re: A & M sinking fast. WR coach cost them two recruits

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Because the kids should decide based on the universities and the opportunities those universities give them, not what coaches are there. In theory at least.

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I've got Oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you too... Clearly you like to eat spoonfed bullshite. Demetris Robertson is the exception to the rule, not the rule itself. Most of these kids (4/5* recruits at least) are picking *programs* which they believe will best allow them to develop, show their talent, and ultimately provide the launching pad or stage to get themselves drafted into the league. Newsflash, this is by and large dependent on the coaching staff in place. In some cases, a coaching staff replacement/change is negligible change or a net positive for a kid, but the idea that kids aren't committing to coaches when most interviews around NSD include comments about picking schools where they have the best "relationships" would pretty much invalidate that idea in and of itself. If I just look at kids who've committed to UGA or signed with us in the last year, *soooo* many of them discussed how they loved the university and town but were on the fence with the previous staff, or even ones that liked the previous staff indicated that before they were ready to sign they had to feel good about the new staff coming in.

If I put it in the context of a job (because if we're being honest, these kids are *more* like employees than they are the traditional student), I make my career decisions not solely based on salary and career growth opportunities, but by and large based on the people I'd be working with and the leadership in place. Obviously if you want to pay me 2x/3x what another company is worth, I'm willing to entertain the idea and compare/contrast, but all else being relatively similar, the people matter. I'd be willing to bet that those on the rant who are actually in a real career position and not just a job made those same considerations as well.

Secondary to the program's ability to showcase them, would be what the degree might be able to do for them, but when considering major public institutions, there just isn't a big enough difference there between the 30th ranked academic institution and the 75th for example. Particularly for kids that are more likely to get funneled into degree programs that will optimize their chance to remain academically eligible.

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Absolutely none if they act desperate.

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You have no leverage, period. The best you can hope to create is a sense of urgency, but for a 4/5* prospect, he's going to get a scholarship somewhere... Being desperate just helps to push them farther out the door.

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Nothing probably, but Moorehead is a young coach. He is still learning the ropes, everyone makes mistakes.

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This is probably fair, but my question is less about Moorehead and more about coaches in general. What value is there in posting *publically* to social media other than letting your marketing team run it for you to function as a hype channel. I understand the DM thing with recruits has been a backdoor channel for dead periods for a while now, but I just don't see value in making anything other than "cheerleader" type posts on Twitter for coaches.

To his credit, decent apology message that seems sincere went out today. Hopefully he did indeed learn a lesson from this. It might serve him well at his next gig.

Pathetic organization. Fans should demand a change

Maybe they can dominate the WAC conference since it is a little wacky at A&M