(09-21-2020 04:02 PM)82hawk Wrote:  

(09-21-2020 03:48 PM)70shawk Wrote:  

(09-21-2020 08:41 AM)billthebighawksfan Wrote:  Pretty sure that a red shirt takes up a grant. And, this new player is likely playing next year.

Verbal Commits is showing him as a redshirt freshman on this year's team, not sitting out a year...meaning he would either be a walk-on redshirt , or they are getting him a scholarship from someplace.

Give Jay Estime's cryptic tweet from September 14 ("my path different!! you’ll see why") it's reasonable to ask if he will be sticking around.

Perhaps a reporter from a local news outlet might inquire...

At some point UNCW and Estime' both need to move on. He's got to be about 30 by now, lol.

I like Estime, but you're right.

Logically, if we're just looking at the recruiting of Coach Siddle so far... he's likely to get recruited over anyways. He's a fun player, but I expect Siddle to reel in better talent. That's not a knock on Estime, but just a realistic look at the apples to oranges recruitment outlook from the past regime to the current.