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bobbydigius said:
Mario has us fvcked up. Flipping a top 200 DE from Michigan, a team that made the playoff two years in a row and has put the most DEs in the draft recently just ain’t a big deal anymore.
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Big news for sure. But I think 'more to come' so soon after got peoples hopes up for another quick win.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Yeah, let me add something else here.

We tend to use the term "diamond in the rough" to cover anyone who is not highly rated by the services. But there are really two different kinds of things that are going on here. FIRST, there is a situation where a kid is a true "diamond in the rough", where he has the attributes to be a great player, but is relatively inexperienced. But SECOND, there are also situations where a kid can be "underhyped" or "undiscovered", in that he might already be a very good player, but has not yet been noticed by the right people. I think that both Horton and Pulliam are a mixture of both, but I lean towards underhyped/undiscovered for both.

In another thread, @KANE talked about Pulliam moving down to Atlanta from Detroit and living with his sister. We've seen this storyline before. Rivals/247 don't know everyone and everything.

Something to think about. I moved up to Atlanta about 6 months ago. I've been telling people we should recruit Georgia harder FOR YEARS. Why? Georgia (generally) and Atlanta (specifically) are BOOMING in population. Competition-wise, you only have UGa and GaTech as legit "hometown" contenders for the best talent.

Furthermore...I live about 5 miles directly north of Horton's high school (Langston Hughes, about 2600 students). I live about 12 miles directly north of Pulliam's high school (Sandy Creek, about 1200 students). Not only are both of these schools small-ish by SoFla/Central Fla standards, but they also do not have the history and weight of the best Atlanta-area football programs. Langston Hughes is newer (less than 15 years old) and Sandy Creek has recently grown to its massive 1200 student size. I never hear about these schools on the TV news or in the newspaper, and if Horton/Pulliam don't hit many camps, it is easy to see how they could be overlooked by recruiting services, particularly with linemen.

I know a lot of Mope Squad porsters will try to reverse-engineer my logic, but don't try it. I am NOT saying these kids are good BECAUSE Miami spotted them. I am not projecting that every 3-star that Miami finds will be drafted. But what I AM saying is that these types of situations exist, where talented kids with P5 football prototype body types find that their families have to move them down the booming I-85 corridor, farther from Atlanta on the way to Auburn. And in the meantime, they might not get the same hype and attention as if they went to some of the historically "best" football programs in Georgia. You also see some of this with newer "growth" areas of Florida around Jax/Orlando/Tampa, and also as West Palm effectively pushes further north.

In the end, all I'm saying is that I trust our coaches to do the analysis. I realize that our coaches may or may not like some of the kids on the roster prior to 11 months ago, but I believe they have a better feel for the guys who have enrolled at Miami in 2022. So, with their jobs/resumes on the line, I'm going to give our coaches the benefit of the doubt to recruit a few players who may not be in the Top 500 of the recruiting class. But, yes, I'd like to understand a bit more about how those kids got overlooked, because it might give us a sense of how we can avoid the curse of signing "top talent" that never seems to develop as expected at Miami.

That is all.
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He can be room mates with Aguirre. He's right there in Fayetteville.
 
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Who are our remaining targets? Clark, Etta, McCloud, Samson, Fletcher, Innis? Am I missing anyone?
 
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joshvalencia1996 said:
Who are our remaining targets? Clark, Etta, McCloud, Samson, Fletcher, Innis? Am I missing anyone?
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QB - none
RB - Fletcher, Johnson, the NC state kid forgot name
WR - Innis, Mays, maybe one other like Jean?
TE - None
OL - Samson
DE - Bain, Wilson, Etta
DT - McCloud, I assume he’s trying with Hicks still
LB - Clark
CB - Jakeem, Brown, maybe one other like Denson?
S - Williams

Is this about right?
 
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The U is back to work said:
QB - none
RB - Fletcher, Johnson, the NC state kid forgot name
WR - Innis, Mays, maybe one other like Jean?
TE - None
OL - Samson
DE - Bain, Wilson, Etta
DT - McCloud, I assume he’s trying with Hicks still
LB - Clark
CB - Jakeem, Brown, maybe one other like Denson?
S - Williams

Is this about right?
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The ones we know. Given his flip history, I wouldn't be surprised if Mario isn't back channeling with more names. Especially among verbals to programs in turmoil.
 
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