Recruiting

CaneSuger

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My piece of mind after observing how recruiting works in S Florida:


We as a fan base need to stop feeding these young men's overblown egos.

And yes, a 17 year old is a man, not a kid.

After last signing day, don't you get tired of the hat games some of these little emotional ****offs play?

We'd be so much better off if every fan of Miami just celebrated the kids like Duke and Trevor Darling and so on that just WANT to be canes, and don't play the "game."

I don't give a **** about Ermon Lane, Sony, or anybody who isn't committed. I don't give a **** if they throw up the U, or whatever. Commit, or you're not a Cane and thus I don't give a **** about you until you do commit.

If you do commit, great. If not, whatever. We need to stop encouraging the diva female **** that goes on in South Florida EVERY year.

Look at Duke. Look at Alex Gall, Standish Dobard. These kids just committed, and they rode it out. Never played games. Never wavered. Never sought attention for themselves. They should be recognized.

All these little ***** with their hat games and whatnot, even the ones that chose the U in the end, that's not what being a MAN is about. A man doesn't give a **** about a hat game. A man makes plays on the football field, not on signing day.

Signing day is about promises. A man gets results on the field, he doesn't get all his hype off bs promises.

A man makes a decision and sticks with that decision. A man isn't a ****** frontrunner - ie a MAN commits to the team he wants to play for. If you grew up loving the U, then sign with the U. **** the SEC.

A man doesn't make decisions on emotions. Women do that.

If some kid wants to be a little diva **** and make emotional decisions and play a little hat game, then that's a kid and not a man. Something's wrong when high schools in South Florida encourage this emotional feminine garbage behavior.

/rant.
 
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[SIZE=3[[COLOR="#0000FF"]We as a fan base need to stop feeding these young men's overblown egos."[/COLOR]
Sugar, To some extent you do have a point. But I have one question for you. If you don't care about who we recruit and/or who comits, or doesn't commit, why are you visiting the Recruiting Board? [/SIZE]
 
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I agree with the op and boosting these kids egos. The people who stalk 17yr olds on twitter scare me. I'm a life long fan of this team and have never followed a recruit on twitter or added him as a friend on Facebook. Some of y'all need friends, gfs, and hobbies other than stalking 17yr olds and speculating on where they will go to college

Following recruiting is one thing. Actually trying to influence them when u have never met them or become their Internet groupie is a sad look for a grown man
 
Pretty dramatic but hard to argue your main point.

It's not a coincidence that it really turned into a circus as social media has blown up, but what are you going to do? Add to the fact that Florida kids have ridiculous issues in the classroom and you are going to have a ****ed up situation.
 
I agree to a point. We had our hearts ripped out this year bit not from the showboats.
Kids like Collins, Mathews and Bostwick didn't play the game. They were pretty non committal until they announced their decisions.
Nobody except me thought we would get Bryant.
 
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I agree to a point. We had our hearts ripped out this year bit not from the showboats.
Kids like Collins, Mathews and Bostwick didn't play the game. They were pretty non committal until they announced their decisions.
Nobody except me thought we would get Bryant.

Not picking on you but the "hearts ripped out" part is a piece of the issue.

I loved the prospects of some of the guys who chose elsewhere the last few days of the cycle, but no way should we sit here and be upset about that. **** em. We do exactly what the head coach does, say "next".

Again, not trying to single you out but nothing has ever been won on NSD, and certainly not a small group from one class. If the stuff starts to snowball year in and year out, then we can act like the sky is falling.
 
A lot of these kids haven't left Miami before and have never been treated like royalty, they should enjoy all the trips but if you decide to commit early, you should stick with that decision and not visit anymore schools
 
i think us as fans need to stay away from these 17, 18 year old kids making one of the BIGGEST decisions in THEIR lives. 6, Collins, Bryant, Kirkland dont owe us anything because theyre from South FLorida and me as a die hard cane fan, I dont want any kid from south florida who claims their a Canes fan but have FSU or Florida in their top 3. The kids like Duke, Artie, Deon who want to be here and have stated they want to bring the U back are the kids we need to Focus on. Recruits like Duke Johnson and Artie Burns are the type of recruits that will bring us back.

I also think we need to adopt the Texas and Oregon recruiting approach. We need to be careful with our offers and commit to a kid when they commit to us, We cant have kids like Kearse, Whitfield, Bryant, Collins commit to us and say they are all about the U and then say FSU, Clemson and Arkansas are recruiting them the hardest. We need to continue to aggressively recruit our commits and let them know if they are looking we are looking. No more im committed to Miami but im visiting FSU this weekend BS, or Im committed to the U but Clemson is recruiting me the hardest talk.
 
