AppStFan1 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 11, 2018 11:11 am
bigdaddyg wrote: ↑Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:05 am
A thread such as this one makes us look like a bunch of bitter people. My god let the man go. Big time coaches are a small group. I hope he does well and is successful in life and in his career. This stuff with the recruits is just part of the crappy side of college athletics. Kids change their minds all the time before signing day and it’s only fair that a school can do the same thing. Stinks but until the system changes that’s just the way it is.
Exactly. Satt did nothing wrong here. Satt never offered these guys so why should he have to honor these offers? He probably thinks these guys just aren't good enough and the Louisville AD has no reason to question him. If kids can change their mind just before signing day then so can a coach.
We lost a very good OL commit recently who is going to UNC it looks like. Players need to learn to uphold their commitments and unless there is a rule making both sides uphold it then this is how it is.
while I agree with you, the last sentence is somewhat contradicting to what you said in the rest of the post.
I agree that if they do not fit in his new direction, it is best for both parties to move on. It happens all the time. These guys are P5 recruits, and while it is bad timing especially for those planning on enrolling in the spring, they will find a new home, and get more playing time than if they went to UL in a system they do not fit into.
However, if we are going to say players should honor their commitments, which i completely agree with, we should expect schools to do the same. Satterfield may not have offered these guys, but Louisville did, and he is a representative of Louisville now.
This is a very cut throat process for both schools and players. Just as often as players crawfish on their commitments, schools pull scholarships at the last minute to get a better player. Too bad it cant be required that both parties honor their commitments and make the best of that decision regardless of the fact someone better may have come along.