Elephant;1837880; said:
So are we to assume that every guy that gets "cut" is lazy and not holding up his end of the bargain?
i've stated more than once that i'm referring to Chris Garrett specifically.
i do not know the stories behind any of the other kids, so I can't comment on them.
Elephant;1837880; said:
You are right about the academic portion but kids have a criteria that they must meet and they know that from the start. For example, if you want to keep your academic scholarship your gpa cannot dip below a 3.00.
What is the criteria for cutting a football player?
i'm not a football coach, so i can't answer that question.
Deety;1837885; said:
Academic scholarships aren't routinely pulled at the last minute because a smarter kid came along.
he was told at the end of the spring semester that his scholly wasn't being renewed for the fall.
that's pretty much how all schollys work (to my knowledge).
Deety;1837885; said:
As for oversigning, the way to handle that would seem to be to sign the standard 25, let others agree up front to grayshirting if necessary with some form of commitment from the school, and accept the remainder as walk-ons or regular non-scholarship students with the understanding that they may be moved to scholarship if spots become available, but no guarantees. That way, everything is up front and it's the school, not the kids, taking the risk of something not working out.
LSU does this as well.
Barrett Bailey is a QB on roster right now as a preferred walk-on.
Means that IF a scholly comes available he may get one.
No promises though
TS10HTW;1837887; said:
Again we are not talking about academics. We are talking about kids who don't end up All-Americans so they're being cut to make room for a recruit that has All-American potential. And you don't have a problem with it. I wonder if the coaches are telling the parents that while recruiting their sons.
I'm talking about this individual kid.
not only did he not become all american, but he dropped to 4th string with a walk-on (TC MCCartney) demote him to 5th string.
he ballooned up to hippopotamus size while supposedly taking part n the S&C program.
even some of his own teammates threw him under the bus and openly complained about his lack of effort and participation.
TS10HTW;1837887; said:
Apparently the criteria is subjective after all we are talking about the SEC bending the rules to gain a competitive advantage so it's all subjective.
i don't know what the criteria should or shouldn't be.
but you can't just let a kid loaf his way through 4 years for free.