RECRUITING: Darius McNeill status
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Per this he never even talked with Coach Prohm. Had his mom ask for the release.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...eills-request-released-scholarship/396944001/
He better hope the basketball thing works out because he's not ready for the real world if he doesn't have a bigger set of stones than that.
He's a kid. An 18 year old (or whatever his age) making decisions that 99% can't even put into perspective. This isn't going to ruin our program. Some people on here may be the ones that need to grow up a little. LET IT GO.
True enough. No one likes the timing though, I think that's the main beef people have.
I won't put it all on the young man though. I am guessing he had AAU dudes and the new school that recruited him away telling him "Don't talk with ISU except for your mom to get the paperwork stuff done." Less risk of him getting talked out of it.
Monte showed up weighing 148#.
McNeill can be really good, but I don't think playing on a really young and really bad Cal team is the best choice.
Now that this is over and we can move on is it time to close this thread?
Sick of this ****. I hate when people act like we didn't want him just because we didn't get him. I was excited about him, and I think he would've been a good player here.
Having said that, it is time to move on
I don't want him anymore because new information came out. He's not even man enough to talk to Prohm himself and had his mommy do it. Not the kind of player I want.
Fair enough. I guess the people acting like he wasn't talented enough to play here are the ones bothering me.
I'll agree with that. People were starting to hype him up just a week before he decommitted.
Maybe keep it open for a couple more hours and make sure all the manly men chest pounders get it all out their system.
Didn't get him? He signed a LOI what 5 months ago? If wants to chase some sleazy AAU coach and play on the PAC-12 network after everyone has gone to bed then why should we act like its some huge loss for our school that he doesnt want to play here?
People hype up every player that comes here. Remember Tavon Sledge? SDW? Even Custer was a 4-star and ranked higher than McNeil when he came here and he ended up being Drake level talent.
The kid could just have easily been transferring out of here next year at this time for some Mid-Major school for all we know at this point. So Im not about to start crying about his being some huge loss for the program. It comes down to we want players that actually want to be here, not ones who cry to mommy when they start getting 2nd thoughts 6 months after youve signed.
We don't have to act like it's a huge loss. It's just petty to act like he can't hack it in the Big 12 simply because he chose to go to another school, no matter how sleazy it appears to be (and I agree that there was almost certainly foul play going on here).
If you base your decision of not wanting him based on his character, that's fine, do whatever you want. Him deciding not to address Prohm like a man is very childish, so if that's your reasoning, I have no problem with that. But that's not what your first post was about. His talent/size wasn't an issue until he decided to leave, and that, to me, is petty.
