Justin Johnson

HFvictory · Post by **HFvictory** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:04 pm

Berkner QB (RB/Ath)

Morriss pulls his offer after he visits UH.

Dark Horse · Post by **Dark Horse** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:13 pm

Good for Coach Morriss. Not that there's ever any reason to choose Baylor for .... anything, but 18 years old is not to young to understand the idea that if you're not committed to something, you don't give your word. It's absolutely fine for kids to be unsure, to wrestle with a decision, to consider every option about there, whether it's on picking a college/team, or whether it's picking what to have for lunch. If you make a commitment -- especially to a coach who's offering to invest 4-5 years' tuition in you -- you honor it. Period.

HFvictory · Post by **HFvictory** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:23 pm

Dark Horse wrote:Good for Coach Morriss. Not that there's ever any reason to choose Baylor for .... anything, but 18 years old is not to young to understand the idea that if you're not committed to something, you don't give your word. It's absolutely fine for kids to be unsure, to wrestle with a decision, to consider every option about there, whether it's on picking a college/team, or whether it's picking what to have for lunch. If you make a commitment -- especially to a coach who's offering to invest 4-5 years' tuition in you -- you honor it. Period.

Except how many recruits that are committed elsewhere does Morriss chase? Coaches don't honor a kid who has committed elsewhere so why should the recruits be held to a higher standard? It isn't a contract and everyone knows it isn't binding, especially coaches.

Edwards will visit Tech and several other BU recruits will make visits elsewhere, how many of them get their offer pulled? Morriss trying to make an example out of Johnson, but in reality is just being a hypocrite.

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:41 pm

exactly

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:31 pm

The Richardson Berkner Coach is pissed and has banned Baylor coaches from his campus. Baylor has done very well at Berkner over the last few years. No specific mention of Johnson's options now other than the visit to UH but the Coach says Johnson has several options availiable. baylor was recruiting him as a Safety although he played QB in high school. He is generally an outstanding running QB in high school rushing for well over 1,000 in both his Junior and Senior season.

mathman · Post by **mathman** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:08 pm

Baylor is cutting their own throats. Surely there was more to it than the guy taking a visit.

PonyOLineFan · Post by **PonyOLineFan** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:25 pm

According to Rivals, Johnson holds a scholarship offer to SMU. Shouldn't Bennett
and his team be on top of this imediately? Johnson would be an asset and has played exceptionally well alongside LeRibeus.

OC Mustang · Post by **OC Mustang** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:29 pm

PonyOLineFan wrote:According to Rivals, Johnson holds a scholarship offer to SMU. Shouldn't Bennett
and his team be on top of this imediately? Johnson would be an asset and has played exceptionally well alongside LeRibeus.

I think it is dead period. Stallion, is that right?

Pony Fan · Post by **Pony Fan** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:30 am

It has been a dead period.

Corso · Post by **Corso** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:52 am

PonyOLineFan wrote:According to Rivals, Johnson holds a scholarship offer to SMU. Shouldn't Bennett
and his team be on top of this imediately? Johnson would be an asset and has played exceptionally well alongside LeRibeus.

1. Quiet period, so coaches can't call kids.
2. Recruits, I believe, can call coaches.
3. As teammates, LeRibeus and Johnson (and DT Adrian Campbell?) presumably are friends.
4. Can't LeRibeus get on the horn with a coach or three, get the low-down on points of focus, and then start recruiting his teammate?

Happens all the time, from what I gather. Big Josh led the way for Johnson on the field at Berkner .... now it's time to lead him (and Campbell?) to SMU!

friarwolf · Post by **friarwolf** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:58 am

My bet is that Morriss had cooled on this kid and the visit was a convenient reason to pull the offer.

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:40 am

No way this is an outstanding athlete who could probably play Division 1A football at 2-3 position.* Morris just got angry because this is about the 6th kid to look else where and decided to draw the line.
*Now Johnson was injured this fall but I have heard nothing to suggest that he won't fully recover

MustangIcon · Post by **MustangIcon** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:22 pm

Come to SMU Justin! We are by no means opposed to sloppy seconds! I would kill to have our classes filled with BCS school decommits. Heck, I'd be ecstatic with just a couple each year.

HFvictory · Post by **HFvictory** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:50 pm

friarwolf wrote:My bet is that Morriss had cooled on this kid and the visit was a convenient reason to pull the offer.

Even if true, why ruin the Berkner pipeline? Morriss will lose a lot more than Johnson with this move.

friarwolf · Post by **friarwolf** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:30 pm

Good question. Maybe his reasoning skills have been affected by all the time he supposedly spends in that bar in Waco.............