Did anyone see....

[Sonsissymia]

I can't believe LSU treated that kid that way. I thinkl it is very unfair of the LSU coaching staff to recruit a player that hard and then expect him to grey shirt. I'm surprised he didn't get ____ed off and go to McNeese. I guess LSU is now screwed when it comes to recruiting kids from Acadiana!!!

4 '12 acadiana committments currently for lsu, plus 1 from thibodaux if that's "acadiana."

[wcd35]

4 '12 acadiana committments currently for lsu, plus 1 from thibodaux if that's "acadiana."

You mean acadiana area. He meant Acadiana HS.

[anhil8tor]

You mean acadiana area. He meant Acadiana HS.

Yeah misunderstanding.... since you know Nick was sooooo upset with UL which means we will never get another acadiana recruit...

[SlappyCajun]

If the athlete knows in advance that their is a possibility of greyshirting, there is nothing wrong with it. (I think that was the case with Smith).

If the possibility is not brought up until the fall semester, then its the most underhanded tactic in Division I athletics and schools that practice it should be penalized.

[Sonsissymia]

You mean acadiana area. He meant Acadiana HS.

ahhhhhhhhhh. sorry.

[AstroCajun]

who gives a frogs fat _____

Paging, this guy.....

[cajunfan32]

I can't believe LSU treated that kid that way. I thinkl it is very unfair of the LSU coaching staff to recruit a player that hard and then expect him to grey shirt. I'm surprised he didn't get ____ed off and go to McNeese. I guess LSU is now screwed when it comes to recruiting kids from Acadiana!!!

well, in a way we did the same thing with Nick Smith. Our old staff offered him a scholarship and he committed then our new staff came in and asked if he'd be willing to greyshirt (and they waited until right before signing day to ask) so he went and signed with McNeese. And I'd be worried if we'd be screwed with our relationship with AHS b/c of Nick Smith. Because he seemed upset about it so I'm sure some of his friends are too.

[CajunT]

well, in a way we did the same thing with Nick Smith. Our old staff offered him a scholarship and he committed then our new staff came in and asked if he'd be willing to greyshirt (and they waited until right before signing day to ask) so he went and signed with McNeese. And I'd be worried if we'd be screwed with our relationship with AHS b/c of Nick Smith. Because he seemed upset about it so I'm sure some of his friends are too.

Different staff, new coaches have the right to evaluate their own kids. So no, its not the same thing in my book. Second, Acadiana has had a number of good athletes over the years, can you name the ones that signed with UL over the past five or six seasons? I would like to see UL keep as many kids locally, but for every athlete like Nick Smith there is a Hollier that UL did wait on. His decision was to sign with a program that might win one game this season. UL has a lot of work to do in this area, but Nick Smith is an another example of UL being held to one standard while other programs get a pass.

[zephyr]

If Micah Eugene is "grayshirting" that means he did not do well enough in summer school to become eligible. If he keeps working at it, he likely will be OK to earn a scholarship come spring. Many schools have
players in that situation.

Or he was squeezed out of a scholly this year which was a big possibility when he signed Mike. Either is a possibility but Miles and many of the SEC schools are synonymous for oversigning and thus, having to greyshirt several prospects from each class.