I'm struggling to follow or see any logic behind the whole "colleges should honor commitments obtained by prior coaching staffs".

 

Why is it okay for players to back out of commitments due to a staff change, but it's not okay for the new staff to do the same?

I'm struggling to follow or see any logic behind the whole "colleges should honor commitments obtained by prior coaching staffs".

 

Why is it okay for players to back out of commitments due to a staff change, but it's not okay for the new staff to do the same?

 

IMO it's because they are an institution of Higher learning and they should stand behind the commitment made by the person they had hired to run that program.

 

Now as someone said earlier, could they call the recruit, explain why the recruit doesn't fit their program of course...but they should honor the offer made.

IMO it's because they are an institution of Higher learning and they should stand behind the commitment made by the person they had hired to run that program.

 

Now as someone said earlier, could they call the recruit, explain why the recruit doesn't fit their program of course...but they should honor the offer made.

 

So as long as the coach picks up the phone and says, "hey, Coach A took a commitment from you, but we frankly don't think you're good enough for our scheme or this level. We'll honor the scholly, but just know you'll never see the field."

 

That's okay?

 

Also, so a coach has to stand behind offers he never made, but the players can peace out whenever they want and leave the schools high and dry?

 

Sorry, I just don't see the rational logic there. If one is bad and shouldn't happen, neither should the other.

IMO it's because they are an institution of Higher learning and they should stand behind the commitment made by the person they had hired to run that program.

 

Now as someone said earlier, could they call the recruit, explain why the recruit doesn't fit their program of course...but they should honor the offer made.

Look, I get what you're saying but college athletics quit being about higher learning and 100% a business a long time ago. As long as coaches are being fired for not winning enough, it should 100% be their decision what players they offer. I don't blame kids for flipping and I'm not going to blame coaches either.

So as long as the coach picks up the phone and says, "hey, Coach A took a commitment from you, but we frankly don't think you're good enough for our scheme or this level. We'll honor the scholly, but just know you'll never see the field."

 

That's okay?

 

Also, so a coach has to stand behind offers he never made, but the players can peace out whenever they want and leave the schools high and dry?

 

Sorry, I just don't see the rational logic there. If one is bad and shouldn't happen, neither should the other.

 

I guess I look at it as who has the most to lose. The player is an independent contractor that has his livelihood at stake. The Universities are Hundred Million Dollar enterprises.

I guess I look at it as who has the most to lose. The player is an independent contractor that has his livelihood at stake. The Universities are Hundred Million Dollar enterprises.

 

Doesn't make it okay just because they have more to lose.

 

And let's not act like these kids don't have other options. So UofL pulls an offer. I guarantee the kid will be scooped up by another program that had offered them previously.

 

Let me also be clear on my stance here. I have no issue with the new staff deciding not to honor prior commitments. I also have no issue with players deciding to back out of their commitments when there's a staff change. I just don't agree that it's okay for one to do so, but not the other.

Look, I get what you're saying but college athletics quit being about higher learning and 100% a business a long time ago. As long as coaches are being fired for not winning enough, it should 100% be their decision what players they offer. I don't blame kids for flipping and I'm not going to blame coaches either.

 

These coaches have Million dollar contracts with huge buyouts... I don't feel sorry for them not being able to develop their talent.

Doesn't make it okay just because they have more to lose.

 

And let's not act like these kids don't have other options. So UofL pulls an offer. I guarantee the kid will be scooped up by another program that had offered them previously.

 

This isn't about Uof L...it's about the sport. What about the FCS kid who that was his only offer? Now he is forced to walk-on or drop to a lower level where he might have to pay to go to school.

This isn't about Uof L...it's about the sport. What about the FCS kid who that was his only offer? Now he is forced to walk-on or drop to a lower level where he might have to pay to go to school.

 

I don't know who you're talking about, but I wonder if he doesn't have other offers because of his commitment. Will other offers possibly come in now? Either way, my gut reaction is that's life.

 

Real world comes at you fast, best get used to it.

If Satterfield pulled a scholarship from a kid from North Carolina and gave it to a KY kid, would this thread exist?

 

I noticed that none of the people throwing shade chose to answer this.

These coaches have Million dollar contracts with huge buyouts... I don't feel sorry for them not being able to develop their talent.

This could be Satterfield's 1 chance to prove himself. If he's not successful he's not getting another big HC job. So because he's making millions he shouldn't be allowed to do the job how he wants?

I noticed that none of the people throwing shade chose to answer this.

 

I don't know if I fall into the subset of people you're speaking of, but to be honest, I thought it was rhetorical.

 

I don't think KYians caring less about Ricky from Raleigh, Danny from Durham, or Andy from Asheville in any way proves a point on one side of this debate or another. Of course people around KY are going to care more about kids from around KY, I don't think that is too narrow a branch to walk out on.

I don't think KYians caring less about Ricky from Raleigh, Danny from Durham, or Andy from Asheville in any way proves a point on one side of this debate or another.

 

Sure it does. If someone only cares because it's a kid from KY getting his offer pulled, or only cares because it's Louisville doing it, they don't really care about the action of pulling scholarships. They "care" because they are looking for a reason to complain.

Can we also look at it from the aspect that maybe these kids don't have the talent to play at the level UofL is aspiring to be?

This could be Satterfield's 1 chance to prove himself. If he's not successful he's not getting another big HC job. So because he's making millions he shouldn't be allowed to do the job how he wants?

 

Look at how many rinse and repeat coaches we have in college football...Once you get to that level, they take care of each other when one needs a job!

 

Sometimes you walk into a job and it's like stepping in a pile of crap (I know coaches at lower levels who walk into far worse situations without the big money and buyouts)...work hard and make the most of it!