Football Recruiting Notes: One Richardson Is In, CRN Speaks To Elite So. Cal Prep Teams
by Nestor on Dec 8, 2009 6:52 AM PST
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PrintBruin Report Online's Brandon Huffman had the scoop last night. Los Alamitos cornerback Shaquille Richardson is the latest recruit to commit to Neuheisel's Bruins. OldSage linked up the story from OC Varsity blog here. Jon Gold posted some more info. on his blog:
Los Alamitos cornerback Shaquille Richardson - scout.com's No. 31 cornerback - has orally committed to UCLA.
Here's his profile: Shaq Richardson
All reports on the kid are positive, and he had solid stats this year, finishing with six interceptions.
Don't forget, he's also the cousin of Serra wideout Paul Richardson, a four-star prospect. Could be a tandem deal coming up.
More from Greg Biggins on Shaq's committment:
"I just got tired of the recruiting process," Richardson said. "UCLA has been my top school for as long as I can remember. I've always wanted to go there and when they offered me in the summer, I actually thought about committing on the spot but I wanted to take my visits first.
"I was most comfortable at UCLA and I knew nothing was going to change that, so I called up coach (Rick) Neuheisel and decided to get it over with. I'm excited to be a Bruin and I like the direction the program is going in. I know I have some things to work on but my goal is to get in there and get as much early playing time as I can. It would be great to play as a true freshman but if I'm not in the rotation, I would be fine with redshirting."
In the same post Shaq also provided some interesting comments on Carnell Lake:
"Carnell Lake is going to be my position coach and that's pretty exciting as well. A former NFL all-pro is going to be teaching me, how can you beat that."
I'd say interesting because it is cool to see a first year coach already getting referenced prominently by local recruits. When you see more of that you can take that as a sign of that coach busting his rear end on recruiting trail. Not to mention it is great to see recruits noting the cache Lake brings to our program.
Jon Gold also quoted an "inside source" from UCLA about Paul which indicated that he might be waiting to take couple of more recruiting trips. Paul of course was the first "commitment" during summer before he decided to back out thinking he wanted to enjoy the whole recruiting "process" (can't blame a kid for wanting to be wined and dined all over the country).
Anyway, I am not sweating Paul Richardson's recruiting all that much. He will commit to UCLA if he feels like we are the right fit after going through the process. If not I am sure we will not have any shortage of options. Rick Neuheisel is clearly making his mark in the Southland recruiting scene. Here is the latest evidence of it: CRN speaking at the Southern Section luncheon honoring the teams set to play this weekend in championship games:
The video was posted by Eric Sondheimer on LAT's Varsity Times Insider blog.
Going back to Shaq, he becomes the 16th commit for class of 2010. Given the news on graduation of four seniors, from my count UCLA right now has about 5-6 more scholarships to hand out in next few weeks. So it will be fun to see how the class fills out.
GO BRUINS.
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No doubt
I think we’ll end up with Barr, Richardson, Taula, Epanesa, Pullard and Dargan. We’ll see if CRN can pull out some surprises like last year out of Heimuli, Uko, Odighizuwa, Riley, etc.
What's amusing about CR
Each time I tune in to his pregame interviews, he always tries to get the players to answer a yes or no question.
“You’ve obviously had a tough time being a freshman, but I believe the seniors have been helping you out. Isn’t that right?”
Chris Roberts makes me follow Fox's advice
Even though he’s on the radio, and I’m in the car.
Great Speech by CRN
I’ve attended many of the Southern Section football championship luncheons and that was the best speech that I can remember. Who wouldn’t want to play for this guy? Thanks for posting.
richramus
He is amazing.
I am old and crusty yet when he says things like this I get goose bumps.
And, he is so sincere.
How can anyone who hears him give these heartfelt, wise talks turn around and call him names like “Slick”.
sjh
It’s still a shame we lost Jefferson after the $C game. Not quite sure what to think after the alleged harassing our players gave him for a past commitment to $C.
do we know
if he was on his “official” campus visit during the game? Wasn’t Barkely wearing a UCLA hat at Pauley with Norm Chow during his “official” visit to UCLA? When you’re on an official visit to a campus as the guest of the university, it’s customary to sport that school’s gear even if you’re a verbal commit to another school.
Scout says that he was
A good explanation.
