Anyone with access to this Bucknuts article?
Just curious but came across this article on Kyle Kalis:
http://ohiostate.247sports.com/Article/Kalis-With-Tressel-gone-Im-27229
Does anyone have access to the article? The caption of the picture seems to suggest Kalis may be happy staying with his OSU commitment.
I don't know about that particular article, but previous posts have indicated that he was looking around, but that Fickell persuaded him to stay committed, at least for now.
He was ready to de-commit but he talked to Fickell and is 100% OSU again.
He's 100% currently, but a 2 or 3 year bowl ban could change that quickly.
"We talked for about 15 minutes," Kalis said. "His spirits were pretty high. He didn't want me to worry about him. He said, 'Now that I'm gone, I'm just one of those old guys.' He said that he only lives 12 miles away and I should stop and see him any time."I feel like that is some kind of recruiting violation.
but can you do something about your signature, it is pretty large and pointless.
Can you remember to talk your Midol?
on channel 4 here in cbus was that "Luke Fickell got his first commit" and was teased over a video of a kid's highlight film before commercials. After the break, the real story was that Kalis called to de-commit and then he re-committed after talking with Fickell for an hour, contingent on Fickell being the permanent coach when he enrolls.
Plenty of openings here for things to change.
On Scout, Kalis did say that he's committed to OSU after he spoke with Fickell but "only if Fickell becomes the full-time coach, otherwise I'll look elsewhere"...
NOTE: That's not verbatim but I'm not going back to find it
He essentially says the same thing in this article. He'll be OSU as long as Fickell is there.
I have a feeling he (and others) will stay Buckeyes if Urban Meyer takes over too. Next to Hoke, he's the one other man in this world that s**** rainbows
If I was the AD at tsio I would clean house. There is no way that these assistants didn't have any idea about what has been going on. Especially Fickell the guy was being groomed to take over for the vest. Could be he said don't worry about what's going on with the NCAA. We will be back to the way things have been as soon as they leave.
If Gene Smith were a Prime Minister, right now he would be getting a vote of "no confidence" from the legislative body. His handling of tatgate was inept and he was caught saying embarrassing non-truths on camera, e.g. that Tatgate is localized and not a systemic problem in the osu AD.
I'm guessing he was upset about Tressel's firing, and that his decision to decommit was a more a reflexive statement of protest than a hard decision not to play for them. There are kids who dream of playing for Michigan; there are kids who dream of playing for Ohio State.
There are kids who are open to a number of schools. This guy isn't one of them.
That's all as it should be.
Good luck to you, young man!
Here's the article, a buckeye co-worker sent after I was gloating about Tressel and the possibility of getting Kalis: it's practically the same as the one wrote on Cleveland.com
Kyle Kalis: “When my mom told me the news the first thing I thought was pure shock,” Kalis said. “I was furious. I had a deep missing feeling. My heart just plummeted. My head was spinning 100 miles per hour.
“I thought – ‘with Tressel gone I’m gone.’ I was going to call coach (Luke) Fickell and de-commit.”
Kalis waited until this afternoon to make the call to Fickell.
“I talked to him for an hour straight,” Kalis said. “By the time we were done I was super confident in him and Ohio State. I’m 100% Ohio State. After talking to him I forgot all about de-committing. Everything feels good. It’s like a weight is off my shoulders. Coach Fickell is Ohio State.
“Coach Fickell reminds me of coach Tressel, but if someone is messing up he will get after their butts. I fell in love with coach Fickell. I am really fired up.”
Kalis said at least 15 schools have been in contact already and he basically told them “we’ll see.”
However, Kalis now plans to have his coach tell all other schools, ‘thanks but no thanks.’