Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Kingston Vol]

 

[Nuctech777]

Not a good look.

Coach is right, that is bush league. Would be nice to get some positive press for once.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Do not like. Think this is a mistake by JH and could potentially hurt future recruiting in that area. It's one player. You make the room, hope he works out, and keep the good will.

Agree. Been a rough first week for Heupel with the negative news, some of which wasn't his fault. But this stuff happens all the time. Would've been better to keep him, but had Roc flipped to AU the same media killing this would be mocking us. Maybe they got someone else to take his spot like that OT from Texas who is a much bigger need

 

[seaofORANGE22]

Steele's under a hefty contract. I doubt he would go anywhere until he was fired.

Right. Just seems strange that he hasn't been fired if the plan isn't to keep him around. Everybody else has been formally let go except Tee? Is that right?

 

[Weezer]

Then why didn’t he sign early like he was supposed to?

My understanding is he was told not to sign early by the previous staff. Supposedly, they were going to git shirt him. But for our new coach to wait until the day before NSD to make this call creates negative publicity and bad blood.

 

[BisonVol]

Not a good look.

I'm wondering if this is one of those cases where Heupel came in, didn't like what he saw of Taylor, and decided not to contact him hoping that he would take a hint and explore his options.

 

[volfaninpa]

Bye Byron.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

What an idiot

 

[seaofORANGE22]

I'm wondering if this is one of those cases where Heupel came in, didn't like what he saw of Taylor, and decided not to contact him hoping that he would take a hint and explore his options.

Yeah this is unfortunate. But Heupel never offered the kid. He may be doing him a favor in the long run.

 

[Mullins2010]

If it happens it happens...99 percent of players from Oxford with a Bama or Auburn offer isn't leaving state anyway

 

[Batman1948]

I heard McDonald was the bag man?

Is that true?

It's been written that BM had a pretty significant role

 

[Weezer]

I’ve got no issue with him letting him go but he should have done it a few days after getting hired

Should have been one of the first things done. You don't wait until the day before. At this point, you just take the hit and let him sign because you didn't handle it in a timely manner. It's a dumb mistake IMO. And it potentially hurts us if we look to Alabama for future recruits. The plan may be to recruit TN heavily, but we won't get our entire class from TN. This isn't Florida. We don't have enough talent in state to fill out a class every year. We need good relationships with neighboring states.

 

[InVOLuntary]

@drvenner why you got to be this way, bruh?

 

[Ron Swanson]

The handlers are upset.

 

[csprig9]

Wasn’t roc rumored to be looking elsewhere anyways

 

[UTMVol76]

CJH has had job for 6 days. I hate it for Roc, and previous shift strung him along anyway, but coach has to make tough calls quick here.

Positive side is we live in a short attention span theatre society and as mentioned, 99% of AL are staying in house

 

[csprig9]

Kids can switch schools last minute and it’s funny or a recruiting deal but if a coach does it’s bad press

 

[Weezer]

Agree. Been a rough first week for Heupel with the negative news, some of which wasn't his fault. But this stuff happens all the time. Would've been better to keep him, but had Roc flipped to AU the same media killing this would be mocking us. Maybe they got someone else to take his spot like that OT from Texas who is a much bigger need

Maybe, but I doubt we sign anyone tomorrow. I think JH screwed up on this one. Better to take the hit of a flip than to create bad blood. Just another negative recruiting tool against us. We don't need that.

 

[Weezer]

I'm wondering if this is one of those cases where Heupel came in, didn't like what he saw of Taylor, and decided not to contact him hoping that he would take a hint and explore his options.

That would be unprofessional.

 

[Paper_Towel]

I thought there was a path for Joe to stick with the new staff. Kinda sad to see him go

Osovet was my favorite coach on the last staff. Sad indeed to see him go.

 

[Wickman]

Our coach is literally trying to figure out the new staff, the roster, reset recruiting strategies, implement a playbook, etc. He probably just now got around to scouting Roc and decided not to go that route. I do feel bad for the kid. This is the crappy part of it all. But JH is allowed to take who he wants. I’m sure Roc knew this was a possibility. Blaming JH is stupid.

 

[Nuctech777]

The handlers are upset.

Looking through his twitter, he’s definitely a handler. Dude is pissed.

 

[BisonVol]

That would be unprofessional.

Happens all the time in recruiting. Easier for the coaches to give a kid the silent treatment than to call him up and tell him that he doesn't have a spot here anymore. It isn't right, but it's reality.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Our coach is literally trying to figure out the new staff, the roster, reset recruiting strategies, implement a playbook, etc. He probably just now got around to scouting Roc and decided not to go that route. I do feel bad for the kid. This is the crappy part of it all. But JH is allowed to take who he wants. I’m sure Roc knew this was a possibility. Blaming JH is stupid.

Especially when Pruitt wasn't going to take him either

 

[Ron Swanson]

Looking through his twitter, he’s definitely a handler. Dude is pissed.

For sure. Pruitt and his cheating staff are gone. The new crew isn’t gonna play that game. So Devinner and other clowns like him are pissed.