When does "dead period" begin/end?
One phone call and you throw all the U shirts/hats out the window and drive to Gainesville the next day?
No way.
More to the story. Mad at Golden? I think Pete's story a little while ago with local kids note nam order with the U has legs....
No. He had been talking to UF since Golden went missing to interview with PSU.
Very rare to recruit someone for a little over a week and get him. Did he ever visit UF?
And yes Golden and the admin handled the PSU situation about as bad as possible.
Correct. It's pretty rare. But it does happen, so why get sloppy and arrogant and leave the door open? We got Jawand Blue the same way but even later. Got Teraz McCray that way. There have been others, and we've lost some the same way.
This is another example of BFP Golden's arrogance and inability to read a situation. He couldn't tell Powell was getting sour with the way they were handling his situation and the way Al handled the Ped State thing. Couldn't get a feel for the situation at all. So, what do they do instead of repairing the situation and getting him in school as quickly as possible? They push him back and make him feel even more unsure.
Great salesmen always try to close the deal while they have you in front of them. They don't want you to walk off the lot because they know what can happen when you walk away--someone else can swoop in and steal the deal. That's exactly what happened here.