'12 TX LB Dalton Santos (Texas Commit)

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"Football is a very mental game, and Santos isn't going to get the same praising, reps, and respect he would have gotten at UT."

You can honestly say you know, for a fact, how often the Texas and Tennessee staffs will praise players in the future?

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ArrogantTexasFan said:
"Football is a very mental game, and Santos isn't going to get the same praising, reps, and respect he would have gotten at UT."

You can honestly say you know, for a fact, how often the Texas and Tennessee staffs will praise players in the future?

This is an amazing claim.......
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Had Dalton attended Tennessee, Dooley would have been saying: "Santos! Nice tackle. You really knocked the slobber out of that guy!"

At Texas, Mack will be saying: "Santos! Santos! You did a really nice job waxing my car."

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ArrogantTexasFan said:
"Football is a very mental game, and Santos isn't going to get the same praising, reps, and respect he would have gotten at UT."

You can honestly say you know, for a fact, how often the Texas and Tennessee staffs will praise players in the future?

This is an amazing claim.......
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It's human nature to value things that are deemed more valuable---irrespective of the scale you're talking about.

If you paid $150 for a pair of Jordans, you're going to treat them alot better than a pair of $15 Starburys.

If you have a 1967 Corvette, you will treat that better than a 1993 Oldsmobile.

It's about perceived value. The Texas coaching staff is going to perceive someone that was higher ranked, that they had to really stretch to get that has that 4 star, as opposed to someone that came to them at the end of the recruiting cycle. You may or may not understand human behavior based on your avatar.
 
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Santos is a HUGE loss, I don't know what some people are talking about with him riding the bench and being overweight and slow and bla bla bla. He's going to be a stud at Texas. The hell with him and Peters though. Our existing front seven is going to be pretty good, and our WR unit is going to be freaking unstoppable.
 
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Great2BeATnVOL said:
What you're failing to acknowledge is the politics involved with sports in general. Coaches develop man-crushes for irrational reasons all the time. The fact is---Santos wasn't wanted why Texas until the 11th hour of recruiting. There are kids that Texas had, that they wanted A LOT more.

This is huge for a bunch of reasons:
1) Mentally. Football is a very mental game, and Santos isn't going to get the same praising, reps, and respect he would have gotten at UT. This--depending on the player---can either hinder or accelerate development. In my opinion, Santos isn't quite there athletically. I think with proper focus and coaching, he could develop into quite an athlete. He won't get the same attention which will affect his mental development.

2)Athletic development. He's not going to get the reps for the same reason as above, which will inhibit his performance. He's not going to be "the guy". He's going to be one of the herd. ESPN had him listed as our TOP PROSPECT. Perhaps you have a tough time understanding causal relationships---but having the reputation of "the guy", means a lot from the way teammates treat you, the fan base see you, and has a lot to do with mental development.

3) Depth of Texas. Texas has been having solid recruiting classes---and Santos is going to get lost in the mish-mosh. He's a medium sized fish in a big pond. Not saying Tennessee is a small pond---but we're still going through rebuilding, and there's a lot more opportunity to outshine here---which impacts your mental development and your athletic development---which impacts your ability to maximize your potential.

But yeah, if you want to ignore all that and pretend college football is a video game where everyone is a robot with a pre-assigned ranking of SPD, TCK, END, etc,--then yeah, I could see how you could think that situation A is the exact same as situation B.
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This ideology is completey ignorant. If he is a good football player then he is a good football player. Coaches put the players on the field that give them the best chance to win. Too many dollars and too much pressure for them to do otherwise. If Santos is good he will play. It does not matter that he came in the 11th hour. Its just biased boneheaded homers trying to make themselves feel better about losing Santos.
 
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Great2BeATnVOL said:
It's human nature to value things that are deemed more valuable---irrespective of the scale you're talking about.

If you paid $150 for a pair of Jordans, you're going to treat them alot better than a pair of $15 Starburys.

If you have a 1967 Corvette, you will treat that better than a 1993 Oldsmobile.

It's about perceived value. The Texas coaching staff is going to perceive someone that was higher ranked, that they had to really stretch to get that has that 4 star, as opposed to someone that came to them at the end of the recruiting cycle. You may or may not understand human behavior based on your avatar.
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I thought I understood human behavior, until I read your post. Santos will be given every opportunity to succeed at Texas. If he kicks ***, he'll be valued highly and will start.
 
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rnouredd said:
Santos is a HUGE loss, I don't know what some people are talking about with him riding the bench and being overweight and slow and bla bla bla. He's going to be a stud at Texas. The hell with him and Peters though. Our existing front seven is going to be pretty good, and our WR unit is going to be freaking unstoppable.
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You can bet half the people bashing Santos would be yelling about how great he will be at Tennessee had he signed here. The kid was considered one of the best ILB in the country and his offer list supported that. To see people pointing to Christian Harris and saying having him makes losing Santos no big deal are just looking for something to help them deal with losing him. Just take a look at Harris offer list. Look at Herman Lathers offer list. Both Santos and Peters were better LBs and will be better LBs moving forward. Both of these guys were HUGE loses to this class.

I saw someone say Santos may grayshirt at Texas. If that is true, he must have REALLY not liked something here at Tennessee.
 
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He may have been asked to gray shirt after his loi was in and in return he has the oprion of changing his commitment. How crazy would that be. I have moved on and don't expect this to happen but I would welcome the young man back with open arms.
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Smokey1210 said:
He may have been asked to gray shirt after his loi was in and in return he has the oprion of changing his commitment. How crazy would that be. I have moved on and don't expect this to happen but I would welcome the young man back with open arms.
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thats what i was wondering....LOI, meaning letter of "intent".....is there a "legal" contract between the recruit and school or can the recruit just up and decommit ?:unsure:
 
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According to Rivals, Texas signed 28 this year and 22 last year. So couldn't they backcount 3 and be at the limit? Or can they only backcount 2?
 
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