Kid Learns Hard Way Committing Isn't A Two Way Street

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1982Alum said:
Can't feel sorry for any kid that gets a full scholarship to a good school to play Div-1 football. Clemson is a good school. Wish him well.

Anyone that doesn't see the need to over recruit the kids is just living with their head in the sand.
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A Volunteer feels sorry for anybody who aspired to go to UT but missed out on the experience. Shame on you.
 
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BTW.... when he committed to Clemson via twitter, he did it before talking to their coaches. It took a few hours after his announcement for confirmation of acceptance of his commitment
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Here's a take on what kids who commit to a program really face. Of course most of us here know the Alabama way of recruiting, but Tennessee is in the core of the below story. In any case, shows how foolish fans are when a kid chooses to visit other schools after committing and being damned for it. They really do have to watch out for number one. They find out that the adage of "a man's only as good as his word" can mean the man might not be any good at all in terms of keeping a promise or agreement. So the point here is, try seeing recruitment from the recruits' point of view without being blindly biased. Although I think for many that is an absurd expectation because it's beyond their capacity.

Cleveland High School football player learns that verbal scholarship ‘offers’ aren’t always offers | CharlotteObserver.com
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Dear lord...that is such an obvious Clemson hatchet job. They are really wanting to shut Butch down recruiting in their area. That "journalist" is a hack...Clemson does it ...UT does it...every damn school in CFB does it. But he picks a story on UT? What a freakin joke. :no:
 
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BearBryant said:
What a useless thread!! This story is missing both sides of what happened. It is one sided and doesn't confirm what was actually said about an offer.

It's time to stop feeling sorry for these athletes who have so much given to them and door openings that the average student doesn't get.

And truthfully a lot of these kids shouldn't be given scholarships in the first place.
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When was the last time 100k came to see math problems on a board. They
have a skill that about 99% of us don't or didn't have. The ncaa and colleges makes millions off of dollars that the players don't see a dime of. I don't condemn coach Jones his job is based off of young men who can be stupid at times. And believe you me you would have done the very same thing.
 
#81
#81
I don't feel bad for the kid at all.

Butch calls kid: "Hey, Sterling, when are you looking to make a decision?"

Sterling: "October, coach."

Butch tells staff: "Alright, so Johnson is on the board, he's planning on committing in October. We obviously have other players higher on our board, and we need to evaluate him, so we need to stay in contact with him and keep him close, and we need to make sure we know what our options are, and in October, if he's still an option, and we've done our evaluation, and we've seen what players before him will do, we want to take him."

(Coaches agree and put Johnson on board to commit in October, thinking that they have 5 months to evaluate him and others to take the best fit in order to win ballgames)

Sterling Johnson: "Hey coach! I've changed my mind! I don't want to commit in October, I want to commit now!"

Butch looks at the board, sees several players who have been better rated, evaluated, and seen in person at the position, and sees that Johnson is further down...

Butch: "Well, I appreciate your desire to be a Vol, but we had been planning on you committing in October. We aren't prepared to take your commitment right now, because we're not sure that would be best for you or us right now. But we definitely aren't saying no, just not right now. Come to camp, let us see you here in person, keep in touch, and then in October, if all is good, we'll be glad to take your commitment."

Sterling: "Or...I'll just call Clemson."

That's how it happened, most likely. The guy gave the staff a date, they made a plan, he changed his plan, but he isn't good enough for them to change theirs.

Don't sweat it. It's what programs who truly have a goal and a model and a structure do.
 
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fade route said:
Derelick, you're the gif that keeps on givin.....:good!:
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