Florida State legend calls out Michael Irvin on Miami's transfer portal hypocrisy

One thing that has always irked me is some Florida State/Miami media and fans who criticize Florida State for using the transfer portal and turning a blind eye to what the rival Miami Hurricanes do.

At the same time, they praise Mario Cristobal for his high school recruiting. Has Cristobal hit on some high school players over the past couple of years? For sure, but to act like Miami’s success over the past two years isn’t a direct result of using transfer portal players for well over the majority of their production is clown stuff.

The funny part is that former Miami great Michael Irvin went on a rant about players and the transfer portal recently:

Miami seemingly gets a pass for their use of the transfer portal, although their media get told to hype their high school development

While I agree with the premise of the message, its hypocrisy to act like the same thing isn’t happening at Miami. They lost several highly touted high school recruits to the portal who had been at Miami over the past 1-2 years.

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At the same time, Miami has portaled over their most experienced high school quarterback recruit, Emory Jones the past three recruiting cycles.

Miami has added 31 transfer players over the past two recruiting cycles and had 40 to enter the transfer portal.

It’s why FSU legend Charlie Ward called him out on the hypocrisy. They sign high-ranking recruiting classes(often filled with project players with high rankings who never develop), which is why they have to use the portal to fill those spots.

It also highlights how high school recruiting isn’t as important as it once was, or at least teams shouldn’t spend the same amount of resources on it as in years past.

Either way, while there is a fundamental issue in society with people looking for a way out when things get tough, Miami isn’t an exception to that rule either.