MGB: UNT LB target making key decision in next hour

[Brett Vito]

MGB:

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2017/01/thursday-recruiting-status-report-unt-lb-target-making-key-decision-in-next-hour.html/

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

UHmmmmmmmmmmmm.  "KEY PIECE"

and we are his first D1 offer.

 

[UNT254]

What's your feelings? Percentage. I'm at 60% certain

[MeanGreenTexan]

11 minutes ago, UNT254 said:

What's your feelings? Percentage. I'm at 60% certain

I like our chances seeing as we've already offered and we fit the "I want to stay in Texas..." location requirement.  Give me 85%

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

24 minutes ago, MEANGREENCOACH2 said:

UHmmmmmmmmmmmm.  "KEY PIECE"

and we are his first D1 offer.

 

 

You have to be blind not to at least question the term Key Recruit being used in this scenario.

[Harry]

Not a lot of data out there on him.  That said, his stats at Navarro were quite impressive.

[97and03]

Uh Brett, it is called the Recruiting Forum for reason. Gawd! ;)

[UNT90]

Lots of JUCOs

@Brett Vito is this cat eligible to enroll now?

Edited January 19, 2017 by UNT90

[EagleMBA]

Coach Ek likes him...that's all I need to know.

[MeanGreenMailbox aka TFLF]

Brett really, really likes the word "key," and the phrase "key piece."

I just put  - "Brett Vito" key - into a google search, and it came back with 3,850 results.

Are there any Psychology majors in the house willing to give us some insight on what it all means?

[dmaxel]

"In the next hour"

2.5 hours later...

EDIT: Finally. After 4 hours.

Edited January 19, 2017 by dmaxel

[Brett Vito]

MGB: Update on Thomas' plans

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2017/01/thursday-afternoon-recruiting-update-tavares-thomas-to-visit-both-unt-and-mtsu.html/

[MeanGreen_MBA]

time to put the screws to this kid..... You have an offer on the table, or you can go visit somebody that MAY give you an offer.....the UNT offer should not be guaranteed to be there when he gets back.  Kid may just want another college visit because they are fun and get a lot of attention.....but it is time to act like we belong as well...we are not a 2nd choice any more....

[Caw Caw]

9 minutes ago, MeanGreen_MBA said:

time to put the screws to this kid..... You have an offer on the table, or you can go visit somebody that MAY give you an offer.....the UNT offer should not be guaranteed to be there when he gets back.  Kid may just want another college visit because they are fun and get a lot of attention.....but it is time to act like we belong as well...we are not a 2nd choice any more....

I disagree. There's a ton of schools i'd like to be second choice to. The kid has the right to check out his options. It's in his best interest to see if he can get a second offer on the books. I don't fault him for that. If a coach was looking at new opportunities he'd take more than one interview, why fault a kid for doing the same? We have a lot to prove on the field to prove we're a premier destination for kids to develop in college football. I know that's not a popular opinion, but if we don't accept we have a lot of room to grow before we're Houston, Memphis, Navy, La Tech, WKU, etc. We've made improvement, so we should expect improvement. But we haven't reached the mountaintop.

[Aldo]

12 minutes ago, MeanGreen_MBA said:

time to put the screws to this kid..... You have an offer on the table, or you can go visit somebody that MAY give you an offer.....the UNT offer should not be guaranteed to be there when he gets back.  Kid may just want another college visit because they are fun and get a lot of attention.....but it is time to act like we belong as well...we are not a 2nd choice any more....

North Texas be like

[GrandGreen]

3 minutes ago, MeanGreen_MBA said:

time to put the screws to this kid..... You have an offer on the table, or you can go visit somebody that MAY give you an offer.....the UNT offer should not be guaranteed to be there when he gets back.  Kid may just want another college visit because they are fun and get a lot of attention.....but it is time to act like we belong as well...we are not a 2nd choice any more....

 An ultimatum like that could just as easily lose him as get his commit.   Problem with your analysis is: NT is the 2nd choice and a lot further down to most recruits.   

I doubt many offers are ever guaranteed.  A better prospect comes along the offer is gone.  Commits are a lot more solid, but we have seen that those too, are more and more often rescinded.

 

[Cr1028]

44 minutes ago, Caw Caw said:

 It's in his best interest to see if he can get a second offer on the books. 

Not to mention it looks better to the "our recruiting sucks" critics scoring at home.

[Graddean]

Why am I recruiting a juco if he doesn't have potential to be a key piece?