Wild/Crazy/Bizarre Recruitments

felkey72 · Dec 19, 2012

His (Jamel James) recruitment has got to be one of the weirdest I have ever seen

Brown · Dec 20, 2012

felkey72 said:
His recruitment has got to be one of the weirdest I have ever seen

Agreed!

His timeline goes something like this:

Commit to Arkansas
Decommit from Arkansas
Commit to ND sight unseen
Waiver on ND commitment
Official visit to ND and reconfirms commitment
Disgruntled the coaches won't let him look around
Rumored for months he's decommitted
Widely known he's decommitted (grades, wants to look around, etc.)
FINALLY officially decommits

Irishnuke · Dec 20, 2012

felkey72 said:
His recruitment has got to be one of the weirdest I have ever seen

After DGB, Tee, Lynch, Tuitt (24hr flip), Ishaq (4am house call), and Gunner, JJ's recruitment seems pretty tame.

Buster Bluth · Dec 20, 2012

felkey72 said:
His recruitment has got to be one of the weirdest I have ever seen

lol new to the game?

Bogtrotter07 · Dec 20, 2012

Buster Bluth said:
lol new to the game?

Yeah, if there isn't a three AM alarm clock, extra facial hair, a pair of geese, four members of an outlaw motorcycle gang and a blender on frappé, it is just the same old, same-old.

Edit: I forgot the four nearly naked women, one of which may or may not be Kate Upton.

NDohio · Dec 20, 2012

Bogtrotter07 said:
Yeah, if there isn't a three AM alarm clock, extra facial hair, a pair of geese, four members of an outlaw motorcycle gang and a blender on frappé, it is just the same old, same-old.

Edit: I forgot the four nearly naked women, one of which may or may not be Kate Upton.

Pictures? Link?

IrishLax · Dec 20, 2012

Irishnuke said:
After DGB, Tee, Lynch, Tuitt (24hr flip), Ishaq (4am house call), and Gunner, JJ's recruitment seems pretty tame.

Definitely. Sure doesn't hold a candle to some of the ones of previous years... nor from this year:

-Matt Rolin being committed to South Carolina, tearing ligaments in his knee, getting the South Carolina team doctor to do his surgery, and then a couple days after the surgery dropping South Carolina and immediately committing to Florida.

-Reuben Foster... enough said. Huge *** Auburn tat, decommits from Auburn. Nice.

-Demarcus Robinson commit to Clemson, flip to Florida, flip back to Clemson... and in the middle of it all, a super shady coach. Where have we seen this one before?

The only thing weird about Jamel James' recruitment is that our staff even took his commitment in the first place... although I guess it was a pretty no lose situation for them.

IrishLax · Dec 20, 2012

Brown said:
Agreed!

His timeline goes something like this:

Commit to Arkansas

Decommit from Arkansas

Tries to commit to ND sight unseen

Academic questions and concerns delay acceptance of commitment by ND

Staff lays out an acamdeic "roadmap" for him to be admitted

He's not following the roadmap

Staff visits him and tells him he won't be admitted with his current academic standing and he needs signifcant improvement, but if he wants to visit other places they won't consider him part of the class, and they also tell him they won't visit him again... basically breaking off contact

Widely known that there is a zero percent chance he ends up at ND and it's only a matter of time

FINALLY officially decommits weeks after the fact

Fixed.

GoldenIsThyFame · Dec 20, 2012

IrishLax said:
Definitely. Sure doesn't hold a candle to some of the ones of previous years... nor from this year:

-Matt Rolin being committed to South Carolina, tearing ligaments in his knee, getting the South Carolina team doctor to do his surgery, and then a couple days after the surgery dropping South Carolina and immediately committing to Florida.

-Reuben Foster... enough said. Huge *** Auburn tat, decommits from Auburn. Nice.

-Demarcus Robinson commit to Clemson, flip to Florida, flip back to Clemson... and in the middle of it all, a super shady coach. Where have we seen this one before?

The only thing weird about Jamel James' recruitment is that our staff even took his commitment in the first place... although I guess it was a pretty no lose situation for them.

One other to add is DE Christian Lacouture. He committed to A&M and his family moved to College Station for his HS junior year. Then he decommitted and picked Nebraska and his family moved to Lincoln for his HS senior year. He then decommitted from Nebraska and is now committed to LSU. No word on if his family has already packed the moving truck or not.

Also, how about Floyd Raven from the 2011 class whose mom forged his signature and faxed his LOI to Ole Miss when he wanted to go to A&M. He said his mom was "just trying to help out" and that he never told her that he had changed his mind. Ha, yea right.

dublinirish · Dec 20, 2012

what about that kid that in 2011 "commited" to Cal when he didnt even have any D-1 offers?

