DRC: DeShawn Gaddie commits to Ole Miss

[El Paso Eagle]

11 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

If Gaddie called Biagi and said "hey, I loved playing for you. Is there a spot there for me," does that change things?

No, at that time Biagi should have said I can't discuss possible opportunities unless you enter the portal. I realize that sounds naive, but that's what should happen. 

[GMG_Dallas]

11 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

No, at that time Biagi should have said I can't discuss possible opportunities unless you enter the portal. I realize that sounds naive, but that's what should happen. 

Fair. I'm just questioning the morality between the two situations. I feel like they're not the same. At least for me, I'm not upset at a player joining a former coach, especially since we just fired the HC he's been with since he got here 4 years ago. I'd feel differently if Biagi weren't at Ole Miss.

[El Paso Eagle]

2 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Fair. I'm just questioning the morality between the two situations. I feel like they're not the same. At least for me, I'm not upset at a player joining a former coach, especially since we just fired the HC he's been with since he got here 4 years ago. I'd feel differently if Biagi weren't at Ole Miss.

Understand, but it's either a rule or it's not. Players can be just as guilty of breaking the rules as coaches.

[GMG_Dallas]

1 hour ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Understand, but it's either a rule or it's not. Players can be just as guilty of breaking the rules as coaches.

True. A difficult rule in a world built around relationships.

[97and03]

2 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

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.

There is literally no difference between a random coach or a coach with a prior relationship activity recruiting another school’s players. And Gaddie reaching out doesn’t change that. It’s tampering. This is why the portal exists, so the player and other coaches can discuss a possible move. And if there isn’t a love connection, the player can withdraw and return to his original school like with KD Davis. The thing that makes it suspicious is the timing of the entry, not that it happened.