'Canes Get Kicked Out Of Their Own House

Just when you though things couldn't get any worse for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team, they did. After getting stoned to death by little ol' Stony Brook on Friday night by the humbling score of 10-2, Miami head coach Jim Morris and his team apparently hadn't had enough.

So on Saturday Miami returned for another beating, this time all about the head and neck, in another losing effort in a loser's bracket game to Missouri State. Miami lost by the shocking score of 12-2, which effectively eliminated the Hurricanes from their own Regional Tournament at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Stadium in Coral Gables. 

The Hurricanes were basically pushed around and kicked out of their own home and later found left laying helpless somewhere out in left field where they will be forced to watch in-state rival UCF battle Stony Brook or Missouri State for the Coral Gables Regional Championship. 

Miami lost the two games by a combined score of 22-4 to Stony Brook and Missouri Sate. Now that's definitely gonna leave a mark.  Maybe several.

The worst part is that the Hurricanes lost the games at home in front of their always supportive but now somehwat conflicted home town fans.  Several Miami fans vented their obvious frustrations after the humilating loss and a few even called for Morris to resign or be fired.

For the record I support Jim Morris and would like for him to leave the UM program on his own terms when he is ready.  If that is now or in another year or two or more then that is fine with me.  After all he has won two National Championships and has taken the 'Canes to the post-season on a regular and consistent basis.

I will admit that the quality of play has declined since 2009 and the lack of post-season success over the last 4 years has not been up to par with Miami's past success and is reason for concern.  Morris has been at Miami for 19 years and it is possible that winning may not be quite as important as it once was and that the dynamics of the team may be getting stale. 

Nineteen years is a LONG time to do anything, much less be a head baseball coach at one university.

Yet please remember that while Morris is ultimately responsible for the product on the field he was not pitching, hitting or fielding the ball yesterday or Friday.  An equal share of blame must be placed on his assistants, pitching coach JD Arteaga and hiting and fielding coach Gino DiMare. 

It is a fact that Miami's pitching did them no favors in the Regional (22 runs in two games) and that the Canes batting average (.260) and fielding % (.955) were among the lowest in the ACC this season.

Still, with a combined 57 years of college baesball experience, Morris, Arteaga and DiMare have forgotten more about baseball than most fans will ever know.  The tough question remains though: Can they win a CWS title and bring home a National Championship again?  That question remains to be answered.

After the game skipper Jim Morris had this to say about the game, the team, the fans and the season:

Opening Statement: “First of all, like to congratulate Missouri State; they played very well. Outstanding club, Johnsons an outstanding pitcher. He pitched very well against us and the entire team played good. Very discouraging end for us. When you’re the host you’d like to think you have a good chance to win when you’re the number one seed. Right now we’re going to meet as a team on Tuesday. A lot of thoughts going through my head right now but number one on my mind is to get Miami baseball back to where Miami baseball been for many years.”

Reaction in clubhouse: “I had a very short meeting cause I want to collect my thoughts before talking to the team.”

On mistakes uncharacteristic of Miami baseball: “We didn’t make any mistakes today. We played good defense. We’re not a club that scores a lot of runs, ever. We got to pitch. We got down big. It’s very difficult for this team to come back…Today’s game was a crazy game…It’s a tough loss. I’d rather have lost today than the way we lost yesterday. Today we got beat.”

On fan’s frustration: “I mean, first of all, I understand our fans are very spoiled and I know they’re frustrated, you know, I’m not crazy… We’re very spoiled. We’re expected to go to Omaha every year. It’s a very, very tough thing. I can only say that we got to get better. We got to get better recruiting
classes, got to coach better as a staff, execute better as a team and we’re addressing that and were talking about it.”

On evaluating the baseball program: “I do this every year whether we win a national championship or we finish the way we finished today. I sit and think a lot personally. I write down things, get my coaching staff together, talk to them about what we need to do to get better as players, as coaches in all phases of the game…and then its time to recruit.”

Comments

[CEO]

COPIED FROM THE LAST BLOG:

Possible replacements? Hard to say without knowing who's in play. Off the top of my head my wish list would look something like this:

The first to come to mind would be Gilmore at Coastal Carolina. They have built a first rate program from modest beginnings. I recently had a conversation with a neighbor whose son attended Coastal but transferred to a JUCO. He is a lefty in the mid to upper 80's but can't get to the bump because Gilmore has his share of 90 mph lefties.

By way of analogy, getting 90mph lefties to go to Coastal Carolina is more impressive than getting 5 star football players to go to Temple. It's a sign that this program has arrived. I can't help but hope that Miami remains an attractive step up from Coastal. And if he can do that there, what could he do in the Gables?

