Elder's issue wasn't whether he was a rb or db. it was which school was going to allow him to play both basketball and football. we finally wised up and told him we would when we probably never had any intentions to let him play anything other than football.
You're lying and making crap up. UM Basketball is relevant where
Track used to be in terms of attracting dual sports athletes. Elder was all set and actually playing meaningful time balling with the UM team, and scouting for them what a dynamic super quick guard could do to them. Dude was appreciated by his BB teammates. Coach L who had a festering situation with his players clamoring for every minute of playtime in games, tried to mollify them with his pronouncement that Elder was just a scout out there to help players in practice, and to provide depth....in practice.
Once he reduced Elder meaningful participation to scout status so publicly (it was indeed correct...I mean what else could someone be coming fresh off the streets to join your organization for the 1st time where all others had already put long long time in) and notoriously, the public reduction got to Elder's ego and ballin' sense of competitiveness, so he rolled out to Football only... instead of continuing to grind with the BB team. In hindsight, had he stuck with that BB team, he'd easily be in for non-scouts meaningful mins in real time during ACC games, considering of BB transfer who went elsewhere for the very playing minutes they were clamoring for. That is the truth, not this lie you're imposing upon the original RB coach who recruited Elder.