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Miami lands 4-star LB Raul Aguirre, beats out Alabama, Ohio State, Florida
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Mario Cristobal and Miami scored another big victory on the recruiting trail Tuesday, landing a commitment from four-star linebacker Raul Aguirre of Fayetteville (Ga.) Whitewater.
Aguirre, ranked the No. 121 overall prospect in the 247Sports Composite, will be the highest-ranked linebacker to sign with Miami — assuming he remains committed — since Shaquille Quarterman in 2016. He picked the Hurricanes over offers from Alabama, Ohio State and Florida — schools he officially visited in June.
Aguirre, who took a pair of unofficial visits to Coral Gables this spring, is originally from Miami. His father went to Christopher Columbus High School, the same private Catholic school Cristobal and a few other Miami staffers attended.
He’s the second linebacker to commit to Miami’s 2023 class, which is now ranked No. 7 nationally.
Last season as a junior, Aguirre recorded 80 tackles, three for loss with a sack, and one interception in eight games. He also had two catches for 30 yards and a touchdown as a receiver.
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Aguirre, ranked the No. 121 overall prospect in the 247Sports Composite, will be the highest-ranked linebacker to sign with Miami — assuming he remains committed — since Shaquille Quarterman in 2016. He picked the Hurricanes over offers from Alabama, Ohio State and Florida — schools he officially visited in June.
Aguirre, who took a pair of unofficial visits to Coral Gables this spring, is originally from Miami. His father went to Christopher Columbus High School, the same private Catholic school Cristobal and a few other Miami staffers attended.
He’s the second linebacker to commit to Miami’s 2023 class, which is now ranked No. 7 nationally.
Last season as a junior, Aguirre recorded 80 tackles, three for loss with a sack, and one interception in eight games. He also had two catches for 30 yards and a touchdown as a receiver.
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As you know, my duties as the resident boring and ranting blowhard, along with my other intellectual pursuits, limits my ability to indulge in TBS.
But I did kind of follow this kid's recruiting. The juice is that Bamers was all-in on this kid so a lot people thought Saban would win this one. But that Columbus tie is strong and that made me think Mario had an edge over Saban for this one.
He is doing there precisely what I thought he'd do. Now let's see if they can translate it into at least a divisional title and threaten for the ACC. JFC. If he can make even just a little run next season, recruiting will go through the roof. Mario will win more battles with Saban and hopefully keep the damage that Kelly can do at LSU to a minimum. South Florida loses a TON of kids to those two programs specifically, along with Georgia lately. Mario can keep a good % of those kids home, but he needs something on the field to go with the silky smooth swarthy Cuban charm. -
"Coaching". Well, yeah, Saban is a great good coach in part because he's built the great machine. But the machine he's built runs on high octane. You need the good stuff to run it. He's not the guy, I don't think, who's going to do amazing things with 2 and 3 star talent. That's Chris Peterman. Saban is great in large measure because he's great at getting the very best talent to come to his program. Cristobal is good at that too. LIPO. Nobody was afraid of Nick Saban at Michigan State. 6-6-1; 6-6; 7-5; 6-6; 9-2. When he got to LSU and then Bama, he was able to get the kind of recruits that help make people afraid of you.RaceBannon said: -
Mario’s class rankings at Oregon 2018-21 were 13, 7, 12, 6.
One player drafted in 2022. Thibs was in the 2019 class. He was the 5* along with 11 4*.
Let’s see if he and his coaches do a better job of developing players at the U.
Saban out coaches him if they swapped rosters.
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LIPO. As I said above, nobody was afraid of Sparty Saban. Not at all. Swapping rosters is plate tectonics. That's not just any variable. It's the difference between Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes car and the Haas car. Yes, Hamilton is a better driver than either Haas driver, but there is no question he doesn't win like he has driving the Haas car.46XiJCAB said:Mario’s class rankings at Oregon 2018-21 were 13, 7, 12, 6.
One player drafted in 2022. Thibs was in the 2019 class. He was the 5* along with 11 4*.
Let’s see if he and his coaches do a better job of developing players at the U.
Saban out coaches him if they swapped rosters.
Besides, the DWAGs tell me Oregon's 4 stars are paper tigers and not "real" 4 stars. Those same people say Mario sucks using the same rationale you do. -
Is this Mark's kid?
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I don’t think so.animate said:Is this Mark's kid?
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I was being silly as per HH guidelines lol.creepycoug said:
I don’t think so.animate said:Is this Mark's kid?
But seriously, Mark Aguirre is a highly underrated footnote in NBA history imo. Rarely mentioned. Borderline hall of famer? -
Agreed. Great player. I remember those days.animate said:
I was being silly as per HH guidelines lol.creepycoug said:
I don’t think so.animate said:Is this Mark's kid?
But seriously, Mark Aguirre is a highly underrated footnote in NBA history imo. Rarely mentioned. Borderline hall of famer? -
Mario can recruit, I can’t argue that. But his coaching is dreadful. What he did to Herbert is unforgivable. Dude has the nfl record for passing yards in his first two years, and Cristobal had him throwing screens, slants, and out routes.
And it’s not like the Chargers developed Herbert during fall camp and 1 NFL week into a top 5 QB. Herbert had that skill set at Oregon.
