That's the huge plus for the staff. True story never comes out and fans, who really want to like these guys, give them the benefit of the doubt. See Cordell Littlejohn. Davis was coming to us, something happened, he lashes out at Illinois on twitter, then deletes it. People in the know, Werner and Easterling report the offer was no longer commitable and he flips to UNT. What do you think happened here?
I guess the one positive in this is that recruits may jump to sign tomorrow seeing that if they wait the staff may recruit over them and pull their offers.
I have to agree. With the Cordel Littlejohn commitment, Easterling and Werner both publicly stated that the staff screwed up that recruitment and it had nothing to do with grades.
They offered him in February, pushed for him to commit in August, McGee saw him play (poorly) in September and then they pulled his offer. They really could have held off on pushing Littlejohn to commit instead of accepting his commitment, letting him post it all over social media and then telling him a month later that his offer was no longer commit-able. It's an awful situation that could have been avoided.
I'm not sure what the entire story here is with Joseph and Davis. At best you can say there's been a series of communication misfires between certain members of this staff and various recruits as opposed to something more sinister. Either way, Lovie needs to step in and put a stop to it ASAP.
Last year year certain members of the staff were trying to get James Knight/Jeff Thomas as a package deal. When the staff wavered on whether to accept the commitment from Knight alone, Lovie stepped in and said that they would accept him unconditionally. That is the right thing to do.
We all want Illinois to get the best players but right now it looks like amateur hour with this staff. Maybe it's just a couple of members of the staff who are creating problems and the upcoming shake up will resolve these issues.