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NicKane said:
I actually disagree with this because we have a top 5 NIL program. You don’t get the top quarterback in the transfer market two years in a row without that. UM is all in and it shows in our roster construction. now coaching needs to get us over the hump.
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I’m not just talking about Miami. I’m talking about all teams in the past that had multiple 4 and 5 stars sitting on the bench patiently waiting behind starting 4 and 5 stars. So, I’m talking more about the depth teams had in the past versus how hard it will be to accumulate that depth if jimmy and joes in the future.
 
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wapiriks said:
As of today's roster, how many Canes would be drafted in 2026?
1. Beck
2. Mauigoa
3. Cooper
4. Mesidor
5. Bain
6. Moten
7. Blay
8. Bell
9. Fletcher?

The final number would likely be between 4-7; therefore 2026 does not seem to be the year either unless we can beef up in the next portal window.
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I'd say a maximum of 5 of those guys get drafted. If we win more than 10 games, that number goes up. The problem to me is that only 1 of those guys is a Day 1 pick.
 
CANESCANES said:
Miami has so much work to do in the spring window

Nowhere close enough to being elite enough to compete for National Title with this current roster

Stacking talent means stacking Top 50 talent every year and no whiffing

Requires elite recruiting that Miami is missing
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Wait, I thought Mario was hired for his elite recruiting.
 
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DMoney said:



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What do all these schools have in common? They invest top $ into their programs to get the elite talent to go to their schools and hire top notch coaches to develop them.

$ doesn’t guarantee success but not spending guarantees failure. At some point, Mario has to do a better job with our finances and get the right players and coaches.
 
The U is back to work said:
I watch these other teams and even with us closing the gap on talent we are really far off when I see these upper echelon teams. Not even the athleticism it’s just the size, the instincts, and they play mostly disciplined football. I hope we can get settled on defense and Beck is healthy because we have the talent for an ACC run.
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we aren’t that far off from Notre Dame. And they gave Ohio State a game. Wasn’t a blowout like has been common last few years. If ND had just one elite playmaker , could have been a different outcome.

there are two ways to win and neither are guarantees
1. Outspend everyone (didnt work for Oregon or the Texas schools)
2. Spend enough to have a solid talent base, then have good coaching and disciplined players (didn’t work for ND, UW, TCU). Worked for Clemson though in the 2010s.



I don’t think we have the money to pursue option 1. We do have the money to pursue option 2.

The nice thing is with option 2 is the HC doesn’t have to land 6-7 5 stars every year, which generally is going to mean going head to head with the schools that have the deepest pockets. Build a good roster with mostly mid to high 4 stars (competition for those recruits is more likely to be a school like USC(East or west), Ole Miss, etc). We can win those battles regularly. Then we just need 1-2 key pieces, which we get from the portal.

It’s doable, but the key is good coaching and a fundamentally sound team. First things first, Cristobal needs to do a better job coaching.

I think he is finally getting hit coaching staff figured out, but this is year 4 and he used up a lot of his goodwill. That’s excusable if this was his first coaching gig. His defenders will
say he has shown he is willing to adapt and is learning from his mistakes. But then again so was Diaz- and he actually was a coach in his first coaching gig. Odd he didn’t have anyone making excuses for him but a coach who had more than a decade of experience and should not have f#cked up his coaching hires repeatedly, does.

Anyways better late than never. Given where UM has been as a program for the last couple decades, I honestly think UM should just announce Cristobal is guaranteed to be the head coach for the next decade no matter what the final season record may be. No point in starting over again and again. He’s a good enough recruiter that it’s not worth replacing him.
 
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DMoney said:



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Ok @DMoney- how many of these players were drafted because they were a top 300 player, and how many were drafted just because they were on the top team. I think this is not purely a cause-effect relationship, and its probably more about visibility in late season games rather than actually being good.

This is why we see so many first round busts lately imo
 
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