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re: PP7 recruitment question..........
Posted on 1/31/11 at 12:36 pm to saint tiger225
Posted on 1/31/11 at 12:36 pm to saint tiger225
He changed his name right before he got to campus. Had something to do with his dad, or step dad.
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Posted on 1/31/11 at 12:37 pm to The Mick
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The 3 hats on the table were LSU, Florida, FSU... no Miami... (I think)
He was verbaly committed to Miami then backed off and picked us late. If I remember right he said after he committed to Miami they hardly ever spoke to him. He felt like they had lost intrest in him. We can thank Miami for getting PP7 because if they had acted right he would have went there.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 1:31 pm to saint tiger225
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he didn't want the nickname PP that much huh
His father became a big part of his life his senior year and he did it to honor him
Posted on 1/31/11 at 1:32 pm to Geaux13
Oh ok.. Thank you,, I kind of figured something along those lines.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 1:35 pm to WelcomeToDeathValley
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anyone who thinks otherwise is naive as hell
Agree 100%
Posted on 1/31/11 at 1:45 pm to OBUDan
quote:Of course you do, you typed $$$$$$$$
anyone who thinks otherwise is naive as hell
Agree 100%
You are saying he was paid?
Posted on 1/31/11 at 1:48 pm to Cadello
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You are saying he was paid?
pretty much every national recruit, especially those that go out of state, get something (or their families do)
CFB recruiting is dirty
CBB recruiting is like a meat market
Posted on 1/31/11 at 1:50 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:and it's probably the cleanest it's ever been, which is sad
CFB recruiting is dirty
quote:i dont even know if there is proper word for it
CBB recruiting is like a meat market
Posted on 1/31/11 at 1:54 pm to SlowFlowPro
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pretty much every national recruit, especially those that go out of state, get something (or their families do) CFB recruiting is dirty CBB recruiting is like a meat market
Oh i agree. But there are legal ways or "loop holes", that a school cant get in trouble with.
Best example i can remember is from VA Tech. So these kids are coming from low income families. They already qualify for assisted living benefits, but also receive money from the school for room and board. Money can come into players hands a lot of diff ways that is not breaking the rules. So yes every college player recieves some sort of money. Even schools like UL Lafayette pay their players.
But then again i thought it was so easy to recruit at LSU, it basically recruits for itself right? so why would we have to pay a player, give parents a house, use poker chips or hwat have you? Especially after we had just won our 2nd BCS championship?
This post was edited on 1/31/11 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 1/31/11 at 1:56 pm to LSUtiger89
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playing time
He would have gotten that at any SEC school. In fact he'd have started sooner at most of the other schools in the conference. I personally think he should have played more early in his freshman season.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 1:57 pm to Cadello
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You are saying he was paid?
Yup...
He chose us over 3 Florida schools, USC pre-sanctions, Texas etc.
He could have been a starter on the Florida team that won it all.
But I think every competitive school does it... you "make arrangements." Or have people that will do it for you...
Posted on 1/31/11 at 1:58 pm to Pilot Tiger
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i dont even know if there is proper word for it
it actually took me about 45 seconds to think of meat market. i almost used a term from slavery, but i resisted (but it's really more like that)
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:00 pm to LsuTool
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He liked our head coach.
I was shocked when I heard Patrick Johnson was gonna be wearing P&G.
Some of the chicken littles on here need to remember what a huge pull he was out of Florida.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:01 pm to OBUDan
quote:LSU was coming off a NC. He may have got something, but he didn't choose LSU bc he was paid. If LSU did, so were the others and then it comes down to personal preference
Yup...
He chose us over 3 Florida schools, USC pre-sanctions, Texas etc.
He could have been a starter on the Florida team that won it all.
But I think every competitive school does it... you "make arrangements." Or have people that will do it for you...
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:02 pm to OBUDan
So what, we just out bid UF and FSU? I find that highly unlikely. Now he may not have even considered us if it were not for money, but money alone couldnt have been the only reason he came here.
Becuase FSU and UF get guys from out of state so by this logic they would have to pay for those players. Why wouldnt they pay for the best player in the state?
Becuase FSU and UF get guys from out of state so by this logic they would have to pay for those players. Why wouldnt they pay for the best player in the state?
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:02 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:go back the OT/rant
t actually took me about 45 seconds to think of meat market. i almost used a term from slavery, but i resisted (but it's really more like that)
This post was edited on 1/31/11 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:04 pm to OBUDan
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But I think every competitive school does it... you "make arrangements." Or have people that will do it for you...
Once upon a time those "arrangements" you allude to were much more commonplace than they are now. The Gestapo, err, Nc2a, is more active than ever and relentless when they get a sniff of a violation. It is a mistake to assume that every high-profile out-of-state get has an "arrangement" fwiw.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:05 pm to Charles73151
He liked what LSU had to offer and he has also been quoted of saying he wanted to go to LSU to play against the best and at the time it was Tebow.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:19 pm to Books
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LSU was coming off a NC. He may have got something, but he didn't choose LSU bc he was paid. If LSU did, so were the others and then it comes down to personal preference
And Florida was just 2 years removed and much more poised to make another run (and did and won it).
They also had just as much opportunity (there was an article from early in the process that year where PP said Meyer told him he could come in and start from day 1).
I don't think $$ is the only reason he came here... (Earl Lane did work)... but I do think it played a part in it.
Posted on 1/31/11 at 2:32 pm to OBUDan
By that logic LSU only gets a kid like Jernigan by out bidding the FL schools
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