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After talking to his mother today it looks like USCe might be his final destination. Unfortunately playing in the SEC and closer to home is winning out. She said losibg Ted Roof really made him start thinking as Ted has been recruiting him for a while.
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FSUgoNoles24 said...
After talking to his mother today it looks like USCe might be his final destination. Unfortunately playing in the SEC and closer to home is winning out. She said losibg Ted Roof really made him start thinking as Ted has been recruiting him for a while.
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FSUgoNoles24 said...
His mother has said all along that he would take all 5 visits. As I and my boss told her he has earned the right to. So the visit to USCe was going to happen regardless of interest or not. All last week she said as long as the HC and Roof stayed at Penn State his visits were nothing more than free trips.
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His mother has said all along that he would take all 5 visits. As I and my boss told her he has earned the right to. So the visit to USCe was going to happen regardless of interest or not. All last week she said as long as the HC and Roof stayed at Penn State his visits were nothing more than free trips.
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I'm sorry, but I'm not a guy that likes to waste time and resources of another school, if its just to take a free trip. My kid, if he ever get in this position, WON'T be doing that. I lose respect for kids and parents in that regard. IMO, the kid made a bad choice verballing to PSU if it was for certain he was going to take all five trips. Wait until you make your visits then decide.
If I'm BOB and I'm recruiting kids from the south and they decide to verbal to PSU, you say, we are glad to have you and hope you stick with us. Should we find out you are deciding to visit other schools as a PSU verbal, your offer could very well become void at that time. This is the problem with kids int he south. They use placeholders while waiting for better offers. They aren't committed one bit.
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FSUgoNoles24 said...
According to his mother he would have. Roof started recruiting him while at Auburn, he trusted Roof completely.
This post was edited by fortheglory94 on 1/10/2013 at 10:13 AM
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fortheglory94 said...
This is not meant as a shot at Walton, but a guy who's had 5 jobs in 7 years might not be the best person to put all of your trust in. The only disappointment for me here is that NO ONE with a pulse besides Penn State offered this kid for months and months, and then one comes along at the last minute and he runs to them. You did hear it first hand from his mother, but the statement about Roof being the cause is hard for me to believe considering he had the trip scheduled well before this.
You and your boss urging him to take visits while committed doesn't exactly send a good message to a kid about character, does it? Never understood how an adult could advise a teenager to welch on his word when it comes to a college commitment. Then again, I hear it's ok in the south, and I should just get used to it. But I doubt I ever will.
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I'm sorry, but I'm not a guy that likes to waste time and resources of another school, if its just to take a free trip. My kid, if he ever get in this position, WON'T be doing that. I lose respect for kids and parents in that regard. IMO, the kid made a bad choice verballing to PSU if it was for certain he was going to take all five trips. Wait until you make your visits then decide.
If I'm BOB and I'm recruiting kids from the south and they decide to verbal to PSU, you say, we are glad to have you and hope you stick with us. Should we find out you are deciding to visit other schools as a PSU verbal, your offer could very well become void at that time. This is the problem with kids int he south. They use placeholders while waiting for better offers. They aren't committed one bit.
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fortheglory94 said...
This is not meant as a shot at Walton, but a guy who's had 5 jobs in 7 years might not be the best person to put all of your trust in. The only disappointment for me here is that NO ONE with a pulse besides Penn State offered this kid for months and months, and then one comes along at the last minute and he runs to them. You did hear it first hand from his mother, but the statement about Roof being the cause is hard for me to believe considering he had the trip scheduled well before this.
You and your boss urging him to take visits while committed doesn't exactly send a good message though, does it? Never understood how an adult could advise a teenager to "look around" when he's already committed somewhere. Then again, I hear it's ok in the south, and I should just get used to it. But I doubt I ever will.
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FSUgoNoles24 said...
These kids have earned the right to take all 5 visits. Even if they are free trips, I even told her that they should hit up Hawaii.It isn't a slight against the school they are committed to. And for you to say that this is what kids in the South do is foolish. Kids from all areas of the country do the same thing. No need to make this into a north vs south thing.
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Hamilton Lion said...
Agree with this.
I find it somewhat funny though ... he was going to stick with PSU IF Roof and HC remains in place. HC is staying and he has met him. PSU has been on this kid since Roof got on campus. USCe gets on him after losing Rolin to Florida, so its been a month? Glad to know the relationship is that strong.
Anyway, I have no time for kids that use PSU as "placeholders". If distance was truly a factor, he had an offer from Troy. Unless the campus up and moved, Troy is still in Alabama and isn't far from home. Distance matters now? Why choose PSU over Troy if that was truly the case?
As a veteran of the collegiate athletic field for 16 years, I have a good idea of the time, effort and resources it takes to successfully recruit a kid from outside the area. Glad to see its become a big waste for PSU that USCe has made Walton a Plan T and will probably get him.
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FSUgoNoles24 said...
Never told him to look around, both of us actually told him to visit schools or places he might never see. I think you guys are taking this personal as if Walton has just shunned Penn St. Roof has been recruiting him for nearly 2 years. He was why PSU had the in with him. He told Auburn last week to go jump off a cliff for how they was treating him. He loves PSU but at the same time he is close to his mother and feels it might be better if he played closer to home. He has yet to say if he is going to flip to USCe or if USCe has given him a commitable offer.
Again this has zero to do with being in the south.
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