DRC: DeShawn Gaddie commits to Ole Miss

Brett Vito · January 20, 2023

MeanGreen22 · January 20, 2023

Portal to commit in 3 days. You ain’t slick, Lane.

GMG_Dallas · January 20, 2023

He tagged the program, the HC, and Marty Biagi. Safe to say he and Biagi have a strong relationship.

UNT Texas Hooligan · January 20, 2023

21 minutes ago, MeanGreen22 said:

Portal to commit in 3 days. You ain’t slick, Lane.

I laughed

UNTLifer · January 20, 2023

Tampering, period.

Wag Tag · January 20, 2023

Congrats! Good luck.

Hunter Green · January 20, 2023

1 hour ago, Wag Tag said:

Congrats! Good luck.

We'll see if DeShawn can see the field in the SEC.

El Paso Eagle · January 20, 2023

Kiffin in Denton today. Guess he bumping into players who have not entered the Portal yet

ttunt1970 · January 20, 2023

SURPRISE!!SURPRISE!!!!

meanrob · January 20, 2023

3 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Tampering, period.

The question is, do you want our staff doing this if there’s no consequences?

Most of me says yes, a part says no.

Cr1028 · January 20, 2023

5 hours ago, Brett Vito said:

Two things caught my attention.

First, the word overstood.

Second, the shark.

greenminer · January 21, 2023

41 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

Two things caught my attention.

First, the word overstood.

Second, the shark.

I had to look up overstood. Seems to exist in this gray area, with a formal/etymological background, but also used mostly as slang?

UNT Family Man · January 21, 2023

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

I had to look up overstood. Seems to exist in this gray area, with a formal/etymological background, but also used mostly as slang?

WTHECK

KeithLee · January 21, 2023

9 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

I was thinking it may have been in reference to KD because of the shark.

I’m pretty sure Ole Miss defense is known as the Land Sharks.

Cr1028 · January 21, 2023

3 hours ago, KeithLee said:

I’m pretty sure Ole Miss defense is known as the Land Sharks.

Thank you sir

meaniegreenie · January 21, 2023

8 hours ago, KeithLee said:

I’m pretty sure Ole Miss defense is known as the Land Sharks.

...Candygram...

NorthTexasWeLove · January 22, 2023

On 1/20/2023 at 4:19 PM, Hunter Green said:

We'll see if DeShawn can see the field in the SEC.

Not sure why simps are rolling their eyes and getting mad. That's a reasonable post. You think old piss doesn't have 2-3-4-5 Gaddies? Lol sheeeeesh. Good luck to him. Hope he got the generic charger of his dreams.

NorthTexasWeLove · January 22, 2023

14 hours ago, KeithLee said:

I’m pretty sure Ole Miss defense is known as the Land Sharks.

Yes. When Hugh Freeze was paying prostitutes to sleep with his players/HS recruits (which he fell in love with one himself) they had a relatively good defense and they referenced themselves as this.

Oh, and then the "Christian" university LU hired him. He had limited to decent success there and is back in the SEC. Can't make it up.

Matt from A700 · January 23, 2023

This is definitely suspicious. Maybe to return the favor, they can give us a buy game every year so we can travel to Oxford to enjoy the ladies/tailgate.

*deletes browser history before wife gets home*

GMG_Dallas · January 23, 2023

Is it really that suspicious considering his apparent relationship with Marty Biagi who's now at Ole Miss?

UNTLifer · January 23, 2023

47 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Is it really that suspicious considering his apparent relationship with Marty Biagi who's now at Ole Miss?

No. The issue to me is there doesn't seem to be anything to discourage a team from reaching out to a player on an active roster at another university. That, to me, constitutes tampering and should not be allow. Do I hold out hope the NCAA will do something about this? Nope. A Ken doll has bigger balls than the NCAA.

Rudy · January 23, 2023

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

No. The issue to me is there doesn't seem to be anything to discourage a team from reaching out to a player on an active roster at another university. That, to me, constitutes tampering and should not be allow. Do I hold out hope the NCAA will do something about this? Nope. A Ken doll has bigger balls than the NCAA.

This. Its always ok if the $EC or big 10 do it.

GMG_Dallas · January 23, 2023

52 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

No. The issue to me is there doesn't seem to be anything to discourage a team from reaching out to a player on an active roster at another university. That, to me, constitutes tampering and should not be allow. Do I hold out hope the NCAA will do something about this? Nope. A Ken doll has bigger balls than the NCAA.

I absolutely agree with you in principle. I just think it'd be hard to prove. Coaches and players become like family. I'm sure it's not uncommon for a coach and player to maintain contact when a coach moves on. I don't think Gaddie going to Ole Miss has anything to do with tampering as it's commonly understood. I think this is a player who, after spending 4 years here, his head coach was fired, staff was replaced, still had eligibility, and chose to go join a former coach who he had a good relationship with.

Between players just testing the portal waters and picking up offers, joining/following former coaches, and legitimate tampering, I'd guess tampering happens far less than we'd imagine.

97and03 · January 23, 2023

2 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

I absolutely agree with you in principle. I just think it'd be hard to prove. Coaches and players become like family. I'm sure it's not uncommon for a coach and player to maintain contact when a coach moves on. I don't think Gaddie going to Ole Miss has anything to do with tampering as it's commonly understood. I think this is a player who, after spending 4 years here, his head coach was fired, staff was replaced, still had eligibility, and chose to go join a former coach who he had a good relationship with.

Between players just testing the portal waters and picking up offers, joining/following former coaches, and legitimate tampering, I'd guess tampering happens far less than we'd imagine.

If that coach is on staff elsewhere and discussed with a player his option if he were to transfer, that is literally tampering. Doesn’t matter if they are girlfriends or not.
The idea that Gaddie just suddenly decided to enter the portal and immediately transfers to Ole Miss on a whim is naive and foolish.

GMG_Dallas · January 24, 2023

3 hours ago, 97and03 said:

If that coach is on staff elsewhere and discussed with a player his option if he were to transfer, that is literally tampering. Doesn’t matter if they are girlfriends or not.
The idea that Gaddie just suddenly decided to enter the portal and immediately transfers to Ole Miss on a whim is naive and foolish.

Of course it's not "on a whim" but why does it matter? I don't view this as a coach randomly recruiting a guy on a random team. Gaddie is joining a coach he spent the first 2 years of his college career with. That entire staff he started with is now gone. He's going to join a coach he had a great experience with. We don't know what conversations took place which means we don't know who approached who first. If Gaddie called Biagi and said "hey, I loved playing for you. Is there a spot there for me," does that change things? College recruiting is all about relationships. When Morris was hired here, there were threads and comments on this board about him possibly bringing some Washington State players with him. It didn't happen, but some were hopeful. Would it have been any different?

If a coach is randomly poaching players from another roster who he's never had any business with, I think that's much different than somebody reconnecting with an old coach who was instrumental to that player's success early on in his career.