Speaking of Anderson, does anyone know how his visit went? I have not seen anything on it yet.
It was, but i dont recall him going after previously committed players. Last one i can think of is Sampson poaching Gordon.
Actually, Painter does stop recruiting when a kid commits. Stop spreading malicious rumors that you have no clue about.
And Tiller got flipped on all the time, like Roundtree. That's why coaches want an early signing period. I would like to see players sign whenever they want to, but also see the schools limited to 8-10 early signs to give lesser schools like Purdue a chance to find gems under the rocks. Next best thing to a draft, I suppose but whenever players have a choice, there will be cheating. What NFL team or its fans ever cheated to get a certain player? Sure, the dumbass Chicago GM traded top draft choices to move up one spot to get Trubisky right after signing Glennon, but that's Browns/Jets stupidity, not cheating.
ha ha. Don't be naïve. If you believe that MP totally cut off contact with Biggie and his dad after Biggie committed to MSU, then I have some very rare coins I'll sell you at a great price.
I think Painter does that because he believes he has no chance, and would rather concentrate his time and resources on another prospect.
Bony, Bony, Bony, I find Izzo and Painter's documented statements far more credible than you, and your unsubstantiated invented nonsense. Sorry, but that's the truth. I am not at all "naïve" about this. If you want to believe in your jaded and sour world, be my guest, just don't expect me to follow you down that path, at least in this case. I may stand, point and laugh though.
Everyone is recruiting like this. It was well known in Northwestern circles that Pat Fitzgerald doesn’t recruit kids committed to other programs. Saturday, you’ll see WR Flynn Nagel who Fitz flipped from Duke, RB Jeremy Larkin who officially committed to Cincinatti, and probably a half dozen more. NU fans will excuse this as Fitz is more above board than some of the sleezeballs. For example, Grant Perry flipped from Northwestern to Michigan. That opened up a spot. NUs next choice was Flynn Nagel. According to the stories, Fitz called Duke’s coach to til him he was going to extend an offer. Then he called Nagel to let him know that a scholarship would be available for him, but Fitz wouldn’t start the recruiting process until Flynn called up Dukes coaching staff to inform them he was no longer committed. A few days later he committed to NU where his 2 older brothers played. Compare this to Harbaugh who plans on sleeping over in a kicker’s, who was committed to PSU, bedroom.
Simply put, you are not committed until you are signed. Coaches, AD's etc break these "honorable" or "loyalty" "gentlemen's" agreements all the time, especially coaches contracts. Same applies to those recruited. Schools will dangle say #3 tight end hoping and all of a sudden #2 who said they were going to somewhere else is open what do YOU do? Yes, many years ago a handshake was all that was needed. Now you need a 25 page, written doc for everything.
I think politics are best left for other boards, at other times. Just saying your opinion flies in the face of the documented events that both parties agreed happened. I don't know why you would take such a stand? Maybe you might rethink your position on Painter at least.
And some times a player looks at the commitment they made and believe they may have made a bad decision for themselves. A lot of times guys jump at the P5 offer and don't look back BUT occasionally a kid may reconsider that he may want to have a chance at starting for multiple years and take the G5 offers that are on the table. There are some good players that do that instead....the school I teach at had a kid that went to MTSU and was drawn to the fact that he was a D1 football player. The coaches I know told him it was an incredible honor to get such an offer but that he may be better served to go to Illinois State or Indiana State as an FCS team where he likely may have been a 3 or even 4 year starter.
Well, first of all, there is no argument here. Second, both sides (Izzo and Painter) agree on the events that occurred. Your glittering generalization about winning has nothing to do with this. Let's get blunt because nice isn't working here. You made a statement that was a lie about Painter continuing to recruit Biggie after he committed. In other forums you have posted something similar. Stop equivocating and stop stating this lie. You don't have to apologize. Just stop making shit up about something you know nothing about.
