'12 NC OT D.J. Humphries

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BigPapaVol said:
Not sure it matters. Buddy of mine does something similar and he advertises so parents will idiotically believe he can then their kids into scholarship ballplayers. They walk in his door and he pushes hard to his alma mater.
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There is nothing wrong with that at all IMO. It only sucks when it isn't your school they are pushing.
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LittleVolDaddy said:
I just pray to God that nobody harasses DJ if he picks Florida.
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Vol fans have never been known to do such a thing! Haha. I still have yet to see any credible evidence that DJ is going to UF.. its all rumors and heresay at this point and I trust skeeter in thinking he's a vol. V,B!!!
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JCLawyerVol said:
http://http://espn.go.com/college-s...ory/_/id/6830259/vols-get-back-track-big-julyhttp://espn.go.com/college-sports/r...ory/_/id/6830259/vols-get-back-track-big-july

FYI

"Speculation has centered on Florida securing Humphries."
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The impression I got from reading this article is that the staff is paying pretty close attention to the pulse on these boards. I'm not saying they're being influenced, but they are sure concerned with the way the wind might be blowing at any point in time. Even the quote above about "speculation" seems to be based on message board chatter, nothing else.

Also, it's not at all far-fetched to believe they've instructed individuals such as Skeeter to provide information, albeit limited, which gives the boards hope they indeed know what they are doing. Now, if this is indeed the case, I would expect Skeeter to soon let us know what might be happening with D.J. If the news is not promising, we can call it damage control if you want. But until Skeeter or someone who might also be on the inside provides an update, I'm not sure this is over quite yet.

Having said all that, it definitely feels like momentum has shifted to UF. I started to say "sounds", but we haven't really heard anything so that would be the wrong choice of words.
 
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WinginFlorida said:
The impression I got from reading this article is that the staff is paying pretty close attention to the pulse on these boards. I'm not saying they're being influenced, but they are sure concerned with the way the wind might be blowing at any point in time. Even the quote above about "speculation" seems to be based on message board chatter, nothing else.

Also, it's not at all far-fetched to believe they've instructed individuals such as Skeeter to provide information, albeit limited, which gives the boards hope they indeed know what they are doing. Now, if this is indeed the case, I would expect Skeeter to soon let us know what might be happening with D.J. If the news is not promising, we can call it damage control if you want. But until Skeeter or someone who might also be on the inside provides an update, I'm not sure this is over quite yet.

Having said all that, it definitely feels like momentum has shifted to UF. I started to say "sounds", but we haven't really heard anything so that would be the wrong choice of words.
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these boards mean diddly poo to the staffs at either florida or tennessee.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Not sure it matters. Buddy of mine does something similar and he advertises so parents will idiotically believe he can then their kids into scholarship ballplayers. They walk in his door and he pushes hard to his alma mater.
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BP, does this scenario fall within the NCAA guidelines, or is it one of those gray areas they dont waste time on. Just curious.
 
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99gator said:
these boards mean diddly poo to the staffs at either florida or tennessee.
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I don't know any coaches at UF or UT, but I do know that some staffs use message boards for psychological warfare purposes. Like I said, who knows if CDD or CMS do this. But it does happen from time to time.

These MBs are tools in the toolbox just like anything else.
 
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Morpheus said:
BP, does this scenario fall within the NCAA guidelines, or is it one of those gray areas they dont waste time on. Just curious.
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It all falls under the guidelines and there is a question of him being a booster, but if he had a relationship with the kid before UF came knocking, then he can continue. That gets to PJs question about who contacted first. Kids this good tend to be found long before they visit joints like D1.
 
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#3,238
One thing that I haven't understood is this:

It has been said that DJ's parents aren't pressuring him to go to any school. If they're not going to pressure him, why would they allow a non-family member to influence him?
 
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HSVol said:
I don't know any coaches at UF or UT, but I do know that some staffs use message boards for psychological warfare purposes. Like I said, who knows if CDD or CMS do this. But it does happen from time to time.

These MBs are tools in the toolbox just like anything else.
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I don't know if any of the coaches read message boards. THey have too much stuff to do as it is. I would say, however, they follow my posts religiously.
 
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byobbio said:
I don't know if any of the coaches read message boards. THey have too much stuff to do as it is. I would say, however, they follow my posts religiously.
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That's not what I meant. I meant leaking info to insiders from MBs.
 
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HSVol said:
One thing that I haven't understood is this:

It has been said that DJ's parents aren't pressuring him to go to any school. If they're not going to pressure him, why would they allow a non-family member to influence him?
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Because maybe he isn't being influenced and the kid had a genuine interest in Florida?
 
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BigPapaVol said:
It all falls under the guidelines and there is a question of him being a booster, but if he had a relationship with the kid before UF came knocking, then he can continue. That gets to PJs question about who contacted first. Kids this good tend to be found long before they visit joints like D1.
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Thanks. Had a feeling early on that this may be the case here but hoped it wasn't.
 
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HSVol said:
I don't know any coaches at UF or UT, but I do know that some staffs use message boards for psychological warfare purposes. Like I said, who knows if CDD or CMS do this. But it does happen from time to time.

These MBs are tools in the toolbox just like anything else.
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Orgeron did.
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The Waco Kid said:
Because maybe he isn't being influenced and the kid has a genuine interest in Florida?
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I don't know if he's being influenced by anyone else one way or another. I'm just saying that if it were my kid, I wouldn't want an outsider not officially associated with a school recruiting him to have more influence over my child than my wife and me.

I'm sure it happens, just doesn't make sense to me.
 
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#3,246
Mo Collins lives in the same general area as DJ. One of DJ's teammates was training with Collins and he introduced DJ to him. DJ is quoted as saying he convinced me to train with him. He credits Collins with putting him in this position and say's "our bound is ridiculous". People like Collins are a grey area with the NCAA but there is no doubt Collins trains HS kids with an eye out for D1 talent to send to UF. Humphries isn't the first and he won't be the last. It takes years to build up recruiting pipelines and most of our's were severed over the last few years.
 
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GLDunlap said:
Mo Collins lives in the same general area as DJ. One of DJ's teammates was training with Collins and he introduced DJ to him. DJ is quoted as saying he convinced me to train with him. He credits Collins with putting him in this position and say's "our bound is ridiculous". People like Collins are a grey area with the NCAA but there is no doubt Collins trains HS kids with an eye out for D1 talent to send to UF. Humphries isn't the first and he won't be the last. It takes years to build up recruiting pipelines and most of our's were severed over the last few years.
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Just as I feared. Eventually, the NCAA will deem this an unfair advantage and label these guys boosters. Doesn't help us now.
 
#3,250
#3,250
Doesn't look good, Rivals mod posting on Florida's boards saying after the announcement he has articles to post regarding DJ and his family. Not posted
on TN boards. Added to everything else, I'd say Gator. No reason to post family stories if he's going to TN
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