A somewhat obvious choice would be O'Conner at UVA, although that may be a tough sell, and would require some serious graft. Does UM athletics have it in them to fish in deep waters? If so, he'd be a real coup.

For a third choice, Rich Hill has done a heck of a job at San Diego. It's been a rule of thumb in college baseball that it's not a good idea to bring a West Coast guy to the East. Not sure those old wive's tails hold true any longer, though. A guy can either coach or not, IMO. And he can coach.

I've always preferred a coach with head man credentials, so I would generally avoid hot assistants, like the pitching coach at South Carolina. Can't recall him name at the moment but they are two-time defending champs, and primarily due to pitching. However, given UM's penny pinching penchant, he may be a more attainable choice than the others. And I doubt he'll be in Colombia much longer, so they will need to move quickly to get him.

The one thing I don't want is some legacy with no proven track record. We need a Golden caliber hire for this tradition rich program. Let's go admin-get it done!

Posted by: Mephistopheles | June 03, 2012 at 03:58 PM

[Montreal-Cane]

A Black T-Shirt would be cool if i deserve it. If not the white will be just fine.

[Six]

Meph - I just believe that a real coach can coach anywhere, no matter what coast or coordinates on the earth

Gary Henderson blows that myth out of the water about moving from one coast to the other and I'd love to have him at Miami ... but that isn't going to happen any more than George Horton coming to Miami - and that sucks

Hendo goes from Fullerton & Pepperdine (private school), to UiF (helps them get to the CWS twice), then back to Oregon State (crucial in recruiting, helping them go back-to-back National Champs)

The guy is a great pitching coach and up there in recruiting as well

I'm interested in seeing how Dave Serrano does at Rocky Top - he's moved from the West Coast where he was at Fullerton (where he was under Horton as Pitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator) and then at UCIrvine (where he led them to their 1st CWS) and then went back to Fullerton

Given his track record as a Pitching Coach/Recruiter, he'll do well, esp. since he was at Rocky Top before he went to Fullerton the 1st time and they went to the CWS

Cohen at Miss State is another coach who can get it done, excellent hitting coach and can assemble a nice assistant staff as well

Problem with those guys I just mentioned - would it be almost a lateral move for them in their minds to go from where they are presently to Miami

Agree with the interest in Gilmore from CCarolina

Still have interest in Prado as well from USF b/c of his track record at my alma mater and also what he did at Louisville to help them

[Montreal-Cane]

Mephistopheles if you read my posts from yesterday Gilmore and O'Conner would be very good candidates. But O'Conner at Virginia would be a very very long shot.

I have been a Jim Morris supporter from the beginning until 2009. Not sure what Shawn Eichorst and Donna will decide but there is no need to humiliate Jim Morris in firing him. If big Jim is no longer their man just ask him privately to step down. But maybe Jim Morris will come up with a new plan to impress his AD and his president...Who knows?

[Montreal-Cane]

If you missed it, excellent interview by Dan Sileo with Al Golden last friday.

Sileo said during the interview that he spoke with NCAA president Mark Emmert.Sileo said the sanctions for UM won't be as bad as most people think.

Listen from the 5:00 Mark

http://wqam.com/dj/dan-sileo

[CEO]

Stony Brook beats Mizzu St. 10-7.

The Brook will face UCF at 7 PM for the title. UCF needs one win The Brook needs two (Monday if necessary).

[CEO]

Sileo Interview Quotes:

Last year 1600 HS players attended Golden camps last year.

This year there will be five camps in June. First one in Sunday June 3rd (today).

Cost of camp is $59 and walk-ups are welcome.

Golden is happy with ACC as a conference and the TV coverage (ESPN) they will get is REMARKABLE.

[CEO]

Sileo: Biggest challenge at UM?

Golden: Creating a new culture, work ethic and mentality. And building competition and unity into our cluture.

Golden: "Kids in this class are going to challenge. They have that look in their eye."

FIU, FAU and other colleges will be at the Golden camps to recruit players who do not get UM offers.

[CEO]

THIS GUY SOUNDS LIKE GOLDEN:

Stony Brook University
Regional Press Conference
Head Coach Matt Senk

On his team’s “never‐say‐die” mentality:

“One of the things that makes us such a strong offensive team is our credo is don’t strike out and hit balls hard. He [Schumacher] is a tremendous talent, that whole Missouri State team, their pitching staff, you can see why they had the best ERA in the country. For us to do what we did against that young man requires sticking to the plan, and he had his share of strikeouts. We had some long at‐bats gainst him, we got his pitch count up, and we really did a terrific job of that. Our guys believe in each other and believe in the plan and they executed that.”

