I thought Mangino didn’t let people recommit. I mean, I’m glad he was able to, but I heard there was some sort of unofficial policy or something.

at Kansas we have never been in a position to get into a recruiting battle with the big boys and win. So if a guy started with Kansas then took a visit to OU, NU something and committed there we were likely out of it anyway so as fans we never saw a change.

Now we can battle with these guys. I still think the staff takes a pretty tough stance with commitments and what that means, but let’s be honest if you’ve got a division 1 level player in your backyard that is lost to a division foe…you continue to pursue that and take it if you can.

We are beginning to battle a different caliber of school for recruits and battle for a different level of player. Teams will be taking shots at our guys all year long. Now we will never get jerked around like Miami is getting by Bryce Brown, but things like with Young would not be out of the realm of acceptability if a player is on the staff really believes in.

this is much bigger than the player. On paper with limited scholarships if you had said hey we’re going to take a 3-Star HS defensive end, I probably would have rather held out for some of the others.

This however is about beating out some big name offers to keep an In-State kid at home. A lot of schools see a ton of potential with Young and if you take one quick look at his offer sheet, this is a kid we lose 10 times out of 10 in the past. This sends a message locally and is big in my mind for future recruiting in the KC area and the state of Kansas recruiting.

We went toe to toe w/the big boys…won the early rounds, got our ass handed to us in the middle but won it late and that’s what matters

I was kinda mad when we lost him but good to see he made the right decision.