It was predictable that when James Franklin announced he was
leaving Vanderbilt to become the new head coach at Penn State that the
Commodore recruiting class fall apart.
It has.
A trio of Vanderbilt commitments have changed their minds
and are following Franklin to Penn State.
That trio is offensive lineman Brendan Brosnan from Park
Ridge, Illinois, defensive end Lloyd Tubman from Louisville, Kentucky and
another offensive lineman Chance Sorrell
from Middletown, Ohio.
Those recruiting services that rank such things as top
classes have dropped Vanderbilt considerably.
24/7 Sports.com is one such service that has Vanderbilt
ranked 49th nationally and 14th, dead last in the SEC.
Rivals.com has dropped Vanderbilt to 64 from the mid-20’s
before Franklin’s departure.
Thursday Franklin was a guest on the Dan Patrick radio show
and he was asked about the etiquette of taking recruits from one school to the
other.
Franklin is dead on.
The relationship with the coaching staff will trump the academic
reputation of any institution of higher education that competes in major
college football.
Vanderbilt is a great school, its academic standing is
exceptional but the University competes at the highest level in college football
and in the football rabid SEC.
Franklin not only sold the school but those players felt a
bond with their future head coach and Vanderbilt’s coaching staff before taking
a class on campus.
You can’t blame those commitments for following Franklin.
Vanderbilt will find a new head coach who will try to stop
the bleeding with their recruiting class of 2014.
They better make a decision fast.
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