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Here’s how Diaz responds to negative recruiting tactic. 1 UM player to miss spring ball

A six-pack of Hurricanes notes on a Friday:

u25aa UM coach Manny Diaz will sometimes hear players from South Florida say they want to get away for college.

Diaz now has an answer to that:

“You can grow up in South Dade County and never step foot in Coral Gables,” Diaz told recruiting guru Larry Blustein on his WQAM South Florida High School Gridiron report. “You would never. People recruit against us all the time, ‘Don’t you want to experience something different?’ I tell kids, ‘coming to Coral Gables is as different as whatever Podunk college town a school is trying to sell you on.