Through the Smoke

Because they don't care what FSU does?

They trust their own evaluations.

Im not saying that. But isnt it a valuable point that if a school doesnt offer a recruit in their backyard, then you should wonder why? Just like other schools would wonder why we wouldnt offer certain kids in the miami area. UM should know more about miami based kids than any other school in the country and visa versa.

Hey Bro I got one name for you that played in the superbowl.....Jason pierre paul....He was never offered and he was in our backyard. He made someone at the University of South Florida look real good.

i agree with pretty much everything said especially the part of players who fit the system and positions of need. thanks for the responses

this isnt something ive noticed from just AG, but from all coaches from all schools for a number of years. Just wanted to bring it up to get everyones opinions and i was quickly reacting to what i saw on TOS. Just something ive always thought about but never brought up. Pretty much from seeing fsu not offer certain tally kids and miami not offer certain dade kids.

Here's what I hope is going on behind the scenes.

Golden is an intelligent and screwed customer so he realizes that he can't afford to get into a lot of knock down drag out fights for all the big ticket recruits in the area because the Miami brand is tarnished right now due to several years of playing like dookie. Right now he is going through the prospect pool with a fine tooth comb in an effort to identify players who will perform well in college but not be so great in high school that all the big time schools chase after them. If he can rack up a lot of good but not great players in the first couple of go rounds then he can put a good team on the field. One that could win the conference or at least generate enough buzz on Saturdays in the Fall to show all the hot shot recruits that Miami is really trending upward.

Good coaches don't need great players to win in this conference. Just look at what Beamer has done in Blacksburg. You don't know his players when they commit but you sure know them when their winning ten plus games a year and multiple conference titles. The problem Beamer has is he just can't enough great players into Hokie-land so their potential is always limited when they get on the big stage. Golden on the other hand sits atop the most fertile recruiting ground in the nation so getting great players wont be a hassle for him.

He just needs to be good enough to get this team to pop off one good time and that will open up the flood gates.

That being said, I hope he does stick to his principle and continues to perform the personal evaluations that he says he does. Just that in the future I would like to see him raise his sights a little higher.

Success in the fall will bring success on signing day. Crap in the fall will bring crap on signing day.