Kiffin's Recruiting Class Imploding Down The Stretch As Trojan Continue To Tumble In Rankings
by Nestor on Feb 1, 2010 6:45 PM PST
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PrintWhile the Bruin Nation gets giddy in anticipation of signing day, the Trojan recruiting class continue to implode. Over the weekend UCLA raced past Southern Cal in Scout.com's recruiting rankings as the Bruins climbed up to number 15, while the Trojans fell to 17. Now it looks like the Trojans have fallen to number 21 thanks to the decommitment of ... are you ready for this ... a punter. From SCPlaybook.com:
Frontier High School punter Matt Darr, who is Scout.com's top rated player at this position in the 2010 recruiting class, has informed the USC coaches today that he intends to make the switch and sign with Fresno State on Wednesday.
YIKES. The folks over there are not happy over losing a punter to Fresno State (which ironically is the alma mater for Hello Kiffin). May be even the Trojans agree punting is winning? Seriously though I can see why people would be upset over losing a punter. I am sure Al Golden from Temple can write few posts on that topic considering his team's second half against UCLA.
The Trojans now have only 13 players on their committed list (which BTW includes Giovanni Di Poalo as a 'soft verbal') and there another really interesting point on this punter recruitment after the jump.
There is a really curious note about Hello Kiffin's recruiting "efforts" specific to this situation from the same thread:
Matt was quoted in an interview with the publisher of the BarkBoard LAST WEEK saying NO COACH from USC had even called him since Kiffin was hired.
What did you expect the kid to do ???
Ooof. I thought Kiffin knows how that place "works"? That sounds very much ... Dorrellian.
It will be interesting to see how it shapes up heading into Tuesday. At this point of time though it is clear which school in Los Angeles, has clear cut momentum heading into NSD.
GO BRUINS.
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I'm not sure I'd write this off to losing a guy to Fresno St.
Remember for the longest time that Carroll wouldn’t give kickers or punters scholarships. Only recently did he so it could be that Kiffin subscribes to the no kicker or punter gets a scholarship theory and made it clear that he wasn’t wanted at SC. Obviously, it’s possible that Kiffin really did just screw it up, but my guess would be that Kiffin got rid of a guy he didn’t want to give a scholarship to. If that is the case, Kiffin is making a big mistake IMO.
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I think that is possible
However, when I wrote about “losing” a punter to Fresno State I was interpreting the perception that was permeating from that Trojan thread. From the comments there it sounded like folks were upset about losing a punter. Either way the optics of this at this sensitive time is not good for the Trojans, no matter how hard they try to spin it.
Ryan -- you know such great stuff.
I won’t read the slimes but wonder if they know what you know and have put it in the story.
sjh
if that is true, it shows how classless Kiffen really is
why not call the kid and tell him that he was wanted?
by silverlakebruin on Feb 1, 2010 9:33 PM PST up reply actions
I just said that I think it's a calculated decision
not that he’s not a jackass.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Feb 1, 2010 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
I hate the toejams just as much as anyone else
but how often can a ‘school’ lose a 4 star recruit (according to Scout) this late in the game and actually raise it’s average stars per recruit? — 4.07 to 4.08.
Damn $c. Their days are numbered.
OT, but anti U$C nonetheless
Kobe Bryant has been embarrassing OJ2 on his way to becoming the leading laker scorer in franchise history.
Good to see every toejam getting embarrassed.
And it will only get worse for lamey's trOjies...
It does not look like they will be getting many, if any, of the four or five-stars players still listed as their prospects on scout.com.
Darr is gone. Henderson, Jones, Parker, and Green are all unlikely.
If Di Poalo, Zumwalt, Jefferson, and Riley all come to UCLA (it’s possible), they will have their worse class in a decade and we will have our best.
+1
Gentleman, its not over yet. Other recruits can and will jump ship in the 48 hours.
he just assumed
that the women already knew and didnt need to tell them.
Not suprising that no coaches called Darr
especially knowing how Lame treated his own bro-in-law. That’s just Lame’s character flaw as a human being.
Its 4th and 2 in the BCS title game...
Who needs a punter when you have a great playcaller like Lame.
Are you serious
$C won’t sniff a title game anymore
seems like
kiffykins should have spent more time calling the sc recruits, kicker or not, and less time contacting the recruits at tenn. and i agree with nestor, there was a lot of clamor about darr on sc boards trying to figure out his status before today.
Across The Face
Sucks for the kid to have to scramble for another ride at the last minute
Was just looking at his Scout.com profile, and it looks like he had several scholarship offers from top programs – including ASU, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma State and Purdue, before accepting sc’s scholarship offer last spring. Understandably, those programs moved on with their recruiting options, leaving Darr without many options once The Kitten’s lack of interest in him became clear but to go to Fresno St.
formerly bruinhoo
Well at least
they have their school’s academic standards to fall back on… Can’t hold it…
BUWHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA11
Oh man, that was good.
*I* ran over George Tirebiter.
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