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I'm really beginning to wonder about the de-commits. 

Traded Ulloa for Pryts = could see staff preferring Pryts
Traded Edmonds for Eboh = could see staff preferring Eboh
Traded Stephens for Maddox = could see staff preferring Maddox
Traded Bisharat for Hamilton or Powell = could see staff preferring either or both to Bisharat

The only one that I couldn't see the staff willingly passing on was Long.

Not saying anything more, because this gets into a very touchy subject nobody on here has any facts about.

This is absurd. 

First, if you look at the 5 year history with this staff, you'll see that the academic rejections are consistently painful, not helpful from a football perspective.  For example, the staff lost a couple of coveted DL recruits in January last year.  So, I am giving the coaches the benefit of the doubt that they have more integrity than the Harbaughs of the world. 

Second, although we don't (and don't need to) know the full academic story on all of these kids, the data we have is telling.  Stephens' self-reported gpa/act was not close to the admissible range.  Edmonds reported that he was admitted and then that he was no longer admitted, meaning that he obviously blew his seventh semester report card.  Do you have any academic data on any of the kids who didn't make it through admissions that would suggest they should have been admitted?

Third, the staff evaluated Eboh, Powell, Harrington, Segina and Maddox very early in the process and chose not to offer any of them until January.  It's not as though the kids expressed no interest in Stanford for a long time and then suddenly decided that they would entertain an offer.  The kids were so interested in Stanford that they took otherwise unnecessarily challenging classes in order to qualify for admission in the event that the staff ultimately decided to offer. 

Fourth, if you just look at the ratings, film, and HS stats yourself, none of them except Eboh is comparable to the guys Stanford lost.  For example, looking at Maddox's film (he does not have D1 speed), HS stats (especially considering he had two high end D1 OLs in front of him), and ratings, it should be clear as day that anyone would have preferred Stephens or Bisharat at RB. 

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I'm really beginning to wonder about the de-commits. 

Traded Ulloa for Pryts = could see staff preferring Pryts
Traded Edmonds for Eboh = could see staff preferring Eboh
Traded Stephens for Maddox = could see staff preferring Maddox
Traded Bisharat for Hamilton or Powell = could see staff preferring either or both to Bisharat

The only one that I couldn't see the staff willingly passing on was Long.

Not saying anything more, because this gets into a very touchy subject nobody on here has any facts about.

This is absurd. 

First, if you look at the 5 year history with this staff, you'll see that the academic rejections are consistently painful, not helpful from a football perspective.  For example, the staff lost a couple of coveted DL recruits in January last year.  So, I am giving the coaches the benefit of the doubt that they have more integrity than the Harbaughs of the world. 

Second, although we don't (and don't need to) know the full academic story on all of these kids, the data we have is telling.  Stephens' self-reported gpa/act was not close to the admissible range.  Edmonds reported that he was admitted and then that he was no longer admitted, meaning that he obviously blew his seventh semester report card.  Do you have any academic data on any of the kids who didn't make it through admissions that would suggest they should have been admitted?

Third, the staff evaluated Eboh, Powell, Harrington, Segina and Maddox very early in the process and chose not to offer any of them until January.  It's not as though the kids expressed no interest in Stanford for a long time and then suddenly decided that they would entertain an offer.  The kids were so interested in Stanford that they took otherwise unnecessarily challenging classes in order to qualify for admission in the event that the staff ultimately decided to offer. 

Fourth, if you just look at the ratings, film, and HS stats yourself, none of them except Eboh is comparable to the guys Stanford lost.  For example, looking at Maddox's film (he does not have D1 speed), HS stats (especially considering he had two high end D1 OLs in front of him), and ratings, it should be clear as day that anyone would have preferred Stephens or Bisharat at RB.