To those who take the recruit flips to OM personally and think OM does this just to hurt us, I agree that they should never be disappointed If they see we get upset when a recruit flips.
However, if we actively recruit someone, why would it surprise us to see that other SEC schools e also looking to recruit that person. The first thing I like about a recruit is when I see that OM, AL, AUB, LSU, GA also want him. I always get happy when I read that a Bama recruit decides at the last moment to come to MSU. If we are realistic (I know, DS has no SPS rule #37 that we should be realistic) we must understand that every desirable recruit we ever had was subject to some flip efforts by other SEC schools.
All I can say is I hope all of our flip losses turn out to be huge disappointments to whatever school flipped them.
It is foolish to not understand recruits are 17-18 year old sail boats, who can be swayed by whatever wind might blow past their sails. They are foolish car purchasers, who can be swayed by any slick car salesman who "goes to get a new deal from his manager." They are new businessmen who are negotiating their first big sale of a good product that lots of people want to bid on.
Bla, Bla, Bla