(02-02-2015 04:53 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  Again...if you are celebrating the fact that you are known as the program led by a liar and womanizer that is a haven for pot heads and woman beaters that's a reflection on you, not me.

So one person makes a program? What about Teddy Bridgewater, Luke Hancock, Brian Brohm, Francisco Garcia, Michael Bush & all the others say about our basketball and football program? If coach can take in a troubled kid & turn them into a respectable young man than I'm proud of that.

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(02-02-2015 04:22 PM)HRFlossY Wrote:  Noticing a lot of Petrino hate on this recruiting thread.

Every Div. 1 team has multiple people on it that has had a questionable past. So try not to fall off your extremely tall soapbox's.
FlossY Out...

It is like this...it is his last chance...he should be in a Zero Tolerance Policy...if he has remorseful and repents then it is a win win on both ends...

(02-02-2015 04:53 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  Again...if you are celebrating the fact that you are known as the program led by a liar and womanizer that is a haven for pot heads and woman beaters that's a reflection on you, not me.

Kaplony, please open your eyes, there is more to life than what happens on the football field. Football is a sport, a program is an Athletic Department and an Athletic Department is one aspect of an University. Who is leading and who is being led here?

You are right, the spotlight is on our program for giving people chances. All we can do is give people the opportunity to own the past and make amends while building a future self. UofL is not a savior, it is just neutral ground imo.

If there is no neutral ground anywhere where someone can recover and make somewhat anew then might as well start shooting people in the head at the point of accusation.

We'll take the heat. Bring it.

(02-02-2015 05:18 PM)Dasville Wrote:  

(02-02-2015 04:53 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  Again...if you are celebrating the fact that you are known as the program led by a liar and womanizer that is a haven for pot heads and woman beaters that's a reflection on you, not me.

Kaplony, please open your eyes, there is more to life than what happens on the football field. Football is a sport, a program is an Athletic Department and an Athletic Department is one aspect of an University. Who is leading and who is being led here?

You are right, the spotlight is on our program for giving people chances. All we can do is give people the opportunity to own the past and make amends while building a future self. UofL is not a savior, it is just neutral ground imo.

If there is no neutral ground anywhere where someone can recover and make somewhat anew then might as well start shooting people in the head at the point of accusation.

We'll take the heat. Bring it.

Louisville took Fields...Alabama took Jonathan Taylor...you have talent and stay out of trouble somebody is going to take a chance on you...

http://www.fitsnews.com/2014/09/17/dabo-...rance-cdv/

Dabo has given 2nd chances to Kap.

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(02-02-2015 04:05 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  

(02-02-2015 03:13 PM)Marge Schott Wrote:  

(02-02-2015 02:18 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  

(02-02-2015 12:54 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  I wasn't aware that Fields had completed the legal process.


But hey....if you are happy with your school having the reputation of the place where multiple time drug offenders (Harvey-Clemons) and woman beaters (Fields) are more than welcome then more power to you. I guess it shouldn't be surprising considering y'all welcomed back the biggest sleeze-ball in football as a coach.

Would you want your life dictated by one mistake you made as a kid? Adults are given multiple chances all the time. These KIDS dont deserve a chance to learn from their mistakes just because they're athletes? Should their lives be over because they made a mistake? You must be Saint Kap!

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Funny, I don't remember many people using this reasoning with Winston, and Winston was never even charged with a crime.

I have never said anything bad about Winston. I dont make it a point to concern myself with the actions of high school athletes like Fields or Clemons. Patrino is known to be a staunch disciplinarian, hopefully he will provide structure and discipline in the lives.

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Wasn't speaking about you specifically. But it is interesting how people pick and choose when to be outraged (or not) over similar circumstances.

Again, McDaniel remaining on the team was a Tommy Bowden decision made before Swinney was named head coach in December.

The Craig situation was out of Swinney's hands as it involved two Clemson student athletes. The investigation by the AD's office determined that if anything Craig was the victim in the first incident as he only hit his then girlfriend after she cut him with a razor during an argument. Despite that fact Swinney did suspend him for three games for getting in a situation like that. He was immediately dismissed from the team after the arrest, not conviction, for the second incident for that very reason.

Dabo grew up in a home with an abusive, alcoholic father and does not tolerate domestic violence. That's why Craig got suspended three games for an incident where he was not charged and the girlfriend admitted he hit her after she had cut him on the arm.


