Matt Elam Is The First Recruiting Casualty Of Meyer Decision
by mlmintampa on Dec 31, 2009 2:54 PM EST
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Florida State commitment Jeff Luc of Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast tells the Orlando Sentinel today that top state of Florida prospect Matt Elam has decomitted from the Florida Gators and has told him he will join Luc in Tallahassee to play for the Seminoles.
Elam had been wavering for quite some time, according to various news reports. Elam, a wide receiver/defensive back from Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer, is the top rated prospect on the Sentinel's state of Florida top 100.
If you watched the 4A State Championship Game, you saw how good Elam could be. The five-star had more than 180 yards rushing and three touchdowns in a 42-14 win over Niceville. A lot of us seem to be occupied with the thought of Lane Kiffin as vulture and picking off UF recruits. We forget that Jimbo Fisher is also from the school of SEC Recruiting.
[Update] Via the Gainesville Sun; note the first quote (which looks bad for UF) and the second quote (which makes it look like Elam used playing time as a decision maker);
"I was supposed to be enrolling there in about 10 days but I had a bad feeling about things when he said he was coming back. I didn't feel comfortable with that. I didn't want to get in and get stuck, that was really scaring me. I am good with it. It is a great opportunity to go to college at a great place. A lot of people don't have this opportunity."
A chance to step in and make an immediate impact on defense also influenced Elam's commitment to FSU.
"It was on my mind, but (Thursday) I really made the decision," he said. "I was sitting down thinking like I can make a difference. If I go to Florida I really can't make a difference at Florida, I can just jump on the bandwagon. I want to make a difference and I see a lot of good things there."
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Elam getting destroyed on Facebook
Some comments:
“you are stupid”
“Good job. Coach Meyer has been there for you and your family and screw him like this?
You totally screwed Florida and Coach Meyer and now, you’ll be getting beat by UF for the next 4 years."
“I love it actually! Players who want to Win BCS titles come to UF, if they want to start right away they go to FSU. Jiimbo fisher didnt nothing after Saban left LSU. Fisher is New to FSU, this time next year when FSU has 5 or 6 loses…..what does he sell then?”
“Brantely will be in NYC next year as a Heisman Top 5 guy, UF will lose 1-2 games. We will be FSU by 3 TD’s again.
UF Team of the Decade, best Senior Class winning Percentage in SEC History. Meyer won a BCS Title with Chris Leak!! "
by Julio Nievas on Dec 31, 2009 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
Elam is not a player I want at UF
he has totally been wavering for the past year. He made meyer promise not to recruit any more safeties so he evidently doesn’t have the heart to come in and work hard and earn a position. FSU is so bad that they can promise these talented candy aces playing time. Good riddens and good luck with your free shoes.
Meyer is in a great position right now with the players he has on hand at UF
If I were him I would go after the best 3 and 4 star players that “want” to be GATORS and coach them up like only he can. Right now he could afford to redshirt most of them and keep them in the system for 4 or 5 years. Build this team with numbers of “character” players who will stay in school and who love UF. In 4 years he would have a senior laden team with guys staying and getting their degrees and winning championships instead of these 5 star recruits jumping ship and calling their shots like elam or getting arrested before the SECCG for DUI like dunlap. These guys don’t appreciate nothing any how. The team at Utah was built like this and they have won 2 BCS bowls in the past 6 years with far less talent than their BCS rivals. It is rediculous to count on these 4 and 5 star premadonnas because all any of them really care about is themselves. GO Urban and get some “REAL GATORS” get some real men who will at the least give you 100% all the time! Not lay down and quit while protecting their draft status from injury like they did against bama in the SECCG. We need players like Arenis who would have loved to play at UF but was overlooked by all Florida schools and Bama picked him up and now he is an All American player as a senior. Stop letting the inmates run the asylum.
by pLANEolG8RB8 on Dec 31, 2009 4:50 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
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5star recruits dont equal success. Look at FSU they have been loaded with 4-5 star players. Hasnt been helping much. For every 5 star like Tim Tebow theres a 3 star like Mark Ingram. Look at Brock Berlin, he was the number one QB in the nation and didnt even start on our team and had to get a transfer to be able to play. So I agree, 5 stars are usually imediate impacts to the team, but give Meyer time and he can turn the players into blue chips.
"I meant to misspell that word, just observing who would correct me."
I can't say I blame elam
he’s a high school kid and he wants to play against the high school competition provided by the ACC.
by pLANEolG8RB8 on Dec 31, 2009 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
is the streak at 6 or 7?
For every woman masturbating right now, there is a guy masturbating while imagining that woman masturbate.
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2009 Best Regular Season Record in NYPPL.
wow, thats definately wierd.
For every woman masturbating right now, there is a guy masturbating while imagining that woman masturbate.
2009 NY Phin PhansFantasy League Champion
2009 Best Regular Season Record in NYPPL.(lol, good job!)
"I meant to misspell that word, just observing who would correct me."
I think too much when I drink.
For every woman masturbating right now, there is a guy masturbating while imagining that woman masturbate.
2009 NY Phin PhansFantasy League Champion
2009 Best Regular Season Record in NYPPL.
I knew this was going to happen, damn-it...
we’re talking about these players career.
Where are all the coaches going?
Thats funny
I can see changing schools to like USC, Bama, even Miami…But FSU! LOL. How can we compete with any school if the recruit is worried about imidiate playing time. I am not to worried about our WR/DB positions next year. We are loaded with talent there.
"I meant to misspell that word, just observing who would correct me."
Who Cares Florida is loaded at Safety. Good Luck Elam.
In the words of a former great Gator Safety. If you ain’t a Gator you’re Gatorbait !.
I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
amen to Gatorbait
Elam will make a fine pair with Greg Reid – they are both cowards who are not worthy of wearing the orange and blue. Florida’s practices and workouts aren’t cut out for guys who don’t like compeition and don’t feel they have to earn their playing time.
I don’t want any “me-first” guys – regardless of how many stars are attached to their names. Also, Elam was never a Gator if he ended up at FSU.
Is this ^^^^^ really coming from a guy
with a grandma shooting the bird and holding a “Gators Suck” sign as his icon?
how many starters does florida lose this year?
yes i am obsessive, obnoxious, in your face and all about covering the spread. those are my good qualities.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 2, 2010 11:21 PM EST reply actions
If anyone watched the UA All American game
Dominique Easley committed to UF and won the black team MVP, this kid is a beast. Both UF Safety commits had 2 int’s each so now I know why Elam chose the free shoes U. He would have been a career special teams guy at UF. He’ll be the starting free safety at free shoes U next season.
drama
Kid is probably tired of the drama. There is no drama in Tallahassee. Tallahassee spear hunters are gaining strength and the SEC recruiting scavengers have descended upon this gator carrion to try to pick every last little bit of flesh apart.
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