Worthwhile article that raises a good point--recruiting is such a messed up and screwy process that no one can blame a recruit for reneging on his commitment, especially when his decision to commit or decommit is the most power he's ever going to have.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/32569/the-art-of-the-decommit
No matter what we hear or read about a recruit, we can never truly know his character, not even someone like Rex Burkhead, someone that received every ringing endorsement possible. Humans are way too complex to be understood in snippets and quotes. I think someone like Rex Burkhead actually harms, in some fashion, future recruits. He sets the bar so high as far as consistency and character go that nobody else quite compares. There's a reason he's a, or THE, leader on the team. We hope that everyone else can aspire to and come close to his standards.
The point I'm trying to make is that any reading into the character of a 17 year old recruit, for any reason, is at best rosy-lensed optimism and at worst unfair and ugly judgement.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/32569/the-art-of-the-decommit
No matter what we hear or read about a recruit, we can never truly know his character, not even someone like Rex Burkhead, someone that received every ringing endorsement possible. Humans are way too complex to be understood in snippets and quotes. I think someone like Rex Burkhead actually harms, in some fashion, future recruits. He sets the bar so high as far as consistency and character go that nobody else quite compares. There's a reason he's a, or THE, leader on the team. We hope that everyone else can aspire to and come close to his standards.
The point I'm trying to make is that any reading into the character of a 17 year old recruit, for any reason, is at best rosy-lensed optimism and at worst unfair and ugly judgement.
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