CajunT
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RE: BOP's blog on FIU basketball and Miami in general...
(02-11-2011 03:42 PM)FIUFanatic Wrote: (02-11-2011 02:13 PM)CajunT Wrote: (02-11-2011 01:37 PM)FIUFanatic Wrote: (02-11-2011 01:19 PM)CajunT Wrote: (02-11-2011 01:13 PM)FIUFanatic Wrote: Proctor visited UL, after several comments by writers, he "remained" committed to UL while visiting, only to then finally commit to FIU. Robinson is legit, but the story of they pulling the offer after Proctor visited UL because he was slated to visit FIU is not true.
Actually it's not, because I cover it. He was told that if he visited FIU, he was doing so without an offer from UL because it was the last weekend before National Signing Day. Once he told Hudspeth he was taking the visit, his offer was pulled and the Cajuns visited safety Eric Buckley that committed that weekend.
Proctor is a good athlete, but then there is the matter of his 2.4 gpa as well. How do I know this, because I covered his recruitment.
Well, the information you were furnished, and to which you erroneoulsy reported that is chronologically impossible. Proctor visited UL the weekend of January 21, when...after rumors he had committed to FIU were dismissed, perhaps by yourself as well, UL's officials dismissed the news then. The writer and everybody in UL was saying...during and after Proctor's visit to UL, that he was still and always committed to UL. Even they mentioned his facebook comment on Saturday while still visiting UL.
Of course, Buckley visited the following weekend, Jan. 28th...the last weekend of visits....
How do I know you were given false information or are wrong?....Because Proctor HAD already visited FIU the previous weekend, January 14th, and never came back to Miami afterward. The timeline you are reporting is historically and chronologically impossible. It's an excuse.
UL Head Coach Mark Hudspeth is out in the New Orleans area today visiting high school football prospects. It didn't take very long today for Coach Hudspeth to land "6-0", 195-pound safety Kenneth Proctor from West Jefferson High in New Orleans. Kenneth Proctor talks to the Cajun Redzone about his commitment to Coach Hudspeth today.
“Coach Hudspeth walked in and talked about what the ULL program has to offer,” Kenneth stated. “He told me I could come in and they would work me hard on the football field and in the classroom. Coach told me that he was going to challenge me everyday to give my best effort period. I want a coach that is willing to push me hard to perform; that is what I need, to have someone push me to give my best everyday.”
Proctor set the coaches a buzz early in the spring with his performance at the Baton Rouge Nike Football Training Camp. Kenneth showed good range and agility covering receivers in workouts at 187-pounds and flashed his speed running a 4.5 in the 40. Based upon his camp performance the NFTC staff voted him one of the top five performers at defensive back in camp.
Kenneth Proctor finished his senior season with 91 tackles, four interceptions, and five forced fumbles on his way to First Team 9-5A All-Districts honors on defense and Honorable Mention 5A All State.
Proctor couldn’t commit to Coach Hudspeth until his mother had several questions answered?
“My mother wanted to make sure that someone was going to make sure I stay on top of my academics,” said Proctor. “Coach Hudspeth assured her that academics are important in his program at ULL and promised my mom that he will make sure that I’m attending class and that I will graduate with a degree. My education is the most important thing to my mother and once he answered that question, I was ready to commit.”
With early offers from Tulsa, Memphis, Southern Miss, ULL, FIU, South Alabama and ULM, why did Proctor choose the Ragin’Cajuns?
“When it came down to it, ULL and FIU kept the offers on the table,” Kenneth stated. “ULL is close to home, so my mother can come see me play and coach was willing to take a chance on me right now. (Proctor does not have a qualifying ACT score yet.) Coach Rebowe told me I will have the chance to become a really good player at Free Safety in their system and I’ve heard good things from my friend Jared Martin about the program. ULL is the school I want to play football at the next four years.”
He didn't commit to FIU until his offer was pulled, so yes you are right that he still was committed to UL. They weren't committed to him after his offer was pulled and he only had one D1 offer left on the table, FIU.
The person that conducted the the interview has his phone number and spoke to his mother after he committed to FIU. I don't really care what you were told, because he has not spoken to you or anyone else you know personally. And he still has to qualify, thanks.
You are changing the history shamefully on all this. And for your assumption of my knowledge of anyone personally, let's just said you are....again....woefully wrong.
Let's recap with factual dates and you will, hopefully, see how your story is at the very least, erroneous in facts. Again. The story you quote above when he first committed to UL appeared in The Advertiser, by Josh Parrot, as it was printed on January 7 in the Advertiser....Note this was before he visited UL and FIU.
Now, your comments here state that Proctor visited UL on January 21 and he still had a "firm" commitment by Jan. 23, which might...or might not be...true, but let's assume it is. Here's the way you put it after it trascended Proctor switched back his commitment to FIU after his visit to UL:
Quote:"Okay, here is the story on Proctor. Proctor came in last weekend and told the staff that he was firm on his commitment. I exchanged a few text with him Sunday and he said he enjoyed it...looking forward to signing day. Monday and Tuesday FIU came in, and worked the kid over... got him to agree to a visit. He called Coach Hudspeth and told him he was going on a visit to FIU; Hudspeth told him that this was the last weekend of the recruiting period and that if he was going on the visit this late, we couldn't promise him he would have a scholarship. He told Coach he was going, so Hud pulled his scholarship and it will be offered to someone this weekend."
Now, the part in bold is just a plain lie, and unless UL has access to some sort of time machine, it is a chronological impossibility. Why? Again. Because Proctor HAD ALREADY visited FIU (Jan. 14th) the week prior to the weekend he visited UL (Jan. 21st), and this is a FACT that I'm sure UL coaches knew as well.
So, how can you say that Proctor told Huspeth he was going to visit FIU ("FIU got him to agree to a visit") the following weekend (Jan. 28th) , and UL pulled the offer PRIOR to his impending FIU visit, when that had already been to FIU 10-12 days before? You might not care what I was told, but I think you better care about credibility issues, since it's evident the information you put out was erroneous, if not a lie.
FIUfanatic, I had the visit dates wrong so I stand corrected. Having said that, you wouldn't have a freaken clue of what is correct because you have never spoken to the kid or his mother. But I'm sure its all first hand news from the local beat writter hundreds of miles away in Miami. As I've said, his offer was pulled when Buckley came in for a visit, but hey he was still committed to UL as you have stated right? Thanks
Now back to Isiah Thomas, or not!
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