Ranking The Recruits: Part II

On Sunday we posted the University of Miami's top 15 recruits of 2011 as selected by Twitter guru "SaveUMFootball" (Papa Cane). 

But with all due respect we have some differences with his rankings.  So today we are posting the Canespace rankings of the 2011 recruits. 

Here is our list and a few comments about each player:

#15: DT Corey King:A wide-bodied (6-1, 270) space eater who will be called on to provide depth along the DL behind expected starters Forston and Regis. King is also living a dream.  This class of 2011 prospect had committed to FIU a week before national signing day, but the Panthers had to back off because King needed to receive a qualifying score on his ACT.  He took the test again and scored an 18 which was good enough to get an offer from the Miami Hurricanes, his dream school since the sixth grade.  Put that in your pipe and smoke it Super Mario!

#14: DE Olsen Pierre:An New Jersey native who became the first recruit ever signed by Golden at UM.  He is an early enrollee who was recruited by Golden while he was still at Temple.  Pierre found his way to Coral Gables this Spring where he has managed to get himself acclimated to his new coaches, teammates and surroundings.  In spite of his head start on the rest of his 2011 classmates we think Pierre may redshirt this season due to the solid depth at DE at UM in 2011.

#13: ATH/LB Eddie Johnson: A three star recruit who played his high school football in Alabama and Georgia. Played both RB and LB in high school.  Another candidate for the MLB spot even though it has been rumored that Golden may give him a shot at RB.  He will likely redshirt this season.

#12: LB Antonio Kinard: Another three star prospect from Ohio who arrived at UM by way of Hargrave Military Academy.  This big boy (6-3, 215) is a tackling machine that runs a 4.6 40 yard dash.  Will provide much needed depth at LB for Miami in 2011. 

#11: DE/LB Ricardo Williams:A local talent and versatile player who was the all-time sack leader at UM LB coach Michael Barrow's high school: Homestead in South Dade.  Williams fits the 3-4 scheme that D'Onofio and Golden are rumored to want to implement at least on a part-time basis at UM.  He gave a strong "Butch" slap to North Carolina head coach Butch Davis when he chose Miami over ACC rival UNC.  We like that! 

#10: WR Rashawn Scott: Another early enrollee at Miami who in our opinion will turn out to be the "sleeper" of this class. Big, tall WR with excellent hands who we strongly believe will impress beyond many fans' expectations. Somebody write that down, OK?  No seriously, write it down!

#9: OL Taylor Gadbois:What's a kid with a hockey name like this doing playing football in Georgia?  Well we like his name and we love the impressive size of this big, burly Peach State product.  We are counting on Swasey and Kehoe to turn this physical offensive lineman into a road grader.  The Canes are solid along the OL so a red shirt is likely in 2011 for this North of the (Florida) border player.

#8 WR Phillip Dorsett:This St. Thomas Aquinas product was another huge "get" for the Miami this year.  Some say that Dorsett reminds them of Roscoe Parrish.  I say he reminds me of former Hurricane Reggie Wayne.  Dorsett has great hands, excellent technique and above average speed to go along with those gifts.  Suddenly, with Miami's WR depth now in question Dorsett could see some playing time this season.

#7: DB/S Dallas Crawford: Not quite as as fast as Grooms but has excellent footwork, is very quick in and out of breaks and has excellent cover skills. Will be looked at to provide depth at the glaringly thin and unsettled CB spot for Miami in 2011. Will be counted on to push the starters and either Crawford or converted RB Eduardo Clements may even work their way into a starting role by the end of the season if one of the upperclassmen (Chambers, McGee, etc.) falters or stumbles.

#6: DT/DE Jalen Grimble:A five-star signing day steal for Golden, Carroll and company. Two words: Unlimited Potential. Some think he will get some playing time this season and may even be the he next Warren Sapp. I think he has an excellent chance to be a great player for the Hurricanes but am not ready to anoint him the next anything until I see him make a spectacular play while wearing "The U" on his helmet. We will all be eagerly watching his progress this Fall as he bulks up under Swasey and gets coached up under D'Onofrio.

