The Bodda Getta

• Reply
• Quote
• Rate Up Rate Down

• Reply
• Quote
• Rate Up Rate Down

majorbowl said...

If you get a chance to see the video of Darius Philon's "signing" ceremony at Vigor H.S, be prepared to see an example of the very worst there is to see in college football recruiting.

Here's a kid that's been manipulated, used,...whatever word you want to use to describe the recruiting ploy of the most ruthless, cold-hearted head football coach in college football. Everything that he has gone through and was put through over the last 18 months as a high-profile college football recruit culminated in confusion, frustration, disillusionment, disappointment, and ultimate sadness.

Here is a kid that had his "dreams" pulled out from under him at the last minute by someone that is worshipped by everyone around him....and he's the only one that really knows it at the time. In the video, you can tell that Philon's trying to reconcile what he wants to do, what he must do, and what others expect him to do. Meanwhile, it's obvious he has no family guidance, no one truly supporting him when he most needs it, including his high school coach, who is also caught up in the rationalization and the defense of a defenseless tactic by a college coach who he will surely see again in ensuing recruiting seasons. Therefore, from a political standpoint, he has to protect his own hide. After all, no one in Alabama high school coaching circles is going to publicly criticize Nick Saban and risk losing his status in the community and likely, at some point, his job.

Darius is a lost soul. To add salt to the wound, he's going off to another program led by a head coach that will also use him.

Sad, sad story...and I wish him the very best. However, this is not likely to end well for him. And, looking back, he will be able to say, regrettably, that it all started with a visit to his home from Nick Saban.