Antonio Kinard commits to Miami (YTM)
I'm not sure how much interest the current coaching staff was showing (or even the previous staff). Another Golden poach.
The fact that we didn't hear his name at all may say something about it. But, the fact that Miami took him may also say what we missed out on.
With Kellen Jones and Desmond Morgan in at LBs, with Beyer likely at DE and Frank Clark being recruited more for TE, this might make Frost an even bigger priority.
January 17th, 2011 at 7:10 PM ^
Why wouldnt Al Golden come after our recruits? We still don't even have a DC. I thought Brandon made a dumb move when he fired all the coaches. Most of the time, just the head coach is fired. That keeps the assistant coaches still working hard for the program. Then the new coach can decide who to keep and who to let go. In our case, most would have gone as I doubt we wanted the coaches that we have openings for (like DC). Same thing as in the business world. When a CEO gets fired, they dont blow out the whole staff.
I was in Miami on Dec. 18 at the Chart House restaurant in Coconut Grove. This was only a few days after Al Golden was hired but they were having a recruit dinner with maybe 20 recruits at the restaurant that night (they literally had 3 long tables right next to ours). Later, I think Al Golden canned many of the former coaches but the program was never coachless like ours was. Plus, we now have former coaches like Magee already at Pitt trying to take our commits. He would have had less of a head start if he just got fired last Friday.
January 17th, 2011 at 7:16 PM ^
Al Golden is creepy. Dude's as plastic a Ken doll.
January 17th, 2011 at 7:47 PM ^
1) Les Miles was never offered a contract. Les Miles is a liar - period end of story. He is making Brandon look bad and himself look good in the process. I know there is a lot of Dave Brandon hate but honestly did any of you REALLY believe Les Miles would come here? We are an insanely conservative school when it comes to our football program (traditionally anyway). We wanted to go AWAY from RR style. Miles is football administration poison. WE JUST GOT FINED FOR STRETCHING, we can't offer a dude like Miles. The administration would never allow it. He is saying it to cement LSU homeboy for life status. And he got it.
2) Yeah for Al Golden. He is a very good coach and will have Miami where they need to be in no time. However I take exception to the whole all of our recruits belong to him meme. Crawford loved Rodriguez. Rodriguez got fired and therefore we lost him as a recruit. You know how many recruits left Miami when Golden was announced as coach? Teddy Bridgewater said bye bye and so did many others. It happens - the true mettle of Brady Hoke will be if he can get this class to finish top 30 (possibly top 20), get a winning season, and kill it with next years recruiting class.
Limited support for the coach is how we ended up here. Let's give this current coach and AD a chance shall we?
January 17th, 2011 at 7:53 PM ^
LM did not float this story. The athletic director of LSU is quoted as saying so. Would he open himself to lawsuits if his story was incorrect?
January 17th, 2011 at 9:02 PM ^
There would be no lawsuit if he were found to be lying. It's that whole he said she said and no one with ever truely know the truth. The best we can do is decide whom to believe. And seeing you are on this site I'd hope you'd believe Branden. Right or Wrong, Guilty or Innocent I'm behind Michigan til the end!
January 17th, 2011 at 9:06 PM ^
Isn' t that what this 'interview' with Miles was about? And to placate a big chunk of the fan base? Not a stretch to think that Brandon recognized how 'obvious' a potential Miles hire was to a lot of fans, and invested the time to fully evaluate it. My gut tells me he set the bar high on the 'dream job' criteria and Miles didn't reach it.
January 17th, 2011 at 9:19 PM ^
My biggest concern was quality of the student athletes. Could he recruit players that could keep up academically with our standards? And then there was this kid:
http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/12/06/zach-mettenberger-former-ge…
Everyone deserves a second chance, but sexual battery? I don't know......
January 17th, 2011 at 9:02 PM ^
So we're losing a couple of recruits because of the coaching change...so how committed to playing for Michigan were they then? We could end up with only a few of these guys...they could end up being the best few.
January 17th, 2011 at 9:03 PM ^
Those who stay will be champions!
January 17th, 2011 at 9:29 PM ^
It's almost as if Golden is using MgoBlog's recruiting board...