On the team’s potential going forward:

“This is not easy. This is going to be a huge challenge. We knew the whole regional would be a challenge. Obviously, from our own conference tournament being double‐elimination, we know how important that second game is. It requires discipline and mental toughness, and that is one pitch, one inning and one at‐bat at a time.”

[Ohio_Cane]

@SaveUMFootball: Al Golden Camp Attendee Lands Offer: 2013 Athlete Brisly Estime, 5'9" and 175 lbs, won Camp MVP and landed an offer. Likely to commit.

@SaveUMFootball: Athlete Brisly Estime's Highlights: http://t.co/91OS1Tse

[Ohio_Cane]

@Romarley: ( <---- Yes, that's Rohan Marley) Congrats to my Son @Nico2Marley " bringing home the best linebacker award #UMcamp #LionOrder

[4-Real]

Ohio, whadda u think bout that Brisley kat?

[CEO]

Ohio, whadda u think bout that Brisley kat?

Posted by: 4-Real | June 03, 2012 at 08:25 PM

I'll give U an answer after watching his tape:

HUNGRY LIKE DA WOLF!

[Ohio_Cane]

I'll give U an answer after watching his tape:

HUNGRY LIKE DA WOLF!

Posted by: CEO | June 03, 2012 at 08:30 PM
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Pretty much this.

U know from last years Golden Camps what the MVP is about, right?

Who's got a list of last years MVP's?

[4-Real]

George Williams sayin screw the U ?

[Da U N Houston]

Brisely: #1 is fast! Not a lot of shake n bake, just get it and go. #2: tackling needs a lot of help. He does a lot of ankle tackling, won't work at the next level (trust me on that). He seems to be a good fit at corner (due to lack of tackling skills) I'd like to see film with him playing corner to see his hip movement.

Just me take on the highlight film!

[Da U N Houston]

Guess the check that the Heat gave the refs tonight bounced lol lol

[CGNC]

86 that was a really good synopsis. Did he really say "the fans are really spoiled and we expect to go to Omaha every year"? Jeesh I think he is a little out of it. I don't expect that, it would be alot, but I do expect that we should be doing better than we are. We won't win any recruiting wars like this

[Willie Will in Nashville]

Houston

It didn't bounce, its already cashed

[CGNC]

Guess the check that the Heat gave the refs tonight bounced lol lol

Posted by: Da U N Houston | June 03, 2012 at 10:24 PM

74-74 now.

GO HEAT!

[CGNC]

Willie Will - don't be a hater LOL

H E A T!

[Willie Will in Nashville]

Houston,

Also heard that Brisely will play slot at the next level not db

[Willie Will in Nashville]

CGNC,

LOL. I love everything about Miami except the Heat then baseball and then the Heat again lol.

[Willie Will in Nashville]

WOW

Lebron fouls out for the first time in 2yrs?????? Lol

[CEO]

Heat loses to the Celtics.

Series is tied 2-2.

[CaneRock]

If I was a bettin' man, I'd say that Bosh comes back for game 5 or 6.

[CoCane]

Bosh is a p*ssy. If he's hurt, it's not an abdominal strain. That sh*t takes a week at the most to heal. Smh

[IraqiCane]

Cleveland Gary!!!

GO CANES!!!

[j.w.]

I guess I picked the right way to go on a Disney cruise (no internet, barely any college baseball coverage on ESPN).

[The What]

Lebron fouled out? This is why basketball will never be as popular as football. I'm betting lebron doesnt have more than 3 fouls in the next game. Nba officiating is the worst in professional sports. It's a joke.

[Ken roberts]

I know i,m being proactive here, but there will be a lot of pressure to nominate Gino as the next head coach. He needs to be heavily grilled on his willingness to travel=recruit.

When he left he said – “I have really enjoyed my 12 years on the Miami coaching staff. It’s been a tremendous opportunity being able to coach at my alma mater. I have a wonderful wife as well as young daughters, and I wanted to spend more time with them. College baseball is a great sport, but we as coaches have to make some sacrifices when it comes to traveling and being away from our loved ones. I felt like this was the right time to be more accessible to my family. Miami has a great baseball tradition. I have been honored to work with some of the best college baseball players in the country. I wish nothing but the best for the program and can’t wait to follow its success in the future. This is not bullcrap.”"

So whats different now.

Miami needs a young head coach, head coach at his previous position, who is willing without-a-doubt to hit the recruiting=travel road. Not a recycled assistant who has already expressed uncertainty about travel=recruiting.

I have been advocating brian up at UVA (actually just 35 miles down the road). He is the type of person we need. Head coach, successful, good recruiter abd at a non-baseball school who has done-what-he-needed-to-do.

UF looked at him, but it was premature.