BTW, quoting articles from Fitsnews about Clemson is like taking the word of a Cockytalk poster as the gospel. Will Folks is such a big shamecock homer I imagine he sleeps on a perch at night. He's also got a reputation as an alcoholic and drug user, is a known "gun for hire" in political and government circles for when you want to sling mud at someone and not have it come back to you here in SC and a woman beater himself, having been fired from former SC Gov. Sanford's staff for abusing his then girlfriend many times.

(02-02-2015 06:19 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  Again, McDaniel remaining on the team was a Tommy Bowden decision made before Swinney was named head coach in December.

The Craig situation was out of Swinney's hands as it involved two Clemson student athletes. The investigation by the AD's office determined that if anything Craig was the victim in the first incident as he only hit his then girlfriend after she cut him with a razor during an argument. Despite that fact Swinney did suspend him for three games for getting in a situation like that. He was immediately dismissed from the team after the arrest, not conviction, for the second incident for that very reason.

Dabo grew up in a home with an abusive, alcoholic father and does not tolerate domestic violence. That's why Craig got suspended three games for an incident where he was not charged and the girlfriend admitted he hit her after she had cut him on the arm.


BTW, quoting articles from Fitsnews about Clemson is like taking the word of a Cockytalk poster as the gospel. Will Folks is such a big shamecock homer I imagine he sleeps on a perch at night. He's also got a reputation as an alcoholic and drug user, is a known "gun for hire" in political and government circles for when you want to sling mud at someone and not have it come back to you here in SC and a woman beater himself, having been fired from former SC Gov. Sanford's staff for abusing his then girlfriend many times.

I'm not bashing Dabo, I'm glade he gave those kids a second chance. Why bash other coaches for giving second chances? Are you an expert in all of these kids cases? How do you know that their cases aren't similar? I admit I dont know all details. As for the article it was simply the first that popped up in a quick search.

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4* WR ESPN #213 overall Devante Peete commits to Louisville over Auburn, Alabama, FSU & LSU. Cards recruiting is picking up steam.

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(02-02-2015 04:22 PM)HRFlossY Wrote:  Noticing a lot of Petrino hate on this recruiting thread.

Every Div. 1 team has multiple people on it that has had a questionable past. So try not to fall off your extremely tall soapbox's.
FlossY Out...

Really, there is one person taking shots at Petrino. That's whewre all the Petrino hate is coming from. You folks are welcomed to continue this urine slinging contest on the smack board.

No need to sling urine.....the sleezeball does a good enough job of pissing people off on his own.

http://www.goupstate.com/article/2015020...-1/PSPORTS

Quote:Louisville coach Bobby Petrino Monday morning did what few defenders around South Carolina could do the past three years to Dutch Fork RB Matt Colburn, stop him cold in his tracks. Actually, it was Cardinals' recruiter Todd Grantham who contacted Colburn and Silver Foxes coach Tom Knotts at 10:00 AM Monday morning with the news they no longer had room for Colburn in this class and want him to wait until January to enroll. In other words, here's a grayshirt for you Mr. Football.

Quote:"Needless to say that's not what we though the deal was," a perturbed Knotts said. "We are talking to any and everybody. Wake Forest, Navy, Charleston Southern, Georgia Southern and Kent State, that's kind of where we are right now."

Knotts said the news has not gone over well with his star running back.

"Not good, not good," he said. "I tell my players when you commit, you commit. That's what a commitment is. Matt's been committed for eight months. It's irritating that men can do this. He's just a boy, a young man. He doesn't know how to understand it. He's very upset. Some things have opened up but that's not the way it should be. It's not right. Louisville is only going to hurt themselves doing this. Everybody knows not just what a good player Matt is but what a good person he is. That is not the way to do business and if that's the way to do business we don't want to deal with them. He (Petrino) won't be able to recruit my school anymore and I imagine there will be some other coaches that will say the same thing. Trust factor is just not there. They've known about these three DBs wanting to go to the NFL for weeks now. To use that as an excuse doesn't hold water with me."

Everyone who covers high school sports in SC is ripping Petrino a new one over this on Twitter, and so far at least a half a dozen high school coaches have indicated Louisville isn't going to get a warm welcome at their schools anymore.

