Cormani McClain Update has Gators EXCITED
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Could the Gators pick up a former 5 star DB in Cormani McClain? Does the pickup make sense for Billy Napier and UF? I discuss today!
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I had hesitations about him until I heard he'd be PWO. Keeps him humble and allows him to earn what he initially took for granted.
PWO??
@@jsf8145 Preferred walk on
@@jsf8145 Preferred Walk On
@@jsf8145Preferred Walk-On
@@jsf8145walk on, no scholarship
I'd say Cormani deserves a second chance and love to see a comeback story!! How many people mess up in life much older than this guy?
I agree, I hope he turns it around for his own sake
We’re human, damn right we’re going to make mistakes!! It’s just most of us don’t have millions of dollars paycheck at stake!!! There is no dream in Cormani……at least not yet!!!!
I don’t believe he messed up, if anything he did the RIGHT THING FOR HIMSELF, to leave that freaking circus.
Cormani is only an average player right now. He must change his attitude and move forward and put on some weight. He can do it if he wants.
@@APOLLO946 Yeah, because you were there at CU to see everything that happened, right? 🤦🏾♂️
After seeing a few other UF podcasts on this… Ali I totally agree with your overall take on this… Very good and timely video segment… 👍🏼😎 Thank you… Go Gators! 🐊
I'm all about second chances. Get out there and prove yourself young man!
I don't think excited is accurate. I think most people are cautiously hopeful. Maybe he wants to work, maybe he doesn't.
Florida needs talent and depth!! Definitely take him in and develop and surround him with some good support!!! Let Coach Harris and the secondary room take him and let’s get to work!! GATORS BY A MILLION!!!
Cormani gonna be a baller!!! 🔥🔥🎊🎊🎊🎊🔥🔥🔥
No..he a cancer
i certainly think the gators should get cormani but this isnt a second chance. its like a tenth chance in my eyes. he burned us, burned miami, went to colorado and didnt go to class, want to be coached. this wasnt one mistake. it was SEVERAL.
Talent is only useful when properly applied. It sounds like he has to get out of his own way. If his head and attitude is right, Gator nation will welcome him with open arms. Go Gators! 🐊🏈
When an athlete is being taught n developed properly they will excel. The entire DB unit at CU was subpar including Travis who was horrible in man press. Cormani will be perfectly fine developing under real coaches especially under Coach Will.
@@Lionsandtruth I'm not worried about Cormani McClain(talent wise), there is a rumor out there that (Colorado) coaches can track the amount of time players watch in film study, McClain is rumored to have watched "zero" hours of film. That's an attitude problem with the player himself. He has to be at least willing to roll up his sleeves and put the work in during the time when coaches aren't allowed to be around, the onus then falls upon himself and other teammates to motivate and hold each other accountable.
@@trekbsg The rumors are meaningless, that’s stuff women, kids n weirdos worry bout. Cormani is a good kid that will be great at Florida or whatever school he attends.
@@Lionsandtruth From your mouth to God's ears.
I think Coach Napier and Harris will bring out the best in him. I think he went to Colorado for the hype surrounding Coach Prime.
And one of the best DBs to ever play the game couldn't get the best of him? And so you think Napier will? My God you are delusional to the umpteenth degree.
Ali, you have such a positive, upbeat attitude. I agree with your opinion, but I'd phrase it differently.........."Give McClain a shot. Desperate times call for desperate measures."
If Cormani wanted to be brought along slowing he would have expressed discipline while at Colorado and came along slowly while soaking in game from Coach Prime and Travis Hunter. Wait until he finds out he will have even more limited field action in Gainesville than he had in Bolder
He should have stayed in Colorado
@@MrFLstyle Colorado feeling more like they should have left him to U of Miami
The reality is the entire DB unit at CU were subpar due to dated coaching from Mathis n Prime could barely walk so he wasn’t even in the right physical health to coach up the DB unit. Travis was good in cover 2 but horrendous in man press which is what was required from the DB unit. All of their stances n technique were off, dated which is why all of them got beat the same way off the line. Livingston is the one that told Cormani his stance/technique from high school was right n what he was doing at CU is what was getting him beat but we all know Livingston don’t have no real power over that defense. Cormani moving on with his career was best for his development n Coach Will is a proven coach that’s put guys in the league, that’s changed entire defenses in the rankings
@@Lionsandtruth preferred walk on
@@MonnyYell Don’t matter, them lil 6 stacks in state ain’t nothing…I’ve never in my life saw so many people speaking so negative with absolutely no compassion no understanding about a true freshman. U clowns act like Cormani going sell dope out the bando, like a “graped” somebody or committed a murder lol. Cormani is moving on with his career, good luck with yours.