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The []_[];1395471 said:
i think us as fans need to stay away from these 17, 18 year old kids making one of the BIGGEST decisions in THEIR lives. 6, Collins, Bryant, Kirkland dont owe us anything because theyre from South FLorida and me as a die hard cane fan, I dont want any kid from south florida who claims their a Canes fan but have FSU or Florida in their top 3. The kids like Duke, Artie, Deon who want to be here and have stated they want to bring the U back are the kids we need to Focus on. Recruits like Duke Johnson and Artie Burns are the type of recruits that will bring us back.

I also think we need to adopt the Texas and Oregon recruiting approach. We need to be careful with our offers and commit to a kid when they commit to us, We cant have kids like Kearse, Whitfield, Bryant, Collins commit to us and say they are all about the U and then say FSU, Clemson and Arkansas are recruiting them the hardest. We need to continue to aggressively recruit our commits and let them know if they are looking we are looking. No more im committed to Miami but im visiting FSU this weekend BS, or Im committed to the U but Clemson is recruiting me the hardest talk.

We also haven't really been good in 10 years. Yeah hometown teams and all that but kids like teams growing up that are good. We have lost a bit of that grip we had so we need to get that turned around.
 
The []_[];1395471 said:
i think us as fans need to stay away from these 17, 18 year old kids making one of the BIGGEST decisions in THEIR lives. 6, Collins, Bryant, Kirkland dont owe us anything because theyre from South FLorida and me as a die hard cane fan, I dont want any kid from south florida who claims their a Canes fan but have FSU or Florida in their top 3. The kids like Duke, Artie, Deon who want to be here and have stated they want to bring the U back are the kids we need to Focus on. Recruits like Duke Johnson and Artie Burns are the type of recruits that will bring us back.
I also think we need to adopt the Texas and Oregon recruiting approach. We need to be careful with our offers and commit to a kid when they commit to us, We cant have kids like Kearse, Whitfield, Bryant, Collins commit to us and say they are all about the U and then say FSU, Clemson and Arkansas are recruiting them the hardest. We need to continue to aggressively recruit our commits and let them know if they are looking we are looking. No more im committed to Miami but im visiting FSU this weekend BS, or Im committed to the U but Clemson is recruiting me the hardest talk.

We also haven't really been good in 10 years. Yeah hometown teams and all that but kids like teams growing up that are good. We have lost a bit of that grip we had so we need to get that turned around.


Winning will solve all our woes, plain and simple. Need a 9-10 win season, no excuses..probably 10
 
The []_[];1395471 said:
i think us as fans need to stay away from these 17, 18 year old kids making one of the BIGGEST decisions in THEIR lives. 6, Collins, Bryant, Kirkland dont owe us anything because theyre from South FLorida and me as a die hard cane fan, I dont want any kid from south florida who claims their a Canes fan but have FSU or Florida in their top 3. The kids like Duke, Artie, Deon who want to be here and have stated they want to bring the U back are the kids we need to Focus on. Recruits like Duke Johnson and Artie Burns are the type of recruits that will bring us back.
I also think we need to adopt the Texas and Oregon recruiting approach. We need to be careful with our offers and commit to a kid when they commit to us, We cant have kids like Kearse, Whitfield, Bryant, Collins commit to us and say they are all about the U and then say FSU, Clemson and Arkansas are recruiting them the hardest. We need to continue to aggressively recruit our commits and let them know if they are looking we are looking. No more im committed to Miami but im visiting FSU this weekend BS, or Im committed to the U but Clemson is recruiting me the hardest talk.

We also haven't really been good in 10 years. Yeah hometown teams and all that but kids like teams growing up that are good. We have lost a bit of that grip we had so we need to get that turned around.


Winning will solve all our woes, plain and simple. Need a 9-10 win season, no excuses..probably 10

If we have another 7 or 8 win season, we will have a top 15 recruiting class. We win 10+ and we have a top 5 class.

With the NCAA and the 2014 class we may be looking at one of the 3 or 4 most pivotal years in the history of Miami football. Call me crazy.
 
