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MS State drops recruit; Coach bans current staff from recruiting his players
Posted on 12/14/13 at 11:18 am
Posted on 12/14/13 at 11:18 am
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Damn. I always heard that if you give a person a good experience, they'll tell 10 people and if you gave a person a bad experience, they'll tell 100.
State better hope this doesn't snowball into other parts of the State.
ETA: Rebel bear media bias journalist school etc clearly
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Darrius Liggins found out the hard way this week that college football is a business, especially in recruiting.
The senior defensive end from Oxford High School was verbally committed to Mississippi State, but the school opted to go a different direction and told him to look at other options. He no longer had a scholarship offer to play for the Bulldogs.
The reason? Scholarship offers are tight this year — Mississippi State is taking a smaller than usual class — and coaches, through evaluation, determined that Liggins won’t be able to come in and compete for playing time right away. With graduation and possible attrition, MSU needs another impact defensive end in this class.
Oxford coach Johnny Hill doesn’t accept MSU’s rationale, despite the SEC school’s work to help Liggins find a new destination.
“I don’t know what it does for other schools, but as long as that staff is intact, they aren’t welcome at Oxford,” Hill said. “If they are going to lie to one kid, what’s to say they won’t lie to another?
“I think it’s pretty crappy that coaches come by, and I tell them he’s committed, and they don’t recruit him. And then Mississippi State drops the ball on him.”
Damn. I always heard that if you give a person a good experience, they'll tell 10 people and if you gave a person a bad experience, they'll tell 100.
State better hope this doesn't snowball into other parts of the State.
ETA: Rebel bear media bias journalist school etc clearly
This post was edited on 12/14/13 at 11:22 am
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Posted on 12/14/13 at 11:20 am to sorantable
Damn
Posted on 12/14/13 at 11:22 am to sorantable
I guess this type of thing is new to MS? This is a pretty common practice in recruiting.
Posted on 12/14/13 at 11:23 am to sorantable
Oxford HS as in where Ole Miss is located? I bet the coach, while maybe legitimately angry, has some underlying biases leading to this reaction.
Posted on 12/14/13 at 11:28 am to sorantable
The coach told schools he was committed and the other schools did not talk to him? Schools talk to already committed players all of the time.
Sounds like we are trying to help him land somewhere else. Most kids that grow up in Oxford dream of playing for MSU. Can't take them all.
Sounds like we are trying to help him land somewhere else. Most kids that grow up in Oxford dream of playing for MSU. Can't take them all.
Posted on 12/14/13 at 11:29 am to CRAZY 4 LSU
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Oxford HS as in where Ole Miss is located? I bet the coach, while maybe legitimately angry, has some underlying biases leading to this reaction.
obviously...which is why this coach originally coached at Tupelo(boarderline MSU town) for years and sent his stud QB son to play at Marshall.
Sports.....Don't let facts 'n shite ruin it.
Posted on 12/14/13 at 11:33 am to gatordmb89
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I guess this type of thing is new to MS? This is a pretty common practice in recruiting.
That's part of the joke. It does happen everywhere. Clarion Ledger Recruiting reporter writes an article blasting State for it and we all lol @ State. Get with the program, bruh.
Posted on 12/14/13 at 11:42 am to sorantable
Posted on 12/14/13 at 11:43 am to sorantable
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Damn. I always heard that if you give a person a good experience, they'll tell 10 people and if you gave a person a bad experience, they'll tell 100.
Pretty accurate, but considering this was put in a publication you can multiply that by 100+. I guess if you aren't good enough to be a rented mule, you have no place at MSU.
Posted on 12/14/13 at 1:24 pm to sorantable
It sucks because the coaching staff can't offer their side due to recruiting rules about naming specific players.
Rumor is that he had a fight at his HS and had other concerns for David Turner, who apparently doesn't put up with any shite from the DL(as seen by 2 of our 3 biggest "stars" basically not seeing the field at all this year).
Of course, it helps that all this went down right as it seems Cory Thomas may be available again...
Rumor is that he had a fight at his HS and had other concerns for David Turner, who apparently doesn't put up with any shite from the DL(as seen by 2 of our 3 biggest "stars" basically not seeing the field at all this year).
Of course, it helps that all this went down right as it seems Cory Thomas may be available again...
Posted on 12/14/13 at 1:58 pm to sorantable
Posted on 12/14/13 at 2:46 pm to NIH
Well isn't that just cewt
Posted on 12/14/13 at 2:52 pm to sorantable
Mullen kills yet another dream in Oxford.
Posted on 12/14/13 at 2:52 pm to RebFeBrees
Posted on 12/14/13 at 3:30 pm to sorantable
Ole miss just did this to a JUCO cb earlier this year, I'm just gonna guess the coach wasn't a giant pussy about it.
Posted on 12/14/13 at 3:39 pm to DynastyDawg
Well he told our staff he was a dec grad. And he ended out being a summer grad
Posted on 12/14/13 at 3:40 pm to CRAZY 4 LSU
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Oxford HS as in where Ole Miss is located? I bet the coach, while maybe legitimately angry, has some underlying biases leading to this reaction.
He's a huge Ole Miss homer both of his sons played for OM.
Posted on 12/14/13 at 3:51 pm to Landsharks
My point was that I'm sure the coach wasn't a pussy about it.
It happens everywhere.
It happens everywhere.
Posted on 12/14/13 at 4:36 pm to Al Bundy Bulldog
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He's a huge Ole Miss homer both of his sons played for OM.
Didn't his son play for Marshall?
Posted on 12/14/13 at 6:07 pm to JasonMason
Played for some no name school.
This post was edited on 12/14/13 at 6:09 pm
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