Didn't the German kid sign (Michigan, wasn't it)? How can the guy still be shopping him around if he signed?
He did sign with Michigan. It was being reported that the handler was still shopping him even after he had already committed to Tech.
A coach is not going to be a very successful recruiter if he has a chip on his shoulder with the HS coaching staffs to the point he can't put past incidents aside. If a HS has a player then he has to be recruited regardless. One of those "it's just business" things. Not unlike business, as a matter of fact.
Now, see, there you go. If you mean they have big recruiting and travel budgets, and large support staffs, etc., you are absolutely right. And as far as I know, all within NCAA restrictions and guidelines. If you mean something sinister, well, let's have it. I would love to know that because I am just nosy. A few years back Clemson lost a blue chip defensive tackle, supposedly No. 1 at his position in the country, to Ole Miss, after he had committed to Clemson. Clemson offered him nothing save what the scholarship provided, and a chance to compete on the field. He flipped to Oxford. I ain't saying they were loose with the rules, though others will, but his daddy immediately got a job at the local hospital, and Ole Miss right now is hip deep in NCAA violations going back years.The best recruiting relationship at places like Clemson,UGAG and Alabama is $$$$$$$$
Remember the NCAA plays favorites with schools like Alabama
Now, I ain't saying this is definitive proof of them cheating, but this is always a fun thread to link to regarding Alabama's recruiting prowess.
Supposedly (I have not seen it before) ACC players were polled about which coach they would like to play for, and they could not vote for their own coach. Swinney "won" in a walk because players thought he would be fun to play for. Swinney reacted that, "Everybody wants to play for me until they play for me." But his own players frequently talk about how he cares for them. Pretty interesting. Don't know about the booster thing other than he frequently talks to his players and IPTAY about that "innocent" $20 or $50 bill. I tend to agree about Saban, and while he is building quite a coaching tree, I gather the jockeying on the staff is pretty much cutthroat.
I have seen that before and it just doesn't pass the smell test. If those are all 20s then that young man had his retirement money already. And he was a 4-star. Imagine a 5. I can find no evidence of an NCAA inquiry or even that the picture caused much noise at the time. Amusing but even the NCAA, particularly after the fiasco of the Danny Ford years of the '80s, would have had to look into that. Another and fairly early internet hoax I gather.
Is it just me or does it seem that every one of those automobile shots were taken on the dealer lot? At night? As a skeptic, I just wonder about such things and how in the world a U of Southern California website compiled so many pictures. I can't even find a snapshot of my kids when I need it.