The first of what will likely be many articles on the subject
http://hssouthcarolina.scout.com/story/1...-ugly-side

Quote:I understand that recruiting is a business and yes I've seen prospects who've pulled the rug out from under college coaches by switching their commitment or signing with another school on Signing Day but this one just stinks to the core. There are essentially two days before National Signing Day and for a young man who has done everything the right way and gave his commitment to Louisville last June and never really listened to other schools who continued to recruit him because he gave his "word or pledge" to the staff after they offered him.

I would ask Matt from time to time, "are you listening to anybody else that comes in to try and sway you to switch from Louisville?"

"No sir. I'm happy with Louisville and I tell those coaches who come by to recruit me still that I'm good with my decision to go to Louisville."

Quote:The "business" side of things ripped apart an outstanding young man's dream less than 48 hours before Signing Day and that is Bobby Petrino's prerogative. I can't speak for Dutch Fork head coach Tom Knotts by any means but if I were in his shoes, no Louisville coach would ever set foot on Dutch Fork's campus unless a new head coach was in place. Feedback and messages I've received from other top South Carolina high school coaches seems to support that thought process, that's for Tom Knotts to decide though.

So you jerk an offer from a kid who has been committed for seven months and not only never wavered, never took another official visit and shut down any coach who tried to talk to him after the commitment? And do it forty eight hours before signing day during a dead period where schools who possibly have openings could give him an offer? And use the excuse you had DBs declare for the draft but this only became an issue eighteen days after the deadline to declare and sixteen days after he was on your campus for an official visit? Good luck recruiting in SC from now on.

Kap this is a disappointing story but common in recruiting. This has happened before with in state recruits as well. In this case Colburn was looking to be 4th string at best next season and red shirting. Looking at what happened over the last week for Louisville they had two key recruits being courted by other schools, GG Robinson & Redwine by Auburn & Georgia I believe. They both reconfirmed their commitment over the past few days. On top of that they picked up commitments from Fields & Steele, both highly ranked recruits in position of team needs. The Cards already have 2 other RB committed with one enrolled already. RB wasn't a need in this recruiting class. Louisville didn't pull their offer, a grey shirt means that he could join the team in the second semester. Again, he would have been red shirted anyway. I can understand him being upset but the worst case is that he goes juco for one semester, which could actually help him make the transition to college. He is a good player and we hope he still takes the offer.

EDIT: As for the 3 DB's going pro, no one expected that at the start of the season. Sample is juco transfer. Gaines isn't ready but making the jump to provide for his young family & Holliman is trying to capitalize on his NCAA interception record tying performance.

It has been common for the Cards to lose recruit just before signing day, that didn't happen this year.

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I was busy with work yesterday and missed the Colburn story until today. Downright despicable to pull an offer less than 48 hours prior to Signing Day. I realize that many schools do the grayshirt thing, but typically not this close to Signing Day. Petrino and the L'ville athletic department are low-lying scum.

I hope Wake picks him up & he runs all over L'ville as a Demon Deacon.

I can say I'm not Happy over this development.

(02-03-2015 08:36 AM)Kaplony Wrote:  No need to sling urine.....the sleezeball does a good enough job of pissing people off on his own.

http://www.goupstate.com/article/2015020...-1/PSPORTS

Quote:Louisville coach Bobby Petrino Monday morning did what few defenders around South Carolina could do the past three years to Dutch Fork RB Matt Colburn, stop him cold in his tracks. Actually, it was Cardinals' recruiter Todd Grantham who contacted Colburn and Silver Foxes coach Tom Knotts at 10:00 AM Monday morning with the news they no longer had room for Colburn in this class and want him to wait until January to enroll. In other words, here's a grayshirt for you Mr. Football.

Quote:"Needless to say that's not what we though the deal was," a perturbed Knotts said. "We are talking to any and everybody. Wake Forest, Navy, Charleston Southern, Georgia Southern and Kent State, that's kind of where we are right now."

Knotts said the news has not gone over well with his star running back.

"Not good, not good," he said. "I tell my players when you commit, you commit. That's what a commitment is. Matt's been committed for eight months. It's irritating that men can do this. He's just a boy, a young man. He doesn't know how to understand it. He's very upset. Some things have opened up but that's not the way it should be. It's not right. Louisville is only going to hurt themselves doing this. Everybody knows not just what a good player Matt is but what a good person he is. That is not the way to do business and if that's the way to do business we don't want to deal with them. He (Petrino) won't be able to recruit my school anymore and I imagine there will be some other coaches that will say the same thing. Trust factor is just not there. They've known about these three DBs wanting to go to the NFL for weeks now. To use that as an excuse doesn't hold water with me."

