Reilly Gibbons to Stanford

[moshated305]

LOL The excuses of education come into play. Remember FSU held on to their prize recruit in Winston when Stanford came in late. But people say it's impossible to beat out a Stanford education. Need to change our name to Excuse U.

There is zero chance Jameis had the requisite SAT/ACT score to get into Stanford.

He was given the go ahead from their staff saying he would be admitted. A lot of people thought he would take it but FSU held on to him.

 

[CANESFAN00]

I honestly think there is a bit of an overreaction here. Yea, it sucks we lost him.

Is it a big loss? No.

The problem is people say this after every decommitment. At a certain point, the "little losses" add up

I'd take every guy we're in the running for on NSD over Gibbons. OL is our biggest strength. Nigel was a bigger loss.

The staff stopped recruiting Nigel. That wasn't a loss.

Did they stop recruiting Gibbons?

 

[jhg]

I do agree it's still a byitch move to do this late in the recruiting cycle, especially if our coaches didn't
know they took the visit to Stanford.

The last SAT time was last weekend. Stanford was probably waiting on his SAT score before offering him admission.

 

[5XNC]

Pushed out by the staff

 

[Peter Ariz]

I honestly think there is a bit of an overreaction here. Yea, it sucks we lost him.

Is it a big loss? No.

The problem is people say this after every decommitment. At a certain point, the "little losses" add up

I'd take every guy we're in the running for on NSD over Gibbons. OL is our biggest strength. Nigel was a bigger loss.

The staff stopped recruiting Nigel. That wasn't a loss.

Did they stop recruiting Gibbons?

no

 

[nystateofmind]

I honestly think there is a bit of an overreaction here. Yea, it sucks we lost him.

Is it a big loss? No.

The problem is people say this after every decommitment. At a certain point, the "little losses" add up

I'd take every guy we're in the running for on NSD over Gibbons. OL is our biggest strength. Nigel was a bigger loss.

The staff stopped recruiting Nigel. That wasn't a loss.

I meant if I had to choose, I would've taken Nigel over Gibbons.

 

[CANE4LIFE]

Lol at the people saying you can't pass up a chance at a Stanford education like Miami is a **** school. GTFOH

I AM blaming the kid for fcking us at the 11th hour. But unless this kid had his sights set on being a pro football player, getting a degree from Stanford is a golden ticket. A full ride to Stanford, if you actually care about education and a degree is pretty hard to pass up.

Read the **** article. Kids father is gushing about the Stanford education and what an opportunity that is. He barely mentioned football as a reason the kid flipped.

You're a massive joke.

Lol. Ok. Real talk. I did the same thing this kid did. So go cry that bull sht to someone else. I got offered a **** nice package to go to a top school and took it and bolted Miami, despite having taken classes at UM having friends there and having a pretty nice offer from them.

Weren't many people who thought I was crazy or wrong for going where I went which is somewhat on par with Stanford.

 

[mavericksouth]

Every time there is a decommitment, I just don't understand the group of people who justify it. Bethel is the only one where people shouldn't have been upset or finding an excuse for.

Exactly. You don't lose a four star kid less than a week before signing day who has been committed to you for MONTHS!!! Just like how you don't lose a kid to a four win team at a position of need when he is supposed to enroll early the same gawd**** day! What is going on down there?

 

[TheU1984]

Man **** it. The downward spiral beats on. Unacceptable. Keeping Kaaya and Chad at this point is a miracle and about the best we can hope for at this point.

We will likely finish around 18 to 20 if I had to guess. Very sad when we were a solid top 5 for a bit. Then we struck out.on everyone and proceeded to lose four four star kids.

 

[Peter Ariz]

I honestly think there is a bit of an overreaction here. Yea, it sucks we lost him.

Is it a big loss? No.

The problem is people say this after every decommitment. At a certain point, the "little losses" add up

I'd take every guy we're in the running for on NSD over Gibbons. OL is our biggest strength. Nigel was a bigger loss.

The staff stopped recruiting Nigel. That wasn't a loss.

