ESPN is blowing the story up...

Who cares really? Yes it is effed up but it's the times we live in.

Almost every school out offers their scholarships. They tell kids all the time who they have offered, sorry we don't have a spot for you right now or we are rescinding this offer. Bama offers like 50 kids a year. It sucks for the kid it happened this late in the game but players also do that all the time to schools. Flip one or two days prior to signing day when coaches have spent countless hours and university money getting his commitment only to see the kid reneg in crunch time. Kid and his family need to quit whining about it and make something else happen. From what I can see he had 3 other offers from abysmal football programs, I am sure they will take him in. Hell, one is from Cornell. That degree would look a hell of a lot better on a job app than UConn.

Also the times we live in where every one gets their feelings hurt and thinks everyone owes them something. Demetri McGill who turned out to be a very good NT for us had Edsall do the same thing when he took the Maryland job and I think McGill was probably glad that happened. ECU had a lot more success when he was here than Maryland has had.

(01-19-2017 09:46 AM)DownEastPirate Wrote:  Who cares really? Yes it is effed up but it's the times we live in.

Almost every school out offers their scholarships. They tell kids all the time who they have offered, sorry we don't have a spot for you right now or we are rescinding this offer. Bama offers like 50 kids a year. It sucks for the kid it happened this late in the game but players also do that all the time to schools. Flip one or two days prior to signing day when coaches have spent countless hours and university money getting his commitment only to see the kid reneg in crunch time. Kid and his family need to quit whining about it and make something else happen. From I can see he had 3 other offers from abysmal football programs, I am sure they will take him in. Hell, one is from Cornell. That degree would look a hell of a lot better on a job app than UConn.

...and ten million times better than ECU.

We can't all have degrees from Ghetto State U.

(01-19-2017 09:54 AM)DownEastPirate Wrote:  We can't all have degrees from Ghetto State U.

I majored in Pimpology and minored in Urban Art w/ an emphasis in Stencilized Graffiti.

So telling a kid, "sorry we don't have room" 3 weeks before NSD should be vilified, but recruits holding offers from multiple schools so that ESPN can televise a hat ceremony should be applauded.

These two things are linked.

I like Frost's stance: "I want players who like playing football, not ones that like being recruited"

(01-19-2017 10:04 AM)SublimeKnight Wrote:  So telling a kid, "sorry we don't have room" 3 weeks before NSD should be vilified, but recruits holding offers from multiple schools so that ESPN can televise a hat ceremony should be applauded.

ESPN is all about the players; they encourage them to flip a day before signing day, yet vilify a team, who at least gave the kid 3 weeks notice.

It's crappy to break a promise whether a recruit or coach.

The difference is the recruit is only representing himself. He's a jerk but we'll probably never hear about him again. The coach is representing their university, and if he makes a habit out of it then the university gets a reputation for being untrustworthy.

(01-19-2017 10:47 AM)MechaKnight Wrote:  It's crappy to break a promise whether a recruit or coach.

The difference is the recruit is only representing himself. He's a jerk but we'll probably never hear about him again. The coach is representing their university, and if he makes a habit out of it then the university gets a reputation for being untrustworthy.

Agreed.

(01-19-2017 10:00 AM)Phil Lacio Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 09:54 AM)DownEastPirate Wrote:  We can't all have degrees from Ghetto State U.

I majored in Pimpology and minored in Urban Art w/ an emphasis in Stencilized Graffiti.

Sounds like you had a well rounded education.

I majored in gang-banging, and minored in armed robbery with an emphasis on racist slang.

(01-19-2017 10:52 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 10:00 AM)Phil Lacio Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 09:54 AM)DownEastPirate Wrote:  We can't all have degrees from Ghetto State U.

I majored in Pimpology and minored in Urban Art w/ an emphasis in Stencilized Graffiti.

Sounds like you had a well rounded education.

I majored in gang-banging, and minored in armed robbery with an emphasis on racist slang.

I was kicked out of those classes for bringing guns to class; imagine that...I thought it pertained to the subject at hand.

(01-19-2017 11:06 AM)Phil Lacio Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 10:52 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 10:00 AM)Phil Lacio Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 09:54 AM)DownEastPirate Wrote:  We can't all have degrees from Ghetto State U.

I majored in Pimpology and minored in Urban Art w/ an emphasis in Stencilized Graffiti.

Sounds like you had a well rounded education.

I majored in gang-banging, and minored in armed robbery with an emphasis on racist slang.

I was kicked out of those classes for bringing guns to class; imagine that...I thought it pertained to the to the subject at hand.

No you were supposed to bring a shanks and knifes. I had to get shanked 3 times just to get in to the class!

Yall do know this kid got a phone call from the new HC telling him everything was solid , which lead him not to pursue other colleges since he felt uconn's word was good.

It would be different if the new HC had said he wanted to evaluate his offer from the start, but don't lead the kid on to believe he has a scholarship then take it back.

It isn't right and Uconn is wrong for doing it.

(01-19-2017 01:41 PM)vcoog Wrote:  Yall do know this kid got a phone call from the new HC telling him everything was solid , which lead him not to pursue other colleges since he felt uconn's word was good.

It would be different if the new HC had said he wanted to evaluate his offer from the start, but don't lead the kid on to believe he has a scholarship then take it back.

It isn't right and Uconn is wrong for doing it.

You can take the fan out of the G5, but you can't take the G5 out of the fan.

Diaco thinks this is crazy.


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(01-19-2017 06:24 PM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Draco thinks this is crazy.

No, Disco Draco Diaco thinks this is ridiculous.

Chump didn't deserve a scholly in the eyes of the new coach...

Entitled Gen Z...

Any publicity is good. I hope that ass Finebaum keeps talking about it.