UM will have to spend the $$$$$' which is what they might NOT want to do.

[CEO]

WURD ON DA SKRRETZ IZ:

1. Have no clue if offered by Miami YET but I gotz me 1 to go see ball again. Lemond Johnson, remember the name cause that ballah got some crazy game in him. Put boi in 5 different positions and he will ballout in each one. He straight up freaky bruh. If he somehow lands in Miami that boi is down for my freak of the class. Yah, I said it and aint budgin off it lol and I dont give a f who else comes to Miami, they wont be as all around ballah as that boi.

2. Miami fans should jump off the ship if he aint got that glow ratin though so expect hate with that lol. Maybe that 1 pimp that only wants Al to get "big names" will jump ship forever or at the very least his head will explode lol. Gotz to love some of them "diehard" fans huh?

[Ohio_Cane]

If he's hurt, it's not an abdominal strain. That sh*t takes a week at the most to heal. Smh

Posted by: CoCane | June 04, 2012 at 12:24 AM
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WRONG....

Apparently, U've never had an abdominal strain and then tried to play a sport.

[Brevardcane]

That kid does have a serious number of offers

[Ohio_Cane]

MLB draft is today. This will determine QB David Thompson's decision of coming to UM or not.

[Regular Joe]

WRONG....

Apparently, U've never had an abdominal strain and then tried to play a sport.

Posted by: Ohio_Cane | June 04, 2012 at 10:06 AM

Ditto

[CEO]

The Coral Gables NCAA Baseball Regional's No. 4 seed, Stony Brook has now beaten every team in the region with its 12-5 win over second-seeded UCF in Game 6 at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field.

The UCF loss was the first of the tournment for the Knights in the double-elimination format. The region will be decided Monday at 7 p.m. in the seventh and final game.

[CEO]

ESPN and the Atlantic Coast Conference have agreed on a rights deal that extends through the 2026-27 season and will mean additional football, men's and women's basketball and Olympic sports coverage on a variety of platforms.

When the ACC adds Pittsburgh and Syracuse, the conference will play an 18-game regular-season men's basketball schedule -- and ESPN networks will show an additional 30 regular-season games, plus two more conference tournament games. The new deal also adds 14 more football games, including three Friday night games (one of which, hosted by Boston College or Syracuse, to be played the day after Thanksgiving).

ESPN will televise a number of regular-season ACC women's basketball games, plus the entire conference tournament and will increase its coverage of Olympic sports, highlighted by baseball, softball, lacrosse along with men's and women's soccer.

Games will also be shown on ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN 3D as well as a number of other ESPN-branded networks both in the U.S. and internationally.

ESPN's original deal with the ACC was through 2023.

[Hassan]

Any Camp Updates?

[Ohio_Cane]

Chris Nee - Miami (Fla.) North DB Troy McCollum competed at the Al Golden FB Camp Sun. Said UM coaches supposed to let him know about offer this week.

[Ohio_Cane]

Chris Nee - Another prospect that I was told did well at Miami's camp is Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas RB Mardre London (2014).

[Ohio_Cane]

Chris Nee - Saint Cloud (Fla.) Harmony ATH Riley Nicholson (2015) worked with rising seniors some at #UM Camp. Coach Barrow showed lot of attention.

[Ohio_Cane]

^^ Also with regards to Riley Nicholson, he will be at Kissimmee (Fla.) Osceola for the upcoming football season.

[CEO]

Martin, 68, has 1,716 wins at Florida State, but has never won a national championship despite 14 trips to the College World Series in Omaha.

[nemo2002]

Hey CEO, at FSU (like UM) lots of fans want the baseball coach to be replaced. But he isn't because his team beats the U a lot, it is highly ranked nationally, and it tends to WIN it's regional tournament. Some FSU fans are down on Coach Martin for not winning the CWS (and for some other reasons too). But no one contends that the FSU baseball program is moving in the WRONG direction (unlike UM).

[CEO]

http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/baseball/d1

Four SEC teams, four Pac 12 teams and one ACC team and two smaller schools have made it to the Super Regionals so far.

Five teams still TBD after today's championship games.

[CGNC]

Posted by: The What | June 04, 2012 at 08:16 AM

LOL - hockey is like that too. They will give a team "make up calls" sometimes. Of course, they would NEVER admit to that, but still, that is what it is

[CGNC]

So whats different now.

Posted by: Ken roberts | June 04, 2012 at 09:50 AM

LOL maybe the wife is a nag and the kids are now older

[Ken roberts]

Ok - maybe. But 3 years older seems like they would want dad home more. Hell, in another 3 years they,ll be little league.

I jusy don,t like assistants to move up. Looks a lot like Coker to me. He was a nice guy for sure, but couldn,t recruit. Result. Into the tank year 4.

