Remember folks, tweeting at recruits is bad form — and before the decision is made can be a potential NCAA violation. Whether before or after a decision just leave the kid be. Follow his tweets if you must, but don’t go jealous boyfriend/girlfriend on a kid.
At least Robert Foster will end the drama before the start of winter break — and he means right before.
Robert Foster (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley), No. 28 in the ESPN 150, will hold a ceremony on Friday, Dec. 21 at 2:30 p.m. ET at Central Valley, his coach Mark Lyons said. While the date was set earlier this month, the time was still up in the air as late as this past Friday.
The No. 2 receiver nationally, Foster will choose between Alabama and Pittsburgh. He officially visited the Tide on Oct. 26 and the Panthers on Nov. 16.
Pitt and Alabama have been in the mix from the beginning. Other programs have been mentioned, then fallen away from the list.
His head coach swears he has no idea. That Foster will make his decision that morning and “go with his gut.”
“I don’t think anybody has an idea of what he’s going to do,” Lyons said. “I’m not sure he has an idea.”
Foster hasn’t given any indication of where he’ll commit, Lyons said. He previously narrowed his choices to Alabama and Pitt.
Since his recruitment began, Foster hasn’t been looking for a coach to tell him how he fits in or that he could play right away. But he wants a school that reminds him of Central Valley.
“He wants that family atmosphere and a closeness in the community,” Lyons said. “He likes being a high school student and a high school athlete. There is a comfortableness for him at Central Valley. When he finds the same feeling at a school, that’s going to the deciding factor. I’m sure that’s what he’s been mulling over for the past two to three weeks.”
To review. Robert Foster is one of the top WRs in the country, not just in Pennsylvania. Where he ranks is a matter of opinion. ESPN.com and 247 say he’s the number #2 receiver in the country. Scout.com says #5 and Rivals.com at #10. Overall, the rankings put him at 23 (247), 28 (ESPN.com), 30 (Scout.com) and 74 (Rivals.com).
Interestingly, despite declaring him the #2 WR and 28th overall recruit, ESPN.com puts him at 4-stars. Rivals.com also says 4-stars. Scout.com and 247 have him as a 5-star recruit.
Alabama has one WR in their recruiting class. A 3- (Scout.com) to 4-star (247, ESPN.com & Rivals.com) WR from Louisiana, Raheem Falkins.
Not that should make a difference. Pitt after all is pursuing, and at least has a 35-50% chance to land, Tyler Boyd as well.
Guess we’ll put up an open thread tomorrow for the spectacle.
coach having to deal with whimsical
HS kids.
We need you Robert. Savage has an
NFL arm. Shell is ready to break out.
Stay local near family and friends.
I hate these ceremonies where kids select there school…hats of the schools he might pick on a table like it is a game show. Says a little about the player’s character that he is announcing this way.
Just announce the pick in a statement beforehand then perhaps a brief press conference if the recruit is a top twenty.
I’m having cashew chicken and two spring rolls!
Yes. I would love to have him but life goes on .. or does it? actually not totally sure!!
This report has him leaning Pitt. The paragraph on Pitt and Foster is towards the bottom of the article. Also states with Foster Pitt will have best recruiting class in Big East and 5th best in ACC…
i have read some were that as good as foster
is boyd is even better.
just give pitt one of them please . but i want both of them.
Yeah, the kid has great potential and will probably become a star, but I feel it probably would be more appropriate to wait until after he receives the Biletnekoff Award as an underclassman to start struting around like he deserves the attention.
This is kind of like watching the kindergarten class graduation ceremony with full cap and gown, with each child receiving a diploma if they succeeded in not pooping their pants for the entire academic year. Get over yourself already.
Considering that this is probably the most important decision to be made in this young man’s life up to this point, and he has given it so little thought that he is just going to leave it up to what he ate for breakfast that day, depending on how his GI system is feeling, come announcement time to determine his selection is pretty frickin ridiculous. Ya think?!?!
Coach Bobby had a stellar career in college, where he won the Biletnikoff Award. He followed that up by playing over 10 years in the NFL, making 650 receptions for over 7700 yards and 35 touchdowns…
A no-brainer, I tell ya. Pitt has to be it!
Go Pitt.
Also this was from twitter’
@rivalsmike: Despite high confidence from #Alabama, I’d still be stunned if Robert Foster doesn’t pick #Pitt
who coached at wisconsin from 2006 till 2009
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Screwed again!
Things are also different now. They have HS football on ESPN primetime, they had a committment ticker on the ESPN bottom line the other day during the Pitt b-ball game. My Sports app has “No. 2 hoops recruit Parker commits to Duke” as one of the top headlines of the morning.
These kids are seeing more exposure now then ever before and this trend has really picked up as of late. Everyone KILLED Lebron over his decision show, but if he had chose to stay home in Cleveland, I am sure it would have been viewed as an endearing way of getting press for his hometown team.
How many All-Star, All-American, blah blah blah games are there for high school kids now? We are sitting here on the blather discussing this kid openly and I am sure many in Alabama are doing the same. You can’t expect to demand so much immediate information, put these 18 year old kids out with the national media on recruiting websites and all american games and then say “Shame on you for going to the media”…The fact of the matter is the reason they have these announcements and conferences is because we all tune in or boot up the PC to find out.
Off topic, but if you get to Oakland, check out the Phipp’s Christmas flower show. Great family fun.