Proof Of Why Urban Meyer is a Terrible Person and Coach

[Polish Leppy 22]

In the book Fledman gave the impression that Meyer gave him the OK to take visits after Ian gave him the verbal in spring

 

[SoCalDomer]

I guess I don't see how that is any different then CW's current policy regarding commits.

If you are committed, you aren't visiting other schools. If you visit other schools, our view is that you are not committed and we will not necessarily honor the scholarship. If you are looking, we are looking.

I don't like Meyer for numerous reasons, but I think CW might have done the same thing in this situation.

except that 1) CW doesn't allow/accept/honor silent verbals; and 2) if a recruit made a verbal commitment and later another offeree came in for the same recruiting spot (note I said spot, not position) that was taken, i don't think Weis would have told the earlier recruit his spot was taken. I believe CW would honor first in time.

 

[MirageSmack]

A little off topic, but I found some excerpts from the book above - "Meat Market" related to ND


"The Rebels saw Golden Tate as a cornerback. His tape, however, began with a series of dazzling offensive plays. He was juking would-be tacklers, leaving them staggering into each other. He was spinning. He was cutting. He was stopping and starting. His ability to regain top speed, going from first to fourth gear, was startling. That kind of quickness was critical for a defensive back who had to break on the football after a receiver had made his cut. Tate also was showing go-the-distance speed, running away from everyone on the field. A few other clips displayed that he had good hands and could make catches in traffic.

"We sure he's not a running back?" Orgeron asked.

"I talked to him," responded Freeze, the coach who recruits Tennessee, "and he says it doesn't matter."

Orgeron: "Only thing we gotta figure out is, what's our strategy? I know he says it doesn't matter, but somebody somewhere is going to sell this kid on something."

Freeze: "We're one of the first to offer him. But Tennessee's also offered him."

Orgeron: "You're not afraid of Tennessee, are you?"

Freeze: "No, sir, I am not."


That's all I saw. I wonder if they were afraid of ND?



Then I saw this one

"Next on the screen: Harrison Smith -- 6'3", 215, 4.5 -- Knoxville.

Smith was a virtual one-man team: LB, S, RB, and TE were listed under "Position." Indeed, the two-minute tape showed Smith doing everything from making open-field tackles to running guys down from the backside. During one five-clip sequence he looked like John Lynch, the Broncos' hard-hitting All-Pro safety. The next sequence, he looked like a white Eric Dickerson, gliding downfield past tacklers. He also made a bunch of highlight-worthy catches and runs-after-catch. The last shot was of Smith making a diving TD grab.

"That was with six seconds to go in the state playoffs," Freeze noted. Orgeron: "Everybody like him?"

"Yes!" the entire room responded in unison.

Without missing a beat, Freeze flipped open his cell and called an assistant in the Ole Miss recruiting office: "Get Coach Pemberton on the phone please."

"Hey Coach," Freeze said into the phone 30 seconds later. "We're having a great day down here. Coach O is ready to offer Big Harrison a scholarship."

Orgeron to Freeze, attempting to whisper: "Have him call my cell phone."

Freeze's voice lowered as he asked Coach Pemberton, "They already offered him?"

Freeze chatted just enough to satisfy the demands of politeness, said good bye, clicked off his phone, and turned to the room: "UT offered him last week."

And then, in a softer, more upbeat tone: "That's okay. They'll take for granted that they got him, and we'll out-recruit them."


Sounds like O spent too much time worrying about UT and not enough worrying about ND