and Major Wright and Will Hill too! On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Kenneth Beitler <[email protected]>wrote:
> And I really hope Richardson gets the opportunity to meet Brandon Spikes > this September. Up close and personal, the way No-show Moreno met him. > > > > Go Gators!!!! > > > > Ken B. (NYC Gator) > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Rob Alexander > *Sent:* 02/07/2009 11:51 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Re: How long will the SEC and Tennessee put up with > Lane Kiffin? > > > > Kiffin is like a 17 year old himself. Goofing around with kids phones, > telling them to lie to people, lying himself in his press conferences and > taunting the other coaches in the SEC (all of whom have a better head > coaching record than 5-15). A coach like that is going to have some serious > disciplinary problems. How can he expect his kids to behave any better than > he does? > > > > As to losing kids to other schools at the last minute, it really doesn't > worry me. For every blue chip recruit that turns out to be a star, there are > two that are a disappointment. These kids are stars in their high schools > because they're more athletically gifted than the others around them, but > when they get to college, they're on a team where everyone was the star in > high school and being special isn't automatic any more. No one knows how any > kid will react to that until they get there. Some will have the mental > toughness to compete at the new level and will once again become stars, but > lots of them just coast and never really become big contributors. > > > > The thing that really strikes me about Richardson is his lack of character. > He was supposed to have developed a relationship with the Florida coaches. > Otherwise, why would he have verbally committed to them? So what does it say > about his character that 1) he would actively participate in a lie by > continuing to tell them he was coming once he knew he wasn't, just so it > would mess up their ability to recruit someone else, and 2) that he would > say to the papers when asked about Kiffin's accusation about Myer, that he > 'likes Kiffin's style'. > > > > Contrast this with the stories we read about other recruits. Those that are > making a hard decision between two schools usually find it really difficult > to tell the coaches at the school that almost got them that they're not > coming. They develop real relationships with more than one set of coaches > and they genuinely feel bad about saying no to someone. (Tebow says he still > stays in touch with Mike Shula.) But this kid didn't feel the slightest bit > bad about lying to the coaches he had committed to, or about changing his > commitment at the last minute. He told the papers that the whole thing was > funny. A kid like that wasn't going to be a team player even if he had come > here. He'll fit in better with Kiffin. > > > > Rob > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Jerry Belloit > *Sent:* Saturday, February 07, 2009 6:23 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [gatortalk] How long will the SEC and Tennessee put up with > Lane Kiffin? > > > > It is hard to imagine someone so incredibly dumb and unethical as Lane > Kiffin has turned out to be. Not only has he slandered Urban Meyer and been > found guilty of violating SEC rules, he has set terrible examples for his > players. Many of his other actions have also been unethical such as faking > who he was visiting, impersonating a player when dealing with the player's > high school coach, coercing a player to lie to gain a recruiting advantage, > etc. > > > > I can appreciate the enthusiasm a new coach needs and must have, but such > blatantly sneaky and unethical behavior is NOT the message of integrity and > honesty that should be given our young people. > > > > I hope that someone at Tennessee will sit him down and compel him to clean > up his act. > > > > By the way, I don't particularly mind loosing Richardson. I don't think > the kid will likely stay out of trouble. It is clear that he does not have > the ethical standards that we need at the University of Florida. In his > brief courtship of Florida, he has misrepresented his high school > achievement in his attempt to graduate and enroll early and lied to several > people about his intentions about going to Florida after he had decided to > go to Tennessee. > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
