'17 CA CB Elijah Hicks (Offer)

[OlympiaIrishFan]

Made up? Has there been mass firings? Has there been transfers? Has there been multiple decommits? Dude wake up. 4-8.

But, you can put your head in the sand and everything can be alright.

Man, realism. Our program is in trouble. And cutting loose commits has happened so much. On a positive note at least it looks like bk is being proactive
Before a possible decommit.

If you don't like my posts ignore them. It isn't hard.

 

[BobbyMac]

WAIT A MINUTE!

Are you telling me ND offers AND accepts commitments from kids who are not admissions ready?!?! But but but I've been told that everyone has to run the academic gauntlet just to get in position to get an offer??? Hmmmmm.

Facts:

There would be 10 of these cases every year if I was running the show because I would give out offers like sex show cards on the Vegas Strip. There would be 5 star recruits at every position group, there would be no holes in the depth chart, there would be strippers wrapping ankles, strippers handing out towels, strippers manning the Gatorade stations, strippers feckin everywhere. Also, all Freshman would get green foil wrapped Camaros. Not SS's not Z-28's not ZL-1's. Base Camaros what do they expect on top of the house we bought Mom??? All Sophs would get navy foil wrapped Chrysler 300 SRT's, a good step up if I haven't cut them. Now the Jr's get Gold foil wrapped Escalades with all the options... even the juco transfers. That's right, JUCO transfers! And the Sr's would ge...... There are no Seniors, everyone goes to the league after 3 years and gets paid!

I'm cheap, I'm ready, I have a plan. -The end.

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[OCIrish]

Sooo.....was it a foreign language class, or, he didn't fit the new defensive scheme???? I see some posted he didn't interact with any of the other recruits, so, I'm guessing he's a homebody who doesn't like to go out and hang out. Maybe he's got a long distance relationship with a female he's never met.........could be any myriad of reasons. None of which probably make any sense except that, well, fuck, I've got nothing.

 

[ozzman]

There have been some Twitter follows here and there. I posted it because I just happened to be looking at his Sr. film for the first time. Just another kid in my vault that runs, blocks, catches, reads, writes and does his homework. I got on him last year when he was still a dual threat QB. And that Dartmouth offer is my favorite shade of green eyeliner. Most importantly, he wears a Sox hat. #wouldsign

All of the sox fans

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[IrishLax]

Made up? Has there been mass firings? Has there been transfers? Has there been multiple decommits? Dude wake up. 4-8.

But, you can put your head in the sand and everything can be alright.

Man, realism. Our program is in trouble. And cutting loose commits has happened so much. On a positive note at least it looks like bk is being proactive
Before a possible decommit.

If you don't like my posts ignore them. It isn't hard.

See, this is what's tiresome trolling and what we've repeatedly asked you not to do. You come into threads, and it's as if you don't even read anything else that has been posted. You make a bunch of posts in a rapid fire fashion that all say the same bullshit. You don't engage in discussion, you just want to rant about Kelly in six different threads at once.

Everyone on here gives me shit for being pessimistic, and here you are trying to act like I'm Mr. Sunshine and mad at your "realism"... just about everyone wants Kelly gone. Just about everyone agrees that the program is in a pretty fucked state right now. No one else sees the need to do what you do... for example, ndgradstudent HATES Kelly and Swarbrick but is never trying to clog up random threads just to hear himself talk about how angry he is

In this case, you're ignoring the facts of the situation and fabricating your own narrative "Such a BK ego move, Cutting loose before a decommit. Inbelievable." that isn't true. It's just not. He wasn't going to be allowed to come to ND, period. Has nothing to do with some crazy BK conspiracy. We get it. You hate the guy. We've asked you repeatedly not to post in this fashion. And I just asked you again to refrain from doing this and your response was "if you don't like it ignore it"... sorry, that's not the way this works.

 

[GBdomer]

Losing six rivals 250 kids this year hurts the overall depth and talent of this crootin class. But when you to 4-8 what can you expect.

 

[greyhammer90]

See, this is what's tiresome trolling and what we've repeatedly asked you not to do. You come into threads, and it's as if you don't even read anything else that has been posted. You make a bunch of posts in a rapid fire fashion that all say the same bullshit. You don't engage in discussion, you just want to rant about Kelly in six different threads at once.

Everyone on here gives me shit for being pessimistic, and here you are trying to act like I'm Mr. Sunshine and mad at your "realism"... just about everyone wants Kelly gone. Just about everyone agrees that the program is in a pretty fucked state right now. No one else sees the need to do what you do... for example, ndgradstudent HATES Kelly and Swarbrick but is never trying to clog up random threads just to hear himself talk about how angry he is

In this case, you're ignoring the facts of the situation and fabricating your own narrative "Such a BK ego move, Cutting loose before a decommit. Inbelievable." that isn't true. It's just not. He wasn't going to be allowed to come to ND, period. Has nothing to do with some crazy BK conspiracy. We get it. You hate the guy. We've asked you repeatedly not to post in this fashion. And I just asked you again to refrain from doing this and your response was "if you don't like it ignore it"... sorry, that's not the way this works.

didn't read; fire kelly

In all seriousness Olympia is currently a perfect example of why the ignore function, while a good concept in theory, is a fundamentally flawed addition to a website attempting to create a community that discusses things in a civil manner. Instead of being a tool for the board to use, it seems like it's more commonly used as a crutch for annoying posters to say that they don't need to play by the rules because "ignore me bro."

 

[ND Fan Vancouver]

That being said, I ignored Olympia ages ago. Cannot stand his thoughtless tantrums.

 

[beryirish]

Yes we let him go-- more like let's cut him lose before he decommits and make us look bad again.

The program is smoldering. More and more decommits, so many firings, and hiring. The root of the entire problem is still leading the show.