Everyone who covers high school sports in SC is ripping Petrino a new one over this on Twitter, and so far at least a half a dozen high school coaches have indicated Louisville isn't going to get a warm welcome at their schools anymore.

The first of what will likely be many articles on the subject
http://hssouthcarolina.scout.com/story/1...-ugly-side

Quote:I understand that recruiting is a business and yes I've seen prospects who've pulled the rug out from under college coaches by switching their commitment or signing with another school on Signing Day but this one just stinks to the core. There are essentially two days before National Signing Day and for a young man who has done everything the right way and gave his commitment to Louisville last June and never really listened to other schools who continued to recruit him because he gave his "word or pledge" to the staff after they offered him.

I would ask Matt from time to time, "are you listening to anybody else that comes in to try and sway you to switch from Louisville?"

"No sir. I'm happy with Louisville and I tell those coaches who come by to recruit me still that I'm good with my decision to go to Louisville."

Quote:The "business" side of things ripped apart an outstanding young man's dream less than 48 hours before Signing Day and that is Bobby Petrino's prerogative. I can't speak for Dutch Fork head coach Tom Knotts by any means but if I were in his shoes, no Louisville coach would ever set foot on Dutch Fork's campus unless a new head coach was in place. Feedback and messages I've received from other top South Carolina high school coaches seems to support that thought process, that's for Tom Knotts to decide though.

So you jerk an offer from a kid who has been committed for seven months and not only never wavered, never took another official visit and shut down any coach who tried to talk to him after the commitment? And do it forty eight hours before signing day during a dead period where schools who possibly have openings could give him an offer? And use the excuse you had DBs declare for the draft but this only became an issue eighteen days after the deadline to declare and sixteen days after he was on your campus for an official visit? Good luck recruiting in SC from now on.

If he is committed to us, why won't he accept the grey shirt offer? I hope he changes his mind and still does. I understand Wake Forest and Navy are looking at him. Both of those are great places to play football. Sounds like he can't lose. Accept a grey shirt at UofL or sign with Wake or Navy. Sounds like a lucky kid to me.

(02-03-2015 03:59 PM)Dasville Wrote:  

(02-03-2015 08:36 AM)Kaplony Wrote:  No need to sling urine.....the sleezeball does a good enough job of pissing people off on his own.

http://www.goupstate.com/article/2015020...-1/PSPORTS

Quote:Louisville coach Bobby Petrino Monday morning did what few defenders around South Carolina could do the past three years to Dutch Fork RB Matt Colburn, stop him cold in his tracks. Actually, it was Cardinals' recruiter Todd Grantham who contacted Colburn and Silver Foxes coach Tom Knotts at 10:00 AM Monday morning with the news they no longer had room for Colburn in this class and want him to wait until January to enroll. In other words, here's a grayshirt for you Mr. Football.

Quote:"Needless to say that's not what we though the deal was," a perturbed Knotts said. "We are talking to any and everybody. Wake Forest, Navy, Charleston Southern, Georgia Southern and Kent State, that's kind of where we are right now."

Knotts said the news has not gone over well with his star running back.

"Not good, not good," he said. "I tell my players when you commit, you commit. That's what a commitment is. Matt's been committed for eight months. It's irritating that men can do this. He's just a boy, a young man. He doesn't know how to understand it. He's very upset. Some things have opened up but that's not the way it should be. It's not right. Louisville is only going to hurt themselves doing this. Everybody knows not just what a good player Matt is but what a good person he is. That is not the way to do business and if that's the way to do business we don't want to deal with them. He (Petrino) won't be able to recruit my school anymore and I imagine there will be some other coaches that will say the same thing. Trust factor is just not there. They've known about these three DBs wanting to go to the NFL for weeks now. To use that as an excuse doesn't hold water with me."

Everyone who covers high school sports in SC is ripping Petrino a new one over this on Twitter, and so far at least a half a dozen high school coaches have indicated Louisville isn't going to get a warm welcome at their schools anymore.

