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I don't even know why we bother with this kid. Catapult a kid up the recruiting rankings, then get shit all over by a 17-year old. You may be talented, but whatever happened to respect and obligation? Don't keep stringing a long a coaching staff that could be allocating it's resources elsewhere.

I think that's a pretty rough assessment of the situation. Would you have considered D. Cox or Fou as stringing us along because they waited until Jan/Feb to commit? It's part of the game.

Caleb decommitted pretty early in the process. He started blowing up and he wanted to reevaluate his situation without leaving us out to dry. It's not like he pulled a Se'von on us. We've got most of this class wrapped up. If we still needed to fill 10-15 spots, I would be a bit more concerned with resource management. But the fact is we only have 3-5 spots to fill. And, the staff only needs to spend time actively recruiting those 3-5 spots. Caleb is a player that our coaching staff is still high on and it seems there is a strong possibility that he schedules an OV here and I, for one, hope he gives us a fair shake.

It's unfortunate how his recruitment has played out so far. Would love to have him end up with the good guys, I understand the draw of the UM of the South though.

Obama, gays, Jesus, Big Sean. Let's lock this mofo. I don't want I hear another damn thing about this kid until signing day in February.

Hey, some actual insight!!!

Do you know for a fact that he did these things and has these motives or are you assuming that based on your detective work? I'm glad you think Pittman is such a stand up guy for holding a spot here and decommitting at the last minute. At least Caleb decommitted in June versus December. We have enough time to fill out this class with capable recruits and we're definitely not in scramble mode to get quality kids.

The kid is 17 years old. He has the right to take his time and it shouldn't surprise any of us that a 17 year old is a bit indecisive. I like following MSU recruiting like the rest of us, but I don't hang on to every tweet and take any personal slights because of a recruit's decommittment.

I'm so tired of you and dozens of other pathetic losers on this site bashing this young man and pontificating on "his intentions." You have no idea what schools he's interested in visiting or what his priorities are. At one point, Mr. Benenoch wanted nothing more than to be a Spartan. He was even doing some recruiting for the green and white on twitter. He started getting a lot more attention and decided that maybe he should evaluate his options, but you have no idea what he's weighing his decision on. You're acting like you've been personally insulted by a 17 year-old kid's decision to look around. It's fucking creepy. Chill the fuck out.

I just want our fans to face reality.

http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Article/2013-OL-Caleb-Benenoch-is-considering-five-schools-91499

“I do have a list of favorites and they’re in it for sure,” explained Benenoch. “It’s a top five. It consists of Texas, Oklahoma, Baylor, Texas A&M and UCLA. It’s not in any specific order or anything, it’s just the schools that I’m the most interested in and the schools I want to evaluate before making my decision.”

In fairness, vice versa too. The reporters feed recruits and us (paying members) a bunch of BS. They know that it'll make us feel better if MSU gets a positive spin from recruits. Thus, a recruitment like this gets a sunny MSU spin from the guys. Anyone with a brain can read that he has zero intention of coming to MSU.....But people want to believe positive news, not accept reality.

If the reporters actually covered this thing down the middle, instead of putting an MSU spin on it, they'd sell a lot fewer subscriptions.