#5: LB Gionni Paul:OK, OK I know what you are probably thinking: "That is way to high a ranking for this player!"  My response is: "Wanna bet?"  Another one of the early enrollees for 2011 who has UM defensive coaches openly admitting that they have a man crush on and are salivating over.  Insiders that have seen him at practice tell me that he is not only among the fastest and most athletic LBs in this class but also that they have see in Coral Gables in severalyears.  It will be hard to keep him off of the field at WLB and we predict that he will play early and often in 2011.

#4: RB/PR/KR Kevin Grooms: If speed kills then Kevin Grooms is a lethal weapon. We think that Grooms plays this year primarily on special teams as a kick off or punt returner.  He is a game breaker and a difference-maker type of talent that is as elusive as he is fast.  Blink and you will miss him. We think opposing defenses will blink.

#3: DB Thomas Finnie: An early enrollee at UM from Miami Central HS that was headed out of town to attend college before Golden re-programmed and changed the trajectory on this Rocket. Everyone has to love a player that Golden recently claimed was "The hardest working Hurricane." We like that, yeah we like that a LOT! That and the fact that he plays CB, a position at UM that needs all of the "hard workers" it can find in 2011.

#2: LB Denzel Perryman:This Coral Gables high product will wear #52 at Miami but reminds me of a player who wore #51 at The U: Jonathan Vilma.  Either way many insiders believe that he will become the type of impact player at MLB that the Canes have been searching for over the last several years.  I look forward to seeing #52 live up to the number he will wear and give me several reasons to agree with those "in the know", and soon!

#1 DE Anthony Chickillo:What else can we say about 3G that hasn't already been said?  Beyond his obvious talent on the field he appears to have many of the intangibles to also be a leader in the locker room.  Even if he plays up to only half of the hype he received coming out of HS Hurricane fans will be in for a treat watching "Chick" wreak havoc in opposing team's backfields for the next few years.  Chickillo is the surest bet of any of the players in this class to play early and often in 2011 and be a starter in 2012.

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[Big Daddy Cane]

RaizeCane: "I win the game at the tailgate, so when the lights cut on I'm already in a trance."

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[Big Daddy Cane]

CTFU @ THAT Raize^^^^^^

[solarcane]

RaizeCane: "I win the game at the tailgate, so when the lights cut on I'm already in a trance."

Post of the month!

[solarcane]

Rohan
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[macjones de Albuquerque]

According ESPN's Sweet Heather, yoUr Canes have dropped in ESPN'S latest Top 25 college football team recruiting rankings for next season. Bloody oUch.

Miami is now No. 9 as both Clemson and U.S.C. and Texas A&M have jUmped over the Golden Touches 2012 prep recruiting class.

What gives U-all Hurricane rUffians. Is there still doUbt surrounding the Golden Fleece, Eh.

Because Albert continus to get oral commits yet ESPN drops Miami down a notch. Say it ain't so.

Perhaps Miami jUst ain't getting no elite-level DT's and what not. Or maybe next year's H.S. incoming class is all H-Y-P-E albeit they are still in ESPN's Top 10.

Bon jour bUbba's all!

[solarcane]

CBS Sports Coaches Hot Seat

Below is a list of the College Football Hot Seat Ratings for the 2011-12 season. Only one coach got the dreaded "5" rating -- Washington State's Paul Wulff, who has a record of 5-32 at the school. New Mexico's Mike Locksley has a 4.5, while Illinois' Ron Zook, Tulane's Bob Toledo and UCLA's Rick Neuheisel all have ratings of 4.

Hot Seat Key Rating
Rating What it means Coaches
0-0.5 Don't even think it -- can't be touched 32
1-1.5 Very safe -- change highly unlikely 40
2-2.5 Safe -- solid position 33
3-3.5 On the bubble -- you never know 10
4-4.5 Warm seat -- feeling the pressure 4
5 On the hot seat -- it's time to win now 1

Note: The number of years in the chart below includes this upcoming season.

