5* CB Desmond Ricks down to UF, LSU, and Bama. Commitment date 12/23/22

I’m losing interest honestly

 

I started off just clarifying the post he was questioning but The point is he's blaming the wrong people is he not? Or are we now to the point where we think the Coach pays the recruits. Maybe/ maybe not but I personally can't imagine anyone more disappointed on missing out on an elite recruit then the Coach that's out there busting his ass kissing some ass just to land the commitment of a 17 yr old. With soooo many factors at play how can we just say it because we won't or don't pony up the dough? We reportedly were set to give Cormani 2 mil. That's a lot of money for a talented 17 year old kid whose biggest accomplishment to date is getting ranked in the top 5 of recruiting services. If its what is being reported about up front payments prior to signing then how can we be mad UF won't engage in that seeing as it was laid out clearly that it is illegal. I'm just saying man, we are literally 8 games into the 1st season of a whole new regime with a Coach whom came in and said in advance this will be a slow process.

 

And also man looking at aTm meltdown , they just signed the best class ever, with the most 5 stars ever signed in one class, and here they are in a fight just to become bowl eligible. And that's with a Coach in his 5th season w/team who just happens to be one of only 5 active head coaches to have won a Natty. Gotta think maybe just throwing money around won't always fix what's wrong with a team.

 

And jimbos a better coach than MC

 

A bit but more so because we haven’t been good. If we could kick the crap out of our rivals it would definitely help my interest.

 

If all the people running their mouth just gave 20 bucks apiece every month we would be loaded

 

Looks to me like CBN is betting on himself and his philosophy on program building. And hoping that these kids get bit on the other side and realizing a little less money to come to a more stable program will be the way to go down the road. He’s playing the long game. And the others are playing the instant gratification game. I’m okay with what he’s doing. It may or may not work out. But we won’t find out for a couple years

 

You have to realize that the pay for play hasn’t come back to bite anyone yet. It’s inevitable that some kid that was promised money is going to get shit on. Or vise versa. A kid will get paid and shit on the university.

slow and steady wins the race.

 

Believe me. I understand the frustration with that. And i guess we’ll never know the nitty gritty about why the staff has stuck with certain players. And while i thought they COULD win 9 games. This year never really mattered except for CBN building his foundation… honestly my biggest concern for this team is AR and his lack of fire and leadership. I don’t think we can move forward with him next year. Unless we want more of the same

 

I agree. CBN first test to see if he can hold everything down

 

I think Rick's reclassifying may just actually help us. he can still now go to a school and be the big dog recruit and that can still happen in Florida the other schools have already secured big dogs at their positions. We can hope

 

This^

 

If we throw 2 mil at him will Miami still throw 5? Again? (The number slight be off as nobody truly knows but you get the point)

 

Yea. I say make Ruiz spend as much money as possible. But just keep doing what we’re doing

 

. But we don't know yet if buying your team if the way to go. aTm hasn't shown me nothing that bolsters that thinking ad they are about to have the worst season in recent A&M memory. I remember when Miami 2/3 cycles got all those "elite" players. Those multiple 5 stars, including Taylor and the other palmetto kids. They have yet to do any thing, and I can't say this class will make a difference for them either if we are to take A&Ms product this year into account.

 

No doubt that spending the money doesn't guarantee results. I have to believe that these agreements are based on the presumption the player has to be top one or two on the depth chart. Think of the pay roll a team would have to sustain if they recruit two high four stars per position each cycle and nothing is required other than participation.