-If a wr is hampered by qb play resulting in less productivity, yes, you could choose to pay for potential that could reasonably be fulfilled. Good insight re: his other suitors
-you answered a question about terminology you used to describe how a portal transfer would receive NIL compensation
-have no doubt as to Miami's activity, just concerned with the degree of the favorability of forthcoming results
-trafficing in narratives? You mean bread crumbing the consistencies in what seems to be a spoon-fed agenda insiders are espousing? Like fiscal responsibility, making everyone aware of the cost of roster retention, and pointing back to winter portal success in the midst of uncertainty whether the promise of 'a completely different looking roster by summer/fall' or 'attacking the portal' will be fulfilled?
-do very much appreciate your willingness to communicate and your obvious love for the university. Do at the same time have my own impressions based on what numerous sources share.
1. I agree, we COULD choose to pay for potential. But that's not what we've done in the Portal over the past 2 years. We were willing to pay big for Addison or Flowers, but not for Henderson. And if Henderson chooses Illinois (where Hightower JUST LEFT), then that's on him, because Illinois doesn't have some sort of great track record for developing draftable WRs that would justify Henderson going there (at least Cincy put 2 WRs in this year's draft). But notice that Miami is the best of Henderson's "known" suitors. And I mean "best overall" suitor, in terms of coaches, scheme, QB, and overall talent.
2. Nobody is saying not to think about whether Miami will, or will not, be as successful in this Portal window as we were in others. Yes, we are still currently sitting on zero verbal commits. All I've pointed out is that (a) it is wrong to assume we are not giving the Portal maximum effort, and (b) "amount of NIL" is not the answer to every question or explanation.
3. I'm not sure why people continue to turn optimistic forward-looking statements into massive blanket statements. Since fall 2022, Miami has had 22 guys enter the Portal. That's over 25% of the team. Add in the guys who have graduated/gone into the draft early (INCLUDING MATOCHA, WHO IS NO LONGER ON THE ROSTER), and that's a pretty high exit rate. What would you have preferred, Colorado numbers? We took 32 new guys (24 HS signees and 8 Portal guys thus far, NOT counting Action Jackson), and are likely to take another 5 or 6 guys in the Portal, when insiders have been saying FOR MONTHS that we would take 35-40 new guys. I'm not sure what you're not seeing. Do you NOT think that we will have a completely different looking roster by fall? Do you NOT think we are attacking the Portal (we currently have the 15th highest ranked class, and that is ONLY with 8 guys in January and zero SO FAR in spring)?
4. I can't account for what sources you are basing your thoughts on. But I can tell you that Miami is making tremendous effort. I'll just give one small indication, another CIS poster just had lunch with Mario and another coach on Friday for a couple of hours, and the coaches' phones were dinging constantly. That's not "high school recruits", my friend. So let's see what starts to happen this week. I've already posted the stats showing that, outside of Colorado/Louisville, the other 24 of the 26 top-ranked Portal classes of 2023 have only taken 24 total SPRING verbal commits, with 11 of those schools having taken ZERO thus far and no other school having taken more than THREE. Thus far. YET. So the "commit" fun is about to start.
Relax. Or buckle up. Your choice. But we'll land a few more Portal guys here soon.
