Morales Mystery Solved Comment Count

Brian

Expert spelunking by the Daily resolves the bizarre George Morales story:

About two weeks ago, Rodriguez said Morales signed in February. But Morales said he hasn’t signed yet and plans to after fall camp wraps up in a couple weeks.

Carr offered him a one-year scholarship with the possibility it will be renewed. Morales hasn’t decided what he will do if he’s not offered a scholarship next year. For now, he’s just enjoying his experience in Ann Arbor.

“I love it,” Morales said. “It’s tough and everything. Practice is fast-tempo, but I love it out here.”

This still seems weird given my interpretation of a LOI; I think what Morales means is he'll sign scholarship papers in a couple weeks. There's no point to a LOI once you've enrolled in school.

In any case, the upshot: Morales is explicitly not guaranteed a scholarship slot in future years and knows that there's a possibility it won't get renewed, sort of like Reed Baker minus the peanut allergy. I'm not adjusting the scholarship count.

Comments

Blue Durham

August 19th, 2008 at 10:37 AM ^

My guess is that he was "worthy" of a scholarship if we have room under the "25" for the class (which occurred when Pryor committed to OSU) and under 85 for the team.  Essentially, he was invited to walk-on with a scholarship his freshman year (unusual for a walk-on).

It isn't a bad decision for Morales, as he will get experience at a big-time program; and if the writing on the wall is that he wont get any scholarship renewal, he has plenty of time to transfer to a lesser program.  No harm/no foul for both Morales and the University.

dex

August 19th, 2008 at 11:16 AM ^

I am crossing my fingers for a Grade A meltdown of hysteria that we are filling the class too early, when back in March people were complaining RR didn't have a guy signed yet. Please don't let me down, ridiculously critical mobs on the internet. You've never failed me before.

Moe Greene

August 19th, 2008 at 11:20 AM ^

All things being equal, i'd certainly rather be us than Iowa with a decidedly fewer # of recruits. One would think sensibly this would help our bargaining leverage with some of these folks, (esp those in needed positions). But it's been a while since I was an eighteen year old blue-chippah....hard for me to assess their preferences.