Ash breaks with Meyer on recruiting

[mildone]

The people who are still mad about Ash coaching OSU through the bowl game must be the most dense people alive.

They are dense, to be sure. But the most dense people alive?

Just off the top of my head, I think I can come up with some groups of people that are more dense:

• People who don't wear seat belts.
• People who smoke crack.
• People who unquestioningly believe what they hear from any major news media source.
• People who aggressively argue with cops.
• People who text while driving.
• People who, when driving at dusk, in the rain, or in fog, don't put on their lights on because "I can see just fine".
• People who think it could never happen to them.
• People who think their political party is "better" than the other one.
• People who thought championship wrestling was real.
• People with full athletic scholarships and a chance to make it the NFL who commit burglaries or assaults.
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• People who employ hyperbole more than everybody else in the universe combined.
  
• People who don't understand what's so dense about all these things.

 

[KingHigh]

It would be outrageously bad form to try to flip osu commits while still finishing up duties there. I don't know about some of you guys sometimes. Have some character.

 

[Mr_Twister]

Ash said he would not try to flip kids who were committed to OSU, which is exactly what he should say. I would look down on any coach who tried to poach committed players from his former team. Uncommitted players being recruited by OSU are fair game. I don't know why this is hard for people to understand.

Scarlet Jerry

Rutgers is now playing Big Boy football. Are you suggesting that Rutgers should back off any kid who verbals to another program? Flipping players happens all the time. If Coach Ash thinks he can flip a player who can help our program, go for it. Do you think Urban Meyer or Nick Saban or James Franklin would think twice about flipping a Rutgers verbal commit? It doesn't matter former team or not. We are competing, not simply participating. No need to be sanctimonious about this. There is no higher ground when it comes to recruiting.

 

[aged_wolverine]

Was listening to the bowl press conference and Ash indicated that it would be unprofessional to recruit kids that were already committed to Ohio State.

If I recall that's the way it was with Big 10 schools until Meyer arrived in Columbus. Meyer explicitly stated that he would go after recruits committed to other Big 10 schools in a break with the decorum for the Big 10 schools until Meyer's arrival.

So isn't Ash saying that Meyer's recruiting is unprofessional?

I forget Purdue's coach back when Rich Rod was hired(Tiller or something /shrug), but he got extremely butt hurt when RR took Roy Roundtree from them. He tried saying there is a gentlemen's agreement in the B1G not to poach, but that wasn't anything my fellow fans, or mods, had heard of before.

 

[Caliknight]

There are some really unintelligent people that post here. I don't know any other way to say it.

 

[RUonBrain]

There are some really unintelligent people that post here. I don't know any other way to say it.

I do.
They are DUMB and SHORT-SIGHTED and don't see the big picture.
Oh, and also DUMB.

 

[St_Henry_Buckeye]

Ash said he would not try to flip kids who were committed to OSU, which is exactly what he should say. I would look down on any coach who tried to poach committed players from his former team. Uncommitted players being recruited by OSU are fair game. I don't know why this is hard for people to understand.

Scarlet Jerry

Great post. No offense but it is evident that many posters here just have zero idea about how big time football programs operate. The fact that some here are upset because Ash is coaching for the Bucks in their bowl game is laughable. Happens all of the time. Good luck in the future.

 

[withoutregard]

if ash just started his job Rutgers full time, this wouldn't even be a discussion, but urban is calling the shots for ash for now

 

[lighty]

Great post. No offense but it is evident that many posters here just have zero idea about how big time football programs operate. The fact that some here are upset because Ash is coaching for the Bucks in their bowl game is laughable. Happens all of the time. Good luck in the future.

I'm not sure many people are upset with him coaching in the bowl game. Those that are upset seem like they're more upset that Ash was named head coach rather than the guy they wanted.

Makes PERFECT sense to me for him to follow the path set by guys like Herman and to coach in the bowl game. Here's hoping Ash follows Herman's lead again with a successful first season...

 

[Mr_Twister]

Once Coach Ash's commitment to Ohio State is complete (post bowl game), and he is Rutgers head coach, I have have no issue with him beginning to pursue athletes, especially NJ athletes, who have not signed LOI's with other programs. Recruits can decide for themselves what program is the best fit.