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Originally Posted by unionfutura
he told the staff over and over for the past few months he'll go to OSU...Which caused us to slack off on other plan b type recruits...Gotta love recruiting. |
Not trying to 'slam' this kid or any other for that matter because when he was saying it, I'm sure he 'thought' he meant it. (at least you would hope so)
But as we've seen, recruiting is a huge emotional rollercoaster ride for some of these young men. Add to the mix that schools are trying like crazy to balance 15-20 schollies with thousands of possible recruits and all the factors that go into trying to narrow down the pool (who will accept vs. who goes elsewhere...who makes the grade vs. who doesn't...positions of need...etc., etc.)
So it's when I hear reports like this that I try to "revisit" my feelings on other particular situations when it seems the 'shoe is on the other foot'...i.e., an athlete believes he has an offer and for one reason or another the school backs off, and the 'recruitniks' (mostly fans who have little if any inside knowlege as to what factors went into such a decision) go nuts about how poorly the situation was handled by the school.
Recruiting is obviously no exact science. When people and emotions and (mis)communication between 2, 3, half a dozen people are involved...things can happen leaving a bad taste in the mouth of one side or another.
And situations like this illustrates that it goes both ways.
So when it looks as though "one got away", as the latest info appears to suggest with Josh, I try not to bust on either side even if it looks as though (from my uninformed perspective) that "the situation could have been handled better" whether by the recruit or the school.
Good luck Mr. Brent...would've loved to see you in The Scarlet 'N Gray.