If he comes in and does not put in the work, he will soon be gone, although I think Coach Napier is not only a great evaluator of talent, but also character and he's spent a lot of time with Cormani in his high school recruitment,as well during the portal period.He sees things in these young men that many of us don't. I'm 100% behind him, and believe that he will develop him, both as a player and a man.
I agree with you, this will be a great match.
I don’t think he was worthy of the 5-star grade as a high school recruit, as 5-star implies that a player should be able to immediately step on the field Year 1 as a freshman. He’s a big name, but don’t think he’s better than any of the other CBs in our DB room. Reminds me of when Demarkcus Bowman transferred in from Clemson, and despite being a 5-star recruit out of high school (ironically, also from Lakeland High School), he fell to the bottom of the depth chart and was beat out by a true freshman Trevor Etienne and transferred out before the 2022 season. He’s undersized for the SEC, needs to add significant size to his frame, much the same way Mizell needed to last year. His entitlement attitude is his downfall, and I don’t think that he has the same drive or work ethic as a 2 or 3 star walk on that is fighting for a roster spot. Sometimes recruiting services whiff on ratings and rankings, and I think that was the case here with Cormani. He will be considered a college bust due to his high ranking coming out of high school, might get a shot eventually in the league as an UDFA or late round draft pick, but he’s not determined to succeed the same way a Ja’Keem Jackson or Teddy Foster is. I’d love to be proven wrong, but I don’t expect to be.
He is going to be a monster he has something to prove go Gators 🐊 🐊🐊
He is just young. Good news is that he has never had any trouble with the Law. He is not a delinquent. He is just a young man who needs to mature a bit. I hope FL gets him. I think he may end up being a special talent. Go Gators!
How is he going to be academically eligible having not gone to class at Colorado
Zero chance UF would even be entertaining it if he wouldn’t qualify academically- which also probably tells us those rumors were overblown.
I think he will straighten up. I feel he's closer to home and at a place he really wants to be at.
That could be it being close to home.
Could be all bad too.
Awesome content
Ron Roberts and Will Harris would be great for Cormani if he is serious about playing college football. Surprise me Cormani I'll be rooting for you.
You said it as I was thinking it. One player cannot break Napier's locker room. McClain would change and adapt to the culture to fit in, grow, develop, and be a star or he will transfer again. It's a no-lose prospect for the Gators. I'm not worried about his past. Napier, his staff, and honestly, the players that are leaders, will get him on the right track.
Does he have a lot of talent? Absolutely! Does he want to work on his game to become a top player for his talents? This is strictly on him. Are we willing to give him the opportunity? Absolutely is a Win Win for the team and him. Risky? I don’t think he’s ever going to get a better second chance than in Gainesville. I’m all for it! Let’s do this!!
Sounds like Sanders sayin’ he’s lazy and entitled. Sounds like he is immature as well. Let’s see if a talented Prima Donna can play for a team and not just himself. He’s looking to get paid and for Florida to work for him rather than working for the Gators. He’ll be transferring to fsu or USF inside 2 years. Hope I am wrong
Sanders didn’t say anything close to him being lazy or entitled. That’s a white translation of “I need him to show up on time.”
@@machiavellisprince5986Wait…are you really trying to play the race card? Bruh…🤡
@hoofhearted1833 What’s the race card let us know?
@@MrFLstyle Probably over your head.
SOUNDS LIKE????, before u do a repeat, do your research. ALL THE LIES, RUMORS, and LIES AGAIN.
