Talk:Randy Shannon

message: This article is the best example I have ever read of the "Good Ol' Boy Network" in action.  What you have here is a diatribe against a black coach by someone who isn't happy about a black coach.  Read between thelines people.  This is why only 3 out of over 150 coaches in the NCAA are black.  Can we call this what it is please.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Djb1968 (talk • contribs) 21:24, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed most of the unsourced, patently biased statements in the article.  It was a bit perplexing to see UM's move away from the Orange Bowl as having anything to do with Randy Shannon. WTStoffs 18:49, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

message: I've removed some of the lunacy (players' 2nd amendment rights to carry guns at a private school?) but this thing still needs help.  If you want to attack your coach, go post on a message board.  Wikipedia is a place for neutral articles, not hate pieces. --B 03:21, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This article definitely focused too much on the negative, but now it focuses soley on the positive. Balanced, objective, and well-sourced is the goal here, not PR spin in one direction or the other. Zeng8r (talk) 20:09, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias 

message: To the person hiding behind 204.153.16.62: All of Randy Shannon's classes have been highly rated, including the last two in the the top ten of several different media outlets (ESPN, Rivals, Scout), so your personal opinion is irrelevant. Please refrain from adding it to this page. ObiWan353 (talk) 23:46, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the 5th ranked 2008 recruiting class was 'highly ranked' by most standards.  The 19th ranked 2007 class and 24th ranked 2009 class were not 'highly ranked' for the Miami Hurricanes.  Go to Rivals.com or Scout.com and compare Larry Coker's 2002-2006 recruiting classes to Randy Shannon's 2007 and 2009 classes.  On Rivals you have Coker's 2002-2006 Hurricane classes ranked 8,5,4 and 7.   Shannon's 2007 and 2009 are ranked 19 and 15.  These classees were not 'highly ranked' for Miami.  Perform the same exercise on Scout.com if you like, and you'll get Coker with 4,6,3 and 12; and Shannon with 13 and 24.  So either 'top 25 classes' or 'a highly ranked recruiting class' are more accurate descriptions of Shannon's 2007-2009 recruiting.  'Highly rated recruiting classes' is too subjective for 19th and 24th ranked classes.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.166.148.37 (talk) 14:35, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

text: While I understand your point, you are also being selective about who is doing the ranking. ESPN had the 2008 class as #1, and the 2009 class as #7. The 2007 class was ranked #9. So either we go by all of them, or we can cherry pick to reflect our opinion. At any rate, being in the top 25, at least to me, out of 119 schools, is "highly rated". It's all a matter of perspective. When I have some spare time, I'll flesh out the section a little more to reflect all the references listed. That way we can all be happy. ObiWan353 (talk) 19:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recruiting classes 

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