Interesting timing

maxduck · Post by **maxduck** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:17 pm

The day after Florida defensive recruits sign a binding letter of intent to the school it's announced that the defensive coordinator will be leaving for the Buffalo Bills. Probably wouldn't have made a difference with Easley but you never know.
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnf ... id=4286624

nehalem · Post by **nehalem** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:29 pm

I'd be pissed off if my commitment was predicated on the relationship
I developed with the DC. Other than the tradition, exposure, climate, girls
(amazing girls) and education; this could be enough of reason for a recruit
rescind his LOI. Could get interesting.

glazeduck · Post by **glazeduck** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:38 pm

nehalem wrote:I'd be pissed off if my commitment was predicated on the relationship
I developed with the DC. Other than the tradition, exposure, climate, girls
(amazing girls) and education; this could be enough of reason for a recruit
rescind his LOI. Could get interesting.

Possible but unlikely. Easley's made it pretty clear that he forms strong connections w/ coaches (like Azz) but also said that he looks at Urban Meyer as a father figure. And that his trust in Meyer was the main reason why he was so all over Florida's jock. If Meyer ultimately has to step down I could see it helping us in combination w/ having a new DC, but this alone, I doubt will be enough to sway him from his commitment.

chapelhillduck · Post by **chapelhillduck** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:42 pm

this DC was only there since Jan 8th...

nehalem · Post by **nehalem** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:45 pm

I agree about Easley-he strikes me as being a true(gator)believer. But I would'nt be surprised at
all to see some of the fence sitters claim bait & switch.

maxduck · Post by **maxduck** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:03 pm

nehalem wrote:I'd be pissed off if my commitment was predicated on the relationship
I developed with the DC. Other than the tradition, exposure, climate, girls
(amazing girls) and education; this could be enough of reason for a recruit
rescind his LOI. Could get interesting.

Submitting your LOI is like joining the military, you can't change your mind without a severe penalty. That's what makes this so unethical. The guy was telling high school kids he would be their coach which he knew it wasn't true.

glazeduck · Post by **glazeduck** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:07 pm

maxduck wrote:
nehalem wrote:I'd be pissed off if my commitment was predicated on the relationship
I developed with the DC. Other than the tradition, exposure, climate, girls
(amazing girls) and education; this could be enough of reason for a recruit
rescind his LOI. Could get interesting.
Submitting your LOI is like joining the military, you can't change your mind without a severe penalty. That's what makes this so unethical. The guy was telling high school kids he would be their coach which he knew it wasn't true.

There's only a penalty if the team in question (Florida) refuses to let a player out of his commitment. Agreed that this is unethical, but for all we know he was telling kids the whole time that he may be leaving?

If Florida didn't let kids out of their schollies because of this it could create some bad PR, depending on how many and how loud those recruits got. They'd have to sit out the normal year as any other transfer does, but that's the only penalty. It'd be a risk, bad PR is never good in the recruiting game, especially because of how many sharks are out there looking for anything to use against you, but it IS Florida, so they very well could risk it knowing they have many other advantages in recruiting that can help them overcome it.

nehalem · Post by **nehalem** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:11 pm

Submitting your LOI is like joining the military, you can't change your mind without a severe penalty. That's what makes this so unethical. The guy was telling high school kids he would be their coach which he knew it wasn't true.

That why it's so fascinating. I'm no lawyer, but if it could be proved that the DC knew he was leaving and recruited without disclosing that fact- who knows. Kind of like selling a house built atop an Indian buriel ground; although the recruiting ommission (if that's what happened)would be easier to prove.

alabamaduck · Post by **alabamaduck** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:26 pm

glazeduck wrote:
nehalem wrote:I'd be pissed off if my commitment was predicated on the relationship
I developed with the DC. Other than the tradition, exposure, climate, girls
(amazing girls) and education; this could be enough of reason for a recruit
rescind his LOI. Could get interesting.
Possible but unlikely. Easley's made it pretty clear that he forms strong connections w/ coaches (like Azz) but also said that he looks at Urban Meyer as a father figure. And that his trust in Meyer was the main reason why he was so all over Florida's jock. If Meyer ultimately has to step down I could see it helping us in combination w/ having a new DC, but this alone, I doubt will be enough to sway him from his commitment.

How would you feel about a "father figure" that knew your DC was leaving but didn't bother to tell you. I don't think it's the ideal way to start off a relationship...

glazeduck · Post by **glazeduck** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:01 pm

alabamaduck wrote:
glazeduck wrote:
nehalem wrote:I'd be pissed off if my commitment was predicated on the relationship
I developed with the DC. Other than the tradition, exposure, climate, girls
(amazing girls) and education; this could be enough of reason for a recruit
rescind his LOI. Could get interesting.
Possible but unlikely. Easley's made it pretty clear that he forms strong connections w/ coaches (like Azz) but also said that he looks at Urban Meyer as a father figure. And that his trust in Meyer was the main reason why he was so all over Florida's jock. If Meyer ultimately has to step down I could see it helping us in combination w/ having a new DC, but this alone, I doubt will be enough to sway him from his commitment.
How would you feel about a "father figure" that knew your DC was leaving but didn't bother to tell you. I don't think it's the ideal way to start off a relationship...

Well my point was that Easley had a very close relationship with Meyer. We don't know WHAT his relationship was like w/ the DC, but we know for sure that he's close w/ Meyer he's publicly said that (and HASN'T said anything about the DC, which leads me to believe he's closer w/ Meyer).

Additionally, we don't know WHAT Meyer and the DC were telling kids. Maybe all of them knew the whole time? I'm sure we'll have an idea soon. If you see players start to complain and try to jump ship then we'll get an idea that they weren't being straightforward with them. Until then, I think it's presumptuous to put words into Meyer & co.'s mouth.

It's definitely fun to not give up on Easley, but unless there was some seriously shady stuff going on w/ his recruitment, I think he's gone and we need to move on. Your point's well taken though. IF Meyer and his staff had been deceiving kids about the DC's being there, then yeah we might see some backlash and best case scenario, Oregon might even catch a little windfall... We can always hope!

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:56 pm

I bet Urban made sure he didn't leave until right after signing day, smooth Florida.

duck-quazy · Post by **duck-quazy** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:27 pm

Dick move, Urban.

woundedknees · Post by **woundedknees** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:30 pm

Urban was working on his 'faith'... Now he has faith that he can pull some hair ball stuff, and the reputation of Florida will help him overcome the heat.

pezsez1 · Post by **pezsez1** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:46 pm

Maybe in his earlier message from God, a burning bush told him to fire his DC the day after signing day?

woundedknees · Post by **woundedknees** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:07 pm

New message from Meyer... "I just saw my dermatolagist. It wasn't a "Burning Bush", experience, after all. I got jock itch."

"Talk about a head scratcher! Sorry for any misunderstandings!"

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