BTW for anybody that cares.
A guy on another UF board that I trust and talk to off the board said that it wasn't just all about Golden and Penn State though that had quite a bit to do with it. He said Powell and their fam felt disrespected by Golden because they were told Miami would take two backs....and that was supposed to be Yearby and Powell. Then Golden was camped out at Cook's house, is still trying to make a late push for Sony, and is looking at some other backs. Supposedly the Powell's pressed Golden about it on his in-home a few weeks back and Golden told the Powell's they were recruiting Cook as a corner and the plan was still the same. But there was so much info. out there to the contrary so they thought Golden was bluffing them.
At that point I guess Powell reached out a little to UF's staff especially when he found out Miami was going all in on Cook. The Penn State thing I guess was the last straw because he tried to reach Golden for a few days and couldn't get a hold of them. By that point he had been contacting T-Rob on the regular and that's what led to the flip. TIFWIW.
Sounds like a very real possibility this all happened but kinda crazy to be disrespected by going after another elite back but not disrespected by being a schools plan C recruit.
Yea I feel you on that. But although UF offered him way late in the game they don't have a back committed right now. So while he was plan C he'll likely be the only back in the class unless something changes.
I find it kind of odd... Just a few weeks ago he was saying he doesn't care about what position he plays, now this comes out he was worried about Golden taking more than two backs... I mean i see what Powell did, but at the same time you can't blame a coach for trying to better his team? Not sayin i agree with Golden but seriously you stock pile talent wherever you go and worry about who goes where later.
BTW for anybody that cares.
A guy on another UF board that I trust and talk to off the board said that it wasn't just all about Golden and Penn State though that had quite a bit to do with it. He said Powell and their fam felt disrespected by Golden because they were told Miami would take two backs....and that was supposed to be Yearby and Powell. Then Golden was camped out at Cook's house, is still trying to make a late push for Sony, and is looking at some other backs. Supposedly the Powell's pressed Golden about it on his in-home a few weeks back and Golden told the Powell's they were recruiting Cook as a corner and the plan was still the same. But there was so much info. out there to the contrary so they thought Golden was bluffing them.
At that point I guess Powell reached out a little to UF's staff especially when he found out Miami was going all in on Cook. The Penn State thing I guess was the last straw because he tried to reach Golden for a few days and couldn't get a hold of them. By that point he had been contacting T-Rob on the regular and that's what led to the flip. TIFWIW.
I don't think it's the other back as much as feeling lied to because UF is still chasing other backs. Again that's only one side of the story so TIFWIW. But it was clear Miami wasn't recruiting Cook as a corner and combined with making a late push for Sony I guess they felt disrespected because Powell had been committed this entire time and it was clear they were taking more than two backs, so the story didn't add up.
