UL Commit Follows Billy to UF

[ZZeebart21]

We are all new to this game fellas. We have never had a coach move up in Class. This is the way it works. NOW, Ill wager Dez and the guys are burning the midnight oil trying to stop the bleeding. Lets let it shake out and see where we stand in the spring. To quote a famous Thespian: "Its a dog eat dog world, and we are wearing Milk Bone underwear."


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[Cajun Power]

Not cool.

[Bandwagon King]

They are Billy’s commits. We need to adapt and move to plan B when that happens. Can’t blame billy he recruited them can’t blame the kid they committed to him.

Who does that guy think he is?

[lcitsh]

They are Billy’s commits. We need to adapt and move to plan B when that happens. Can’t blame billy he recruited them can’t blame the kid they committed to him.

Sure we can. And be justified in blaming both.

[beavis11]

NORM !! See next post and you'll understand

[beavis11]

We are all new to this game fellas. We have never had a coach move up in Class. This is the way it works. NOW, Ill wager Dez and the guys are burning the midnight oil trying to stop the bleeding. Lets let it shake out and see where we stand in the spring. To quote a famous Thespian: "Its a dog eat dog world, and we are wearing Milk Bone underwear."


Z

NORM !!!

[CajunFun]

Who does that guy think he is?

From what we know of Billy, I'd be surprised if he were putting the hard sell on any of these kids. I would imagine that he kept in touch with them, but let them make their own minds.

Which is good on several levels:
1) If it's about the kids, and our coaches insist it is, then we need to respect them, and let each one of them decide.
2) We don't want to arm-twist a player to come here when he really wants to be elsewhere.
3) If it was a Napier recruit, then the guy has put his faith in Napier... and now he gets a rare chance to jump to the 'big' time with a guy he trusts.

This is about people, and issues that are more important than W's & L's. The rest of us should respect that.

[cjr3888]

Here’s what this shows. We’ve had an SEC coaching staff and SEC level players. So that also says that the coaches and players who stay are still SEC level.

[Cajun Monkee]

From what we know of Billy, I'd be surprised if he were putting the hard sell on any of these kids. I would imagine that he kept in touch with them, but let them make their own minds.

Which is good on several levels:
1) If it's about the kids, and our coaches insist it is, then we need to respect them, and let each one of them decide.
2) We don't want to arm-twist a player to come here when he really wants to be elsewhere.
3) If it was a Napier recruit, then the guy has put his faith in Napier... and now he gets a rare chance to jump to the 'big' time with a guy he trusts.

This is about people, and issues that are more important than W's & L's. The rest of us should respect that.

Can’t commit without an offer.

But, yeah we don’t know to what degree CBN reached out to the kid.

That said, put me on the side of getting rid of the early signing period.

The impact of the mad scramble that is happening between coaches getting fired and other coaches being offered ridiculous sums to leave their current positions that literally happens in a two week period could be lessened if everything had a little bit more time to work itself out.

JMHO

[CajunEXPRESS]

I don’t believe pushing the signing date back is going to close Pandora’s Box. Early firings are now part of the norm. That’s the only reason they’re talking about pushing it back.

[Big Buds]

Can’t commit without an offer.

But, yeah we don’t know to what degree CBN reached out to the kid.

That said, put me on the side of getting rid of the early signing period.

The impact of the mad scramble that is happening between coaches getting fired and other coaches being offered ridiculous sums to leave their current positions that literally happens in a two week period could be lessened if everything had a little bit more time to work itself out.

JMHO

No way. The early signing period has a big advantage for the G5 landing higher profile kids before P5s catch on and make an offer.

For years like this, it sucks. But I’ll take the little bad right now for the greater good later.

[CajunFun]

The impact of the mad scramble that is happening between coaches getting fired and other coaches being offered ridiculous sums to leave their current positions that literally happens in a two week period could be lessened if everything had a little bit more time to work itself out.

But how do we get around it? One of the commits who re-committed said that Dez had been working on him for years.

Let me put it like this: What if it were my kid? What if it were your kid? If he he/she had a good offer from UL, and you all know I love UL, but he/she decided to go elsewhere, I would respect & support that.

And I would get angry with anyone who tried to object or interfere. I think we all would.

Now, if they were making a decision to go to a school with a winning record and a shoddy reputation, or weak academics, or a poor campus attitude, or a school in a dangerous area, I might put my foot down. But it's not because of my personal preferences.

It's because of my personal responsibility.