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Drewknowledge said...
The reporting on Wilson's recruitment has me a little perplexed. On the one hand we have the writers (mods) for the Oregon site talking exclusively with Dontre and his family. It appears there is mutual trust between the parties and the reporting indicates Dontre is committed to the Ducks based upon statements made by Dontre and his father. On the other hand you have other 247 writers (mods) that write for the Buckeyes site. They appear to be talking to Dontre's coach about the situation. The coach appears to be communicating to them, per JHops writing, that Dontre is going to visit OSU and will end up there. Dontre refuted those claims to the Oregon mods up until recently. Now he's thinking about it.
Why are the mods for the two sites not talking to the same people, so that there is not a he said, no he said storyline but a complete picture presented to readers?But that issue aside, what appears to me to possibly be a bigger untold story, particularly given the subject matter of Oregon's pending hearing with the NCAA, is why would a coach get himself so involved with a kid's recruitment? Why would a coach, after a kid has committed to a school, continue to talk to the press about a players interest in another school, despite that kid and his parents saying otherwise? Or more to the point, what are Urban and the Buckeyes offering this coach for access to Wilson?
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Drewknowledge said...
The reporting on Wilson's recruitment has me a little perplexed. On the one hand we have the writers (mods) for the Oregon site talking exclusively with Dontre and his family. It appears there is mutual trust between the parties and the reporting indicates Dontre is committed to the Ducks based upon statements made by Dontre and his father. On the other hand you have other 247 writers (mods) that write for the Buckeyes site. They appear to be talking to Dontre's coach about the situation. The coach appears to be communicating to them, per JHops writing, that Dontre is going to visit OSU and will end up there. Dontre refuted those claims to the Oregon mods up until recently. Now he's thinking about it.
Why are the mods for the two sites not talking to the same people, so that there is not a he said, no he said storyline but a complete picture presented to readers?But that issue aside, what appears to me to possibly be a bigger untold story, particularly given the subject matter of Oregon's pending hearing with the NCAA, is why would a coach get himself so involved with a kid's recruitment? Why would a coach, after a kid has committed to a school, continue to talk to the press about a players interest in another school, despite that kid and his parents saying otherwise? Or more to the point, what are Urban and the Buckeyes offering this coach for access to Wilson?
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Justin Hopkins said...
I see your point but on my end I've always been up front with the Wilson family, asked them simply to tell me any news, good or bad, I don't care, just shoot me straight. I felt I've had no reason to go to speak with the coach who seems to have a different opinion on what Dontre will do.
That's the reason I haven't decided to seek the alternate opinion. I also know what coach Mathis has said to coach Campbell privately which lines up more with what the Wilson family has said versus what coach Mathis has said to other media.
We will all, Oregon/Ohio State fans have to simply wait and see what develops.
I have little doubt he'll visit Ohio State now, but I think if Helf is promoted and Campbell stays, Wilson will remain with Oregon.
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BuckONmYNUTTS said...
Duck fans are such cry babies. This is sports fans talk smack. Tyats the way it goes. I'm sitting here reading all of these complaints about how osu fans are arrogqnt. Cmon. You guys talk smack to Beaver fans. So what's the diff? See this is what comesvwith being good. Your not used to that though. Your program has only been relevant tor 4 yrs.:-) . I know all of you Ducks are not so sensitive. Just a few are. We were just being laughed @ by everyone because of the T.P. scandal. Did we cry? No because that's part of the game. Sack up. Tue only reason you guys were good anyways was because USC is sanctioned. They run the Pac 12. They were the only program out there worth mentioning. So I hoped you guys enjoyed your 4 yrs of glory. Its over now. Come over to Bucknuts. We bet ya we wont start crying. Oh yeah breaking news Wilson is meeting with OSU as we speak. Also he said that its only between UO and OSU. Noone else. Goodluck cry babies!
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Natty_Dread said...
Good news indeed... but over on Bucknuts they are VERY confident they are landing Wilson... and maybe Carrington and the twins as well. The only obstacle in their minds is that they have no spots available, so they think Urban will be over signing and then forcing players to transfer. Don't know how much truth there is to this or if it's wishful thinking.
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How solid is Dontre Wilson?