OT: Urban's reaction when 5* recruit told him no thanks
KC McDermott was apparently visited by Urban even after he committed to Miami, and this is what he said happened when he told Urban no. Not sure if it's 100% true, but pretty damn funny nonetheless.
''The Urban Meyer thing was just funny to me. He came to my school a week after I told his assistant that I wasn't even interested in them. I told him no to his face, and it's got to be one of the top five reactions of someone ever. His facial expression was just so funny. My coach was tearing up and had to go in his office to laugh...Like the state of shock where the guy has literally never been told no in his life. It literally looked like a kid the first time you tell him 'no, you can't do something.' It looked like he was a baby about to cry. It was so funny.''
http://www.landgrantholyland.com/2013/6/6/4403520/miami-commit-kc-mcder…
probably doesn't have a future in political office or a PR firm
Snarking a kid for being immature makes my head wanna asplode. Maybe it's time to turn that cap around and stop calling kids a douche and a chode.
They truly are like assholes!!!
It’s a message board. 72% of everything here is an opinion.
Ps. 43% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Thanks for the stat on "made up" stats! Gave me a good morning belly laugh! Awesome.
The word chode always makes me laugh, I can't help it.
Urban is one of the kings of douches.
The kid finding it funny that Urban was making weird facial expression when being told a recruit isn't interesting in his school makes the kid a douche?
Get off your high horse of chodeness yourself.
is Massingill...
If I not mistaken, his two daughters are named, "Summers" and "Eve."
:)
What a jackass that guys seems to be. I cannot even fathom Hoke being even remotely like that to a recruit. Hope this info circulates among the elite recruits of the nation.
Maybe this means he thinks Ohio won't be landing Jamarco Jones.
For your entertainment:
upvoted way more.
Just figured out the problem with my golf swing. The whole drop it from the back of the neck part. That is legal right?
I thought it was really funny. First of all, he had told Meyer's assistant that he wasn't interested a week earlier. Then, Meyer decides that he is going to waltz in and change his mind, just by the sheer force of his personality and position, and gets it thrown back in his face.
McDermott could have been more mature about it, but he's a 17 year old kid going to a school that hates Ohio State for what they consider is a national championship that was stolen by the referees.
All he did was tell the raw, unflitered truth as he saw it. I'm sure he'll get over that horrible personality flaw as he gets older.
Edit: this was in response to "dr explosion's" comment at the top.
I would probably be a little shocked too...people usually aren't rude like that.
That was just the "we are cooling on you" face...
All he said is that he told him no face to face. Where are you getting enough information to determine he was rude?
Sounds to me like he didn't even let Urban talk. If a major program was recruiting me and came a long way to see me, I would at least give them 10 minutes of my time...
I kind of doubt this story is true though...Urban is not going to fly to see some kid that had absolutely no interest in the program.
common courtesy. plus, you never know if your paths may cross again (ie. in the nfl or college all star game).
It’s his school and Urb-ie shows up uninvited. I am way douche-ier to the people who knock on my door trying to sell me [insert religion or product of your choice].
Fair point about thinking long term but I’m more in the camp of GET OFF MY LAWN in this situation. The world has gone soft. IMO
So when someone random knocks on your door asking for money or trying to convert you to some religion you waste both your time and theirs by sitting there and listening to them for 10 minutes before saying no? Recruits get thousands of hours worth of phone calls, and even more mail that they have to deal with on a daily basis, that is why so many kids commit early because they want to be done with it, and urban is showing up refusing to be done with it. It's kind of like an ex girlfriend showing up after you say you don't want to see her, you have no obligation to do anything.
There's at least six Michigan commits from Ohio who've talked about Urban showing up to recruit them, after they've made it clear they're solid. So you really think he wouldn't put in the effort in THIS case?
He was committed elsewhere and had already told OSU he wasn't interested. I find it impossible to muster any sympathy for Meyer, who I highly doubt flew down there just to see him.
You are correct. Urb headed down to South Beach for some family time.
My thoughts exactly keep_em_honest. Urban is a douche, however this kid comes off even worse. I mean here is a coach that thought so highly of him that he traveled down to Florida and offered him a full ride, yet he publicilly mocks and laughs at him afterwords.
So I suppose you take the time to invite every Jehovah's Witness, Mormon missionary, and door to door salesman into your home, because they took precious time out of their day to come all that way out to see you to save your immortal soul or offer you a great deal on a vacuum cleaner?
Priceless!!
I might; it depends on just how great that deal on that vacuum cleaner is.
But if they could offer me a great deal on a soul or offer me an immortal vacuum cleaner, I might.
Are you finally admitting you're an ohio fan? I've never seeen such a huge urban apologist.
If I tell you I'm not interested, I'm not interested. You continuing to badger me about it is being incredibly rude, so I'm going to shut you down. That's not being rude, because clearly you either lack the intelligence to understand no means no, or you're deliberately ignoring my wishes, which makes you a douche.
Judging by your posts, you're pretty clearly an OSU fan... Why do you post under the guise of a Michigan fan with your use of 'we' and 'us'?
All he said is that he told him no face to face. Where are you getting enough information to determine he was rude?
Exactly. KC McDermott tells Urban Meyer "no" to his face and he's a dick. Drake Harris tells Dantonio "no" through this HS coach and he's a dick. Maybe we should just refrain from speculating about a 17 year old kid's character based solely on 2nd hand accounts of how he (or she) turns people down on offers.
How is it rude? He told Urban's assistants he was no longer interested. So what does he do? GOes down to his school to talk to him about Ohio State. I think you got who was rude mixed up.
Good point. Those of your impugning this kid's character, ask yourself this. When a telemarketer calls you up trying to sell you random product or service and you respond "no, thank you", only to be further given the sales pitch, are you; A: annoyed and pissed off, or B: pleased and flattered?
Some people find continuous pressure to listen to sales pitches irritating and uncomfortable, regardless of who is giving them. Football recruits are no different. If they were, then no kid would ever give an early verbal commitment.
Frankly, the fact that Meyer thought he could fly down there and change this kid's mind is the height of hubris and probably a big reason why people think he's a dick.
I don't respond, I just hang up.
Now suppose you get interviewed about your experience with the telemarketer and you give the above response, except in the finished article the report is, "When triangle_M was contacted by the telemarketer, his response was to abrupty hang up".
Does that make you seem like a reasonable person or a dickhead?
Reasonable person. The phone is there for my convenience and I treat it like it is my device, and not the property of a marketing company. When my wife or kids call I answer, if my boss calls and its after work hours, I'll think about answering. If I don't know who it is, it just gets dumped. If its important, they will call back.
..what are you guys responding to? I clicked through, then clicked through to the full story again. There's nothing douchey.