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starBUCKS;969535; said:If we end up letting Hale sail.... does that affect Torian Bell's decision?
osugrad21;1000601; said:Rivals $ (Virginia)
Shayne confirms that Michigan is eliminated and says he is considering UVA and WVU. He does say that he would not rule out tOSU but the Buckeye coaches have not contacted him in weeks.
Shayne says the tOSU staff is still contacting his head coach...but that contact is not for an '08 prospect.
tlinc;1000617; said:This has to be a somewhat delicate situation for staff. You have to make sure that you don't make Hale or his coach angry or feel disrespected because of our interest in some of the younger teammates. It is probably made more difficult due to the fact that you are talking about a guy who all the websites rank as 5 star and who seems to have been a priority early in the process.
He does say that he would not rule out tOSU but the Buckeye coaches have not contacted him in weeks.
EastSide;1000629; said:I really don't feel that tOSU is in a delicate situation at all. If anything, I would think that Hale and his coach are in a delicate situation. Imagine if they make our staff angry. Here we are ranked in the top 10 this year and we are trying to build a good relationship with Gateway. The moment we offered one schollie to any of their players, it would have been in the coaches best interest to advise the player to accept for the future good of the whole. Instead, we are getting the shaft and made to look stupid and before long we aren't going to be going to Gateway to actively recruit. We may still offer token offers but as far as hard core recruiting we will know that it has been and will be a waste of time. JMO!
So tlinc, if Hale calls up Tressel tomorrow and says "I'm a Buckeye" what happens then?tlinc;1001812; said:All I'm saying is that if we are recruiting a guy like Bell and have now pulled the offer to Hale, we need to do it the right way. It sounds like we have just stopped calling and Hale is likely getting the message but we need to be smart about things and be respectful also.
The whole, just stop calling thing was pretty much how I broke up with girls in high school. Believe me when I tell you it made it more difficult to ever have a shot with one of their friends at a later date. I'm sure Tress will be a bit smoother with things than 16 year-old me was.