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July 31, 2007

So, What’s the Right Reaction Here?

Filed under: Football,Recruiting — Chas @ 11:16 pm

Many different reactions I imagine to Madison, Ohio Tight End Nic DiLillo decommitting from Pitt (so much for what his mom wanted) and committing instead to Ohio State once they offered him. I mean, it’s hard to be too offended that he backed out of a verbal to Pitt, when he did the same to Clemson. Plenty of thoughts about how the kid just can’t make up his mind and maybe he just shouldn’t have kept giving verbals if he was continually waiting for a better offer.

On the other hand, maybe the kid is playing the recruiting game correctly. He verballed to the best offer gotten early, then upgraded once and then twice. Each time getting a little closer to home and a bigger name in college football. Ohio State came calling, finally, for him. Arguably, as annoying as it can be to see a kid decommit, at least it was done in late July rather than October or November.

I imagine there will be the standard story about how he always dreamed of playing for tOSU and when the offer came, he couldn’t say no to his dream. Heck, I noted back in late June when his verbal was pending to Pitt that if they offered, he’d probably jump again.

UPDATE: Yep, sure enough courtesy of Gorman’s blog:

“I’m ready to take the heat for committing again, but to see the look on my parents’ face made it worthwhile to me,” DiLillo told the Scout.com Ohio State site. “I’ve never seen them happier. Ohio State is my dream school. What kid doesn’t grow up wanting to be a Buckeye? I know I look like a jerk, but had the Buckeyes offered earlier there never would have been any thought of Pittsburgh or Clemson.”

According to the post, DiLillo and his family also went to Pittsburgh and dropped some cash on Pitt gear along with stopping by to see the coaches  before announcing he changed his mind.





I’m not sure why he’d commit in the first place, however, if we can get Hubie Graham, we’ll probably better off.

Comment by Ryan 07.31.07 @ 11:25 pm

He is like every decent player we go after. Just waiting for that offer from Ohio State or Michigan. Being an assistant coach for those teams must be so easy. You do not recruit, you select. Where are all of the kids who want a shot at playing early and coming to a program without 6 former Parade All-Americans upperclassmen above them on the depth chart?

Comment by Roberto 08.01.07 @ 12:22 am

It is understandible that he would jump at an OSU offer, and that he would find it easy to do so.

Comment by Kenny 08.01.07 @ 8:57 am

Wanny is in trouble now..losing recruits, suspenions and still has yet to win.

Comment by scoocher 08.01.07 @ 9:44 am

Let’s not forget that the kid would have been playing one year behind one of the top TE prospects in the country from last season. He wants to play close to home and took an offer that allowed him to do that. I doubt Wanny is any trouble. Give him the same time WVU and RU gave their coaches and watch the results.

Comment by HbgFrank 08.01.07 @ 12:40 pm

That’s the key. Give Wanny 5 years and we’ll just see. I think you’ll see a MUCH better team this year in certain areas, namely line play. It takes time to develop linemen. But you are not going to be anyone worth a darn without be able to dominate the line of scrimmage against average teams.

Comment by Ryan 08.01.07 @ 5:41 pm

if it is true that DiLillo and his family spent the past weekend in Oakland lying to Wannstadt and the staff, then he is a no-integrity punk from a family with no values. Better that he never came here. I hope he spends his career in Columbus so far down the depth chart that he has to scalp a ticket to get in and see a home game.

Comment by Roberto 08.01.07 @ 7:12 pm

all the more reason to jump to the big 10 when/if offered.

Comment by Kurt 08.03.07 @ 10:48 am

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