Jamoral Graham

[CadaverDawg]

Yeah, I follow our recruits on twitter. I usually send them congrats or something along those lines. I would never in a million years insult or bad mouth a kid. I saw his tweet and asked a question. He answered. I thought I would bring it to the board for discussion. I have been through enough dead periods to get a little itchy when you hear a commit talk like that. I'm really not trying to hurt or offend anyone, especially if it effects the university.

Keep doing what you're doing man. We need a positive voice on twitter and you're a good one. Seriously, don't stop. I guarantee you that 99% of our fans are glad you're doing it...because Lord knows OM is.

[bully99]

Bully Dee, you didn't do anything wrong. No need to apologize to anybody. Keep bringing the information.

[HoopsDawg]

Bully Dee, you didn't do anything wrong. No need to apologize to anybody. Keep bringing the information.

don't let bracky know.

[preachermatt83]

the biggest problem I have with this is that he was the one recruit that has actually been recruiting other kids for us. We don't have recruits that do that nearly as much as some other schools do and now the one we did have is wavering.

[Todd4State]

the biggest problem I have with this is that he was the one recruit that has actually been recruiting other kids for us. We don't have recruits that do that nearly as much as some other schools do and now the one we did have is wavering.

Umm....Elijah Staley? You know- the guy that basically got all of our recruits to visit during the Alabama football game?

[RougeDawg]

Is tweeting that he is going to visit OM and that he wants to explore. He also changed his name from future_bulldog to truG. What gives?

Looks like the shenanigans have begun early from the northern bunch.

[defiantdog]

Hopefully this is more like the Chris Jones situation and not like the CJ Johnson situation.

[Goat Holder]

IF we keep our coaching staff intact, signing day will be awesome.

[Bully Dee Williams]

Just talked to someone on the Graham situation, they told me Jamoral was the person David Johnson referred to the other week. Johnson said the OM coaches were pursuing something that would be mind boggling if they allowed it to happen. OM is only doing this to get a jab in at us. They dont care about him, but are trying to flip him for the splash. We should be a little nervous.

[Coach34]

We should be a little nervous.

No. Recruiting should never make a fan nervous.

The Bafoon thread from a couple of years ago someone posted showing them laughing at Mullen for signing Calhoun should be required reading and shows why you should never get in a frenzy about recruiting.

[SDDawg]

No. Recruiting should never make a fan nervous.

Exactly, at the end of the day we should only sign kids that want to be here and are excited about the opportunity because they're the ones that will produce on the field. The kids that don't have the passion for the program are not the kids you want anyway. I do hope Graham stays with MSU but if the best decision for him is something else then we should wish him well and move forward.

[Bully Dee Williams]

No. Recruiting should never make a fan nervous.

The Bafoon thread from a couple of years ago someone posted showing them laughing at Mullen for signing Calhoun should be required reading and shows why you should never get in a frenzy about recruiting.

You're right about the big picture. I was speaking of nervous in the sense of the recruit. You are definitely right about the situation, though. Nervous isn't that right way to talk about the situation.

[Pollodawg]

Them trying to flip our recruits is sort of like when a little brother sneaks into big brother's room to touch his shit while big bro is out. They want to be us so bad it's funny and a little sad.

[RougeDawg]

Allthough we all want Jamoral in maroon and white, but we can't let someone's wanting to explore cause us to make rash stupid remarks. Let's all remember this one statement, not one recruit does make a class. And to speak porly of someone who is free to make their own choices, looks bad on our part

That being said, if any recruit chooses the benefits and goes to OM(looking at CJ Johnson), knowing they will lose 80% of the years they play us and continue to finish behind us in the standings, deserves their fate. If they are too ignorant to see which team has more stability and produces a better team of recent that will give them the best chance to make the league , then let them go on their merry way. They'll soon realize that the furniture and Silverado's don't make up for losing to State 4 our of 5 and soon to be 6 of 7.

[maroonmania]

Just talked to someone on the Graham situation, they told me Jamoral was the person David Johnson referred to the other week. Johnson said the OM coaches were pursuing something that would be mind boggling if they allowed it to happen. OM is only doing this to get a jab in at us. They dont care about him, but are trying to flip him for the splash. We should be a little nervous.

Mind boggling? While I would hate for us to lose any of our commits this is not a year where if we lost any single recruit would it torpedo our class or in any way be mind boggling. Had we lost Chris Jones last year to the Bears THAT would have been mind boggling but we don't really have a high level "can't miss" prospect on our list this year like Jones. We just have a lot of solid to good prospects.

[SDDawg]

Recruiting is going to be dirtier this year than it has been in a long time. OM is desperate to hang a recruiting banner and when they start losing that's when they're the most dangerous. The only difference is that there won't be a recruit with the profile of Chris Jones in play, but I expect it to be nasty right up until NSD.

[Raytoraid83]

Recruiting is going to be dirtier this year than it has been in a long time. OM is desperate to hang a recruiting banner and when they start losing that's when they're the most dangerous. The only difference is that there won't be a recruit with the profile of Chris Jones in play, but I expect it to be nasty right up until NSD.

I'm more worried about the 2015 class. All those rebel boosters aren't gonna be happy with most of the top prospects in mississippi having us number one or close to the top right now

[SDDawg]

I'm more worried about the 2015 class. All those rebel boosters aren't gonna be happy with most of the top prospects in mississippi having us number one or close to the top right now

You're right, this dead period is the warm up and it's going to be even worse for 2015, especially after Dak skull drags OM in Oxford.

[ShotgunDawg]

I wouldn't worry about Graham. Kids who are looking to decommit go silent like CJ Johnson, Epps, and possibly Chris Jones. Kids who want attention tweet all of their thoughts.

Decommitting IMO is a little like getting divorce, kids just want to do it as cleanly and with as little pressure as possible. Kids who tweet out all their thoughts are asking for pressure and transparency, and psychologically, IMO, that doesn't add up to someone who is serious about decommitting.

[HoopsDawg]

Mind boggling? While I would hate for us to lose any of our commits this is not a year where if we lost any single recruit would it torpedo our class or in any way be mind boggling. Had we lost Chris Jones last year to the Bears THAT would have been mind boggling but we don't really have a high level "can't miss" prospect on our list this year like Jones. We just have a lot of solid to good prospects.

this is so true.