‘23 FL OT Francis Mauigoa (Miami commit)
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This just baffles the hell out of me. They are terrible, first year coach and they got a really late start on their NIL. All the excuses for our class not being higher kinda go out the window with what Florida is doing.
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Or maybe we don’t want players on our team that only cares about the money and has zero buy in to where he goes as long as he gets paid. I’m sure it’s not that simple but there is more to getting the right players in your program than just bankrolling it. I would say TAM is the poster child for this.
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are they though? dummies w/money willing spend whatever on whoever w/out discretion doesn't equate to better. there has to be some prudence involved in how the money is spent.....i firmly believe that we don't want the kids that are only going to go to the highest bidder. good for the kids that can make that decision.
i'm not sure that's good for the programs they're going to wind up at.
i'm not sure that's good for the programs they're going to wind up at.
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it is. do you think we'd of done that just for the sake of doing it?
he fits here, culturally he's a value add, talent he's a value add, leadership he's a value add. he's the #1 or #2 player in the country.
worth it, imo. it's for all those reasons he was 'the' must get prospect for this class....which i think is different than what we're seeing with UF, Miami and aTm.
put another way, anyone concerned about Nico flipping like rashada, or francis or the 5* DB? I'm not.
he fits here, culturally he's a value add, talent he's a value add, leadership he's a value add. he's the #1 or #2 player in the country.
worth it, imo. it's for all those reasons he was 'the' must get prospect for this class....which i think is different than what we're seeing with UF, Miami and aTm.
put another way, anyone concerned about Nico flipping like rashada, or francis or the 5* DB? I'm not.
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after the last 15 years, if we become a top 4 program in the SEC, top 5-6 once OU and TX get here, then we're going to be contending more often than not, and will have our chances.
also, going to a 12 team playoff, really helps the margin for error.
and in one game situations, this offense is hard to deal with.
i actually think as long as we can stay in the top 1/4 or 1/3 of the conf, we're gonna be fine long term. we may even win a few conf titles, should be a play off contender, especially under the 12 team format, somewhat regularly, and if you get in, you have a chance.
we have a chance still this year.
i keep thinking back to all the hopeful posts everytime we got some good news about a recruit; all the "it's happening" gifs etc.....all the "why does it take us 5 years but everyone else 2?"
well, all i'll say is......there's no need for the hand wringing. it's happening is now "it's happened". we aren't 5 years in, we're 2 years in.
this is what we've wanted for all these years.
also, going to a 12 team playoff, really helps the margin for error.
and in one game situations, this offense is hard to deal with.
i actually think as long as we can stay in the top 1/4 or 1/3 of the conf, we're gonna be fine long term. we may even win a few conf titles, should be a play off contender, especially under the 12 team format, somewhat regularly, and if you get in, you have a chance.
we have a chance still this year.
i keep thinking back to all the hopeful posts everytime we got some good news about a recruit; all the "it's happening" gifs etc.....all the "why does it take us 5 years but everyone else 2?"
well, all i'll say is......there's no need for the hand wringing. it's happening is now "it's happened". we aren't 5 years in, we're 2 years in.
this is what we've wanted for all these years.
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No because we're 8-1 with the best offense in the country. If we sucked like Miami then yea, Nico would be flipping.
Everything I've read about Francis is that he's a similar build. The fact that he's still committed to a 4-5 team with multiple programs knocking on his door is pretty indicative of his character. He might flip, but ultimately it's because Miami sucks.
Everything I've read about Francis is that he's a similar build. The fact that he's still committed to a 4-5 team with multiple programs knocking on his door is pretty indicative of his character. He might flip, but ultimately it's because Miami sucks.
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Still too early to say that, imo.
We'll see how they look without Nix and Kenny Dillingham. I know the same sentiment could be made about us, but Heup has a track record and controls the offense. Lanning is a defensive guy and they're statistically in the same realm as us, if not worse when looking at their #71 scoring defense compared to our #36.
We'll see how they look without Nix and Kenny Dillingham. I know the same sentiment could be made about us, but Heup has a track record and controls the offense. Lanning is a defensive guy and they're statistically in the same realm as us, if not worse when looking at their #71 scoring defense compared to our #36.
Eh this sounds like butthurt. Francis is bonafide 5star and will start wherever he goes imo.
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