Awesome news.......... but am I the only one that feels like this is going to be a short-term relationship? Like as soon as someone else shows him love he will stop responding in the 2021 ND group chat. Call me a pessimist but dems the vibes I get here. Don’t mean any disrespect toward the kid at all and hope he stays though.
Recruiting PTSDWhat do you base this on?
Not likely coincidental, right? I'd assume he's been a silent for some time, and the staff just asked him to publicly announce to counter-act the deflating effects of getting spurned by Shipley.
Cool beans
He was all but committed to Minnesota until he wasn’t. And then he was all but committed to VT until he wasn’t. The reason given was that he wanted to be able to visit the schools he was considering. Great job by the ND staff getting him to actually jump on board — obv did a better job than the other teams. It’ll just be interesting to see if he is still trying to make visits once he can.
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(You've been here long enough Rook, ya need a signature gif)
Does this also mean I should have one based off Tommy Boy? I think I could figure that out.
I've all but retired from posting commitments on the IE Facebook page. (Our site hasn't had nearly as many crash errors as it once did so the Facebook page isn't as key.)
Does this also mean I should have one based off Tommy Boy? I think I could figure that out.
I've all but retired from posting commitments on the IE Facebook page. (Our site hasn't had nearly as many crash errors as it once did so the Facebook page isn't as key.)
Might I suggest:
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I like it. I'll be interested if Circa - Lord of gif's, approves it
Ah what's the point.
I am in no way trying to diminish Riley's commitment to ND, but I saw this on r/cfb and thought it was worth sharing over here. Riley's recruitment changed really fast a lot of times. I am going to trust his commitment if the staff is willing to and until he gives me reason to believe otherwise, but with that being said, here is what a VT fan said on r/cfb:
I'll let my bias show and say that it seems like Riley's options just continually upgraded until he got a big time blue blood offer in ND. I don't think there is much room for improvement in regards to fit and offers for him to feel the need to keep exploring options after this. And though it seemed he got close to committing a couple times before to other schools, he never did, that way he could keep his options open. ND is the only team to have sealed the deal.
I will also say that I almost feel bad for VT. Riley looked as though he was going there until ND turned up the heat, and then even worse, VT lost the star of their 2021 class, Dematrius Davis, less than 24 hours after Riley committed to ND. Big oof.
I like the kid
Mickens was a home run hire. Already proving his worth on the trail. And if what he did with decent talent in Cinci is any indication of what to expect, look out!He's saying all the right things publicly, which is a start. If we're to think that a lot of these early commitments without visits, to other schools, won't stick, then we'd be naïve to think ND will be immune to that. However, I think a lot of it will come down to how much the staff stays in communication with said prospect and I think Mickens is showing himself to be quite the dog on the trail.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/four-star-cb-philip-riley-is-ride-or-die-with-notre-dame
Saw this tweet at ISD. Pretty awesome stuff.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Student Athlete! ☘️��<a href="https://twitter.com/CoachMickens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachMickens</a> <a href="https://t.co/1iY3fk0HcO">pic.twitter.com/1iY3fk0HcO</a></p>— PhilipRileyJr (@Riley18Philip) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley18Philip/status/1270864384013881345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Saw this tweet at ISD. Pretty awesome stuff.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Student Athlete! ☘️��<a href="https://twitter.com/CoachMickens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachMickens</a> <a href="https://t.co/1iY3fk0HcO">pic.twitter.com/1iY3fk0HcO</a></p>— PhilipRileyJr (@Riley18Philip) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley18Philip/status/1270864384013881345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Saw this tweet at ISD. Pretty awesome stuff.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Student Athlete! ☘️��<a href="https://twitter.com/CoachMickens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachMickens</a> <a href="https://t.co/1iY3fk0HcO">pic.twitter.com/1iY3fk0HcO</a></p>— PhilipRileyJr (@Riley18Philip) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley18Philip/status/1270864384013881345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>