Seems like cats really dug the "Prototype Prospects" thread. Shout out to the poster who started it..So I decided to step it up a notch and have people name there top 5 worse NSDs. This is the time to name the 5 prospects we lost out on that made you say A) F this..Im done following recruiting. Im a grown man and i am no longer hanging on the word of an 18 year old kid again.. B) Made you call into work or pretend to be sick from school C) Made you wonder if the recruiting Gods just hated UM..
I love UM history, especially recruiting, so go back as far as you want. Alot of great knowledge on here from guys who have been following the program even longer then me. Here are mine..
5) 1999 - Bryant McFadden - DB - McArther - This started a bad trend of us losing out on top DBs in south Florida. I couldnt believe it. We had ZERO luck with Secondary guys in south florida that whole Decade!! Im gonna throw some names out at you..Troy Saunders, Broderick Nelson, James Colzie, Samari Rolle, Stanford Samuels..We just couldnt buy a DB or Safety and Bryant was the #1 DB in the country that year!! FSU came and stole the cake from under the bakers thumb! SMH.
4) 1997- Marquand Manuel and Clevan Thomas - DB - Miami High - Both of these pricks gave us there word they were coming!! Especially Marquand. He was one of the top safetys in the country and Clevan was icing on the cake. Butch tried his hardest but they both played him in the end and went to UF. Unforgivable. I think Marquand is on the UF staff now or was.
3) 2005 - Bobby Washington - RB - Killian - Me and my father even had it out over this one. I told him I didn't give a **** who was takin the test for him or if he cheated. (If you forgot the story, apparently he was caught up in some scandal with regards to a girl taking the HSCT for him or something. UM told him to take it again and he said F off and went to NC State. If I am telling the story wrong by all means correct me. ) WE NEEDED HIM!!! Everyone in Dade and Broward knew Charlie Jones couldnt hold Bobbys jock. I was really depressed over this one. I just knew he would have been an all american at NC State. He was solid but nothing like I thought. But Bobby RAN dade for 2 years. Top 5 in Dade all time I think.
2) 1990 - Marvin Jones - LB - Miami Northwestern - Think about this for a second..He was the #1 LB in the country, UM was the KING of college of Football, he was from Northwestern, AND WE LOST HIM TO FSU!!!!!! If that had happen in this social age I seriously think he would have gotten death threats. He would have had to shut down his Twitter and FB. That was a very DARK day for UM. He ended up being one of the greats in college history and if he had not gotten hurt early in his NFL career would have been a great one.
1) 1993 - Lamont Green - LB - Southridge - I honestly still hold a grudge against this guy. I dont even want him coaching in South florida. I was shocked we were still able to hang onto Jamal Carter. Lamont was THE MAN. Mr. all everything. The greatest LB Dade had seen at that point. A boss at MLB. His senior he had like 200 tackles. Won every DPOY award that the county, state, and nation had to give. AND he was a 5 star general in Dade. So whereever he went..All the others would follow. AND Don Solindinger was his coach!! Gift wrapped to UM, right? WRONG! This clown committs to FSU AND takes half of dade county with him!!!!!!!!! Go look it up. They ALL followed. (Samari Rolle, Troy Saunders, etc.) I will always love Omar Rolle for not following the crowd and commiting to us that day. Basically he was that years version of Stacey Coley. We were DYING FAST and Omar came and saved the day. Still havent forgotten that day..
There is my list. Sorry for it being so long. I was thinking about this all morning at work. Interested to see some other lists or stories..
I love UM history, especially recruiting, so go back as far as you want. Alot of great knowledge on here from guys who have been following the program even longer then me. Here are mine..
5) 1999 - Bryant McFadden - DB - McArther - This started a bad trend of us losing out on top DBs in south Florida. I couldnt believe it. We had ZERO luck with Secondary guys in south florida that whole Decade!! Im gonna throw some names out at you..Troy Saunders, Broderick Nelson, James Colzie, Samari Rolle, Stanford Samuels..We just couldnt buy a DB or Safety and Bryant was the #1 DB in the country that year!! FSU came and stole the cake from under the bakers thumb! SMH.
4) 1997- Marquand Manuel and Clevan Thomas - DB - Miami High - Both of these pricks gave us there word they were coming!! Especially Marquand. He was one of the top safetys in the country and Clevan was icing on the cake. Butch tried his hardest but they both played him in the end and went to UF. Unforgivable. I think Marquand is on the UF staff now or was.
3) 2005 - Bobby Washington - RB - Killian - Me and my father even had it out over this one. I told him I didn't give a **** who was takin the test for him or if he cheated. (If you forgot the story, apparently he was caught up in some scandal with regards to a girl taking the HSCT for him or something. UM told him to take it again and he said F off and went to NC State. If I am telling the story wrong by all means correct me. ) WE NEEDED HIM!!! Everyone in Dade and Broward knew Charlie Jones couldnt hold Bobbys jock. I was really depressed over this one. I just knew he would have been an all american at NC State. He was solid but nothing like I thought. But Bobby RAN dade for 2 years. Top 5 in Dade all time I think.
2) 1990 - Marvin Jones - LB - Miami Northwestern - Think about this for a second..He was the #1 LB in the country, UM was the KING of college of Football, he was from Northwestern, AND WE LOST HIM TO FSU!!!!!! If that had happen in this social age I seriously think he would have gotten death threats. He would have had to shut down his Twitter and FB. That was a very DARK day for UM. He ended up being one of the greats in college history and if he had not gotten hurt early in his NFL career would have been a great one.
1) 1993 - Lamont Green - LB - Southridge - I honestly still hold a grudge against this guy. I dont even want him coaching in South florida. I was shocked we were still able to hang onto Jamal Carter. Lamont was THE MAN. Mr. all everything. The greatest LB Dade had seen at that point. A boss at MLB. His senior he had like 200 tackles. Won every DPOY award that the county, state, and nation had to give. AND he was a 5 star general in Dade. So whereever he went..All the others would follow. AND Don Solindinger was his coach!! Gift wrapped to UM, right? WRONG! This clown committs to FSU AND takes half of dade county with him!!!!!!!!! Go look it up. They ALL followed. (Samari Rolle, Troy Saunders, etc.) I will always love Omar Rolle for not following the crowd and commiting to us that day. Basically he was that years version of Stacey Coley. We were DYING FAST and Omar came and saved the day. Still havent forgotten that day..
There is my list. Sorry for it being so long. I was thinking about this all morning at work. Interested to see some other lists or stories..
