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Wisconsin Linemen

If we had landed Dontae Lucas, Evan Neal, Kadeem Telfort, or Denver Kirkland, maybe this discussion changes.

If we had bother to recruit Wardrick Wilson or Maurice Smith, maybe it changes.

Point is, we need to land some top SFL linemen. We have not been good enough in getting them here in the first place.
 
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Paranos said:
Those cheese eating cow tipping farm boys are not leaving the midwest for the big city of Miami. To much culture shock.

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Every once in a while we might snag one, we need to start recruiting Texas harder too. I've met a lot of Midwest people who have left that area. Gotta give it a shot.
 
JeddTheFisch said:
If we had landed Dontae Lucas, Evan Neal, Kadeem Telfort, or Denver Kirkland, maybe this discussion changes.

If we had bother to recruit Wardrick Wilson or Maurice Smith, maybe it changes.

Point is, we need to land some top SFL linemen. We have not been good enough in getting them here in the first place.
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It might just be me but S.Fla seem really weak compared to offensive and defensive linemen from other parts of the country. Maybe it's just me. Upper body strength and lower body
 
DMoney said:
It is very difficult to recruit linemen from the Midwest because the good ones go to Midwest schools. Miami is not a cultural fit for them.

Obviously I would love to have Wisconsin’s OL but it’s not realistic. We should focus on city kids.

And South Florida OL haven’t been our issue. Those are the guys that usually play well for us. We have four South Florida OL from UM starting in the NFL right now. The OL from outside the region have been the busts.

If anything, we need to do a better job recruiting locally. LSU is taking two from down here this season, and the best one is leaning to Florida. There are at least two five-star type OL coming through the pipeline with Tate and Armella. Need to keep them home and develop them.
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Yep. Evaluate. Sell.
 
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TheMatador said:
We used to get great players from Wisconsin, in the '50's and '60's, and I mean great. Back then the northern working class kids loved the culture shock. Many had never seen the ocean before.

Legendary UM coach Walt Kichefski was from Rhinelander WI and later played for Steelers. He came back to UM to coach and recruited Wisconsin and Pennsylvania very well.

Somehow we need to recreate the magic that lured so many northern kids to south Florida.
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All you can eat buffets and an abundance of “7’s” that love to drink beer rather than whiteclaws, Miami can’t compete with Wisconsin in this arena
 
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