This fan base is full of clowns. Not one coach on this staff has got a elite recruit except for coach kool. Yet rumph gets a bunch of **** because a few people get up here and said he was hired for recruiting.
You dont hire a guy at a important position like corners just to recruit.
Why else would you a hire a guy with no college or NFL experience at coaching DB's?
(Now I'm breaking the
#1 rule of rationalism: Never entertain ignorance with a response)
Maybe, just maybe, playing defensive back at an All-American & Pro level
And winning state championships may have influenced MRs decision... maybe.
Honest question,,knowing the scope of college football as it is today and what it takes to be successful what do you think influenced his decision more... his potential to recruit SFL? or because he played DB 16 years ago at an all american level and won championships with a stacked team.
I've been as critical of Rumph as most on here, but be fair. Richt is not some desperate pretender loading his staff with recruiters because he can't recruit himself. It's not either/or. He hired coaches he thinks can both coach and recruit, probably (and appropriately) in that order. If the past decade has taught us anything, it's that coaching matters much more than recruiting at Miami.
I have no clue whether Rumph will turn out to be a great coach, but there is no doubt that Richt thinks he will be or he wouldn't have hired him. Unlike past head coaches, Richt is universally respected and liked, so he didn't need to stretch on any hire. Maybe Richt screwed up. Maybe he didn't. Rumph f*cked the donkey on the Wilson announcement and has failed to deliver -- so far -- guys he coached previously. Those are failures.
But, on the other side, this DB class is stacked -- probably the most talented group we've had top-to-bottom in a decade. If Rumph develops them, then he stays. If he doesn't, there is no doubt Richt will find a suitable replacement.
But I agree, the focus on Rumph has jumped the shark at this point.
