I had to jump in on this issue and put and end to all of the nonsence for those of us in the know. DJ transfered to U-WW no doubt hurt CLU's program. Reasons: Kid has been a player since 5yr old, all star every time, etc.  Never got a real chance in high school due to the head coach of starting seniors out of loyalty even if back up was superior in talent. Just the way he rolls. DJ didn't get a starter job until his senior year. Much to the dismay of the fans, etc. That hurt his D1/D2 chances tremendously. He went to CLU to play and Squires gave him that chance. Record and stats speaks for themselves. When Squires left the moral of the team was dismal and most of them had high hopes that the O coordinator would get the job. When the selection process dragged on and on some of the players not just DJ, got very concerned and started sending out feelers to other schools as a prudent person would. U-WW did not recruite him that is a fact. He was contacted by more than 3 other teams some in D2. The opportunity to compete and that is a key word, came from U-WW, he was not promised anything other than a opportunity.  The fact that he helped in the head coaching interview process is non relevant. (Come on coach please don't insult us by playing dumb about what was going on.)  Coupled with the fact that CLU built multi million dollar swimming pools and baseball fields, etc and didn't even touch the football field and locker room, which was part of the recruiting promise, clearly gave the message to some of the team that maybe CLU was not as serious as some of the players would have hoped. The opportunity to play at a much higher level of competion, oh here comes the CLU apologists comments (whine whine.) You seriously can't  think that a team of U-WW's caliber or any of the top ten schools in D3 couldn't pound CLU. On another note, when off season player held work outs began the turn out was pretty decent but fell off dramatically when some, not all, decided that short skirts and beer was more important.  So really people stop trying to pound this young man. He gave you three exciting years, helped bring CLU into respectablity and then  found something he wants to try at a different level. No one can fault him or others for looking over the horizon. If someone offered you a great opportunity at a higher level in your job, etc you wouldn't think about it ? BTW the football field still is closer to cattle pasture than a football feild and the locker rooms still stink of the Dallas Cowboys. Clean up that mess or watch other top talent go to Oxy, Redlands, etc. and stop with the "oh it's so intimate". I'm out.   

Quote from: Gray Fox on July 02, 2007, 05:42:38 PM
I've been away, so I am just catching up.

Quote from: Goal Line Stand on June 19, 2007, 04:45:03 PM
  Say what you will, as someone stated weeks ago on PP, it takes some big kahones to roll the dice like this and make such a huge change this late in his career. I admire that.  He will have to earn that starting spot. 

"McEnroe said Jones never met with him to tell him of his plans, and didn't return any of McEnroe's phone calls."

If he had real cojones he would have spoken directly to the coach he helped hire.