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Recruiting under Al Golden

Coach Macho said:
I tried to tell people over a year ago, but most didn't listen. I wish I could tell you more about his personality, but the couple times I saw him he never engaged me. One time he was standing 3 feet in front of me while I was with Rooster, and he looked right at my big a$$ and didn't say anything. 🤷🏻‍♂️
I guess he was waiting for me to drop to my knees and put his croqueta in my mouth, I don't know. But I'm standing with the 4-star RB you're recruiting, so if anything you need to be on my salsiccia. 🤌🏻

He was a weird dude and I truthfully think he had insecurity and/or ego problems.
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Never heard those two for the ol creamsicle.😂
 
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Cribby said:
I’d take it as evaluating and doing the diamond in the rough thing. Versus big game hunting , selling the brand and living the grind recruiting life. He wanted a “ type” too. Rather than just looking for the best , most explosive athletes. He made it way more difficult like he was at say a Temple. Just watch the back in forth with him and Hurlie about the Reeder kid. At that point you’re overthinking this ****, it’s Miami.

I mean he didn’t want D Perryman for the longest , which anyone with a lick of sense knew he was a stud. Thank god for Burrow with that.

Al had a prototype he wanted versus just being a player and a dog on Saturday’s.
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We can’t talk **** about Reeder. He plays for the LA Rams.
 
Cribby said:
I’d take it as evaluating and doing the diamond in the rough thing. Versus big game hunting , selling the brand and living the grind recruiting life. He wanted a “ type” too. Rather than just looking for the best , most explosive athletes. He made it way more difficult like he was at say a Temple. Just watch the back in forth with him and Hurlie about the Reeder kid. At that point you’re overthinking this ****, it’s Miami.

I mean he didn’t want D Perryman for the longest , which anyone with a lick of sense knew he was a stud. Thank god for Burrow with that.

Al had a prototype he wanted versus just being a player and a dog on Saturday’s.
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I remember the Perryman thing well

That was shocking
 
thereds said:
Well when Al was named the new coach they went out and saved that top 3 class coming in ie Jacory Travis and Ramon. Then when spring ball starts the whole Shapiro ****e started up, so he was recruiting with one hand behind his back for the next couple of years. Some posters seem to forget that. He could of ****ed off but stayed.
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Golden had his good points

The whole thing was a **** show and we’ve also proven that we run things like that as it is
 
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GojiraCane said:
To some extent, I don’t blame his approach on 2011 and 2012. 2011 was a scramble just to get people in the class...we only had 2 committed when Shannon departed. 2012 came under the shadow of a potential NCAA death penalty.
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He was horrible bruh. I truly believe he was the worst coach UM had since Butch Davis. Crazy thing, outside of Richt he had the most experience
 
GojiraCane said:
Thats the sort of detail that I love. Too often we move on and never talk about what happened previously. I’d love to know just why Randy put people in his doghouse like Sam Shields, and seemingly never gave them a chance at redemption. Or why he destroyed relationships with HS coaches. Or the psychological stuff that Golden supposedly engaged in.
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RS basically started Sam Shields at Corner/or had him in the rotation heavy in his last and only season. His relationships with high school coaches is overblown and something all UM coaches go through after the honey moon. He was still recruiting kids and signing them to the other s hooks he coached at. As for Golden he just wasn’t good.
 
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Coach Macho said:
I tried to tell people over a year ago, but most didn't listen. I wish I could tell you more about his personality, but the couple times I saw him he never engaged me. One time he was standing 3 feet in front of me while I was with Rooster, and he looked right at my big a$$ and didn't say anything. 🤷🏻‍♂️
I guess he was waiting for me to drop to my knees and put his croqueta in my mouth, I don't know. But I'm standing with the 4-star RB you're recruiting, so if anything you need to be on my salsiccia. 🤌🏻

He was a weird dude and I truthfully think he had insecurity and/or ego problems.
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I remember you sharing that and they killed you for it. Funny thing is a week prior you were crediting him with hosting a happy hour during the other coaches session. You were one of the least bias posters who was shocked that a 4 ⭐️ back was being ignored.
 
thereds said:
Well when Al was named the new coach they went out and saved that top 3 class coming in ie Jacory Travis and Ramon. Then when spring ball starts the whole Shapiro ****e started up, so he was recruiting with one hand behind his back for the next couple of years. Some posters seem to forget that. He could of ****ed off but stayed.
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I’m sorry but every time I see someone try to credit Al, I just have to say that he was horrible because he was.
 
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thereds said:
Well when Al was named the new coach they went out and saved that top 3 class coming in ie Jacory Travis and Ramon. Then when spring ball starts the whole Shapiro ****e started up, so he was recruiting with one hand behind his back for the next couple of years. Some posters seem to forget that. He could of ****ed off but stayed.
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First of all, Up the Reds.

Second of all your timeline is off my friend.
 
Cribby said:
But when I said he 100% orchestrated the tweets to save him I was back on my conspiracy theory ****. Dude is a manipulative , phony, disingenuous , crappy human being. Once shin “ F him”.
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Exactly. Many of us said the same thing on Twitter. It was pretty obvious.

I've always felt Manny was a phony baloney. And to think some fans wanted him back. Also I've seen some National media talk him up like he's a great DC. The man was literally fired from Texas & had players complaining that they never felt prepared in his scheme. He had a good year with Golden's players but that's it. Thank god some higher up's @ UM grew a backbone & got rid of him.
 
Golden lost me as a recruiter early on when he took so many camp specials.

One or two okay. But even those should be freaks like a Clive Walford or big time high school ballers who are off on measurables like a Jaquan Johnson. He’d load up with 6 or 7 projects in a class who didn’t jump off the page in any way.

He also always found a way to under recruit a position group and we’d be left playing true freshmen or total JAGs. Earl moore and Corey King come to mind.

But you know, I honestly think Al Golden was more “real” than Manny ever was. His reaction to Lewis going down was immediate. Rushed the field to be there for his player. Lots of things I didn’t like about Al Golden. But I thought he meant well. Manny just comes across as disingenuous with a Napoleon complex.
 
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