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OL JJ Sparks commits to Canes

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No_Fly_Zone said:
Is it really, though? This thread has more posts complaining about people complaining than it does posts complaining about the pick-up.

Most people were legitimately asking who this kid is and what his priority is as a recruit. Fair questions, considering we just offered him pretty recently, he's at a HS we don't get much traction with, and he's not among the (many) names at IOL that have recently been listed as possibilities.
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OP set a lot of that in motion with the initial post.
 

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aelmiami said:
I think y’all are reading way too much into this. I’m sure he would’ve been a PWO last year. We are going to take a ton of OL every year. We are going to have to in order to have a competent scout team. If come Dec/Feb, he’s our only C commit I’ll start stressing. But April 2nd? I’m losing no sleep over this.
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I disagree. PWOs don't start for programs like Bolles as an OL, for 3-4 years. Kid is pretty good.
 
JHallCanes said:
Let’s chill out with this stuff please

In 2022 we got Cooper and McCoy. Coop obviously from day 1 has been much better than his ranking. McCoy seems to have potential but we will see if he takes the step this year

2023

Mauigoa: elite
Samson: ?
Tripp: gone
Kinsler: ?
Tinilau: gone

2024

Bell: starter
Plazz: ?
Minaya: ?
Nino: ?

I think they are great coaches and recruiters but let’s chill with this whole “there’s no questioning the staff on OL” stuff I’m not seeing where this urban legend is coming from yet

I’m not questioning this kid because I don’t know enough about him or OL but to say fans should never question anything about OL is too much
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You think every recruit is going to hit? Look at the overall product at that position. It’s the best on the team. Question away I guess
 
VustyVoles said:
I get questioning certain commits at certain positions, but offensive line questioning should not happen. We’ve been elite w recruiting and development w Mario
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Outside of his first year at UM (and I'm sure early on at FIU)…The man has never fielded a weak OL. Even Oregon in the years without Sewell, they graded out very well, among the top 10 in the nation.
 
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Arehel said:
Watch his highlights. Fair analysis would be the following:

Positives
- Has descent feet (i.e., always moving);
- Good measurables;
- Always looking for work;
- Blocks until the whistle;
- Good knee bend; and
- Hand placement is usually inside;

Places of growth
- Doesn't bend at the hip level when in run blocking;
- Often takes a up/down step or bucket step at his first step in the run game;
- Four year experience at a high level program;
- Good coaching development (likely means higher IQ player);
- Too wide of a stance allow defenders to get a better get off;

How I would perceive him?
I think he has a higher floor because he has been coached up, but I think has a limited ceiling.
I don't see massive growth here, but a 3* is where he should be.
He's a FCS starter in year 2, P4 3 year development.

The main reason for the above is he has been relatively well coached up but still missing things, like not splitting doubles when that's the guy you should be (in Zone schemes), he plays with high pad level in the run game, his pass pro sets he tends to put more weight on his heels.

He has to get out of a lot of basic habits and have confidence in his strength.
Yes, he plays to the whistle but he doesn't play aggressive off the snap, (i.e., isn't blowing up someone off the line) but that's mainly due to his footwork.

He'll be a LG or C here for sure.
Good prospect and I think with SJ on the roster, he'd be a great back up come his sophomore year and when SJ graduates he can step right in at OC.
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Good breakdown. Thank you.
 
The same people complaining about this addition are the same people who complain that Mario cant get a C unless its in the portal and how that is a huge concern. We hit on our #1 C prospect back to back years after losing Connor Lew and you guys are complaining? Smh. This prevents us from having to waste a portal addition on this position for the 4th year in a row after this year because SJ should be ready to take over in 2026.. And JJ after that.

I say again..Pepe and Cantwell will take up 90% of the OLine NIL budget. We need to spread the money around. We dont have a Oregon/Texas level unlimited budget. Guys like JJ and Ervin are great development pieces that will be ready in 2-3 years to contribute. Thats what you call building depth and keeping our OL a strength for the long term.
 
LMAO CIS junks love to complain. Kid is a stud I'm not doubting the creator of The Great Wall Of Mirabal

stfu and watch his film, it speaks for itself tossing dudes around like rag dolls (pause) getting to the second level to take on LB's and finishing with grit and tenacity..

"Spectacular give me 14 of them right now!"
 
