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Someone from 247 did an interview with him after his visit to Iowa. The article is linked to McCall thread on Duffy D Board.

Have to disagree Jazzy.

I was told by people on the Lowell coaching staff that Nichol had told Dantonio he would get an official visit before signing since he was an early enrollee. Instead Nicholl went to Norman with his father and Coach Dean and much to his mother's dismay came home having already been signed up for Winter term classes at OU.

McCall may have screwed himself but none of us were privy to any conversations before or after the McCall to Iowa and subsequent reversal.. Given Dantonio's track record I believe he will give McCall a fair hearing and if he doesn't welcome him back will help him find another place to play football next fall.

That could be. I'm fine with it either way, those guys know more about what's going on than we do.

I do remember that Nichol told Dantonio he'd meet with him, but Stoops got him signed, sealed and delivered before it happened. I do recall that some folks weren't happy that he didn't at least wait to hear what Dantonio had to say.

In both situations, the kid is just trying to make sure he goes to the right place. I can respect that, but I can also respect a coach telling a kid that it's too late.

No matter how it ends, his high school coach seem to have over stepped their role here. They wanted him at Iowa, they got him to take a visit there, which cost him his spot at MSU, and now Iowa doesn't have an offer because something better came along.

The kid was blown away by his visit to MSU...he gave luke warm reports on his time at Iowa. Too bad his coaches couldn't just respect his wishes.

if I were McCall, and I really wanted to go to MSU, I would camp out in 's driveway until he accepts my apology.

Agreed.

At this point maybe it's just better they go their separate ways. I'm not up to date on McCall or his recruitment, but he sounded like a good get. It's unfortunate that college recruiting is the way it is... from the way coaches talk about it now, the last 10 years have brought an excess of media attention to the point where every prospect has a "circle" or a posse the coaches have to infiltrate.

At some basketball programs (cough, Kentucky, cough) it'd be interesting to see exactly how much influence Cal really has ... I mean, does anyone even talk about how John Wall publicly mouthed off about him to the media last year? No one talks about that.

Cal might sit him... but then recruits might question whether they want to play for a coach that might hurt their NBA draft stock (which is all his recruits care about)

was the 247 report based on facts or just on what was said in other reports?

This.

It's called moral hazard. What is to stop the next recruit from doing the same thing if MD bends to this kid?

I agree, we don't NEED this kid so it makes it that much easier to move on. The next recruit that tries to look around will think twice. McCall is now our poster boy for "once you commit, you better stay committed".

The university is committing to this player. They assume he is coming. Dantonio isn't going to pull the offer if a stud shows interest in MSU. So why shouldn't the kid have a similar commitment?

Think of it as a job offer. Imagine if you were an employer and made an offer to someone and they accepted it. Then you found out they were still interviewing elsewhere, do you pull the offer? Do you offer again when they admit they can't find another job?

This kid has insulted MSU. Apparently the prospect of going to Iowa was worth more than having a solid invite to MSU.

Then again, maybe Dantonio is taking this opportunity to get a scholie back and get someone we actually need. All is fair when you don't play by the rules.

A bit sensitive are we...

Yeah, I would never question Coach Dantonio, so how ever this works out is fine by me. However, if what people are saying about the Iowa visit is true, then I don't re-extend the offer if I am Coach D. You pride yourself on telling recruits that once they are committed they are solid and can't take trips, that if you take a trip, your offer is gone. Well here is a crystal clear example. If you want to tell recruits that they can't take visits in the future, then you have to be done with McCall here. I am sure Gholston and Thomas wanted to take trips, they played by the rules. McCall didn't. I hope everything works out for him, but I don't see it at MSU.