Not a good example, he was a Flood recruit who committed before Ash was hired (before the summer actually) and he stuck with the program when Ash was scrambling to keep the class together.
Pretty sure my group may lose a couple this year too. Too easy to get tickets day of and too easy to probably get season tickets in the future. A lot of people just don't want to waste their Saturdays on a losing team and the Bronx isn't helping.
Based on the Rivals commitment list, it does not look like RU got a verbal for 2017 until March 2016 (with the exception of Jones in November 2015). It may be a little early to panic.
I'm saying the exact opposite. The post I quoted said you should commit to a school. I am merely pointing out that in 2017 the coach and his program shapes the school. Obviously there are exceptions like kids who have always wanted to play at Notre Dame. So yes, I think if a coach leaves...
I think we should stop trying to rationalize with the guy who must have posted like 50 times in the PSU game thread on THIS board during the game. I don't even know how you were even able to actually watch the game with the insane amount of posting you did.