Hurricanes Update Week Of 3/25

-Practice #8 for UM on Tuesday was "The best practice I have ever had with my years at Miami" according to head coach Al Golden. The tempo was great, the team has formed a good connection and when I spoke to Coach Golden and Coach D'onofrio they both agreed that this is a mature team that can accomplish a lot this year.  On this day Dyron Dye was not seen on the practice field, when asked about it Coach Golden replied "What we are going to do is just reserve for now, it is a significant injury and I don't want to put anything out until I hear from the medical people. When we do find out what it is we're going to put it out through Chris Freet and Chris Yandle." I was able to get some audio from Tuesday's practice it can be heard here from Brian "The Beast's" Londons sound cloud profile:

Al Golden- https://soundcloud.com/miamiradiobeast/al-golden-3-26-13
Mark D'onofrio- https://soundcloud.com/miamiradiobeast/coach-d-3-26-13
RB Dallas Crawford- https://soundcloud.com/miamiradiobeast/dallas-crawford-3-26-13
S Deon Bush- https://soundcloud.com/miamiradiobeast/deon-bush-3-26-13
WR Phillip Dorsett- https://soundcloud.com/miamiradiobeast/phillip-dorsett-3-26-13
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-Practice #9 for the Canes on Thursday was a big practice for recruiting.  Over 150 coaches and players were in attendance to watch the practice and enjoy a nice barbecue hosted by the UM staff. One recruit that was there was 5 star offensive lineman KC McDermott, little brother to current UM offensive lineman junior Shane McDermott. CaneInsider.com can confirm through sources that he has committed to The U, but it is not official yet. He will make his announcement Tuesday at his school in Palm Beach. Also something that stands out is that 5 star running back from American Heritage-Plantation Sony Michel was spotted at practice hanging out with Canes running back Duke Johnson. This is a huge prospect that all schools want in their football program and he is rumored to make his decision this April. His current top 5 choices are: UM, UF, FSU, Georgia and Notre Dame.
Other notable recruits there were:
-Jordan Cronkite
-Nigel Pattern
-Alin Edouard (Commit)
-Trevor Darling (Commit)
-Terry McCray
-Travonte Valentine

Thursdays practice included some fun for the players. The coaches had some of their biggest lineman lineup to catch punt returns, it was an amusing sight to see. That can be seen here along with film from the practice in this video put together by hurricanesports.com