Every cycle there's something we deal with...
no one else deals with it...
keep your head out of the sand...
WE'VE got bigger ISSUES than some high school coach saying we suck as a program. HE'S 100% RIGHT. can't recruit. can't coach. get our *** beat by FSU. Duke makes an ACC coastal berth before us. OUR PROGRAM IS DEAD and you guys hide behind this genron crap. can we fix this? yeah. will we? looks like we WON'T EVER. lifetime of mediocrity.
Seriously? You distill the involvement, history and behaviors with this guy as "some high school coach saying we suck as a program"? Really? That's what you get from all this? Really?
Well, first, as for him bad mouthing the program, if I understand correctly, he claimed that he didn't know how certain false and negative comments about the u got onto his twitter posts...how bout that. Guess somebody for some reason hacked his twitter account? Or maybe he's not being accurate. ..... But, is all this just about a high school coach saying we suck? ? ? Some might think the situation a tad bit more complex and sinister.
Let's say just for argument purposes that someone, previously let go from an athletic program for ethics violations, ethics concerning profiting from relationships with the program's youthful athletes, winds up a coach of other youthful athletes.
Let's further say just for arguments sake that various social media accounts associated with this person strongly suggest that he's repeatedly steering local recruits away from a local program,and that his account's social media program is giving false and disparaging reasons why one recruit, a recruit this guy is purportedly "helping" has soured on a particular program the recruit once favored. The previously favored program needs to fill the position the recruit plays. But, according to this guy's social media posts, the institution is of the opinion that this guy is a hustler.
Let's say for arguments sake this guy personally accompanies the recruit to another school, and after the visit the recruit's contacts with the previously favored institution are restricted. (The previously favored institution is the same institution referenced in the false and disparaging social media.) (Let's say the recruit might benefit from a positive and attentive academic program offered at the previously favored program.)
Let's put aside concerns for the institution. What about the recruit? Who's interests are really being served? And why? The answer should be obvious.
In my opinion this is the real problem.
In this type of process, a recruit may be put on the auction block for the benefit of someone other than the recruit....the fact that this may happen with some frequency doesn't make it OK in my book.
If enough smoke causes official investigation, how does this effect the recruit? What about his eligibility? What about his education? His future? The process here should not be about the benefits or potential benefits to "handlers", I think (I hope) this is what concerns people.