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Duke receives a committment from in-state three star athlete Jordan Waters from Fairmont with offers from WF and ECU.
That makes 6 NC 5 recruits in the 2019 class.
https://247sports.com/college/duke/B...mits-117609039
BangBang DukeGang
Duke receives a committment from in-state three star athlete Jordan Waters from Fairmont with offers from WF and ECU.
That makes 6 NC 5 recruits in the 2019 class.
https://247sports.com/college/duke/B...mits-117609039
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Welcome, one and all!
Article on Mr. Waters commitment.
http://www.fayobserver.com/sports/20...t-to-pick-duke
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Can we possibly get one of these? We need this badly...probably would've been worth 3-4 wins last season...
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/c...205876489.html
https://247sports.com/college/duke/A...tte--118103150
Jacob Monk is apparently not good enough to get by with being "one of the more athletic interior guys we’ve seen this spring" , he also needs to be "a physical, powerful dude in the trenches" just to get "up to a four-star rating after film review."
Here is the quote sans commentary:
A Duke commit, Monk is one of the more athletic interior guys we’ve seen this spring but he’s also a physical, powerful dude in the trenches. He’s up to a four-star rating after film review.
Bob Green
Duke offensive line commit Jacob Monk headed to The Opening in Dallas:
It all starts in the trenches.@TheOpening
#TheOpening Finals O-Line roster got a whole lot stronger today. 💪
Congrats big men, see y'all in Dallas.
Bob Green
Why are folks "committed" to Duke '19 "blessed" to get offers from other schools?
As I remember, our top rated recruits from the last two years ended up at UNCheat and State.
That sucks.
I met a guy several years ago whose son was a 5* offensive lineman recruit that was committed to Clemson. He went on a visit to another school and Clemson dropped him in a New York cab driver second. (sad side note - he ended up at UNCheat)
I hope we eventually end up at a point where we can dump recruits the are not committed to their commitment.
Thoughts??
As noted by Ozzie in the offseason thread, Zonovan Knight decommitted.
https://www.highschoolot.com/zonovan...duke/17568762/
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
I agree with the front page article that football recruiting has a frustrating lack of emphasis on the definition of "commitment," but I am not sure what is meant by the phrase, "football and character are often associated with little reason."
Football has PR problems galore, and the NFL in particular does an atrocious job of highlighting the "good guys" of the sport (other than JJ Watt and a few others). NFL rosters are full of guys who spend their down time visiting local schools and charities, especially on weekdays after practice during the season. When I was in high school, a starting linebacker for the Carolina Panthers drove 1.5 hours one way after practice during the playoffs to visit our local Communities in Schools program. That's the norm, and the NFL really touted that stuff back in the '90's.
In college towns, you can find football players (as well as many other athletes) helping out with school reading programs and local fundraising drives (and in Durham, at the children's hospital) on almost any day of the week. People who follow the programs closely get to find out about that stuff, but it's a shame that there's not more push among football people to shine light on the high character guys in order to counter all of the bad press.
Note: Cam Newton does a lot of "stay in school" work around Charlotte, but it's kind of ironic given his shady college years.
Here’s another decommit, unfortunately. Donovan Greene has decommitted. He is a very good wide receiver prospect. He, too, is now being recruited by bigger programs and is listening. It’s frustrating, but this is the world of major football recruiting. Also why I like the early signing period. If you unexpectedly lose a commitment, you at least have some time to look for replacements. At least in our case, we have plenty of time.
I am very concerned about a Jakob Monk, our recent offensive line commitment. He is getting lots of press and will be a target of major programs. Hope he stays firm.
As for Cut’s past stance on decommitments, it’s understandable and I don’t blame him. Again, this happens often at the major level. I wonder if he will change course and try to hold on to certain players. Deon Jackson was receruited heavily by Notre Dame after committing to Duke but kept his commitment. He never decommitted though. Cut might just feel like if the kid decommitted, he’s not coming. Why waste time.
https://247sports.com/college/duke/A...mits-118448587
But if you want to feel better about recruiting, here’s a little piece on Duke commit Eli Pancol, a wide receiver who says his commitment is 100%.
https://247sports.com/college/duke/A...ting-118429263