First recruiting casualty...

[TR.sixpack]

Anthony Rogers to Okie State.<span style="text-decoration: underline;">
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[4MSU2007]

<span class="storybody">With that said i always thought if Arky ever offered Rogers he would go there.

"I want to let everybody know that I am still solid with <font color="#4D0000">Mississippi State</font>, but I just want to see what is going to happen," said <font color="#4D0000">Josh Boyd</font>. "I want to see who the new coach is going to be before I make any changes or anything like that."</span>

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[MissStFan87]

"wait and see" approach. I'm glad to see it.

 

[Todd4State]

that most of these players want to come to MSU because they like MSU. I think a lot of them leave because they feel it's in their best interests to play somewhere else.

I really don't think we're going to lose any more recruits than usual.

 

[dawgatUSM]

he looked to be a pretty big stud, but with the DL commits and signees we've had recently, I don't think it'll hurt us too very bad

 

[RebelBruiser]

The other factor to consider is whether or not the new coach will honor all of your commitments. There is a chance you may bring in someone that doesn't want to offer everyone you have committed.

That said, most recruits in this type of situation are at least smart enough to wait to see who the next coach is before they make a brash decision about changing their plans.

 

[nashdog]

In the press conference. So the new coach, if pulled offers, would make Byrne a liar in his first month or two as coach. Don't think that will happen.

 

[RebelBruiser]

In the press conference. So the new coach, if pulled offers, would make Byrne a liar in his first month or two as coach. Don't think that will happen.

That's definitely interesting. I'd say that Byrne is probably overstepping his bounds by making that kind of comment. You rarely see a coach come in and want everyone that the previous coach had committed. Of course, if a new coach doesn't want a particular commit, the easy answer is to just quit calling, and eventually the recruit will get the idea.

 

[Dawgpile]

misinformationku?

 

[8dog]

surely you see its smarter for byrne to make a move to keep this class together rather than to not say anything at all just b/c the new coach might not want 1 or 2 of them. Byrne is damn smart.

 

[HD6]

Nutt didn't want to keep Tig Barksdale and the merry band of Rhodes Scholars Orgeron had committed doesn't mean that happens on a regular basis.

 

[nashdog]

I understand that things change from when the soundbytes are made, but so far I've not heard Byrne blow any smoke, so it will be interesting to see, especially if the new coach brings in a slew of players with him all of a sudden (it could happen). This will be the real challenge. </p>

 

[patdog]

In the press conference. So the new coach, if pulled offers, would make Byrne a liar in his first month or two as coach. Don't think that will happen.

That's definitely interesting. I'd say that Byrne is probably overstepping his bounds by making that kind of comment. You rarely see a coach come in and want everyone that the previous coach had committed. Of course, if a new coach doesn't want a particular commit, the easy answer is to just quit calling, and eventually the recruit will get the idea.

Try to hold the recruiting class together as best as we can and if the new coach does wind up not honoring a commitment or two, Byrne didn't technically lie. After all, he's not the one who decides who gets a scholarship offer and who doesn't, and it's not like recruits don't get dropped by the school they committed to every year at every school in the country anyway.

 

[VanillaFace]

Nutt didn't want to keep Tig Barksdale and the merry band of Rhodes Scholars Orgeron had committed doesn't mean that happens on a regular basis.

Orgeron honored all of Cut's commits in his first class.....the class that ended up being probably the worst class in Ole Miss history...

 

[HD6]

bad recruiter combined with bad coaching. I know from experience, we just had five years of it.

 

[bulldogbaja]

Polk told me so.

 

[RonnyAtmosphere]

...will be a recruiting wizard & will fill available vacancies with better players than the ones we lost (or will lose).

 

[nashdog]

nt