Langley decommits.....

[Evilchicken2]

Originally Posted by JT21

Posted this in the Proving Ground but Langely clearly - IMO - committed to SC as a move to try and hold his spot at a school he was considering. If you recall, in the summer there was a lot of talk regarding Bama, UGA, and Tennessee (Langley's top 3 schools) backing off of him and not wanting to accept his commitment and even read that he wasn't necessarily a take for SC. Then shortly after all this talk started, Langely became real high on SC almost out of nowhere and committed shortly thereafter.

All of that's a long winded way of saying that this isn't surprising and I don't know how much you can actually blame the staff for this when Carolina was clearly a back up option all along for Langley - though I certainly don't know what went on behind the scenes.

SMART EFFIN MOVE TOO! Carolina should have seen the writing on the wall quicker and said to this guy, 'adios!'

[Evilchicken2]

Originally Posted by USCBASEBALL1

Carolina spoke to him before and after each visit. Try again.

Did they demand respect? Because I used the word 'and' to complete the thought. Obviously we pined for this guy when we should have cut his @ss loose.

[Evilchicken2]

Let me stop before I start sounding like my ego is bruised. LOL.

[SCohioBoy]

HE is one recruit. He is not the enitre class or the key player for this class IMO.

[Mick Chicken]

Originally Posted by USCBASEBALL1

They have been trying to get Langley on Campus for weeks. Not sure what else they really could have done to make him come. The reason they pushed the Official to USC back was the fact Langley was supposed to take an Official to UGa after Langley took his Official to USC. USC wanted the last shot at him which most Staffs would want as well. Really nothing we did wrong. The kid has been looking to make this switch for some time. Nothing USC did wrong here imo.

See this is what I don't get...we have some very informed posters blaming the staff..now they know more about this than I do, a lot more..but what else could USC have done if he didn't want to visit? Can't very well kidnap him and bring him to campus. If they did at least push for him to visit and stay in contact then there isn't much else they could do imo. Sounds like he just preferred uga..which does suck. Oh well..4 in a row next year in athens should be fun

[MikeTrainNC8]

Ridiculous... What the hell was the point of having all those recrruits for the UGA game and then blowing the shit out of them??? Looks like it helped us get one recruit (griffin) and lose another (langley), and now recruits etc seem to all have forgotten about our dominate win.. Once again UGA looks good bc of a piss poor schedule.. we play a tough one, lose two games, and are chopped liver apparently?

WHY a DB would choose UGay over USC (dbu) is beyond me.. especially one who talked us us up so much. Look at the track records please.. one team has multiple pro bowlers and starters, the other has Champ Bailey (old)

We needed needeed a big corner this class.. sigh. Really can't wish this guy well, not with how this turned out. I hope we absolutely smack him in the mouth

[LegalCock]

We need to get some guys who are ready to log some snaps in the secondary, like now.

[BruceAlmighty]

Originally Posted by TheBiggestSpur

Posted in cock pit but apparently we can't post about our commits decommiting in there lol

Why would you even think that's a possibility when there's an entire board dedicated to recruiting?

[USCBASEBALL1]

Originally Posted by Evilchicken2

Here's what they did wrong...

They should have cut him loose early on after it was APPARENT his undying love for Georgia was insatiable. Tell him 'good luck' and move on. This wasn't a sudden decommit, but rather a drawn out inevitability. Nothing sadder than trying to smile with egg on your face. Heck my ego is bruised right now!

Yeah he sort of played us the same way UGa played him. They got him after stringing him along. Very similar to the way they played Griffin.

[gamecockphan]

Just go steal a CB from another school or jump on a highly rated, non committed guy. Pretty simple if you ask me.

[Gamecocks321]

Okay, wasn't Langley and Griffin sorta friends? If UGAY decides to accept him, is it possible he'll switch as well?

[USCBASEBALL1]

Originally Posted by gamecockphan

Just go steal a CB from another school or jump on a highly rated, non committed guy. Pretty simple if you ask me.

^^^ Yep.

[ReadR00ster]

Still have about 4 good Corners out there. Robbins, Likely, Williams, and Alexander. Personally I think Robbins would make up for losing Langley.

[CoverTwo]

I think they'll try to make a last ditch effort to get Alexander. A few sites mentioned in the past after he decommited from Tennessee that USC could've been a BIG player for him. Grady Brown is his recruiter.

I also think Shedrick Williams will get a call.

[onamission]

His situation always sounded fishy. Even if the coaches could have done more it seems like he always wanted to go to ugay.
If he comes here great. If not we will move on.

[Acockolypse Now]

You win some, you lose some.

Don't lose sleep over it guys.

[Coondog]

Better he decommits now than in December, at least we have time to find a replacement. I just don't want the coaching staff to fill the spot with just anyone, if we can't get another good DB then fill the spot with another position.

[USCBASEBALL1]

Originally Posted by CoverTwo

I think they'll try to make a last ditch effort to get Alexander. A few sites mentioned in the past after he decommited from Tennessee that USC could've been a BIG player for him. Grady Brown is his recruiter.

I also think Shedrick Williams will get a call.

I agree on Alexander. He has had interest in us before so we need to make the move on him asap.

[cockypanther]

Originally Posted by USCBASEBALL1

I agree on Alexander. He has had interest in us before so we need to make the move on him asap.

It would be big if we could get Alexander. He looks like a stud. Plus to steal him from Florida would be the icing on the cake.

[Roosterboy]

Wish him luck.
If his heart isn't in being here, he doesn't need to be here.

Best of luck to you Brendan.