If skeeter was telling the truth that the coaches felt like DJ was going to be a Vol, was DJ lying to the coaches?
Just because the coaches
FELT like DJ would be a Vol doesn't mean DJ necessarily felt the same or gave them false hope. It means just what it says, the coaches felt good about the visit.
I don't understand why he would've cancelled FNL if he never switched.
It's been explained several times. Getting a ride was a problem, and accepting one from Mo might be considered a potential violation.
Yea, someones wrong. Doesn't really matter as the end result is the same. :cray:
Nobody has to be wrong. Skeeter might very well have accurately reported what he was told, and that is the coaches were very upbeat and positive about the visit. I haven't seen anybody actually claim he committed to the UT coaches.
If he told CHH that he was committing to the Vols and cancelling the visit to UF, I don't see how you can paint it any other way. Skeet called the cancellation to FNL before that came out. I hold no ill will to the kid but if he commits to UF, he lied to our coaches.
Essentially that's the whole point, he never committed to anybody and never told anyone he was committing then. Nobody reported that they were told that either, unless I missed something along the way.
All that's ever been said is it was a great visit and the UT coaches were very positive about a
POSSIBLE commitment.
If griddie is correct, as he has been throughout this thread, it's a simple case of a great kid enjoying his visits and being impressed with the schools he saw; but is ultimately choosing his long-time favorite.
The only reason some may see it as dishonest or lying is because they took what was reported and embellished it or exaggerated. Fans do that all the time; take a report of a great visit and turn it into more than what was actually said. You've got folks in here now claiming that people reported DJ committed to the coaches; but I haven't seen anyone actually ever say that... only that the coaches were optimistic.
Sometimes a recruiting thread is like a high school cafeteria. You tell the guy next to you a story, and tell him to pass it on to the next guy at the table. By the time that story gets to the other end of the lunch room, the story bears little resemblance to the original story.
We don't know who he'll pick at this point; but no matter who it is, nobody has been lied to... fans have just made more of the reports than was actually reported.