re: Harbor we have any shot?

I’m surprised that the sentiment regarding harbor is so overwhelmingly negative, given the fact that literally nothing has happened or changed at all.



I find that, a lot of times in recruiting, an extended period of quiet has a way of turning positive sentiment into negative sentiment, even if nothing has actually changed. The fact is that this is a kid who frequently plays his HS games on Saturdays and is taking his recruitment out through February. Given those facts—coupled with the fact that shea and Billy and everyone have remained optimistic—I am pretty confident in saying that we haven’t “fallen out of the race” or anything like that, and this is just a matter a kid taking his time in the way he ALWAYS said he was going to. When you add in the fact that he seems to be a kid with a pretty strong support system and a good head on his shoulders, I really don’t think this one is a situation where he’s getting starry-eyed over a visit elsewhere or one game by a particular team, nor do I think it is a situation where he’s misleading or stringing our staff along with no actual plans to visit. Of all the kids we’re recruiting, this is probably the one kid who, if he says “I’m gonna visit these schools and make my decision in February”, then I’d be shocked if he visited less than all those schools or made a spur-of-the-moment decision prior to February.


Just relax on this one, guys. I’m not saying he’s definitely coming here, but there’s absolutely no reason to think that we’re out of it. If we hear news that he no longer plans to visit, that’s one thing—but for now, I really don’t think silence means much of anything.

His HS games were all on Saturdays and he just finished up his season. He’s taking visits and won’t sign until February. FWIW both Shea and Billy have him in their class predictions.