(08-25-2016 03:20 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote: (08-25-2016 01:22 PM)stinkfist Wrote: (08-25-2016 12:52 PM)Eagle9 Wrote: While I agree that some people get too excited over certain commitments, saying that commitments "don't mean a thing" or "usually don't last" is just false. The fact is and has always been, most recruits stick with their commitments.Are commitments iron clad ? Nope. But they are worth something. If a recruit commits to your school, chances are good that he'll sign.
that's a fair statement....until one remembers Monk's first signing year...
so, to extrapolate....the continuance of doing the 'trite' thingy can bite ya in the arse....or, let the right thingy play out and continue to promote what made southern miss 'pseudo iconic'
the previous hierarchy had completely left the building how we got to that level.....and watching things like this, and what Doc is doing???..........well, it just makes me smile in good way...
#evolution
#laurelssuck
we need the guys that love to fight in the arena....
#scratchandclawforeveryinch
Extrapolate? Extrapolate? I gradumicated B.S. (Bull hockey) from Miss'ippi Southern, so ya gotta quit using them big words..
I didn't mean to get anyone's panties in a wad....just making an observation...and I understand a commitment this early is about as useless as a f*rt in the wind (did I extrapolate correctly?)
woooooooosh kudos and
I got ya...however, I cringe at star valuation just thinking about our last two gridiron 'elitists'....yeah, that would be battery boy and broken leg locker room destroyers....Deandre could've have been special...his frosh year was a sight to behold....unfortunately, he couldn't overcome the injury and never worked hard enough to recover the glory....battery boy was fail from the get go....there's your last two 'studs' in stars at southern miss....
I have always felt the strength of recruiting at southern miss is about the 2/3 stars working as hard as possible to become the 5 star athlete....more recently, toss in the juco route that so many unnecessarily despise, and this fan looks at this team like so many back in the day....what a nice blend of talent we now have....it's one helluva accomplishment in my eyes after '12.....
and what Doc is doing/saying is simply spot on as well....
the right moves are being made after all the shite that has happened in the last handful of years in both sports coupled with the admin/booster cf....not many were positive after '12....toss in that fat tub o' goo hoops disaster and it made even the most die hard fan want to shed tears...
so, if we lose one to wholane based on prima donna attitude, so be it....it happens everywhere to every school....I would easily take our chances straight up with them if a recruit fits the platform within our current coaching schema....
hell, if one looks at the 4/5 star busts at the upper echelon schools, it becomes easy to let stuff like this go....
southern miss' best move is to continue to hunt down the ones that other schools overlook or are unwilling to offer that works within our modicum....it's tried and true.....the talent can always be developed/enhanced with the right people at the top....
that's what we're getting ready to discover soon with Hop and corp......