As reported yesterday, Scott and Caldwell will see him Saturday. The coaching change allowed others to come in and that obviously got him to thinking elsewhere. Florida State has offered and is in the mix.
You have to hope he makes the Jan 26 visit. If that happens I think they can get him back on board. Retaining Scott is a big boost but the changed gave others the chance to muddy things up.
After the defensive staff was ANNOUNCED. Not before they were participating in the recruiting process. There is no NCAA rule that says they have to be announced before they recruit.
Win some; lose some so it not that big a deal. I hate losing good players that we need but, if he doesn’t want to be a Razorback, he wouldn’t be a good fit since he wouldn’t be happy.
IT WAS NOT BEFORE THE STAFF.
The recruits have known who the assistants would be for weeks. The only ones who didn’t know were the fans. And we didn’t need to know. The recruits did.
I don’t know that every recruit knew, but some did because it was being reported that some did because it was being reported that, for instance, Chavis had called Gooden prior to being announced. Scott, who had been recruiting Mincey from the old staff, continued to recruit him after rumors that he might be on the staff surfaced. He very well may have known Scott was being retained.