Gimmie a head coach at a non-baseball emphasis school that has demonstrated recruiting ability and that other schools have looked at.

Actually the coastal carolina guy sounds great, and would be less $$$$$ than Brian for sure. Virginia has serious baseball $$$$$ thru the book writer ( who built the stadium).

[Ken roberts]

John grissom, author, stadium builder and ongoing fan. I hear his son was on the UVA team a while back. He built a hugh little league park in south county.

Incidentally, based on super regional attemdance, is the ACC overrated in baseball. Why do they crap out when they see 'tuff schools. UVA crapped out yesterday for second year in a row, which may make Brian available.

[herbieibis]

You tank last weeks ACC ship savin up for the regionals and leave ole mo sitting on the toilet seat and some second rate baseball teams come in here and hand you a broom and tell to get busy sweeping your azz out of your own ball park. Your team can't hit or field and you've lost the recruiting touch, so I say to coach Morris, starting singing that old tune from the Walker Borthers "Make it easy on yourself" and sign that resignation notice.

[Six]

86 - sometimes the way I say things about certain subjects, I'm about as blunt as a Hattori Hanzo katana sword

That's the radio sports talk gene in me, and also the insane passion ... it causes me to "hulk out"

I had to field never ending questions over the weekend from fellow workers in the sports department about what in the hell happened to the Canes at home ... doesn't help that 2 of them are Croc fans and the other is a 'Nole

It's even worse when the 2 Croc fans are uninformed fans about the subject matter - those are the worst kind of fans to try and talk to. All they see are a loss by your team, so your program must just plain suck forever .. unlike their program, which is doing well now, so they just assume that it was always dominant

[Ohio_Cane]

Jeff Greer - Sounds like Cardinal Newman's 2013 TE Matt Burke and 2014 WR Travis Rudolph would like to visit the #canes this summer.

[Six]

Guys I mentioned above and how they've done this year ...

George Horton (Oregon) - in his 3rd year there, he gets Oregon to advance for the first time since 1954. They'll be in the Super Regionals. Oregon got rid of baseball in 1981 and brought it back in 2009. Horton is taking care of business up there

Gary Henderson (Kentucky) - falls to Kent State in the regional finals on a controversial home run, but still had the winningest season in program history ... they lost to Kent State earlier in the tournament in a 21 inning game (that will hurt your bullpen just a little bit)

Dave Serrano (Rocky Top) - first year at the helm of a team that had 3 losing seasons in the past 4 years. Serrano went 24-31, but I still believe will turn that program around in no time

John Cohen (Miss State) - lost in the Tally regional. Cohen is in his 4th year, his first two years at the program they went 25-29, 23-33 .. his last two years they've gone 38-25 (got to Super Regionals), 39-22 (1st SEC West)

[j.w.]

Good day, friends. Less than 3 days until Phil Steele's preview hits the stands. :)

[CEO]

86 - sometimes the way I say things about certain subjects, I'm about as blunt as a Hattori Hanzo katana sword

That's the radio sports talk gene in me, and also the insane passion ... it causes me to "hulk out"

Posted by: Six | June 04, 2012 at 01:57 PM

I understandand and like I said: no harm, no foul. Just remember we are among friends here (and also some players' family), so NO idiotic radio callers or unknowledgable Gator fans allowed! LOL

[Ohio_Cane]

CGNC and Canesteeler - Pens traded a 7th round pick for G Tomas Vokoun. Obviously not happy with Brent Johnson as a backup.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/penguins-acquire-goalie-tomas-vokoun-162140556--nhl.html;_ylt=Avoqtm0juVqoXXGeQsK7NzB7vLYF

[Felipe.]

Bahaha, at about :40 when Brisly Estime jacks up that WR: that's what I'm looking for.

[CEO]

Ohio...I was chatting with Chris Freet and Strauzer from Twitter and we came up with some ideas and a blog feature.

May do a LIVE chat with Freet and the NEW UM Associate AD for Facilities, Events Planning and Customer Service Tim Wise. They wanna know what fans want and what they like or dislike about the gameday experience at UM sports events.

Blog feature to follow later this week so Canespacers save your ideas for then.

[Ohio_Cane]

Was watching that convo, CEO. Good stuff!

[Dan]

Morris needs to go. He's coasting. The team has been struggling to scoop up ground balls for 4 years.

Toast.

[calGary Cane]

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Posted by: Ohio_Cane | June 03, 2012 at 07:29 PM

Watched the video. The guy looks like a firecracker on film. I could easily imagine him winning the camp MVP...And I like how Al is recruiting...and that guy who doesn't want to come to camp unless he gets an offer, shouldn't get an offer.