Such a BK ego move, Cutting loose before a decommit. Inbelievable.

 

[Wingman Ray]

WAIT A MINUTE!

Are you telling me ND offers AND accepts commitments from kids who are not admissions ready?!?! But but but I've been told that everyone has to run the academic gauntlet just to get in position to get an offer??? Hmmmmm.

I dont get it either. Why offer kids who cant get in the first place? If Echols wasnt academically able, why even mess with it? Seems a ton of wasted time and effort not to mention the outcry when the truth comes out.

And more amazement is seeing it all over the media how ND lost another commitment AGAIN. You never hear this guy is dumb as a skillet and cant get in. Just sling mud on ND. Yeah, I guess so you can sell newspapers sure to all the ND haters in America.

Just a matter of time that ND becomes another Vandy much less Stanford. Occasional good year but average most years. Except Vandy has better weather and women. Stanford is already showing much more benefit than ND. Academics, (better)women, weather and winning seasons.

 

[dublinirish]

I dont get it either. Why offer kids who cant get in the first place? If Echols wasnt academically able, why even mess with it? Seems a ton of wasted time and effort not to mention the outcry when the truth comes out.

you hope the interest from ND motivates the player to get his shizz together. works out sometimes but often does not

 

[Sherm Sticky]

I dont get it either. Why offer kids who cant get in the first place? If Echols wasnt academically able, why even mess with it? Seems a ton of wasted time and effort not to mention the outcry when the truth comes out.

And more amazement is seeing it all over the media how ND lost another commitment AGAIN. You never hear this guy is dumb as a skillet and cant get in. Just sling mud on ND. Yeah, I guess so you can sell newspapers sure to all the ND haters in America.

Just a matter of time that ND becomes another Vandy much less Stanford. Occasional good year but average most years. Except Vandy has better weather and women. Stanford is already showing much more benefit than ND. Academics, (better)women, weather and winning seasons.

I agree with this to a certain extent. If the recruit is borderline academically they should offer the kid. But, not take a verbal commitment from the recruit until all his academics are in order.

you hope the interest from ND motivates the player to get his shizz together. works out sometimes but often does not

So why not make the offer and say if you get your sh*t together then we can take your commitment.

Anyone know where he has fallen short academically? GPA, SAT/ACT scores? Foreign language?

 

[PANDFAN]

I agree with this to a certain extent. If the recruit is borderline academically they should offer the kid. But, not take a verbal commitment from the recruit until all his academics are in order.



So why not make the offer and say if you get your sh*t together then we can take your commitment.

Anyone know where he has fallen short academically? GPA, SAT/ACT scores? Foreign language?

and how many people were bitching when we didn't accept Calvin's or pachel's verbal when they wanted to??? you can't win

 

[BobbyMac]

Add him to the Decommits / Cut loose / Mutually agreed to parting of ways list...

Ended up at Cal. Played all 12 games starting the last 10

Had 38 Tkl ... 2.0 TFL ... 4 PBU ... 2 FF

A 4.0 student in HS w/ Harvard, Yale, Penn, NW, Vandy, the Academies and he slipped away.

Enrolled in the Haas School of Business

 

[IrishLax]

Thank you so much for needlessly bumping a bunch of ‘17 recruiting threads to the front page with zero news.

 

[BobbyMac]

Thank you so much for needlessly bumping a bunch of ‘17 recruiting threads to the front page with zero news.

There's news in there.

Going over how some highly recruited player did in their freshmen year's elsewhere.

If you don't like it, erase them all ya ole grump.

This place is a morgue lately. Sorry for trying to change that.

 

[Henges24]

There's news in there.

Going over how some highly recruited player did in their freshmen year's elsewhere.

If you don't like it, erase them all ya ole grump.

This place is a morgue lately. Sorry for trying to change that.

LAX went off on some dude last year for doing it too, nothing new. Don't think the poor guy ever posted again.

 

[IrishLax]

LAX went off on some dude last year for doing it too, nothing new. Don't think the poor guy ever posted again.

This seems like fake news, but I’m not 100% sure.

 

[Irish YJ]

This seems like fake news, but I’m not 100% sure.

It's true LAX. You leave a battered and broken trail in your wake. There's a Post Traumatic LAX Disorder group that meets every Monday.

 

[Henges24]

This seems like fake news, but I’m not 100% sure.

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[T-Boone]

I am finding the updates interesting. Thanks for doing them.
One guy I've been curious about was Derek Jeter's son that was coming to ND to play DT then went to Michigan because he hated us so bad. What ever happened to that guy?

 

[Henges24]

I am finding the updates interesting. Thanks for doing them.
One guy I've been curious about was Derek Jeter's son that was coming to ND to play DT then went to Michigan because he hated us so bad. What ever happened to that guy?

Hoping you just forgot the italics on this.

Donovan Jeter got injured before the season and missed the entire year.

 

[T-Boone]

Hoping you just forgot the italics on this.

Donovan Jeter got injured before the season and missed the entire year.

I thought italics was for sarcasm not lame humour (which is my only kind of humour).

 

[Henges24]

I thought italics was for sarcasm not lame humour (which is my only kind of humour).

I guess I would think those two would come hand-in-hand.

But I feel ya man...I feel ya.

 

[OhioIrish31]

It's true LAX. You leave a battered and broken trail in your wake. There's a Post Traumatic LAX Disorder group that meets every Monday.

^^^That's some funny shat right there! I tend to like knowing what happened with some of the kids who spent last year in the bright lights of recruiting.

 

[BobbyMac]

Former decommit.

Now at Safety for Cal

Has started 30 of 38 games he's played in. (Played every game possible)

2019: Started 13 games - 44 Tkl - 2 TFL - 2 Sks - 10 PD's.

Should've been one of ND's Sr this year.