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CoachedByDuffy said...
Here is some background on why Monty's recruitment lasted so long. Not necessarily in chronological order but I'll try not to be too random putting this together : Monty is basically a quiet kid and kind of shy. He is a very private person. He never felt comfortable with all the recruiting hype around him being a highly sought after prospect. When he didn't respond to all the calls from the recruiting services, the media types began to describe him as being aloof, unresponsive and uncommunicative. He had a summer job so he didn't respond to calls he received while at work. He wasn't able to attend very many summer camps because of his job. He did attend MSU's summer camp and enjoyed his camp experience at MSU and he liked the MSU coaching staff. He is fairly close with his cousin, Rodriguez Coleman. They had always talked about playing college ball together. Coleman was at UC last season but there was some ? whether Coleman would return to UC this season and Monty was waiting for that situation to play out. Coleman is returning to UC this season and that is what kept UC in the mix for Monty for so long. Monty did like MSU and the MSU coaching staff. The problem was his uncle and his guardian and his HS HC are big O$U fans and he was getting some bad advice from them. He was being told that he was too good a player to go to MSU and MSU wasn't good enough for him. He grew up as a O$U fan and that's the environment he was in, pro-O$U. They were telling him to wait for an O$U offer that was sure to come and not to commit or in some cases, to not even visit any other schools. That's one reason why his recruitment dragged on for so long because people around him were telling him to wait for an O$U offer. Monty is actually a high character kid. He pretty much put his recruitment on hold in the Fall and during his HS season to concentrate on helping his HS team (Cinci Moeller) to get to the state playoffs. He was actually sick to his stomach on NSD and didn't attend the signing event at his HS. Trying to come to grips with making one of the biggest decisions in his life that may disappoint the people around him who were giving him advice right along. That's why he just couldn't push the "Send" button on the Fax machine with his LOI already in it late that afternoon. The next morning he felt confident about his decision to come to MSU and Fax'd the LOI. That was a major step toward him becoming his own man. He has never had any real supportive people in his life and he really felt kind of alone in making one of the most important decisions of his life. Coming to MSU will be one of the most positive things that can happen in his life. He will become part of the Spartan Family. Being part of a family is a feeling he has seldom experienced. Coach D and the other coaches will be great mentors for him to learn from and he will know that he will always have family at MSU.
This post was edited by chairman meow on 2/3/2012 at 2:48 PM
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chairman meow said...
I'm sorry, but there's no way in hell Moeller's HC was speaking ill of MSU to Monty. MSU's staff and Moeller's coach have about as good of a relationship as you can get in athletic recruiting, considering MSU has taken three of his players, one of whom was a multi-year all-American and draft pick, and another who was a freshman all-American and future star. There was also an article directly quoting him on how pissed he was that Monty had not faxed in his LOI.
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chairman meow said...
I'm sorry, but there's no way in hell Moeller's HC was speaking ill of MSU to Monty. MSU's staff and Moeller's coach have about as good of a relationship as you can get in athletic recruiting, considering MSU has taken three of his players, one of whom was a multi-year all-American and draft pick, and another who was a freshman all-American and future star. There was also an article directly quoting him on how pissed he was that Monty had not faxed in his LOI.
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