Everybody, their Uncle LeRoy and Cousin Man-Man wants to hurry up and sign their letters of intent to play football somewhere. The NCAA recently changed the rules about a year ago to allow kids to sign in December as well as in February. About 85 percent of high school football players sign early instead of waiting until the normal first Wednesday in February.
Now that’s cool if you’re SURE where you want to go to school. Some kids have known their entire lives where they’ve wanted to play regardless of who’s coaching there. However, some kids are making the decision based on who the coach is or how current system is set up at a particular place. Some kids sign early and even in enroll into classes in the spring semester to get the ball rolling even faster.
Well….sometimes it doesn’t work out so well. Wide receiver Bru McCoy, the No.27 ranked prospect in the Class of 2019 from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, wants out of USC and he just got there. Ole boy signed with the Trojans in December, enrolled in classes in January and days later his offensive coordinator, Kliff Kingsbury, bounced and took the Arizona Cardinals job. Now McCoy’s transferring to Texas.
Here’s the problem, he’s gotta sit out the 2019 season because he’d already started classes at USC. So therefore, under the rules of the NCAA he’s not eligible to play until 2020. The crazy thing is, he was going to play at USC this upcoming season as a true freshman. He’s just that good.
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! I’m not one of these people that believes that just because a coach can dip from a program the players should be able to do the same without consequence. It’s not the same. Kliff Kingsbury is a professional that has the right to take a job if it’s offered to him. You can’t hate on a man for getting a better job. That’s the American way.
Unfortunately, when a player signs a National Letter of Intent to play somewhere he’s bound by the agreement and if he or she chooses to leave then they’ve got to abide by the rules. You know that going in. Coaches do leave when they get new jobs. That’s the nature of the beast.
You can’t allow players to dip every time a coach gets a new job because there would be players leaving programs every year in droves and their would be absolutely no continuity at all in these programs. Think about it, you would have 20 or 30 cats every year leaving schools. It would be chaos.
I feel bad for the kid but those are the rules. There is no rule that says that Kliff Kingsbury had to stay at USC because he may have recruited the kid or developed a relationship with him.
It sucks that McCoy won’t be able to play this year but he made the decision to leave USC after signing with them and starting classes. It’s also ridiculous that USC hasn’t named a new offensive coordinator either making the situation even more insane. They probably would have been able to retain the kid if they had hired someone right away. I hope it works out for Bru McCoy though.
Philippine 4:6 says, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”Choose the school and not the coach because that dun may not be there when you get there or he may not be there entire time you’re there. Cats get jobs everyday and boyz get fired everyday. So therefore, it makes no sense to choose a school based on a boy being there all three or four years you’re going to be there. It’s called life and things change all of the time. Stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
1) Dip: verb – to leave
2) Bounce: verb – to leave