Can someone in the know fill me in on his recruitment. I know he was originally committed to OU an was allowed to look around after Sampson left. However, this is where it gets a little grey for me. I have an aggy friend, who swears up and down that he gave Billy his verbal on one day. Then the next day he visits Texas and on the way home he still calls Billy Clyde and says he is staying with the aggy. Well, then he talks with his coach and switches to the Longhorns. My aggy friend swears up and down that something went down that was fishy. How accurate is this?
The fishy part is on A&M's side. The reason I know is because the actual person that was involved told me. But that is all that I can say.
There's enough truth in there for your Aggie friend to hurt himself. After Damion received his LOI release from OU, his assistant coach at Nacogdoches drove him to College Station to visit A&M. A&M did a great job of hosting him. A couple of his former teammates were on the team. They went out and had a great time in the evening, and by the time the coach and Damion left campus the next day, Damion was convinced he wanted to be an Aggie. He even texted the A&M coaches his verbal commitment. However, he'd already made a commitment to visit the Austin campus, so instead of returning straight to Nacogdoches, they drove to Austin instead. LaMarcus Aldridge and Daniel Gibson each drove in from Dallas and Houston respectively, where they were preparing for the NBA draft. Barnes, Aldridge, Gibson, and James all went out bowling at one of those midnight disco event type deals. James had a great time. After visiting with Aldridge and Gibson, hearing what Barnes had to say, seeing the campus, Todd Wright, Randa Ryan, and all the other people associated with the basketball program and UT as a university, Damion went home to Nacogdoches and decided UT would be a better fit.
Well, I didn't know it in that detail but I did remember that his UT visit was very close to a&m's. Thanks for your help, I figured you would know.
Red Five, hoops recruiting is pretty sleazy, and everyone in the big12, yes everyone, is knee deep in it. not saying people are committing violations, just saying that to recruit effectively coaches have to be aggressive in getting up to that line.
Most recruiting is sleazy. The only people who went to further extremes than the Univ. that my kid signed with was the US Air Force and the Marines.............(not the academy on either, the service). The USAF sent two girls in white skirts to our house that were so tight I was ready to sign up and the marines sent a recruiter in who told my kid that the Marine Reserve had never and I mean NEVER been activated for combat. What the f**k?
If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'. Since when was it illegal to offer a prospect's coach a job in the athletic department? Hell, Arkie made Mustain's coach offensive coordinator!
So which is it? If A&M isn't cheating, they aren't trying? Or whatever cheating they may appear to be doing, is actually perfectly acceptable behavior?
I went midnight disco bowling with LaMarcus and D-Gib. It ******* ruled. I bowled a 250 and did a sweet dance on the hand blower machine. At midnight I hit the neon center pin and won a free game. D-Gib bought me a pack of Funyuns. Then I woke up.
Just out of curiosity, when was the last time UT hired a recruit's high school or AAU coach in order to get him to come here?
My memory is kind of fuzzy, but I believe Vic Trilli the HC at Lon Morris JC was hired by Penders when Dexter Cambridge came to UT. I know Locksley Collie and Panama Myers also played at Lon Morris, but I'm pretty sure it was Cambridge that came with Trilli.
