Morales Mystery Solved
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.
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.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:55 AM ^
If we have 15 verbals as of yesterday, this means the door is closing for folks that want to wait until Signing Day, right? Does this help us or hurt us?
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.
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.
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