The Vince Edwards saga
Feb. 27, 2012 | Written by Jeff Washburn |
The world of social media and college basketball recruiting has become an interesting marriage, to say the least.
The most recent example involves Vince Edwards, an excellent sophomore at Middletown, Ohio. On Saturday, Edwards? mother changed her Twitter account name to ?fiutureboilermom.? Then later Saturday night, Edwards sent a Tweet that said, ?I have some good news for coach Micah Shrew,? who obviously is Purdue assistant coach Micah Shrewsberry.
I was in my hotel room in Ann Arbor writing a postgame blog when I started getting all kinds of Tweets from Purdue fans who were speculating that the young man was about to give Purdue a verbal.
However, after the whole saga this spring and summer involving Derek Willis, I was somewhat skeptical. It?s only my opinion, but after a conversation last summer with Robbie Hummel, I?m convinced kis should wait until after their junior year in high school to make that decision.
Edwards is a sophomore who still has two MORE years of high school basketball to play.
Obviously, Edwards and his mom have been bombarded with Tweets of interest in the past two days, because this morning, Vince Edwards issued a statement via his Twitter account:
?Just to set the record straight, I have not made a commit to anywhere. Don?t get me wrong, I like Purdue, but all of this is out of hand and too much.
?If I make a commitment, I will let you guys know, but I have not made a commitment to Purdue. Purdue is a great school, don?t get me wrong, but I?m still young and have not made a commitment yet. This is getting way out of hand.?
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