Ali, I had to laugh (with you) at your statement: Coach Napier and Deion don't have the same personality! 🤣
Definitely wasn’t liking this idea but being a pwo he’d have to earn it and I think he would greatly benefit from it. Billy isn’t a coach that will throw his young player under the bus to the media and embarrass him nationally. Cormani is definitely talented just needs to get his stuff together and I think Florida and billy Napier is the perfect situation for this to happen. Helps the young man and helps the team by getting a pretty damn good player. But if it doesn’t happen I won’t lose sleep over it. It is what it is but hope it works out. Go gators!!! 🐊🐊🐊🐊
I trust Billy’s evaluation. If cormani comes in hungry like he said he is to prove people wrong then take him. Depth for 2024 and could start 2025 after Marshall and possibly Moore going to the draft
She knows her stuff
If he couldn't cut it in Pac 12, How in the world is he going to make it in the SEC.
KEEP WATCHING…..and u will see!!!
We're watching
Shid u got re enforcements coming w badger too?
Confidence in oneself is the cornerstone of success. For the young man, maintaining this self-belief is key to navigating life's challenges. As for the past, it is immutable; he must accept it and move forward."
There are no cons to getting him. There's only upside. Hopefully he works out but we have to give him a chance.
Napier is not going to put up with his foolishness. I think Napier will help him because young man and Coach Harris will coach him into becoming a SEC cornerback. His Mom is his biggest problem.
Not sure if it's her or the "agent."
@Chasing72 Yes I agree
Cormani “No Game” McLean will ride the pine in FL too.
Most of these young kids get influenced real easy being the best player in your class but life has a good way of showing u everything ain't what it seem I think kids need to b close to there support system to keep there grind up being homesick is more then jus missing mom more family support friends coming to the game pushing u to b great is a great motivation
He sounds a little toxic though....
He needs another chance
I don't see too much upside in bringing him. Yes the talent is there but considering all the noise surrounding the program, is now really the best time to take this leap?
Then u don’t know talent because 6’3” corners with real speed n technique is extremely rare…Cormani has already flashed that he can dominate as a true freshman n that is worth coaching up n developing.
I think Cormani needs a second chance. If he is recruited to UF then the discussion that is paramount to have is will he do the work necessary that will take advantage of his talent. Football is a team sport. Yes he would be 1/11th of the defense but he would be relied upon to follow the game plan, watch film study and contribute to the defense overall at his position. If it turns out that he is the weak link on the team, other coaches will expose it. This hurts his chances to make it to the NFL if this is his goal. His high school coach and Coach Prime have both expressed that he is currently at this moment not committed as a student athlete. Pressure is part of the game at the collegiate level. Handling it requires a mindset that is focused and determined. He certainly can develop this but I just do not see it happening currently. If you are going to let him sit out then he does no good to the team overall. I think of the analogy of building wooden table, you want the best pieces and not dead wood in its construction.
I think he is very talented with a gift that is GOD and his Momma given but he does not seem to understand nor at the moment get what it takes to become a team player that follows directions. If the young man couldn't do it under Coach Prime I am just having a hard time seeing his outlook on the game and his commitment change. I do hope that UF does recruit him. I just think we will see the same attitude and lack of commitment when he arrives there. I hope that I am wrong. But as I always say, you can lead a horse to water.... Will Cormani Drink! This is left to be determined.
All good questions. Hopefully, he will chose to become coachable and accountable. Or, he might just be trying to skate through the three years necessary before declaring for the draft. If that's the case, and I don't think Napier would bury him with a bad recommendation, but I think the NFL will know it and he won't be a first or second day draft choice.
@@Chasing72 With the issues he had at Colorado already in terms of character and maturity issues, I don't think he will be able to "skate through" the next couple of years without being productive on the field (wherever he lands next) as well as overcoming a somewhat damaged reputation from a personality standpoint. In other words, his 5 star high school recruiting ranking alone will be irrelevant by that point in regards to the NFL draft.
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Man if Deon couldn’t motivate this kid I don’t know who could. We need a scary guy in the secondary but he sounds like a head case
Bullseye!! There needs to be some therapy for the head and rehab for that weed!
Trust me he is! I wanted this kid to succeed but he doesn’t want it! With his mom and everyone coddling him he won’t get out the gate unless he has a major mental shift, don’t forget he’s at most 20! Good luck
Don’t blame Deon the kid doesn’t want to mature
@@donttreadonme137 Don’t forget the likes of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Tracy McGrady, etc. ALL who came right out of high school right into the fire! Cormani is suppose to be a 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! How are these stars given I wonder? I would like for Cormani to succeed, but if his Mom doesn’t get him some help now, he will crash no matter who picks him up!!
