'11 GA DT Gabe Wright

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Hubbs now confirming that Wright's pants were indeed on fire while he was at the AU celebration.

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Gabe has done nothing wrong. he doesn't owe rivals.com writers sh*t, he's probably tired of them stalking him. signing day is not too far away so if I was him I'd visit other places too and enjoy the whole process as much as possible. whatever decision he makes it's up to him.
 
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Gabe and Tiny will both be in Auburn this weekend. Coincidence? Tiny will be a double agent for the Vols this weekend and report back what GW is up to. JMO.
 
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thunder5 said:
Telling someone you're not somewhere when you are there is a lie...

Lying is a character flaw...you can make any excuse you want for him...the fact is he lied about his whereabouts...

There are countless examples of highly sought after recruits playing the game....but telling bold faced lies is taking it to another level...and being 17 years old is not an excuse for that
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Consider this...your child comes in an hour past his curfew. He gives you a "song & dance" about how something happened that was innocent but made it impossible for him to be home on time. Later, you get a phone call from the parent of one of his friends who informs you there were a bunch of kids, including your son, at a party drinking, etc. In other words, you catch your kid in a bald-face lie and what he was doing is far worse or potentially more dangerous than saying something that may be less than honest during the recruiting process.

The question is this...is your kid a bald-faced liar and has serious and perhaps unacceptable character flaw issues? Or is he a typical teenager...

Oh, one other question as an afterthought...what would you think if dozens of other folks then got on the internet to trash your kid?
 
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WinginFlorida said:
Consider this...your child comes in an hour past his curfew. He gives you a "song & dance" about how something happened that was innocent but made it impossible for him to be home on time. Later, you get a phone call from the parent of one of his friends who informs you there were a bunch of kids, including your son, at a party drinking, etc. Anotherwords, you catch your kid in a bald face lie and what he was doing is far worse or potentially more dangerous than saying something that may be less than honest during the recruiting process.

The question is this...is your kid a bald-faced liar and has serious and perhaps unacceptable character flaw issues? Or is he a typical teenager...

Oh, one other question as an afterthought...what would you think if dozens of other folks then got on the internet to trash your kid?
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Anotherwords and bald faced lie ...lol
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WinginFlorida said:
Consider this...your child comes in an hour past his curfew. He gives you a "song & dance" about how something happened that was innocent but made it impossible for him to be home on time. Later, you get a phone call from the parent of one of his friends who informs you there were a bunch of kids, including your son, at a party drinking, etc. Anotherwords, you catch your kid in a bald face lie and what he was doing is far worse or potentially more dangerous than saying something that may be less than honest during the recruiting process.

The question is this...is your kid a bald-faced liar and has serious and perhaps unacceptable character flaw issues? Or is he a typical teenager...

Oh, one other question as an afterthought...what would you think if dozens of other folks then got on the internet to trash your kid?
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profound
 
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GT09 said:
Still saying Vol.
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I agree. I've never put trust in this kid but his family's actions tells me he will be at UT.

I think some are being a little naive and immature about the lying thing. These kids get lied to all the time by coaches but we expect to hold them to a higher standard?
 
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DaddyChad said:
I agree. I've never put trust in this kid but his family's actions tells me he will be at UT.I think some are being a little naive and immature about the lying thing. These kids get lied to all the time by coaches but we expect to hold them to a higher standard?
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Good point. But sadly we are recruiting Gabe, not his family.
 
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Actually, I saw on sportscenter earlier that they did an anonymous survey of recruits and more than 50% (i forget the exact numbers) said their parents were major influences in their decision.
 
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MikeDVol said:
But why lie? what was the point? it was just dumb
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Look at it this way...

If you really dig a chick that you've been dating, and you flirted with a girl at a party, you lie to her to keep things kosher.

If you started dating the girl at the party and are planning to leave your girlfriend, you don't bother trying to lie about it.

He went to a party. He still digs UT. It is what it is...
 
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flowd82 said:
Not as many times as I've seen teams win out on recruits because their family agreed with their decision.
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I wonder what percentage agreed with their decision because they helped influence it? :question:

In any case, we both agree Wright can't really be taken at his word right now. His mom thinks Rocker is full of it and has been said to hate Auburn. I think we have a good shot here but I won't be that surprised if he picks AU. Disappointed but not surprised.
 
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DaddyChad said:
I wonder what percentage agreed with their decision because they helped influence it? :question:In any case, we both agree Wright can't really be taken at his word right now. His mom thinks Rocker is full of it and has been said to hate Auburn. I think we have a good shot here but I won't be that surprised if he picks AU. Disappointed but not surprised.
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I considered that angle. There is definitely a percentage of parents who agree with their kid's decision because they helped influence it. I can't argue with that. But I wouldn't say it is more than 50%.
 
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flowd82 said:
I considered that angle. There is definitely a percentage of parents who agree with their kid's decision because they helped influence it. I can't argue with that. But I wouldn't say it is more than 50%.
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ESPN the Magazine investigates big time D1 Recruiting | College Recruiting Blog - Athletic Scholarships Blog | NCSA

When asked what percentage of what they’re told by college recruiter is a lie, the average was an astounding 61.5%.
In the wake of Cecil Newton’s pay or play pitch for his son, Heisman winner and national champion Cam Newton, we posed the question, if you knew no one would ever find out, would you accept $50,000 from a recruiter?
Even with the cloak of anonymity more than 20% of these young men said yes, they would take a recruiter’s cash.
So who does make the call for a young, elite football player?
Among those we polled, more than 2/3 of those said they’re on the same page with their parents over their college selection.
When we asked for the single person most influential in that decision 52% said their fathers, 38% said mom and only 10% cited their high school coach.
As for that high school experience to the question, did anyone there in high school take performance enhancers?
More than a 1/4 of those elite athletes said yes.
When it came time to travel to universities for an official visit, 57% of these high school stars (Division 1 football prospects) said drugs and alcohol were available to them on that visit.
The NCAA is investigating the University of Tennessee’s football recruiting practices with a big part of the probe sitting on so-called recruiting hostesses.
There’s recruiting by coaches and then recruiting hostesses.
63% Of the players said they believe schools used hostess es to influence their decision and of those, 70% of the players said the tactics simply did not work.
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Some interesting numbers in there overall but I bolded the most relevant part to our discussion here. Admittedly this was a small sample size; it would be interesting to see these numbers over extended period.
 
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