Miami was inadvertently left off of last week's NFL Decisions/Player Transfers report, so the RUTS Dynasty has teamed with Miami's official team sponsor, Bike Athletic, and Miami team songwriter/choreographer Lil Wayne to bring you the "Miami Hurricanes All-Access Extravaganza Insider Locker-Room Report."
The Canes took a team vacation and coaches retreat to Winter Park, Colorado last week, and in between hitting the bunny slopes and sipping hot chocolate around the fire in the ski lodge lounge, six players held press conferences to announce their decisions to stay in school, leave for the NFL, or transfer out of South Beach.
Miami had 6 players considering moving on, but Coach StuBucksman received good news as star (DE) A. Bailey, (CB) D. Van Dyke, (RB) Graig Cooper, (OLB) Ray Ray Armstrong, and (WR) T. Streeter announced they will stay at Miami. Although Cooper will return for his senior season in the Miami backfield and likely be a Heisman Trophy candidate heading into season 3, the Canes depth took a big blow when star freshman RB Bryce Brown announced his plans to transfer to Mississippi State and their new head coach Dan Mullen. Brown struck up a great relationship with Mullen while Mullen was coaching at Florida and recruiting Brown for the Gators. Mullen reportedly called Brown after season 2 and told Brown "misery loves company Bryce...you're coming with me to Starkville!" Thus, Brown will be leaving South Beach and Miami will be faced with looking for a suitable backup to Cooper in the backfield. With experience coming back at QB, WR, and RB, finding depth at RB should be a hurdle that Miami should easily overcome.
Miami finished season 2 with a 10-3 record after starting 0-2. StuBucksman rallied his troops, changed his offensive philosophy and ended the season as one of the hottest teams in the nation. If Miami can cap off this recruiting class and keep the young talent coming on, look for Miami to return to its glory days sooner, rather than later.
1 comments:
Miami already beat FSU on a pretty good 4-Star RB in week 1 of recruiting. I was really hoping to get that guy.
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