Deion was a great player but let’s be real here, how many head coaches have time to develop one position 1 on 1…none. Deion could barely walk let alone stand last season to develop one position 1 on 1. Towards the end of the season when Cormani began to start Deion was correcting Mathis, Cormani n the whole DB unit on how to strike…u do realize that should’ve been corrected week 1??? That shows Mathis don’t know have the eye to correct technique, it showed Deion didn’t even have time…Cormani moving on with his career was best for his development.
Wooooha 🎉🎉🎉
Kid maybe immature but it’s not like his issues are legal. He is just a kid that needs to learn to be a pro. Colorado isn’t the type of place that nurtures that.
3:39 if this is true why did Josh Pate say the Gators were the most undisciplined team he'd ever seen? Rose glasses?
During his recent tour of the facility?
@@uffootball josh pate said it last year when we were losing. I stopped listening after. Too depressing.
He needs to stop listening to his mother. She's looking for the big bag.
I think we take the gamble Lil Ali.
Being close to home and bad influences can prove to be bad too.
I think this is the 6-7th visit. How many visits before UF decides they want this immature player?
UF coach will be lucky not be fired by game 7 this year
Signed? Sign, and visiting means zip….stop giving this guy press
MCCLAIN is bust so he ends up at UF. Napier was supposed be this recruiting guru…lol. Mullen had slightly better classes and there is no comparison when it comes Offensive play calling and in-game decisions. Mullen was light-years better! Btw, it is all about wins and losses!
Word is he is coming in as a "walk-on" with "promised" NIL Money. That is where CFB is going and Florida is trying to work the system. Don't disagree with the strategy, but watch Bama and others begin to do the same thing. I bet McClain expects to start. Maybe it will work out, can't hurt to try.
I believe in the SECOND CHANCE, for everyone in LIFE, especially the people in their teens. Geez not many of us made perfect decisions at 16-19 years old 🤔! How many reading this screwed up big time and didn’t get caught HAHAHAHA.
The worry is the old saying “ one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch”.
I trust Billy with his evaluations but THE PLAYERS NEED TO FIGURE HIM OUT REAL FAST and NAPIER needs to listen.
If he ain’t coming in blaming himself for SOME, if not most, of the situation he is in 🤔🤔🤔. Red flags 🚩!!
Hard love and I love OUR GATORS.
GO GATORS.
Cormani was bulldozed by the smallest running back on the Buffs everyday. Good luck.
Sounds like his talent has gone to his head
But this is Florida Gator 🏈 people ! Does UF really want a potential " Drama Queen " ? 🤔
Stop spreading dam rumors about someone U DONT KNOW!!!!
@@APOLLO946 not a rumor, hence the word " potential". " If the shoe fits, wear it. If it doesn't apply, let it fly."
@@willmorrisusa THAT DAM SURE DONT APPLY!!!
@@APOLLO946 Time will tell......
@@APOLLO946 Maybe U can make yourself more useful & help Ali with Special Teams ! Gators might get better & U won't be trying to Falsely Accuse me of " spreading rumors." 😞
Wish him well, however, he has to apply himself. He must realize he is not a high school star any longer. UF is a great school and a super party college town. If he doesn't take this opportunity seriously and continues with the 'I'M THE SHYT" mentality, he will be in the portal next year.
What Deion Sanders ego? You’re an expert about what happened in Colorado? You don’t even follow CU Football. He missed meetings, was late to meetings and had other issues that had nothing to do with Prime. You’re really reckless right now.
"Prime is that alter ego that we all have that I've just have had opportunity to enact to really put some legs on and make him work," Coach Prime said. "I created this character in my dormitory room in Florida State. And I just fed him and fed him and fed him and fed him and perfected him."
~ Deion Sanders
If you don't think "Neon Deion" doesn't have an ego, you know nothing about him...