In my mind: Not good enough. He’s the one parading around as a Bruin commit, no matter how soft, and he pulls this crap for the rivalry game. That he supposedly didn’t expect a harsh reaction from our players for wearing SUC’s gear on that day of all days is straight up stupid.
The alleged harassment was for wearing $C apparel TO THE $C GAME.
As Tydides noted, the guy was lost well before he stepped onto the sideline (or locker room).
Recall that we have some players that were $C commits before coming over to our side, including this year’s top recruit (Presley). I doubt they would have seen a prior $C commitment as a big deal.
formerly bruinhoo
I heard he was a commit to them back in the day… but it was his treatment by the UCLA players that caused him to switch back. Regardless, he could have been a dominating player for us.
He was describing the reaction from our players
At seeing him in a SUC jersey at the rivalry game. Try again.
I appreciate the clarification, the guy was such a soft commit the whole time I was overly shocked to see him jump. However, he still was a commit, and perhaps a different reaction or other factors before the game could have kept him here.
Seriously?
What do you think the chances were of him staying with his “commitment” considering he made the conscious choice to wear a SUC jersey to the RIVALRY GAME. No, sounds to me more like he wanted out but wanted a BS reason to do it so he didn’t look as bad for changing his mind yet again, so he figured he’d wear the jersey and get the expected reaction from our players and use that as his weak excuse.
Plus the guy had to have been the classic dumb ass, literally
He wore a just$c* jersey. I have never worn one of those in my life. I never would do it. I wouldn’t do it just to get a reaction from anyone. It’s anthetical to every fiber of my being. But this jerk decided he would mingle with Bruins wearing the colors of the enemy. That is sheer stupidity — the “dumb” in dumb ass. (And anyone with the mental vacuity to think that was a clever move would never in a million years qualify academically at UCLA. Of course, he will raise the collective IQ and GPA at Figueroa JC immensely.)
And he is an ass to think that he could insult all Bruins with impunity. That takes an arrogance already developed to trOJan-esque proportions. Anyone that arrogant is simply an ass.
I think that he was lucky he didn’t have his just$c* duds ripped off him and shoved into one orifice or another. All he got was some demeaning comments to which he took offense. That’s another indication that he is an ass, because nothing is more demeaning than wearing something that says just$c* on it.
He got much less than what he deserved. And wouldn’t want anyone like that wearing my school colors anyway.
An analogy came to mind.
This is a kid coming to meet his fiancee’s family and wondering why things didn’t go well just because he brought a new girlfriend along.
Sigh...
I had a U$C letterman’s jacket when I was 14. A lot of my family members went to school there. My dad brought me one as a gift, it was actually a really cool jacket…because at the time, I lived in France, and anything from the US was just cool. Of course, no one actually knew what it was…and yet they knew what OOKLA was!
Anyway, it all worked out, especially since some of those family members actually advised me NOT to go to U$C! See, some trOJies can be smart after all…
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
Do you have proof that Jefferson was treated unfairly?
And no I don’t care much what a recruit has to say who doesn’t have the track record of honoring his words. If you don’t have evidence, don’t come over here badmouthing our players.
I don't care how dominant he might have been.
He does not have the attitude or the brains to be a Bruin. OJ would have been a dominating player for us, too, but I am ever grateful that he chose to attend Figueroa JC.
Once that pinhead showed his true allegiance, then our guys had every right to abuse him out of the program. And that’s not treating him unfairly. It’s treating him exactly as he asked to be treated.
And after all the clarifications, it’s clear the guy was just a SUC guy the whole time and thus not deserving of being a bruin. My confusion stemmed from my (which I’ll admit, I clearly had read rather haphazardly) readings that he decommited due to his treatment by UCLA players. There was no insult intended.
Before you advance an argument here or make an assertion
Make sure to check where you are getting information from. Spreading (alleged) unsubstantiated information about our program that puts our players in a negative light coming from a questionable source, comes across as an attack on our guys.
Here's what I posted in the fanshot on this news
Shaq was not highly rated early on, but has really come on in the last 10 months or so. While recruiting sites still have him as a three-star prospect, his play in camps last spring and early on this year has seen him shoot way up school’s wish list. He’s now considered a defensive back with one of the higher ceilings of any west coast DB. He was a silent commit and a great pick up for us.
Formerly ryebreadraz
D-Linemen
Any good d-linemen prospects coming in? It looks like the team is a little short in that area and don’t have much size up front.
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