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Max Redfield (S Notre Dame......dismissed from team)

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Rivals - Mind of Mike: Head-shaking decisions

12/5

What the heck is going on with recruiting these days? Despite my decade-plus experience in the recruiting world and having seen almost everything, there are still a few things that surprise me, and many of them happened this past week. Here are a few things that have me baffled.

EXAMPLE NO. 1: Mission Viejo, Calif. safety Max Redfield was committed to USC, de-committed from the Trojans after a great visit to Notre Dame but has always been very high on Oregon and is always wearing Ducks gear or talking about how high he is on Chip Kelly's team.

Then, all of a sudden, Oregon drops Redfield, apparently because they think he's already a done deal for Notre Dame. While I disagree with simply giving up on a five-star prospect who has always shown great interest in your program and wants to take a visit, punting on this one is the Ducks' prerogative. Redfield has now decided to take a visit to USC this weekend, which clearly shows he's still open to the process. A good source told me last night that Redfield has essentially told the Irish coaches he is coming, but when did that ever stop someone from recruiting a player?

Either Kelly is mailing it in and is already counting his millions for whatever NFL job he takes, or there is more to the story here. Either way, things look even better for Notre Dame with Redfield, but why if he's a done deal to the Irish is he visiting USC? Why not just end the process and head to South Bend? Puzzling.
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southcampus;2273146; said:
Oregon dropped him because they felt he was playing them for a free visit, allegedly.
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Could be why we haven't offered, but schools pay for a lot of free visits. Always worth a shot. And with Vonn Bell likely off the board to Alabama soon, we should be trying.
 
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OH10;2273148; said:
Could be why we haven't offered, but schools pay for a lot of free visits. Always worth a shot. And with Vonn Bell likely off the board to Alabama soon, we should be trying.
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We're limited in the amount of official visits we can grant. Unless we have plenty to burn there's no sense on using one if we're not at least fairly ceretain that his interest is genuine...
 
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Oh8ch;2273173; said:
We do need to be careful. Kids will do anything for a free weekend in CBus in December or January.
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