What is this, the 1980s? Is John Chaney on the sidelines again? Temple is signing four star recruits out of Florida? From a basketball powerhouse like IMG Academy! Is this a dream? If it is don’t wake me up!

What was the NIL deal? Unlimited Diamond Dollars? Priority ordering at Richie’s?

Now I know the Villanova contingent is going to stick their noses up at this. I get the wine and cheese crowd will laugh at little brother basically throwing a party on Broad for a four star recruit when they have a line out the door for them. But this doesn’t happen at Temple. Not recently. The last time we signed a four star recruit, Fran Dunphy was on the sidelines. Adam Fisher now has two of them! The Big 5 is under new management. Get your laughs in while you can because we’re coming and Coach Fisher is bringing his luggage with him and it’s Louis:

What sealed the deal? The campus, via Travis Branham at 247Sports.com:

Miles took an official visit to Temple last weekend and his time on campus was a big selling point for him to join the program.

They must’ve taken him by Maxis during his visit. Wouldn’t be the first student prospect to fall in love with the on-campus bar.


I think my favorite thing is about signing a new recruit, and I know they do this at other schools, is the Temple coaches all tweet out gifs that relate to the commit. You’ll be minding your business on the timeline than all of sudden Adam Fisher hits you with a Mickey Mouse gif because the next guy is from Orlando. It’s a fun guessing game for fans to decipher. I wonder if there’s a group chat in the office where they’re all communicating what gif they’re going to send out. It’s like a war cry. The Dudley Boyz had tables:

Adam Fisher and the Temple coaches are armed with gifs to let everyone in the country know they just scooped another one:

Assistant coach Bobby Jordan went with a very creative Kane Brown and Marshmello’s hit “Miles on It.” That’s how you appeal to the youngs and let them know you’re still hip:

Here are a couple more:

We’re going to need Coach Clark to pick it up if we’re being honest. Just Hooter? Were all the good gifs in the group chat claimed? Give me a picture of one of those mile markers on the highway. Give me a Miles Morales or a Miles Davis gif. Miles Teller doing something badass. Les Miles eating grass. Anything! We’re changing the program here coach! Just Hooter isn’t going to cut it! And don’t think I didn’t see you using the same gif only two weeks ago. If you need a gif guy I’m sure coach can find it in the budget to hire me.

Here’s another gif. Me realizing the greatest Temple coaches in my lifetime have all come by way of Penn State:

I’m not mad. Don’t you dare say I am mad.