Thanks Pete.
This excuse does not cut it (he wasn't coming here all along, blah blah.)
We don't show up and cheer for effort. This is ****ing MIAMI. We expect to win multiple national titles.
Gee Al Golden, you really tried your hardest. Aww shucks. No, sorry, it doesn't work that way. We pay for RESULTS.
I don't care how hard the staff ****ing worked. They didn't get it done today. In fact, they outright failed to close the best linebacker recruit we will ever see in South Florida, and that's just the facts. Whatever they did, they did it wrong.
I leave today unimpressed and discouraged. I think the staff failed to live up to the hype, and they are NOT doing what they need to do to get us to a position to play for national championships.
You can't win without the studs. PERIOD.
Wait... You really think Matthew Thomas is "the best linebacker recruit we will ever see in South Florida"?
Talk about not seeing the forrest for the trees. Did you miss the entire point of my post? Matthew Thomas was a CANT MISS STUD, right in our back yard. It's not acceptable to miss out on kids like that.
If Al Golden can win without him, hey, that's great. I won't judge him until after this season.
If he can't win this season, then I will rightly say he A.) Can't recruit South Florida and B.) Isnt' a winner.
He deserves no more honeymoon.
No, I see the point of your post just fine. I was just curious as to that particular statement.
You didn't just say Thomas was a can't miss stud, you said "the best linebacker recruit we will ever see in South Florida". That is an awfully bold proclamation right there.
So in your mind, the fact that Golden and Co. missed on Thomas means he can't recruit South Florida, despite landing such South Florida players like Tracy Howard, Deon Bush, Duke, Coley, etc... ? I'm honestly curious about your thoughts, not trying to be a smartass.
Well, whether you're trying to be a smartass or not, it's irrelevant to me.
Golden failed massively in South Florida this year. He missed on Collins, Bryant, Bain, Bostwick, Thomas, Kirkland, and several others (Greg Bryant, Rashard Robinson, McKenzie Alexander, etc)
We only ended up with like 3 recruits from south florida. SOUTH FLORIDA, the hottest recruiting bed in the country.
Rivals, ESPN, etc have us correctly ranked in the 20's. Which is exactly where this class deserves to be. Which is exactly where this team deserves to be in a couple years with our recruiting efforts.
If you don't understand what a massive fail that is, I have a bridge in new jersey I'd like to sell you.
But hey, go on and celebrate a class with guys like august edwards and and underweight jermaine grace.
ya-friggin-hoo.
Wow.... half those guy we didn't even recruit... Try reading alittle before you start throwing names out there to make a non existent point... Regardless your not always going to hit. You can't force a kid to go somewhere. He mentioned it today, of all the kids he has brought in since he became coach here over 65 % have been from south florida.... So he can't recruit south florida? Duke? Deon? Tracy? Grace? Coley?Burns? Jamal Carter? Malcolm Lewis? Jelani Hamilton?Chikillo? Dorsett? Perryman? Should I continue?....