If you ever saw the movie Karate Kid, then you probably will remember Mr. Miagi emphatically telling Daniel early on during his karate training that:
"U must have balance Danielson!"
People, and by "people" I mean Hurricane fans, wonder why the University of Miami football team has not won more games in the past few season under UM head coach Al Golden. Well, in this article blogger TonyCane does his best to explain at least one reason that Miami has yet to right its losing ways.
U see my orange and green friends, according to TonyCane, it is mainly about recruiting failures over many years that resulted in serious roster in-balance. The in-balance he sees he describes like this...
The numbers show a lot of the factors in the irrelevancy.
If you look at the overall classes, Coker recruited well and had a very talented team. But Coker failed to recruit wide receivers and quarterbacks, and after 2004 this failure caught up with him. It doesn't matter how good the rest of your team is - if you are running a pro-style offense and you have to convert a punter (Monroe) to just have bare numbers at wide receiver, your team is set up for disaster.
The numbers tell part of the story for Shannon as well. He had one good recruiting class (2008) that was ladden with a large number of 3 star players. He followed it up with a decent 2009 class and a mediocre 2010 class that was only ranked as high as it was due to the sheer volume of players taken.
Golden's tale is the easiest to tell with numbers. His initial roster was imbalanced due to the withered 2010 class (third gone within a year) and a depleted 2011 class.
His 2012 class, while strong, saw an inordinate amount of players transfer, fail to qualify, or get eliminated from the roster. This speaks to the NCAA mess, where Miami could not be choosy and had to take what they could get.
The large number of departures from the 2012 class, coupled with the 2010 and 2011 classes led to roster imbalances that persisted until last season. This year is the first in a decade where the team is actually balanced.
Bottom line, no coach could have brought Miami back to sustained, Canes-like prominence for the entire last decade. Presume that Butch Davis or Bob Stoops had been given the job in 2006. They still would have had to contend with the Nevin Shapiro disaster that was in the making.
The coach in 2011 would potentially have inherited a stronger team and been able to recruit a bit more on recent success (USC), but the 2.5 year investigation with the death penalty being freely bandied about would still have brought the program several steps back.
As a program, Miami is coming back. It's just taking a heck of a lot longer than I or anyone else here expected or wanted.
@mattyports: Highlights from Brad Kaaya's radio interview today: http://t.co/ZRWoIuDGYS More Kaaya, in our story from last month: http://t.co/JWWdrPCZdY
Posted by: Go Canes | July 17, 2015 at 07:09 PM
In the interview, Regalado said he doesn’t consider the lack of public transit a problem for the Beckham side or UM, based on his conversations with both parties. “I really don’t think transportation is the issue here,” he said.
Posted by: UMike | July 17, 2015 at 08:38 AM
He then added: "I am a gypsy and I can fly through the air with the greatest of ease!"
Posted by: 86Cane | July 17, 2015 at 07:43 PM
Answers: 4-8, 7-5, 8-4, 9-3 and 10-2.
Translated: No one knows what to expect.
Posted by: Go Canes | July 17, 2015 at 09:01 AM
What no 0-12? I am shocked!
Posted by: 86Cane | July 17, 2015 at 07:49 PM
Sniff, sniff...do I smell football season around the corner?
Posted by: 86Cane | July 17, 2015 at 08:12 PM
Pan con queso!
Posted by: 86Cane | July 17, 2015 at 08:34 PM
49 days.
Posted by: Dude on a Pale Horse | July 17, 2015 at 08:38 PM
This says it all for me, in case you don't know where I'm coming from:
@F5_Jackson: If you ain't rocking with this U then hit it.. All about this U and nothing else
Posted by: Lur-ker | July 17, 2015 at 09:40 PM
Crazy freeway fire in Southern Cal.
Posted by: CaneRock | July 17, 2015 at 09:50 PM
311
Posted by: 86Cane | July 17, 2015 at 09:55 PM
Seven weeks until Season Opener Peeps. Go Canes.
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | July 17, 2015 at 11:25 PM
Thought's on sneak peek of one of the Jerseys for this upcoming season. I like them. Are they perfect no but they are far from hideous.
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | July 18, 2015 at 01:03 AM
First clear look at the jersey design on Adidas Instagram and ESPN's NCAAF page! Like what I see so far. Looking forward to tonight.
Posted by: HawaiiCane | July 18, 2015 at 01:22 AM
I am kind of like GC.....its real hard to say what will happen, lot of variables, many things can happen. It is an important season, a lot on it. If you win big, succeed and keep job, keep 2016 tight and may get better, and get relevant.....BUT.....IF is the middle word in life. Time to talk over, we must line up play WIN. Good luck best success to AlPa.
Gabdbois ought to stfu.....he never was UM....just a clown show.....go away.
Valentine....so stupid not so hot either bet he cannot spell Arizona or locate on a map....never close to getting into UM.....like the scarecrow....no brain.
Tiger no majors since 08.....I think his time has come.
Posted by: VA Cane | July 18, 2015 at 07:35 AM
Gadbois....guess I cannot type/spell either!
LOL!
Posted by: VA Cane | July 18, 2015 at 07:38 AM
NEW BLOG IS UP!
Posted by: 86Cane | July 18, 2015 at 07:57 AM