[calGary Cane]

^^^won Camp MVP and landed an offer. Likely to commit.^^^

Should remember not to use &LT for brackets!

[CEO]

Al Golden workout video from 1990 at Penn State:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aaF6v3-gT8&feature=related

[CoCane]

I stand corrected. My homie who's a personal trainer told me this morning that an abdominal strain usually takes at least 2-3 weeks to heal. Maybe more, unless its just a tweak. My experience was a tweak . Sh*t I was in high school. (Shruggs)

[Ohio_Cane]

Al Golden workout video from 1990 at Penn State:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aaF6v3-gT8&feature=related

Posted by: CEO | June 04, 2012 at 04:09 PM
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1st of all... HAHAHHAHAHAAHAH!!

2nd of all... Coach was lookin BIG!

[CEO]

Al Golden recruiting video from 2008 at Temple:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th_aXcFGTlA&feature=related

[CEO]

Al Golden talking Temple Football. U gotta listen to this. At the :50 mark there is a U logo on the top right of the players bulletin board! Freaky or what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE3oAmD0TzI&feature=related

[Ohio_Cane]

At the :50 mark there is a U logo on the top right of the players bulletin board! Freaky or what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE3oAmD0TzI&feature=related

Posted by: CEO | June 04, 2012 at 04:25 PM
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That's pretty crazy. Nice catch!

[CEO]

FROM RIVALS.COM:

According to his father, Leon McQuay III has named a top 3 of Vanderbilt, Michigan and USC.

This is McQuay's second cut after previously narrowing things down to a top ten. He's not very big on interviews so I may not be able to catch up with him today for his thoughts but I hope to catch him by tomorrow with more.

He would like to make his decision on Nov. 21.

McQuay is the No. 5 rated safety in the country and the No. 38 rated prospect overall.

[CEO]

FROM PROCANES.COM:

The Miami Dolphins have signed fourth-round University of Miami running back Lamar Miller to a four-year, $2.58 million contract.

The deal includes base salaries of $390,000, $480,000, $570,000 and $660,000.

Miller rushed for 1,918 career yards for the Hurricanes. The Dolphins traded up to acquire the former Miami standout, parting with a pair of sixth-round draft selections.

[Montreal-Cane]

Posted by: CEO | June 04, 2012 at 04:25 PM
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Wow you see everything don't you.

I was trying to read the note but it's out of focus.

[4-Real]

Anybody know why Brisly wants 2 wait 2 weeks b4 he commits? Better have a good reason when u consider his biggest offer prior 2 UM is big bad Tennessee St. :)

[Ohio_Cane]

his biggest offer prior 2 UM is big bad Tennessee St. :)

Posted by: 4-Real | June 04, 2012 at 06:00 PM
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I'm betting that right there is why he's waiting. Wants to see if anyone else offers. He'll lose interest or offers from some programs once/if he commits to UM

[Six]

Ohio_Cane - I figure unless DThompson gets picked in the 1st Round, he's Miami all day

Kid dreamed of being a Cane while he was in the womb

[Six]

#1 pick overall in the MLB Draft - Cane commit

Carlos Correa

[orange 'n green in the vein]

"May do a LIVE chat with Freet and the NEW UM Associate AD for Facilities, Events Planning and Customer Service Tim Wise. They wanna know what fans want and what they like or dislike about the gameday experience at UM sports events.

Posted by: CEO | June 04, 2012 at 03:39 PM"

On the chance that I miss this if it comes to pass, get this to them for me;

There should never be a line of cars waiting for the gates to the football stadium to open at exactly 12 pm, 3 pm or anything with a PM after a number, get those things open in the morning and let the marathon tailgaters do their thing since you're only drawing 30 grand until Golden starts winning significantly, if he ever does at all.

I swear the next time I'm stuck looking at the dashboard clock next to your big orange dome in the CEO-mobile and wondering why it's 120 seconds past the time they're supposed to be letting us in and they aren't yet is the day I'm booking my round trip flight to Lubbock to knock Special-K's block off then getting right back on the plane while saying, "Thanks for Nevin, you stammering doofus."

[Six]

Croc taken 3rd overall - Mike Zunino

Peter Gammons just said "Kevin O'Sullivan has an absolute brilliant pitching mind" ... Gammons has a man crush as well?

[Six]

Marlins just got themselves a big Lefty from Okie State, Andrew Heaney

6'4 174 lbs .. 140Ks in 118 IP

[CEO]

OGV...U crack me up dude!

Six...what abnout David Thompson?

