Yesterday, an offensive tackle from Minnesota who took a last-minute recruiting visit to Miami but remained a long shot for the 'Canes picked USC on live television. It sent Miami fans -- already flustered by a perceived lack of star power in the 2010 class -- over the edge.

Their reaction on the day is shortsighted; Seantrel Henderson just wasn't interested, and it shouldn't be considered an embarrassment when it was never more than a slight chance.

But more importantly than that, fans bemoaning the fact the class isn't highly ranked by ESPN and Scout and Rivals (13th, 24th, and 17th in the nation, respectively) or that Miami can't "finish" fail to remember that that getting kids that everyone else wants in a big signing day splash is not as important as getting kids that work in Miami's system.

That's not to say Randy Shannon didn't bring in kids that everyone else wanted, though, because he did -- he just wrapped them up in advance of signing day, and that handy work is being held against him because Wednesday was anti-climactic. Miami got three kids from nationally-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas, kids that know how to work hard and win and naturally had offers from other top schools. He pulled two -- including the Gainesville Sun's player of the year, offered by Urban Meyer -- right out from Florida's nose. He got the state of Georgia's offensive player of the year over FSU and Penn State.

Miami was truly desperate for depth at offensive line, tight end, and linebacker, and now they are not. There were no defections, no drama. If Storm Johnson and Eduardo Clements and Brandon Linder and Malcolm Bunche had announced their intentions to attend Miami yesterday, fans would have considered it a huge success. Instead, two are already enrolled early in Coral Gables and prepping for spring practice; the other two pledged months ago and never waivered. How quickly people forget.

And how quickly they forget that Shannon did bring in a huge top-ranked class two years ago, netting a large number of skill positions that weren't necessary this time around.

And even more quickly -- and more irrationally -- they forget that Miami has gone for classes stocked with five-star recruits, and has failed on the field.

Miami lost to LSU 40-3 in 2005 with a roster full of five-star players.

Miami went 6-6 in 2005 with a roster full of five-star players.

The 14-year first-round draft record petered out after a period of highly-ranked classes.

There's nothing wrong with five-star kids on the whole, of course, it's that recruiting based solely on star rankings as Larry Coker did is a road to disaster, and Miami is not a place where that works. It never has. At Miami, there's a half-full stadium and lesser, though nice, facilities, and functioning in that takes kids more hungry than in need of coddling. In fact, it often takes under-rated two-and-three-star kids who care desperately to come, have incredible work ethic, and don't need all the attention on the Internet. Ask Jimmy Johnson. Ask Ed Reed, or  Russell Maryland, or Santana Moss. That's what Shannon was after, and that's what he got. And by those terms, the day should be considered a successs.

Ultimately, we'll know how the class pans out in a couple years. But to panic now, with the ink barely dry, is to do 28 good kids and one exhausted coaching staff a huge disservice. After the last two classes, Shannon should get the benefit of the doubt -- and the chance to fill holes on his team instead of satisfy some secondary need for meaningless rankings glory.

Janie Campbell is a Florida native who believes in the pro-set and ballpark hot dogs. Her work has appeared in irreverent sports sites around the internet.