The first of what will likely be many articles on the subject
http://hssouthcarolina.scout.com/story/1...-ugly-side

Quote:I understand that recruiting is a business and yes I've seen prospects who've pulled the rug out from under college coaches by switching their commitment or signing with another school on Signing Day but this one just stinks to the core. There are essentially two days before National Signing Day and for a young man who has done everything the right way and gave his commitment to Louisville last June and never really listened to other schools who continued to recruit him because he gave his "word or pledge" to the staff after they offered him.

I would ask Matt from time to time, "are you listening to anybody else that comes in to try and sway you to switch from Louisville?"

"No sir. I'm happy with Louisville and I tell those coaches who come by to recruit me still that I'm good with my decision to go to Louisville."

Quote:The "business" side of things ripped apart an outstanding young man's dream less than 48 hours before Signing Day and that is Bobby Petrino's prerogative. I can't speak for Dutch Fork head coach Tom Knotts by any means but if I were in his shoes, no Louisville coach would ever set foot on Dutch Fork's campus unless a new head coach was in place. Feedback and messages I've received from other top South Carolina high school coaches seems to support that thought process, that's for Tom Knotts to decide though.

So you jerk an offer from a kid who has been committed for seven months and not only never wavered, never took another official visit and shut down any coach who tried to talk to him after the commitment? And do it forty eight hours before signing day during a dead period where schools who possibly have openings could give him an offer? And use the excuse you had DBs declare for the draft but this only became an issue eighteen days after the deadline to declare and sixteen days after he was on your campus for an official visit? Good luck recruiting in SC from now on.

If he is committed to us, why won't he accept the grey shirt offer? I hope he changes his mind and still does. I understand Wake Forest and Navy are looking at him. Both of those are great places to play football. Sounds like he can't lose. Accept a grey shirt at UofL or sign with Wake or Navy. Sounds like a lucky kid to me.

Oh, I don't know.....maybe the fact he was lied to for eight months that he had a scholarship to where he could start his college football career this summer then had it snatched out from under him? Who's to say that the greyshirt offer is honored next January? Would you trust a coaching staff that pulled a stunt like this?

Remember You don't have anyone until the letter of intent is signed.

(02-03-2015 04:50 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(02-03-2015 03:59 PM)Dasville Wrote:  

(02-03-2015 08:36 AM)Kaplony Wrote:  No need to sling urine.....the sleezeball does a good enough job of pissing people off on his own.

http://www.goupstate.com/article/2015020...-1/PSPORTS

Quote:Louisville coach Bobby Petrino Monday morning did what few defenders around South Carolina could do the past three years to Dutch Fork RB Matt Colburn, stop him cold in his tracks. Actually, it was Cardinals' recruiter Todd Grantham who contacted Colburn and Silver Foxes coach Tom Knotts at 10:00 AM Monday morning with the news they no longer had room for Colburn in this class and want him to wait until January to enroll. In other words, here's a grayshirt for you Mr. Football.

Quote:"Needless to say that's not what we though the deal was," a perturbed Knotts said. "We are talking to any and everybody. Wake Forest, Navy, Charleston Southern, Georgia Southern and Kent State, that's kind of where we are right now."

Knotts said the news has not gone over well with his star running back.

"Not good, not good," he said. "I tell my players when you commit, you commit. That's what a commitment is. Matt's been committed for eight months. It's irritating that men can do this. He's just a boy, a young man. He doesn't know how to understand it. He's very upset. Some things have opened up but that's not the way it should be. It's not right. Louisville is only going to hurt themselves doing this. Everybody knows not just what a good player Matt is but what a good person he is. That is not the way to do business and if that's the way to do business we don't want to deal with them. He (Petrino) won't be able to recruit my school anymore and I imagine there will be some other coaches that will say the same thing. Trust factor is just not there. They've known about these three DBs wanting to go to the NFL for weeks now. To use that as an excuse doesn't hold water with me."

Everyone who covers high school sports in SC is ripping Petrino a new one over this on Twitter, and so far at least a half a dozen high school coaches have indicated Louisville isn't going to get a warm welcome at their schools anymore.

The first of what will likely be many articles on the subject
http://hssouthcarolina.scout.com/story/1...-ugly-side

Quote:I understand that recruiting is a business and yes I've seen prospects who've pulled the rug out from under college coaches by switching their commitment or signing with another school on Signing Day but this one just stinks to the core. There are essentially two days before National Signing Day and for a young man who has done everything the right way and gave his commitment to Louisville last June and never really listened to other schools who continued to recruit him because he gave his "word or pledge" to the staff after they offered him.

