Nexus Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 After holding it together in the immediate aftermath of NCAA-levied sanctions, it appears that the biggest fish in Lane Kiffin's 2010 recruiting class is slipping from his grasp.We noted yesterday how Kiffin and three other members of the USC football program took a private jet to visit Seantrel Henderson last week after the mammoth offensive tackle did not attend freshman orientation as expected. His father has since refused to comment on his son's status, and now so is the son. Playing in a pro-am basketball league Tuesday night, Henderson was asked about his status with USC. "I don't want to talk about that," Henderson said according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Henderson is apparently put off by the fact that, during the recruiting process, Kiffin told him that there would be no serious penalties placed on the Trojans. If Henderson does try to transfer from USC, he would be forced to sit out a transfer year before becoming eligible to play football. Miami and Ohio State would likely be potential destinations if Henderson decides to play elsewhere. LINK Quote Link to comment
GMoose Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 JaMarcus Russell should take this kid under his wing. Either him or Albert Haynesworth. Henderson seems to be taking pages out of their handbooks already Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 yeah, but the kid did everything possible to ensure that what happened, wouldn't happen. there really isn't much more that he could have done outside of committing somewhere else. i kind of feel bad for him, he wanted to go to USC but made it very clear that the sanctions would have an affect on his decision and something like a post season ban would all but eliminate them from contention. he was lied to, and really had no reason not to believe USC when they told him there wouldn't be any sanctions. now there are, and his future will be impacted by them. sure, he took a risk but he certainly tried his best to mitigate that risk. IMO the NCAA should have allowed kids from this recruiting cycle to leave w/out the penalty as well. they are the ones that drug the investigation out 4+ years...how were these kids to know it wouldn't be another 2-3 years (if ever) before they finally did something? Quote Link to comment
schuhbdoo Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 yeah, but the kid did everything possible to ensure that what happened, wouldn't happen. there really isn't much more that he could have done outside of committing somewhere else. i kind of feel bad for him, he wanted to go to USC but made it very clear that the sanctions would have an affect on his decision and something like a post season ban would all but eliminate them from contention. he was lied to, and really had no reason not to believe USC when they told him there wouldn't be any sanctions. now there are, and his future will be impacted by them. sure, he took a risk but he certainly tried his best to mitigate that risk. IMO the NCAA should have allowed kids from this recruiting cycle to leave w/out the penalty as well. they are the ones that drug the investigation out 4+ years...how were these kids to know it wouldn't be another 2-3 years (if ever) before they finally did something? when you lay down with dogs sometimes you wake up with fleas. this was a black cloud over the program and kiffin sold him a program that was going to compete for national championships from the moment he stepped on campus. they all should be able to transfer, freshmen, soph, junior, seniors and red-shirts. if they challenge that in court they could win that in my opinion. how can usc/ncaa say junior and seniors can xfer but freshmen and sophs can't????? doesn't make any sense. 2 year ban from bowls is the same punishment for a freshmen as a senior. usc goes to bowls every year, so the underclassmen are suffering a unfair burden in my opinion. Quote Link to comment
Husker S Thompson Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Imagine Suh's head (the avatar on post #2) on the body of post #3. Seriously, would ya? Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Wow, back then some were ripping this kid for being an attention whore in dragging out his recruitment and demanding some clarity from USC. Turns out he knew what he was doing - unfortunately, got basically lied to. Feel for the kid. Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Not good for anyone involved. The sad thing is the only ones paying the price are the kids in uniform. Kiffin and his assistants will not only have that FAT salary, but Kiffin now has an excuse if (when) he doesn't succeed right away. He can probably go the next 5-7 years never winning more than 8 games and continue to shift the blame to the reduced scholarships and the media will eat it up. On top of that, those 30 scholarships are worth something like $4,000,000 to the university. Thanks for the extra $$ NCAA - we'll still field a solid team with our rich local kids. Quote Link to comment
irieboy8 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 dont know why people cant see this about kiffin... or why didnt the parents do some more research and realized what was coming down.... when there is smoke there is fire and USC campus has been smoldering for years.... Quote Link to comment
AndyDufresne Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Imagine Suh's head (the avatar on post #2) on the body of post #3. Seriously, would ya? That . . . is . . . just . . . wrong. You deserve one of these for putting that imagery in my head Quote Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Just saw a story on College Football Live that said Seantrel is not attending summer school classes. They mentioned that they think he may defect to Miami and felt he was misled by USC. They also showed a short clip of Lane Kiffin (who's growing increasingly chubby, BTW) saying "If someone wants to leave the best place in the country to play football, we won't stop them," only increasing my desire to hit that guy in the mouth with a hammer. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Imagine Suh's head (the avatar on post #2) on the body of post #3. Seriously, would ya? Why wonder? Quote Link to comment
huskalova Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Imagine Suh's head (the avatar on post #2) on the body of post #3. Seriously, would ya? Why wonder? That's just wrong... Quote Link to comment
HuskerInLostWages Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Hmmm zoog, that is wrong in so many ways. Funny, but wrong. Quote Link to comment
Vuren Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Just saw a story on College Football Live that said Seantrel is not attending summer school classes. They mentioned that they think he may defect to Miami and felt he was misled by USC. They also showed a short clip of Lane Kiffin (who's growing increasingly chubby, BTW) saying "If someone wants to leave the best place in the country to play football, we won't stop them," only increasing my desire to hit that guy in the mouth with a hammer. screw the hammer i wanna run him over with a car, over and over and over again. as well as every other coach for usc and pete Quote Link to comment
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