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High School Coach Rips SEC Program For Pulling Scholarship Offer

by Larry Leo

February 4, 202123 Comments

High School Coach Rips SEC Program For Pulling Scholarship Offer

In an interview with AL.com, Oxford High School coach Keith Etheredge was very upset that Tennessee pulled the scholarship offer to three-star athlete Roc Taylor. The 2021 prospect had been committed to the Vols since April...

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He ended up committing to Memphis on National Signing Day instead...

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3down10•51 months

frick Tennessee, but does this mean to say he would have been better off going to a team that wouldn't he wouldn't fit in? Maybe they should have told him sooner, or maybe he should have signed sooner.

the LSUSaint•51 months

So you use that headline, but don't give the coaches words? Idiot

BrotherDawg84•51 months

He’ll play for a better team now.

yankeeever•51 months

How does this differ from when a kid commits to a school and at the last minutes signs with another school.

TOSOV•51 months

Did UT at least sign a better player with the spot?

atltiger6487•51 months

the kid still got a full ride scholarship to a D1 school - and I'd argue Memphis may even be a better program right now than UT. Pulling an offer stinks, but Heupel just got hired and I'm sure had some tough decisions to make, and this is big-time football.

Fightin Okra•51 months

With all the crap going on at UT, who would want to go there anyway? Will be fine at Memphis

SSpaniel•51 months

He ended up signing with the best program in the State. Seems to have worked out for the best for him.

weeble•51 months

Everyone found out his offer was pulled when Coach Etheredge contacted Tennessee the day before to make sure there were no loose ends. That's when they decided to text Roc, and then he received a call by some assistant coach he had never heard of before. Heupel didn't even have the courtesy to call him.

TFH•51 months

He’d probably never even talked to Heupel

Music_City_Tiger•51 months

If you don't sign in December, all bets are off.

Hangit•51 months

He has signed with Memphis. This is aboot an hour from home, and will be convenient when he goes in the portal.

weeble•51 months

He's from Oxford Alabama. That's 4 hours from Memphis.

Hangit•51 months

Oops. I thought he was from the cold chicken strip one.

luismlg•51 months

It sucks, but the kid had a chance to sign on early signing day and did not. It was a risk that go both ways, kids flip from schools last second all the time.

Albino Potato•51 months

Absolutely. But what sucks is when a kid gets hurt and they pull the offer. I get it, but don’t talk about loyalty and do that. If I were a coach and my player got his offer pulled after he had been committed but he got hurt, I’d tell that school don’t come back for any more of my players.

weeble•51 months

Oxford High school asks all of their athletes to sign together. Yesterday there were baseball, wrestling, and football players sign their letters of intent. Even the students like Kwon Alexander and Kendall McCallum had to wait until the February singing day.

Remulan•51 months

Maybe the school should change their policy if they are gonna get pissy when the college doesn't wait on the kid

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CanebreakCajun•51 months

Do not trust a coach who's BMI is greater than 50.

Coater•51 months

Mangino has entered the chat

ShakeandBake•51 months

frick UT in all the ways! In the end a good move for this kid to avoid the buttchuggers.

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