Minutes after Tre Jackson committed to Tulane this afternoon, I was able to connect with the cornerback by text message to find out what went wrong for the Wildcats.
After all, aside from distance, things appeared to be in favor of K-State on a number of levels:
WALLACE- "Whenever you get a chance, could you text me maybe two or three reasons you didn't choose KSU? Just curious to know. Thanks Tre."
JACKSON- "There aren't even three reasons. Distance wouldn't have been a problem if I would've had a longer relationship with the staff."
WALLACE- "Oh, so they just came back too late after your summer commitment then? They went away and tried to come back- that what you mean?
JACKSON- "Yes sir, I had to reach back out to them."
WALLACE- "Really? You had to contact them, not them contacting you?"
JACKSON- "Yes sir."
There's no sugar coating this recruiting issue. This is the type of thing that Fitz and I have been talking about for not only this season, but many before it.
And while it would be easy to blame Blake Seiler in this instance, and maybe you can do so partially, it's certainly not appropriate to slam the hardest working assistant with 100% of the blame. After all, as we've said countless times, this is a bigger problem that stretches above just the assistants.
I could expand on this in greater detail, and maybe I will after Signing Day, but this was a good (yet horrible) example of the drastic improvements that must and need to be made for the future of this program if it wants to stay in contention to compete for championships.
After all, aside from distance, things appeared to be in favor of K-State on a number of levels:
- K-State had the final visit, more fresh on his mind than Tulane
- K-State has the brand new, larger facilities
- K-State has an immediate need at corner
- K-State has the appeal of playing in the Big 12 conference
WALLACE- "Whenever you get a chance, could you text me maybe two or three reasons you didn't choose KSU? Just curious to know. Thanks Tre."
JACKSON- "There aren't even three reasons. Distance wouldn't have been a problem if I would've had a longer relationship with the staff."
WALLACE- "Oh, so they just came back too late after your summer commitment then? They went away and tried to come back- that what you mean?
JACKSON- "Yes sir, I had to reach back out to them."
WALLACE- "Really? You had to contact them, not them contacting you?"
JACKSON- "Yes sir."
There's no sugar coating this recruiting issue. This is the type of thing that Fitz and I have been talking about for not only this season, but many before it.
And while it would be easy to blame Blake Seiler in this instance, and maybe you can do so partially, it's certainly not appropriate to slam the hardest working assistant with 100% of the blame. After all, as we've said countless times, this is a bigger problem that stretches above just the assistants.
I could expand on this in greater detail, and maybe I will after Signing Day, but this was a good (yet horrible) example of the drastic improvements that must and need to be made for the future of this program if it wants to stay in contention to compete for championships.
