C4L, Did you miss the part where Pete said Yearby had a handler? You think he got paid too?
You people see the word 'handler' and assume it involves shady dealings. A lot of these dudes grow up without fathers and so they have mentors, coaches, etc. who are a part of their life and eventually become a part of their recruiting process. Some coaches consider those people 'third parties' and don't want to work with them but that's problematic. If a kid has been mentored by a guy since pop warner then why the **** would that person not be a part of their recruiting process? These are people they trust. That's what Pete means by embracing the third parties. But I guess its best to remain ignorant and accuse everybody of shopping kids for a payoff.
No NO NO sir. Im sorry but its clear we are talking about different things here. We are OBVIOUSLY Dealing with "handlers and mentors" already, since as you and Pete have clearly stated, Yearby had one, as did some of these other kids. But were now talking about Genron, and there is this implication that we need to make a guy like that a "part of the process". A guy who has ADMITTEDLY taken money from schools to shop players, and was booted from SFE for unethical behavior.
So were talking about two different animals here. Because if this was simply about dealing with a handler or mentor of a kid, it would obviously be a moot point no? Since we just signed several that had them.
I think the point Pete is trying to make is that while many of you may see Genron as a dirty dude, the recruits he deals with may not see him that way.
Now I don't know if he's shopping players or whatever. But even if he is there's probably a kid that he's mentored who trusts him. So embrace him as much as you can within the rules. I think that's the point.
Instead of saying 'he has a handler, we're not dealing with him.' Not all 'handlers' are in it for dirty reasons. In the case of a guy like Yearby Coley cultivated that relationship whereas maybe without Coley that's a situation your staff may not have touched. Who knows.
smh did you see the post I made directed to Pete about referring to C**** as a ***** handler. He's a mentor, that's why no one freakin knows about him except the people who know about him. He's not on the blogs making things about him, it's all about the kids.
Handlers have Sean Combs disease so they have to be on every song and in every video. Even worse they are like coaches who play daddy ball they have tunnel vision and are only focus on one thing. Every kid ain't making it to the league, not even the 5* once in a lifetime kids. A real mentor looking for more than just who can get my kid to the league the fastest. It's not 1995 anymore, if you're good enough to be in the league I don't give a **** where you play you'll get a shot. You may not get drafted where you may have, but if you're supposed to be in the league you'll be there. Just like the ones players that aren't supposed to be there, but got there because of school friendly schemes, they don't stay there for long. Handlers are easy to find and they aren't that rampant. There is a reason why people in Tally, Clemson, Ohio, LA, and Gainesville (just to name a few )know who Genron is.
Also the staff had a relationship with this mentor w/out Coley, that's why it's misleading to only mention Yearby, but not mention a kid like Mike Smith or any of the other kids he has connections with like OT (etc). Mike Smith doesn't drive the "embrace" handlers movement quite as well. I can see it now, w/o Coley and his relationship to Mike Smith's "handler" he wouldn't have committed to Miami? Yeah that shizzz wouldn't fly. *** the handlers. There are real mentors out there, find out
who they are, embrace them. That goes for everyone on the staff including Coley.