OT- Dirty or Smart? Cam Cameron "escorts" LA prospects on a UCLA official.

Submitted by Rabbit21 on

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-UCLA-lsu-football-recr…;

Apparently Cam Cameron ensured he was on the same flight as three highly recruited Louisiana prospects as they flew to Los Angeles on a UCLA official visit and is also staying in the same hotel and going back on the same flight.

While this is legal it stinks of desperation and I have to wonder if it's not going to piss the recruits off that LSU feels the need to "chaperone" them and try to sabotage another school's official visit.  Feels bush league to me, and I do wonder if it ends up being effective.

One other interesting point is that the reporter writing the article is basically to UCLA fans what Drew Sharp is to us and known as a total Trojan slappy.  

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Jack Daniels

February 1st, 2014 at 4:43 PM ^

Recruiting is 99% dirty....coaches like Urban Meyer and James Franklin actively engage in negative recruiting.....Franklin has already started to negatively recruit against Michigan since he arrived at PSU and the Gibbons Incident only adds more fuel to his fire

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Flocka

February 1st, 2014 at 4:47 PM ^

Well it's certainly not "dirty" in my book. I would only call breaking the rules "dirty". However it does seem like a desperate move that has some serious potential to backfire.

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Mr Miggle

February 1st, 2014 at 5:33 PM ^

but winning without a shred of integrity is much worse than losing in my book. There are lots of rumors involving Miles that may or may not be true. The documented cases, such as pulling scholarships from incoming freshmen like Elliot Porter, are bad enough to make them moot. 

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Danwillhor

February 1st, 2014 at 6:00 PM ^

told the story on here before but I wouldn't trade a few wins for what I KNOW, 100%, Miles has done just in regard to recruiting/treating kids. The guy wins but maybe I'm native when I say he belongs in the South. Half the reason Bo turned down TA&M was knowing what would be asked of him. That is coming from a man that walked into a recruits bedroom and told him if he went to Arizona he'd tell his players to hurt him when/if they played.

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Wiseguy

February 1st, 2014 at 5:06 PM ^

I don't have a problem with this. I like the dedication and commitment. No where in the rules says you can't do this. Wish our staff was this dedicated.

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LSAClassOf2000

February 1st, 2014 at 5:37 PM ^

Bruins Nation, which originally reported this as someone mentioned, also had a little fun at Cameron's expense in a few parts of the article. You can find their entire piece (HERE), but this is a passage that made me laugh a little anyway. After the author claims that he, like most D-1 coaches, are not familiar with the actual rules of recruiting, he says:

"Of course, maybe I have Cameron all wrong. Maybe he's out visiting U.C.L.A. himself and looking out for his own skin and seeing if there is a better opportunity in Westwood. Sure, it's the other side of the ball, but we do have an open defensive coordinator spot, after all. Or maybe Cameron just wanted to see what it's like when it's the end of January and the weather report says 63, sunny, and no fire ants (48 and cloudy in Baton Rouge, for reference)."

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UMfan21

February 1st, 2014 at 6:50 PM ^

Putting myself in the recruits shoes, this would drive me away from LSU. Why would I want an LSU coach following me around my UCLA official?

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1of12MattDamons

February 1st, 2014 at 9:13 PM ^

I think these actions of following recruits on a trip and making sure he rides on the same plane, while he is also staying in the same hotel as them are a bit creepy. It's just weird to me. Other posters found it peculiar and a bit creepy as well so I'm obviously not alone in that line of thinking.

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trueblueintexas

February 1st, 2014 at 9:58 PM ^

Two things: 1) how did Cameron know which flights to get on and which hotel to stay at? I'm assuming one of the players who is traveling told him. If so, this was either agreed upon or those players are getting a first hand lesson about only share what is necessary. 2) I'm assuming there is nothing against the recruiting rules about this, but to me, this just goes too far. Many college coaches have limited respect for the kids they are recruiting. They view them purely as a commodity. These are the types of stories that lead me to believe if adults can't handle themselves, than draconian rules need to be put in place to make sure the interest of the kids are taken into account.

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