I can't believe this guy. He commits to aTm...decommits...commits to Texas Tech....then decommits and commits to aTm AGAIN only to THEN say that he's still "unsure" and that he "might" still take his official visit to us. Ughhhhh....EJ....son, do yourself a favor and KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT INSTEAD OF COMMITTING TO A PLACE BECAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE A CLUE! He's a perfect example of why I get so fed up with some of these recruits. What the hell is so hard?!?! Go take your 5 official visits and decide after all 5 ...OR... find a school that you ABSOLUTELY like and commit and don't take the rest of your visits. This "flip-flop" crap is for the birds. It'll never happen, but if he were to decommit from aTm again, and want to go back to Texas Tech, that the Red Raiders will tell him, "Nope. Sorry."
there is no way to fix this, unless you make the recruits sign when they "commit" but I agree and feel your pain... It leaves coaches stuck choosing between a rock and a hard place
Haha...I wish that more players would do this to fRanphony! JK, I do not condone this. It's rather childish.
Just dont recruit kids like this to your program. I believe in being honest from both sides. Dont lie to the players and dont let them play you. Those kids in the long run are the ones that end up leaving when they dont play as soon as they think and cause problems on your team. I dont mind kids taking their visits and not committing until they are done. That is how it should be.
If LSU has other quality players wanting a scholly the should bail on this guy, he sounds like someone that would fit perfectly with francine and A&M.
This is aggrevating for us fans... As far as the coaching staff goes, it really doesn't make much difference. If this kid Shankle hadn't made verbal commitments publicly for fans to follow, he would have made his intentions known privately to each coach. In this case, Shankle should have just kept his mouth shut until he was positive, but who can blame the kid for changing his mind... This is a very difficult decision for these young players. For us, the decision might have been easy, but we have about 1/5th the deciding factors that they do. Not only do they have to consider everything we do, but also countless other factors relating to their professional career, which is profoundly more affected by their college choice than any of our careers.
this is what you get when 40 year old men from 50 schools recruiting sites call 17 yr olds daily for months on end.