Irish#1 · Dec 20, 2012

rikkitikki08 said:
I know we all saw this coming due to his grades but this is the most relaxed i have ever seen a thread about a kid de-commiting. Bryant and Folston certainly help.

If this happened 2 years ago this board would have been losing its mind. As the great Bob Dylan said " the times they are a changin"

Oh so true.

greyhammer90 · Dec 20, 2012

dublinirish said:
what about that kid that in 2011 "commited" to Cal when he didnt even have any D-1 offers?

I thought it was Oregon?

Ironman8 · Dec 20, 2012

greyhammer90 said:
I thought it was Oregon?

It was Cal

GoldenIsThyFame · Dec 20, 2012

I also forgot about Jordan Payton. USC decommit that initially set an announcement date to pick either ND or Michigan, then committed to Cal, then Washington, then UCLA. 4 committments and 6 different leaders at one time or another.

Who'saWildManNow · Dec 20, 2012

Still one of the best derps of all time.

Anyone remember Willie Williams and "The Diary"? Must read.
The Ballad Of Willie Williams

IrishInFl · Dec 20, 2012

Michael Langston told me when he committed that it was the strangest commitments of the year, as he tried to verbal to FSU and got the cold shoulder. He guaranteed me that JJ would decommitt, and like always he was right.

Bogtrotter07 · Dec 20, 2012

Who was that guy that crossed the ND recruiting radar, that ended up at Rutgers to win a NC, that sat at the table, picked the wrong hat for a second, and then threw on the hat he wanted. Though that my not have gone down as the strangest recruitment, it certainly should top everyone's list of class acts.

NDinFL · Dec 20, 2012

Bogtrotter07 said:
Who was that guy that crossed the ND recruiting radar, that ended up at Rutgers to win a NC, that sat at the table, picked the wrong hat for a second, and then threw on the hat he wanted. Though that my not have gone down as the strangest recruitment, it certainly should top everyone's list of class acts.

Savon Huggins?

rikkitikki08 · Dec 20, 2012

Aaron Lynch continues to be a strange commitment story......

Bogtrotter07 · Dec 20, 2012

NDinFL said:
Savon Huggins?

Yes, thank you almighty one! I looked for video and could find none, inteligence probably prevailed and they burned all of the footage.

Who'saWildManNow · Dec 20, 2012

Bogtrotter07 said:
Yes, thank you almighty one! I looked for video and could find none, inteligence probably prevailed and they burned all of the footage.

Bogtrotter07 · Dec 20, 2012

Do they still call that dick-headed on the East Coast, WildMAN?

ndfb3 · Dec 20, 2012

Bogtrotter07 said:
Do they still call that dick-headed on the East Coast, WildMAN?

We do in Las Vegas.

Who'saWildManNow · Dec 20, 2012

Bogtrotter07 said:
Do they still call that dick-headed on the East Coast, WildMAN?

Indeed.. or some might say "He aint got no pancake mix" which would mean he's a tool.

calvegas04 · Dec 20, 2012

ndfb3 said:
We do in Las Vegas.

Where in Vegas?

chicago51 · Dec 20, 2012

My recruitment out of high school was very bizzarre. Not one school wanted me. Could it be because I had no athletic talent? Nah no way, could that really be why?

Bogtrotter07 · Dec 20, 2012

Who'saWildManNow said:
Indeed.. or some might say "He aint got no pancake mix" which would mean he's a tool.

I wondered why this morning that guy said to me, go get some flapjacks, troll!

Bogtrotter07 · Dec 20, 2012

rikkitikki08 said:
Aaron Lynch continues to be a strange commitment story......

What is the latest? Did I hear he had a kid, or was having one?

What about Jordan Presswood? Did he ever show up somewhere?

How about that kid ND recruited for db in Nix's class that was upset that he didn't get to play quarterback and he went to a MAC school, OU or KSU, is he playing? Inquiring minds want to know!

military_irish · Dec 20, 2012

Bogtrotter07 said:
What is the latest? Did I hear he had a kid, or was having one?

What about Jordan Presswood? Did he ever show up somewhere?

How about that kid ND recruited for db in Nix's class that was upset that he didn't get to play quarterback and he went to a MAC school, OU or KSU, is he playing? Inquiring minds want to know!

Maybe Derek Roback? He plays for Ohio and was moved to TE. He had 6 Rec's in 2011 and 7 in 2012.

Bogtrotter07 · Dec 20, 2012

military_irish said:
Maybe Derek Roback? He plays for Ohio and was moved to TE. He had 6 Rec's in 2011 and 7 in 2012.

That would be him! Great catch from my cryptic request.

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