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I agree with the op and boosting these kids egos. The people who stalk 17yr olds on twitter scare me. I'm a life long fan of this team and have never followed a recruit on twitter or added him as a friend on Facebook. Some of y'all need friends, gfs, and hobbies other than stalking 17yr olds and speculating on where they will go to college

Following recruiting is one thing. Actually trying to influence them when u have never met them or become their Internet groupie is a sad look for a grown man

been saying that for awhile and getting killed for it. Yes it's ok to read message boards or sites about recruits but stop stalking these recruits and trying to bug them about choosing Miami or talking trash about recruits because they don't pick the school you root for. Some of you SFL guys should you know attend homes games instead of stalking 17/18 year old boys daily lol...
 
The []_[];1395471 said:
i think us as fans need to stay away from these 17, 18 year old kids making one of the BIGGEST decisions in THEIR lives. 6, Collins, Bryant, Kirkland dont owe us anything because theyre from South FLorida and me as a die hard cane fan, I dont want any kid from south florida who claims their a Canes fan but have FSU or Florida in their top 3. The kids like Duke, Artie, Deon who want to be here and have stated they want to bring the U back are the kids we need to Focus on. Recruits like Duke Johnson and Artie Burns are the type of recruits that will bring us back.

I also think we need to adopt the Texas and Oregon recruiting approach. We need to be careful with our offers and commit to a kid when they commit to us, We cant have kids like Kearse, Whitfield, Bryant, Collins commit to us and say they are all about the U and then say FSU, Clemson and Arkansas are recruiting them the hardest. We need to continue to aggressively recruit our commits and let them know if they are looking we are looking. No more im committed to Miami but im visiting FSU this weekend BS, or Im committed to the U but Clemson is recruiting me the hardest talk.

We also haven't really been good in 10 years. Yeah hometown teams and all that but kids like teams growing up that are good. We have lost a bit of that grip we had so we need to get that turned around.

That's exactly the point, so why would kids that don't have a passion for the U want to go there?.. We need to just win games and recruit hard and us as fans need to step back from the cliff and stop going at these kids because they choose to leave home.
 
The []_[];1395471 said:
i think us as fans need to stay away from these 17, 18 year old kids making one of the BIGGEST decisions in THEIR lives. 6, Collins, Bryant, Kirkland dont owe us anything because theyre from South FLorida and me as a die hard cane fan, I dont want any kid from south florida who claims their a Canes fan but have FSU or Florida in their top 3. The kids like Duke, Artie, Deon who want to be here and have stated they want to bring the U back are the kids we need to Focus on. Recruits like Duke Johnson and Artie Burns are the type of recruits that will bring us back.

I also think we need to adopt the Texas and Oregon recruiting approach. We need to be careful with our offers and commit to a kid when they commit to us, We cant have kids like Kearse, Whitfield, Bryant, Collins commit to us and say they are all about the U and then say FSU, Clemson and Arkansas are recruiting them the hardest. We need to continue to aggressively recruit our commits and let them know if they are looking we are looking. No more im committed to Miami but im visiting FSU this weekend BS, or Im committed to the U but Clemson is recruiting me the hardest talk.

We also haven't really been good in 10 years. Yeah hometown teams and all that but kids like teams growing up that are good. We have lost a bit of that grip we had so we need to get that turned around.

This is where I come in and say that real men aren't frontrunners.
 
The []_[];1395471 said:
i think us as fans need to stay away from these 17, 18 year old kids making one of the BIGGEST decisions in THEIR lives. 6, Collins, Bryant, Kirkland dont owe us anything because theyre from South FLorida and me as a die hard cane fan, I dont want any kid from south florida who claims their a Canes fan but have FSU or Florida in their top 3. The kids like Duke, Artie, Deon who want to be here and have stated they want to bring the U back are the kids we need to Focus on. Recruits like Duke Johnson and Artie Burns are the type of recruits that will bring us back.

I also think we need to adopt the Texas and Oregon recruiting approach. We need to be careful with our offers and commit to a kid when they commit to us, We cant have kids like Kearse, Whitfield, Bryant, Collins commit to us and say they are all about the U and then say FSU, Clemson and Arkansas are recruiting them the hardest. We need to continue to aggressively recruit our commits and let them know if they are looking we are looking. No more im committed to Miami but im visiting FSU this weekend BS, or Im committed to the U but Clemson is recruiting me the hardest talk.

We also haven't really been good in 10 years. Yeah hometown teams and all that but kids like teams growing up that are good. We have lost a bit of that grip we had so we need to get that turned around.

This is where I come in and say that real men aren't frontrunners.

Not too many of these guys are very mature, especially Florida kids who have little interest in the classroom.
 
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