[Six]

86 - I'll be very surprised if DThompson is taken in the 1st Round. McCullers from here in Tampa will be taken before him and he's yet to go - they're on pick 12 right now, Mets on the board

DThompson isn't even rated in the Top 100 on the MLB board. Peter O'Brien is ranked in the low 50s

Keon Barnum, Tampa kid from King High School is ranked mid 60s - he's a Cane commit

There have been some south Florida H.S. kids taken already in the Top 11 picks so far ... whole bunch of talent in this state

On a side note, you should see the female representation at the draft .. definite 1st Rounders

[Ohio_Cane]

Ohio_Cane - I figure unless DThompson gets picked in the 1st Round, he's Miami all day

Kid dreamed of being a Cane while he was in the womb

Posted by: Six | June 04, 2012 at 07:09 PM
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From what I heard, unless he's top 10, he's a Cane. Not for sure, just what I heard

[Ohio_Cane]

Six, also this is the 1st year of MLB using Draft Pool $. Gonna see more kids than ever go to college, which is a good thing.

[Six]

86 - would like to see McQuay3 go to Vandy

Of course would love to have him be a Cane, but would really think he'd fit in at Vandy for his type of lifestyle. Ultra quiet, pretty shy kid - and 3 Vandy Coaches were all over him at his Spring Jamboree game

[Six]

Keon Barnum taken 48th overall - not bad at all. Super nice kid, real good hard working family that did whatever they could to help Keon get to practices/games his entire life

Now their baby boy is about to get $$$

[Willie Will in Nashville]

Anybody know why Brisly wants 2 wait 2 weeks b4 he commits? Better have a good reason when u consider his biggest offer prior 2 UM is big bad Tennessee St. :)

Posted by: 4-Real | June 04, 2012 at 06:00 PM

Hey I'm a big bad TSU alumni :-(

[Montreal-Cane]

Seawolves howling all the way to Baton Rouge, while Canes watch top recruits go bye-bye

The Stony Brook Seawolves looked as good the past few days as the Canes looked bad last Friday in UM's opener in the NCAA Coral Gables Regional
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No. 4 seed Stony Brook (50-12), led by Willie Carmona on Monday night, won the school's first regional championship by defeating UCF 10-6 at Alex Rodriguez Park.
Stony Brook advances to the Baton Rouge Super Regional to meet No. 7 national seed LSU in a best-of-three series.

You may recall Stony Brook pitcher Tyler Johnson (11-1), who dominated the Canes. After two days rest he came out again and allowed four runs in 6 1-3 innings while throwing 119 pitches.

According to the Associated Press, the Seawolves are the third No. 4 seed to win a regional (Missouri, 2006; Fresno State, 2008) since the field was expanded to 64 teams in 2001.

Meanwhile, as the first round of the MLB Draft went on, UM coach Jim Morris must have gotten that sinking feeling -- not that he hasn't had enough of that the past few days.
The No. 1 draft pick Monday? Shortstop Carlos Correa of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy. No. 1!!!! to Houston. Nothing like rubbing salt on the wound. Carlos, of course, was a UM commitment.
Just as painful: fellow UM commitment Albert Almora, an outfielder from Mater Academy in Hialeah, was picked by the Chicago Cubs sixth overall. Just watched a video on him. Good story. Touching.

And to continue UM's woes, Hurricanes commitment Nick Travieso, a right-handed pitcher, was selected 14th overall by Cincinnati.

Keep in mind that these signees have until July 15th to decide whether they're turning pro or going to college. But let's face it, I think we all know at least what Correa, Almora and Travieso will do (If not, I'll be stunned).

As posted on HurricaneSports:
"Two more signees were selected with compensatory picks, otherwise known as sandwich round selections. The Chicago White Sox took Keon Barnum (King High School), highly regarded for his powerful bat and solid arm strength, with their second pick of the night at No. 48.

Walker Weickel (Olympia High School), a 6-foot-6 pitcher with a 90-92 mile-per-hour fastball and an impressive 12-to-6 curveball, was the fifth and final Hurricane selected, chosen by the San Diego Padres at pick No. 55.

The 2012 Major League Baseball Entry Draft will resume Tuesday afternoon, set to commence at 12 noon live on MLB Network."

Even before Monday, Jim Morris lamented UM's history in the draft, saying he has watched some pretty special Hurricanes recruits opt for pro ball over college. "I mean the biggest thing that has happened is he last two or three years we've been crushed in the draft on our team, and all our recruiting classses, as people that follow closely know. It's something that's out of your control. We signed some of the best players in the country. We signed the best player in Puerto Rico, but you know you've got to sign players that go to school.

"...I think they're signing too many guys that are not top prospects. When you say that after the first round, 98 percent of the guys do not make it to the Major Leagues, then 98 percent of those guys should have gone to college. Maybe they would have matured physically and mentally and maybe they would have made it...''