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VustyVoles said:
You think every recruit is going to hit? Look at the overall product at that position. It’s the best on the team. Question away I guess
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It has nothing to do with that. The reality is, we have taken far more unheralded high school OL recruits than blue chip OL since Mario has been here. If he is such an elite recruiter at OL, why is that occurring at such a high rate? And don't feed me the same old line that OL recruiting is different.

The programs who consistenly produce the best OL in college and send the most linemen to the NFL don't take that approach. Here is the comparison.

OL recruits for Bama, Georgia, Michigan and Ohio State since 2023. They seem to be the teams with the best OL consistently and with the most talent going to the NFL. So tell me why they ALL seem to take a different approach than us? This is high school recruits by the way.

ALABAMA: 12 OL/1 NON BLUE CHIP

GEORGIA: 13 OL/2 NON BLUE CHIP

MICHIGAN: 10 OL/2 NON BLUE CHIP

OHIO STATE: 11 OL/1 NON BLUE CHIP

----》MIAMI: 12 OL/8 NON BLUE CHIP
 
STG said:
***** hilarious that nobody can question the OL recruiting. We don't even recruit at a top 5 level, possibly not even top 10 with high school OL yet Mario and Alex are somehow the best at it.
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Again, we have signed 4 blue chip OL in 3 full recruiting classes under Mario. 2 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 2 in 2025. With only 2 being top 100.

Stop talking this crazy **** that he is the best OL recruiter at that position in the country. HE IS NOT! After briefly looking, we aren't even top 10!
 
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STG said:
Again, we have signed 4 blue chip OL in 3 full recruiting classes under Mario. 2 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 2 in 2025. With only 2 being top 100.

Stop talking this crazy **** that he is the best OL recruiter at that position in the country. HE IS NOT! After briefly looking, we aren't even top 10!
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Now expand that to the entire roster about being an “elite recruiter” and it’s all a lie
 
STG said:
Again, we have signed 4 blue chip OL in 3 full recruiting classes under Mario. 2 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 2 in 2025. With only 2 being top 100.

Stop talking this crazy **** that he is the best OL recruiter at that position in the country. HE IS NOT! After briefly looking, we aren't even top 10!bruh stfu tell me one blue chip o line we landed that was successful here before Mario arrived.
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That's comical, tell me one blue chip o line we landed that was successful here before Mario arrived.

Name ONE... McLaughlin bahahah Scaife bahahah Donaldson bahahah Hillery bahahha Milo bahahaah Darling bahahah

Rivers is the only one. KC Mcdermott was decent..

Take your ungrateful *** up outa heaa ya clown
 
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STG said:
Again, we have signed 4 blue chip OL in 3 full recruiting classes under Mario. 2 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 2 in 2025. With only 2 being top 100.

Stop talking this crazy **** that he is the best OL recruiter at that position in the country. HE IS NOT! After briefly looking, we aren't even top 10!
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Notice how Mirabel seems to always seems get his guys. You think he's scouring the recruiting rankings and only choosing to offer guys that are high on the website? He couldn't give two ***** what ranking players are or if they're a blue chip. The guys we're recruiting all have the size and frame, and its led to having one of the best oline units in the country. Go look at Nds last three recruiting classes, who always has one of the best olines in the country. If you notice, they only had one linemen ranked in the top 200. Go take a look at Iowa as well. Offensive line is one of the hardest positions to evaluate at the high school level, and the rankings sites are almost always wrong
 
KANE said:
I disagree. PWOs don't start for programs like Bolles as an OL, for 3-4 years. Kid is pretty good.
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I’m sure he is. I haven’t done a lick of research on the kid. My broader point was, there’s gonna more and more fringe commits going forward since there’s no longer the walk on situation.
 
STG said:
Again, we have signed 4 blue chip OL in 3 full recruiting classes under Mario. 2 in 2023, 0 in 2024, 2 in 2025. With only 2 being top 100.

Stop talking this crazy **** that he is the best OL recruiter at that position in the country. HE IS NOT! After briefly looking, we aren't even top 10!
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And still produce good o-lines so what does that say? Either he is a good evaluator or him and Mirable are just good at coaching them up. Only 2 of the 5 starters last year was 4 star or higher. So basically you shouldn’t worry about those guys and o-line
 
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