Phinatic8u
Club Member
Asiata was another overaged poor evaluation. There had to be young guys with superior athletic ability and upside available. Miami continues to botch the basics. Then once you take the low percentage route and it is failing, don't hang on to false hope.
I would not sign Xavien Howard for that type of money. He was not elite in high school or college. Far too much danger he's not what we think he is. When a peer like Hopkins is scoffing at the name, he's not kidding and doesn't have a personal grudge. He is accurately reflecting how Xavien Howard is viewed by guys who have been in that elite tier throughout. Hopkins was a 4-star recruit with bigtime offers everywhere. Then a first round pick. Guys like that know when a pretender is falsely elevated to equivalency.
It is basic playground pecking order. You call your own fouls and you know who gets picked first and who gets picked last. Then the suited guys are allowed to come in and paid big bucks to screw up the perspective.
Tunsil is a different matter. He's a 5-star recruit and considered among the top dozen or so players in the country, regardless of position. Likewise out of college he would have been picked within the top handful. You pay that type. Don't make this overly complicated.
Hopkins only did that for the week of the game.
Tank said Hopkins had a high opinion on Howard the very next day when asked. He even said something similar at a Clemson function 2 years ago I visited. Stop trying to spin this.