If the rumors are true then he said whatever his concerns with Purdue are still in place, whatever that means and having more time might actually help Purdue as it gives CMP time to alleviate those concerns.
Quite frankly... this is just troll bait. Leave it alone and maybe it will go away.
And a couple people get on to me about my posting yet trollers like johnnyhoosier post things that are immensely worse and just troll bait posts.
If a player could sign a LOI yet back out at any time, then schools would waste a scholarship on that person potentially because they may not be able to fill the voided spot in time.
Actaully, if a coach leaves, the players can void their LOI's. It happens all the time - please see Hass and Wake Forest.
The LOI s just a "Letter of Intent" and has little real legal strenght if either party really wants it gone. There are some NCAA rules that affect how binding it can be. of course, it should limit contact with other schools once signed, and should ensure a scholarship will be made available to the player. Players can accept athletic scholarships without ever signing an LOI.
Also the same recruiting that has lead us to multiple losing seasons. It all evens out. We had some pretty terrible years under Painter and we've had some pretty decent years. To me that makes his recruiting mediocre. If he lands Swanigan then we can talk about him being better. And if we don't land Swanigan we most likely will not be preseason top 25 anyway...
So last season was a losing season? Or are you just conveniently going to pick and choose things to suit your trolling?
Can you read? No where did I say last year was a losing season. I said we have HAD multiple losing seasons under Painter which is fact. I also said we have good years under him so no where did I cherry pick anything, nice try though.
Well considering that last year is the relevant year and that recruiting was a direct impact on that, your statement is basically blown to bits. Nice troll attempt but you failed regardless.
True, but it seems like to get to the point of causing national public relations damage, the kid has had to go through a lot of crap already to get it to that point. I recall the big deal Bo Ryan made out of a player wanting to leave and go Iowa (?). He ultimately released him, but not until after the kid had suffered quite a bit with being strong-armed and told no multiple times.
Why do you think he wants Swanigan at Purdue when his own son didn't even go to Purdue?
Cal is going to be a really tough team next year with or without Swanigan. To me it seems like the appeal of Cal (for Swanigan) is something like UK or Duke last year. Seeing what all those elite freshman could do together last year, I'm sure he thinks it could happen next year if all three of them played together. The only competition they would have would be Arizona, UCLA and maybe Oregon. The Pac 12 is weak. They should cruise through to the tournament and then who knows.
