How did we lose Gilles?

[GoState662]

I thought he was gonna be one heck of a TE.

 

[GBryne4Heisman]

OM told him they could get him in..

Even when he committed to us I heard he had grade issues..

 

[Banned Goat]

not that that is the reason we lost him though. Who knows. Steve thinks it's a power play by Nutt over Mullen. It seems like we knew he was JUCO bound so didn't treat him like a priority. Neither did Ole Miss, but Nutt saw an opportunity to one up Mullen.

 

[woozman]

that if a high school senior hasn't even taken the ACT yet that there are some grade issues.

 

[DaRealistDawg]

Bennett at MC I don't think has sat for the ACT. Nobody ever talked about it at least and assumed he would qualify. His grades are borderline from what I understand. If someone knows different, let me know. Martin though is good to go, pretty smart guy.

 

[Fresno Bob]

You can't take an official without having taken the ACT or SAT. He took an official to Texas Tech back in December meaning he had to have taken it before then.

 

[Purebred Dawg]

Giles has a better chance at getting into Parchman than he does at OM or MSU. He was suspended, I believe, for most of this season due to disciplinary issues. That, on top of the fact that he has yet to take his ACT. No huge loss there IMO.</p>

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I thought he was gonna be one heck of a TE.

I was never high onGiles after watching his film. I liked his size and athleticism but I don't think he has the discipline to develop into a really good player. If he has it, then he could be. But hewas suspended like the last5 or6 games of his senior year. You have to do something really stupid to do that unless he was academically enligible and if you aren't eligible in HS how in the hell will you be eligible in college?

If you look at his film against Jamerson Love's Aberdeen team, there are several times where Love shakes the **** outta his ***. He lookedlazy and undisciplined. I have no idea how he ended up being a 3 star. Now I would take him to make our class look better, but after watchingfilm on Day, Muniz, Holmes,Love, Lewis, andLawson and comparing it to Giles who was a 3star, there is no way you could say he's a betterplayer and worthy of a 3star over these guys who are all 2stars. Especially since he has little senior film to go buy and unimpressive senior film at that.

Giles will never see the field at Mississippi. I hope he does though. I hope he getshis life straight and make grades and get into college. I would never wish bad things uponAmerica's youth.

 

[HighPointDawg]

I know that he told Hud last night he was signing with MSU and he probably told Paul and Steve too... and then I'm sure he told Yancy and that side as well which set up for somebody to look stupid today..... and it was us.

Regardless, UM's "plan" in these situations for these type players is so far more advanced than ours that it's embarrassing. We have to improve this and make kids feel confident that even if they have to spend a year at another school that we won't forget about them and they will be "taken care" of. We don't do that very well...

 

[birminghamfan]

If he was committed until last night, we wanted him. I agree, not a big loss, but he played Mullen & Co.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

HE's ON THE LIST!