The philosphical dilemma affecting recruiting

[HollywoodHorns]

Mack promised Whaley that he would be the only running back recruited for his class. Mack, as always, stayed true to his word, and only recruited Whaley, even though word is that both Christian Michael at ATM and Trent Richardson at Bama were both saying they wanted to come here. The SC philosophy is to go after as many skill players as possible and let open competition sort it out. While I am glad we have Mack for a million reasons, would a more open form of recruiting landed us another of the premier backs available? We have no way of knowing for sure, but while our class is outstanding, we are thin at quality in the backfield. Thoughts?

 

[vtaenz]

There's already a logjam at RB. That and they keep note of who will be coming out the following year as well. Just trust him, he knows what he's doing.

 

[coolhorn]

You don't promise exclusivity of recruiting unless you're dealing with an exceptional player, which Whaley is, and unless there's a fallback plan if things don't work. If you make the promise, you keep it. I don't see the problem...since UT and SC are pretty close talentwise, even with somewhat different recruiting philosophies.

 

[LonghornCougar]

I didn't know this about T. Richardson, would have loved him.

I hope Whaley's game will translate from 3A to the Big XII. If it does, it's going to be so much fun watching him run over J-Mac for 3-4 years.

 

[FlashHorn]

I think the old question of "what is better, a bird in the hand or two in the bush?" would apply quite nicely here.

Especially if Seastrunk is waiting in the bushes down the road...

 

[UnBiased Horn]

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