I would ask Matt from time to time, "are you listening to anybody else that comes in to try and sway you to switch from Louisville?"

"No sir. I'm happy with Louisville and I tell those coaches who come by to recruit me still that I'm good with my decision to go to Louisville."

Quote:The "business" side of things ripped apart an outstanding young man's dream less than 48 hours before Signing Day and that is Bobby Petrino's prerogative. I can't speak for Dutch Fork head coach Tom Knotts by any means but if I were in his shoes, no Louisville coach would ever set foot on Dutch Fork's campus unless a new head coach was in place. Feedback and messages I've received from other top South Carolina high school coaches seems to support that thought process, that's for Tom Knotts to decide though.

So you jerk an offer from a kid who has been committed for seven months and not only never wavered, never took another official visit and shut down any coach who tried to talk to him after the commitment? And do it forty eight hours before signing day during a dead period where schools who possibly have openings could give him an offer? And use the excuse you had DBs declare for the draft but this only became an issue eighteen days after the deadline to declare and sixteen days after he was on your campus for an official visit? Good luck recruiting in SC from now on.

If he is committed to us, why won't he accept the grey shirt offer? I hope he changes his mind and still does. I understand Wake Forest and Navy are looking at him. Both of those are great places to play football. Sounds like he can't lose. Accept a grey shirt at UofL or sign with Wake or Navy. Sounds like a lucky kid to me.

Oh, I don't know.....maybe the fact he was lied to for eight months that he had a scholarship to where he could start his college football career this summer then had it snatched out from under him? Who's to say that the greyshirt offer is honored next January? Would you trust a coaching staff that pulled a stunt like this?

Thanks for the info. Kap! Good to know who influences the kids in SC. Great to have their names out there. Could you list all the coaches names please?

Without digging through all the Twitter responses again I know the head coaches at Hammond (a Dutch Fork graduate BTW) and Blythewood and assistants at a handful of programs.

Rumor is Rivals made Jim Baxter pull his tweets blasting Louisville last night, but Baxter is still highly pissed. Baxter is very respected in the SC high school football scene having covered SC HS sports long before Rivals was even created and runs a camp program that goes all over the state every year and most of the state's top QB and WR prospects attend. He has a bunch of SC HS coaches that work the camp as well.

Kerry Fair of SC Preps on Scout doesn't have the influence that Jim Baxter has simply because Baxter has been around longer, but he's well connected as well. That's his editorial above. Fair is especially upset because he had a close relationship with Colburn.

Phil Kornblut of Palmetto Recruiting and the statewide SportstalkSC radio show carried influence as well. The show Twitter feed blasted Petrino and the radio program has blasted him all night so far.

Of course the Clemson and South Carolina centered sites are running this full blast.

It was a hot topic on local sports talk radio in both the Columbia and Charleston markets today that I heard as I was in Charleston earlier and get the Columbia market here at home.

(02-03-2015 06:53 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  Without digging through all the Twitter responses again I know the head coaches at Hammond (a Dutch Fork graduate BTW) and Blythewood and assistants at a handful of programs.

Rumor is Rivals made Jim Baxter pull his tweets blasting Louisville last night, but Baxter is still highly pissed. Baxter is very respected in the SC high school football scene having covered SC HS sports long before Rivals was even created and runs a camp program that goes all over the state every year and most of the state's top QB and WR prospects attend. He has a bunch of SC HS coaches that work the camp as well.

Kerry Fair of SC Preps on Scout doesn't have the influence that Jim Baxter has simply because Baxter has been around longer, but he's well connected as well. That's his editorial above. Fair is especially upset because he had a close relationship with Colburn.

Phil Kornblut of Palmetto Recruiting and the statewide SportstalkSC radio show carried influence as well. The show Twitter feed blasted Petrino and the radio program has blasted him all night so far.

Of course the Clemson and South Carolina centered sites are running this full blast.

It was a hot topic on local sports talk radio in both the Columbia and Charleston markets today that I heard as I was in Charleston earlier and get the Columbia market here at home.

SO, WHO are the COACHES?

The reason I ask is because if ONE of their kids commits to ANY program then backs out or changes THAT commit then THAT COACH should be held accountable. THEIR word is crap, right?

Is Dabo or the ol' ball coach calling high school coaches in South Carolina CRAP? Are they saying that certain high school coaches are untrustworthy?