Team Coach Years Record Rating
Air Force Troy Calhoun 5 34-18 0.5
Akron Rob Ianello 2 1-11 2.0
Alabama Nick Saban 5 38-11 0.0
Arizona Mike Stoops 8 40-45 2.5
Arizona State Dennis Erickson 5 25-24 3.5
Arkansas Bobby Petrino 4 23-15 1.0
Arkansas State Hugh Freeze 1 0-0 1.5
Army Rich Ellerson 3 12-13 0.5
Auburn Gene Chizik 3 22-5 0.0
Ball State Pete Lembo 1 0-0 1.0
Baylor Art Briles 4 15-22 2.0
Boise State Chris Petersen 6 61-5 0.5
Boston College Frank Spaziani 3 16-11 1.5
Bowling Green Dave Clawson 3 9-16 2.5
Buffalo Jeff Quinn 2 2-10 2.5
BYU Bronco Mendenhall 7 56-21 1.0
California Jeff Tedford 10 72-42 2.0
Central Michigan Dan Enos 2 3-9 2.0
Cincinnati Butch Jones 2 4-8 2.5
Clemson Dabo Swinney 4 19-15 2.5
Colorado Jon Embree 1 0-0 1.0
Colorado State Steve Fairchild 4 13-24 3.5
Connecticut Paul Pasqualoni 1 0-0 1.0
Duke David Cutcliffe 4 12-24 2.5
East Carolina Ruffin McNeill 2 6-7 2.0
Eastern Michigan Ron English 3 2-22 2.5
Florida Will Muschamp 1 0-0 0.5
Florida Atlantic Howard Schnellenberger 11 57-63 2.5
Florida International Mario Cristobal 4 16-33 0.5
Florida State Jimbo Fisher 2 10-4 0.5
Fresno State Pat Hill 15 108-71 1.5
Georgia Mark Richt 11 96-34 3.5
Georgia Tech Paul Johnson 4 26-14 1.0
Hawaii Greg McMackin 4 23-18 1.5
Houston Kevin Sumlin 4 23-16 1.0
Idaho Robb Akey 5 17-33 1.0
Illinois Ron Zook 7 28-45 4.0
Indiana Kevin Wilson 1 0-0 2.0
Iowa Kirk Ferentz 13 89-60 0.5
Iowa State Paul Rhoads 3 12-13 1.0
Kansas Turner Gill 2 3-9 3.5
Kansas State Bill Snyder 20 149-80-1 0.5
Kent State Darrell Hazel 1 0-0 1.0
Kentucky Joker Phillips 2 6-7 1.5
Louisiana-Lafayette Mark Hudspeth 1 0-0 1.5
Louisiana-Monroe Todd Berry 1 5-7 1.0
LSU Les Miles 7 62-17 2.5
Louisiana Tech Sonny Dykes 1 5-7 1.5
Louisville Charlie Strong 2 7-6 0.5
Marshall Doc Holliday 2 5-7 1.5
Maryland Randy Edsall 1 0-0 2.0
Memphis Larry Porter 2 1-11 3.0
Miami (Fla.) Al Golden 1 0-0 1.5
Miami (Ohio) Don Treadwell 1 0-0 1.0
Michigan Brady Hoke 1 0-0 1.0
Michigan State Mark Dantonio 5 33-19 0.5
Middle Tennessee Rick Stockstill 6 33-30 2.0
Minnesota Jerry Kill 1 0-0 0.5
Mississippi Houston Nutt 4 22-16 3.0
Mississippi State Dan Mullen 3 14-11 0.0
Missouri Gary Pinkel 11 77-49 1.0
Navy Ken Niumatalolo 5 27-14 0.5
Nebraska Bo Pelini 5 30-12 0.5
Nevada Chris Ault 27 219-97-1 0.0
New Mexico Mike Locksley 3 2-22 4.5
New Mexico State DeWayne Walker 3 5-20 2.5
North Carolina Butch Davis 5 28-23 3.0
N.C. State Tom O'Brien 5 25-25 2.0
North Texas Dan McCarney 1 0-0 0.5
Northern Illinois Dave Doeren 1 0-0 0.5
Northwestern Pat Fitzgerald 6 34-29 0.0
Notre Dame Brian Kelly 2 8-5 1.0
Ohio Frank Solich 7 40-36 1.5
Ohio State Luke Fickell 1 0-0 3.5
Oklahoma Bob Stoops 13 129-31 0.0
Oklahoma State Mike Gundy 7 47-29 1.0
Oregon Chip Kelly 3 22-4 0.0
Oregon State Mike Riley 11 69-54 1.0
Penn State Joe Paterno 46 401-135-3 2.0
Pittsburgh Todd Graham 1 0-0 1.0
Purdue Danny Hope 3 9-15 2.0
Rice David Bailiff 5 19-30 2.5
Rutgers Greg Schiano 11 59-63 1.5
San Diego State Rocky Long 2 13-12 2.5
San Jose State Mike MacIntyre 2 1-12 2.0
South Carolina Steve Spurrier 7 44-33 0.0
South Florida Skip Holtz 2 8-5 1.0
Southern California Lane Kiffin 2 8-5 2.0
Southern Mississippi Larry Fedora 4 22-17 0.5
SMU June Jones 4 16-23 0.0
Stanford David Shaw 1 0-0 1.5
Syracuse Doug Marrone 3 12-13 0.5
Temple Steve Addazio 1 0-0 1.5
Tennessee Derek Dooley 2 6-7 3.0
Texas Mack Brown 14 133-34 2.0
Texas A&M Mike Sherman 4 19-19 2.0
Texas Christian Gary Patterson 12 98-28 0.0
Texas-El Paso Mike Price 7 40-45 2.5
Texas Tech Tommy Tuberville 2 8-5 1.5
Toledo Tim Beckman 3 13-12 1.0
Troy Larry Blakeney 21 161-82-1 0.0
Tulane Bob Toledo 5 13-35 4.0
Tulsa Bill Blankenship 1 0-0 1.0
UAB Neil Callaway 5 15-33 3.0
UCF George O'Leary 8 45-44 1.5
UCLA Rick Neuheisel 4 15-22 4.0
UNLV Bobby Hauck 2 2-11 2.5
Utah Kyle Whittingham 7 57-20 0.0
Utah State Gary Anderson 3 8-16 2.5
Vanderbilt James Franklin 1 0-0 2.0
Virginia Mike London 2 4-8 1.5
Virginia Tech Frank Beamer 25 198-95-2 0.0
Wake Forest Jim Grobe 11 62-60 1.5
Washington Steve Sarkisian 3 12-13 0.5
Washington State Paul Wulff 4 5-32 5.0
West Virginia Dana Holgorsen 1 0-0 1.5
Western Kentucky Willie Taggart 2 2-10 2.0
Western Michigan Bill Cubit 7 40-33 1.5
Wisconsin Bret Bielema 6 49-16 0.0
Wyoming Dave Christensen 3 10-15 2.5

