"Untoward or not, fans and national media members bristled at the news. Because, as Paul Myerberg wrote this week, Edsall himself was not fully committed to his previous job, once an opportunity came open at his “dream” school. If a grown man can go wherever he wants, with great compensation, during a career spanning decades, it seems perhaps a bit petty to keep a kid who’s playing for free from enjoying the same privilege." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...nd-vanderbilt/2012/02/15/gIQAG9ifFR_blog.html
FHCRE can't help but step in it. He destroys yet another good QB (freshman of the year in 2010), benches him and then lists Vandy as a place he can't transfer to? Vandy? They hate him in Maryland. The dream job is becoming a nightmare.
Both good reads. Straight up fear that DOB succeeding at Vandy will make Edsall look even worse than he already does. (Edit : should clarify that, more than just succeeding at any old place, at Vandy he'd be playing for his old OC, who had a pretty successful season at Vandy. Especially compared to Edsall at MD)
Sounds to me like someone from Vandy was in the ear of these guys. Perhaps talking to the players or even offering a transfer during the season. Of the train wreck level problems RE is having, denying a transfer to Vandy is not one. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk
If you put Danny O in the headline, and you don't mean Orlovsky, folks around here are gonna be confused.
In reading the article, it sure sounds like Edsall suspects that there was contact between DOB and Vanderbilt, prior to his transfer request. It also seems that Edsall is saying to DOB, "go ahead, challenge the exclusion if you like", as the appeal option is there. I have no idea what the appeal process is like in this circumstance, however, I would love to see DOB go forward on that. If Edsall indeed suspected Vandy of having communicated with DOB prior to him submitting his transfer request, couldn't they have filed some sort of tampering charge to the NCAA? I suppose instead, they are putting the burden on DOB to challenge the exclusion instead. So now a college kid and his family have to go hire a lawyer to help overturn Edsall's exclusion. The legal burden is placed on the student. How righteous of the NCAA! Oh...and you other two guys who are transferring too...you're banned from transferring to Vandy as well!! ...and for no apparent reason...other than to show that there no discrimination against DOB perhaps.
Spite, Vandy is on the exclusion list because of spite. There is really no reasonable defense of Edsall on this. A horrible PR move by Edsall. Even if there was contact between the QB and the former coach, most reasonable people will side with the kid on this, He should be expected to have a bond with his former coach.
There really is no appeal process. If the school doesn't release him, there really is no recourse. This was demonstrated with the attempted transfer of that basketball player from St Joes to UAB earlier this year. The only reason that Phil Martilli had not to let him go to UAB was spite. The kid tried to appeal....but found out that the NCAA appeal process is basically a joke. The NCAA ruled that Martilli had not given him his release and thus was not eligible at UAB...that was basically their ruling.
The only reasonable defense (whether anyone agrees with it is a different story) is that they suspected that Vandy was in touch with these kids prior to granting them their release. If the UMD staff has any reason to believe that Franklin is tampering with some of these kids and is a big reason why they are leaving, that's one thing. However, not one kid that I'm aware of has transferred to Vandy. And the hypocritical nature of Edsall denying DOB the choice where to go because of that when he himself was sneaking off into discussions without informing his current employer.....well, enough said.
There are former MD coaches on the Vandy staff. If you don't see how a kid having a tough time adjusting to a new.coach might have contacted or been contacted by the former coaches during the season with perhaps a promise of a transfer scholarship if they left, then your being a bit of a Pollyanna. It was not a popular change. It's not a big leap to think that there could have been some tampering or undermining going on. If they want go they can go, they just.can't have a scholarship from the former staff. Randy has exposed himself as a bit of a douche, but he has to protect his program from interference. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk
I'm actually okay with him not allowing his players go to Vandy because he believes that there was some tampering this was within his power, it is certainly better than Schiano banning his qb from transfering to Miami because he believed it would have a negative effect on his recruiting in the Miami area.
that's DanO, not DannyO. DanO sounds a little tougher while Danny O sounds like the name of a professional juggler or something