How much can one highly regarded prospect improve a program? "It can,'' Morris said. We got a kid out of Orlando, Walker Weickel (GONE!), that can really make me a good coach. ...You need a break and get a guy like that.''

None of the current Canes got drafted Monday. Of the several who are draft-eligible, four were listed by Baseball America ranked in the Top 500:
Catcher Peter O'Brien, ranked 69th nationally and 13th in the state.
Pitcher E.J. Encinosa, 322 nationally and 38th in the state.
Shortstop Stephen Perez, 357th nationally and 45th in the state.
Pitcher Eric Whaley, 397th nationally and 51st in the state.

SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/2012/06/seawolves-howling-all-the-way-to-baton-rouge-while-canes-watch-top-recruits-go-bye-bye.html#storylink=cpy

[Montreal-Cane]

None of the current Canes got drafted Monday.

How about the Coach of Stony Brook...

I hope he liked Coral Gables so much...

Morris=Bobby Bowden...He has been...And no longer is...

[Montreal-Cane]

Jankowski picked 44th overall by San Diego in 2012 MLB Draft.

Junior center fielder becomes Stony Brook's first-ever first-round draft pick.

[Montreal-Cane]

Matt Senk enters his 22nd season as the Stony Brook University head baseball coach, having entrenched the Seawolves as one of the top programs in not only the America East but also the Northeast Region.

Last season, Senk guided the Seawolves to a school record 42 wins and its first America East regular season title. Senk was rewarded for the Seawolves success as he was named America East Coach of the Year..

[LB]

"Al Golden talking Temple Football. U gotta listen to this. At the :50 mark there is a U logo on the top right of the players bulletin board! Freaky or what?"

When Golden got hired, that was the first thing I saw when researching him. What impressed me most (and yes, the UM logo was a little prophetic) was Golden's professionalism and Coach D's intensity.

Poor sleds.

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa Cane - Recruiting Update: Check out UM verbal commit 4-Star DL Keith Bryant's spring game highlights - impressive stuff. http://ow.ly/bmT6y

[CaneRock]

Seawolves howling all the way to Baton Rouge, while Canes watch top recruits go bye-bye

...

Even before Monday, Jim Morris lamented UM's history in the draft, saying he has watched some pretty special Hurricanes recruits opt for pro ball over college. "I mean the biggest thing that has happened is he last two or three years we've been crushed in the draft on our team, and all our recruiting classses, as people that follow closely know. It's something that's out of your control. We signed some of the best players in the country. We signed the best player in Puerto Rico, but you know you've got to sign players that go to school.

"...I think they're signing too many guys that are not top prospects. When you say that after the first round, 98 persent of the guys do not make it to the Major Leagues, then 98 percent of those guys should have gone to college. Maybe they would have matured physically and mentally and maybe they would have made it...''
How much can one highly regarded prospect improve a program? "It can,'' Morris said. We got a kid out of Orlando, Walker Weickel (GONE!), that can really make me a good coach. ...You need a break and get a guy like that.''

None of the current Canes got drafted Monday. Of the several who are draft-eligible, four were listed by Baseball America ranked in the Top 500:
Catcher Peter O'Brien, ranked 69th nationally and 13th in the state.

Pitcher E.J. Encinosa, 322 nationally and 38th in the state.

Shortstop Stephen Perez, 357th nationally and 45th in the state.

Pitcher Eric Whaley, 397th nationally and 51st in the state.

SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN

MORE from the article here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/2012/06/seawolves-howling-all-the-way-to-baton-rouge-while-canes-watch-top-recruits-go-bye-bye.html#storylink=cpy

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa Cane - Recruiting Update: 2015 WR Devante Peete. 6'4'' and 165 lbs, attended Al Golden's Camp this weekend. Did very well. Remember the name.

[herbieibis]

Obiviously, you have to have a back-up plan, when you start going after these high profile high school players, knowing that they are going to get drafted pretty high. This is where, In my opinion, that Morris has dropped the ball. These secondary recruits are just not being developed, the way they used to be. We will be lucky if one of those 5 guys steps on campus, especially the SS and lord knows we need some INF. that can field.

[Ohio_Cane]

Didn't a Cane commit go 1st overall in the draft?

Lol, ya, he'll be in school here soon...

[raizecane]

When did Sileo start working at QAM? I really dislike that dude.......

[j.w.]

Couple of months ago

A couple of months ago, raize- after they canned that other idiot.

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[j.w.]

Sory for the double post- my browser is bouncing around today.

[Ohio_Cane]

Golden on WQAM last night: "We will have 9 or 10 different universities at the camps on sat and sun"