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[solarcane]

Is Larry C on that list for UTSA I didn't notice him

[OhioCane]

Virginia and Cal squaring off in the CWS. 0-0, top of the 2nd. 1 on, 2 out for Virginia

[OhioCane]

Oh my... Horrible error by Cal center fielder. Inside the park HR for Virginia. 3-0 Cavaliers, top of 6th, 1 out

[AlpharettaCane]

Soup / Sarasota / Six:

Love to see Siesta Key mentioned. My wife and I have been going down there as our get away for, what, I guess over 20+ years now. When we were first married we drove down from ATLand were staying in some hotel room...pretty basic...took a walk on the beach and decided to try out a little old Florida place right on the water.

Embarrassed to say, because we were the youngest ones there by about 60 years, but we loved the quiet, the blue hairs left you alone, and the beach was awesome.

Place we stayed / stay at is a little place called Siesta Royale - has a courtyard, 10 or so places that face the gulf and is right on the beach, little pool, shuffle board, not much, but enough.

Over the bridge and take a right onto Midnight Pass and you're there.

Kids have grown too old to enjoy, but I still love getting away to that little cheesy place on the beach.

[AlpharettaCane]

Hurri / Moon:

All-time favorite non-all time 'Cane? That's easy: Quadtrine Hill

[SOUP]

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[Hurri]

That's a good one Alph.....Mo Sikes made more big plays than K Phillips while we're at it. I liked Sikes.

[4-Real]

Gotta good feeling bout DT Nick James. Scout dropped him from 5th best dt to 14th. We all know what that means...he's a Cane!

[Big Daddy Cane]

Kevin Williams @ Hurri

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NEW BLOG IS UP!

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