Prep Athletes Shouldn’t Trust College Coaches
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By DERON SNYDER
Greg Schiano isn’t the first college coach to leave his school in the midst of asking high school recruits to enroll. The cycle repeats itself every year. But for sheer dramatic value, nothing beats the scene Thursday at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J. (coincidentally, the school that expelled a top football player for offensive tweets).
Five assistant football coaches from Rutgers University were in the gym, prepared to seal the deal with two of the state’s top recruits. They were just waiting for Schiano, who was late. A couple of hours later, ESPN reported that Schiano agreed to coach the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The next time they saw him, he was being introduced at Friday’s news conference in Tampa, talking about trust, belief and accountability.
As for the recruits at Don Bosco, and elsewhere, who trusted and believed that he’d be there if they committed to Rutgers? They should have known better. Coaches are always susceptible to leaving at a moment’s notice, regardless of what they say in luring players.