@@uffootball The initial commenter was referring to Prime at CU and NOT Prime's statement about his thoughts on his persona nearly 40 YEARS AGO! If you're going to bring up quotes from Prime talking about what he did in his dormitory room nearly 40 years ago, then don't try and apply it to him today! #G.T.F.O.H.
If he won't play for Prime he sho aint gonna play Billy.
He is an 18 year old kid, should walk on and earn it
He's a 20 yr old young man who cldnt finish high school on time. Aint no way he will excel in a college classroom.
Con….. Billy Boy won’t be the coach next season. He re-enters the portal
NiL Walk on
Cormani is too much of a risk for me; I'll pass
He came from hall of fame coaching and they let him go. You say that he's coming to a program with an NFL coach and a father figure? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. If he was cutting up at Colorado, then how do you think he'll act being at home around the same people who have baby sat him to no good? I hope that he takes full advantage of his second chance because there won't be a third 💯💯💯
Winning culture is nonexistent under Napier.
He's a bust.
Never in my life saw so many people overly criticizing n scrutinizing a true freshman like people have done to Cormani.
What will be done about Cormani’s love of weed?
That’s a rumor n people who have brains don’t live off rumors…the reality is Cormani is a stud that has 4yrs of eligibility with untapped potential
@@Lionsandtruth A stud😳? Definitely UNTAPPED potential! Not sure when that potential will be tapped in on! His former teammates have been speaking on the weed issue!
@@FunkyBroadway Sure there was ups n downs but as a true freshman who missed the entire spring n summer flashed greatness n high level IQ at times. The young man is a stud n has an opportunity to be a terrific college n NFL player.
@@Lionsandtruth I stand by my previous comment!
@@FunkyBroadway U could stand, fly, teleport do whatever but the fact remains Cormani is a stud.
As long as his mother gets out of the way and let him become a man
Deion isnt a good coach, definitely not a proven coach
Bahahaha good luck with that 😂😂😂😂 you can make all the excuses you want. At the end of the day, you’re the problem! Time to correct these h.s. rating systems and stop handing out stars. C.M. Is nowhere near a 5 star! He may be a legitimate 2 star! Time and energy wasted!
Dieon is a joke.. shouldn't even been coaching. Couldn't develop a paper bag to hold groceries.. bring on Cormani
So I guess his high school coaches were lying to?
@@klassyred8069Coach Barefield was fired after 1 season of coaching Gibson n replaced by Pringle who is still at Gibson which brings a red flag to anyone with a brain. That same coach Barefield enjoyed all the perks of Cormani playing lights out football, Barefield smiled in all the pics with those recruiters n coaches, got press passes to college games, got to rub elbows with power 5 coaches off Cormani’s play, never said one bad thing about Cormani til he was left out of the loop in 2024…Coach Barefield was looking attention, looking for a job
@@Lionsandtruth at the end of the day this is a business, coaches move all the time. If it takes a coach to push you to the next level and not your skills or talent.............boooooooyyyyyy it's gonna be hard for him in the NFL. If he's hungry for his career and it takes a coach to keep you in line..........man he needs to go back to Polk County and sit on the porch and eat oranges 🍊. No one has to motivate what you love..........no one. If it's in you your gonna be unstoppable. Trust me I want him to win, but his mom needs to take his pamper off and let him grow and evolve into the man he needs to be. These are not babies they are grown men!! He made the decision trying to be smart to make that video with his slick comments. Soooooooo I guess the high school coaches are lying? This guy was at lake Gibson high-school with this same attitude. He left and played for lakeland high his senior year. I talked to one of his team mates Saturday and he said CM was wilding out so come on make it make sense. So everybody telling a lie? He has a agent...........for what he's still in the portal. He still gonna sit the first year and that was his problem at CU. To much talent stacked in the same place. You have to prove your the man and the 5 stars he suppose to be. Yeah he's visiting the gators today but in life as an adult second chances do not come that often. As a race we're already behind the eight ball so we don't have to many opportunities to mess up.
@@klassyred8069 U gotta be stone bone crazy to think I’m reading that lol. Cormani will be perfectly fine moving on with his career…nice try kid.
@@Lionsandtruth the facts hurt.
Dont trust Cormani...nope
Colorado is a clown show
I can tell this dizzy woman knows nothing about Coach Prime!!