You know it's bad when the staff members have had it with the staff.

I haven't had it with the staff. Coley is the one keeping this class somewhat relevant, though.

 

[jnw4563]

I honestly think there is a bit of an overreaction here. Yea, it sucks we lost him.

Is it a big loss? No.

The problem is people say this after every decommitment. At a certain point, the "little losses" add up

I'd take every guy we're in the running for on NSD over Gibbons. OL is our biggest strength. Nigel was a bigger loss.

The staff stopped recruiting Nigel. That wasn't a loss.

Did they stop recruiting Gibbons?

This is not a big loss at all, go take a look at our OL depth.

 

[U Know]

The kid said he couldn't turn down a Stanford education. It was his decision. Some guys actually value the degree more than the depth chart. If we had more S. Florida recruits who could make it into Stanford, we won't be in the predicament that we are in. We'll find another o-linemen. Sucks, but oh well.

 

[mapcane]

It is NOT impossible to beat out Stanford. If a kid is serious about football and wants to go to the NFl then they aren't going to give a Fck about a degree from Stanford. But some kids may not see the NFL in their future.

I mean you all act like Stanford has been picking us apart here for years. It doesn't happen that often but Stanford academically is on par with Ivy League.

Kill yourself. I seriously doubt you're a Canes fan. You're a Golden **** sucker.

 

[mavericksouth]

I honestly think there is a bit of an overreaction here. Yea, it sucks we lost him.

Is it a big loss? No.

The problem is people say this after every decommitment. At a certain point, the "little losses" add up

I'd take every guy we're in the running for on NSD over Gibbons. OL is our biggest strength. Nigel was a bigger loss.

The staff stopped recruiting Nigel. That wasn't a loss.

I meant if I had to choose, I would've taken Nigel over Gibbons.

Huh? nooooo.

 

[WhatTheHell]

You went to a top university and became a cop.

That adds up.

 

[User-4525]

I don't usually bag on kids, but this is a **** move. By the kid and his parents. A family of ****es.

And our staff is an embarrassment to cluster****s all around the globe.

I have no problem with any kid picking duke or Stanford over miami. But the family kept saying reilly was solid the whole time and wouldn't take visits anymore. More disappointed in our staff than the kid. I understand how great the education is, but it was just a shady move.

Why disappointed in the staff if his family said he was solid and not taking anymore visits?

Because when a kid has been committed for 9 months+ I expect them to sign with us. Idc that gibbons said it has nothing to Miami. If you told Gibbons a good enough pitch, he would've said no to Stanford because it was too late and he would've signed with Miami.

Are his parents lawyers or something along those lines?
I don't think a "pitch" would have kept him committed to UM.
Basically, he is going to a better school, academically, and right now their football program is superior to ours.
No brainer.
I do agree it's still a byitch move to do this late in the recruiting cycle, especially if our coaches didn't
know they took the visit to Stanford.

So the parents were going force him to Stanford? In that case why didn't he go to Duke which was one of his finalists?

 

[bigpurk45]

Thought the kid was solid as a rock. Did he take a secret trip to Cali?

Semper fi all star game!

 

[Peter Ariz]

The problem is people say this after every decommitment. At a certain point, the "little losses" add up

I'd take every guy we're in the running for on NSD over Gibbons. OL is our biggest strength. Nigel was a bigger loss.

The staff stopped recruiting Nigel. That wasn't a loss.

Did they stop recruiting Gibbons?

This is not a big loss at all, go take a look at our OL depth.

I completely disagree. Odogwu, Knighton, Wells are not depth

 

[baronblank22]

So he didn't visit stanford? Would like to hear the full story on this one, wonder if the staff even knew he was considering a move

 

[Joecane]

I do agree it's still a byitch move to do this late in the recruiting cycle, especially if our coaches didn't
know they took the visit to Stanford.

The last SAT time was last weekend. Stanford was probably waiting on his SAT score before offering him admission.

what does that have to do with months of telling the staff you're not looking around, taking visits or waiting on scores to see if you get admitted to Stanford?