCO ranks. Randy and Coker almost never bothered with JUCOs and Golden seems to apply the same approach he had at Temple("let freshmen play early and learn").. Problem is this team NEEDS instant impact players.. Even if we have freshman who can make an impact, the odds that these players dont wear down as the season goes on is very slim (ala DUKE)

Pete, I know you put up articles of JUCO DL but are we even seriously recruiting them?
 
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Just curious, but why do people think he is not recruiting JUCOs?

Each year he has been here so far he has gotten some of the top guys available on campus for visits. He had the tight end ready to come a couple years ago until admissions held him up (Blake something) and snagged Darius Smith (who isn't great).

Last year he pulled in Gunter. I think your problem has been that we haven't landed the top JUCO guys in the country (which is true but also brings along its own bag of issues)...not that we haven't been recruiting them.
 
cowboycane, I guess you might be right.. I see alot of top schools recruit top level JUCOs regardless of the depth they have. Heck, even Bama seems to get the top NG every year and they recruit quality DL out of HS. It just seems like UM has always seen JUCO players as the last resort.
 
Golden talked about this on Joe Rose's show on Monday. Go to WQAM site and listen to the interview. I'd paraphrase, but I'll botch it.
 
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No, Ayles was the transfer. Blake Jackson maybe? No matter.

But just in the short time, he has gone after:

Byron Moore
John Jenkins
Toby Jackson
Gerald Bowman
Denico Autry
Travelle Dixon
Darius Smith
LaDarius Gunter
Visesio Salt
Blake Jackson

...and probably a few that I am overlooking. For various reasons, JUCO guys are hard to get in to Miami and you therefore cannot rely on them as you could at a place like Ole Miss or Kansas State. You cast a wide net and hope to find a few out of that group that are both skilled enough on the field to not be a talent blocker AND mature enough off the field to take care of the business that most likely landed them in JUCO in the first place.
 
cowboycane said:
No, Ayles was the transfer. Blake Jackson maybe? No matter.

But just in the short time, he has gone after:

Byron Moore
John Jenkins
Toby Jackson
Gerald Bowman
Denico Autry
Travelle Dixon
Darius Smith
LaDarius Gunter
Visesio Salt
Blake Jackson

...and probably a few that I am overlooking. For various reasons, JUCO guys are hard to get in to Miami and you therefore cannot rely on them as you could at a place like Ole Miss or Kansas State. You cast a wide net and hope to find a few out of that group that are both skilled enough on the field to not be a talent blocker AND mature enough off the field to take care of the business that most likely landed them in JUCO in the first place.
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Botts should be on the list as well.
 
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