Mike Bianchi chimes in on Tavadis Glenn…

Tavadis Glenn threw up The U at Florida’s Friday Night Lights camp. Since then, a Sunshine State mini-media frenzy.

Amazing how a story of this nature becomes front page news and will grow in folklore over the years. We’ll see where it all ends up, but for now let’s check out the Orlando Sentinel’s Mike Bianchi – a self-proclaimed Gator – and his insight on the Glenn situation.

It hardly comes as a shock that Bianchi took the stance that Gator coaches were in the right to toss Glenn out of last week’s camp. He was warned, he ‘represented’ a rival school and for that, he deserved to get bounced.

Unfortunately Mike, you’re wrong again.

Glenn is a Miami commitment and Florida knew that before rolling out the invite to camp. The Gators are still pursuing Glenn, even though he’s a full-fledged Cane. The same coach who threw an arm around him and warned him to stop with the U-related antics would just as quickly get in his ear, convincing him that Florida is where he should be.

Welcome to the game of recruiting, coaches. It goes both ways.

Glenn went up against a Florida commitment, beat him in a drill and exuded some excitement after the fact. He tossed up Miami’s “U hands” towards his defeated foe and again for his coach and friends in the stands — folks who paid $35 to see Glenn in action.

Florida is pursuing a kid committed elsewhere, yet gets upset when he pledges his allegiance to said program.

That’s like inviting over a girl with a boyfriend and then getting mad when she talks about him.

Florida team spokesman Steve McClain attempted to spin things, saying “He (Glenn) was asked to leave during the last drill period of the camp because of potential safety issues to other campers.”

Right, Steve. And Nike confiscated tapes of LeBron James getting dunked on because cameras weren’t allowed. It had nothing to do with saving face. Please.

A Florida assistant is said to have told Glenn to “take that s**t down there” regarding his Canes-related display. Classy move, coach. Way to let a 17-year old kid get under your skin.

Had this been a Florida kid doing the ‘gator chomp’ at a Miami camp, my stance would be the same. The issue isn’t with a kid acting like a kid. The problem lies with coaches having no respect for the term ‘commitment’ – especially Florida, where Urban Meyer has oft been accused of shady recruiting practices. (Google ‘urban meyer recruiting‘ and do some digging.) It’s one thing to pursue. It’s another to trash-talk a rival and spread rumors, a common practice in Gainesville.

The fact two Jacksonville products (Glenn and Raines High teammate Louis Nix) are thinking Miami is mud in the eye of the defending champs. Guarantee Florida coaches wanted Glenn in camp to talk down the Canes while hyping the Gators. The fact that Glenn continued to show his love for The U? Nothing more than a case of playing with fire and getting burned.

Next time around Gators, leave the Cane commits alone.

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25 thoughts on “Mike Bianchi chimes in on Tavadis Glenn…

  1. Great take AllCanes. I was thinking the same thing yesterday. Florida coaches act so lilly-white and shocked by this behavior.

    They invited Tavadis to camp because they wanted to get in his ear about Florida being so close to JAX and to smack talk Miami, Randy Shannon and the future of the program.

    You're so right regarding the Cane envy. I talk to my Gator buddies and they can't fathom how ANY kid would choose The U over UF. Especially when they're the defending champs and Miami is coming off of 7-6.

    I'm always quick to remind them that Randy knows what he's doing and that a new storm is swirling in South Florida. Look out, Florida. Miami is ALMOST back.

  2. Another great piece! That kid is going to be a monster and strong leader. The whole football program at Florida is dirty and their run is over after this year.

    GO CANES!

  3. If they want to kick a kid out, so be it. But if he was being taunted by Gator recruits saying who knows what all night, then I don't blame him for making a play and showing them who he's for. He was invited to the camp by them, not the other way around. They want to turn him and he has resisted so far, and they don't like it. I happen to love it. F them. A coach saying something like that to a kid doesn't surprise me one bit. Anything goes up there. Meyer only hands down "dicsipline" when it suits him anyway. As fas as Bianci, Glenn was representing a rival school as soon as he stepped on the field. Everyone there knew he was a Miami commit. I love the fact that he was in enemy territory and still repped us. Great job Tavadis. Welcome.
    -Columbus Cane

  4. If they want to kick a kid out, so be it. But if he was being taunted by Gator recruits saying who knows what all night, then I don't blame him for making a play and showing them who he's for. He was invited to the camp by them, not the other way around.

    Good points, John.

    The bigger issue for me is the bush league move of kicking a kid out of camp for throwing up a rival's logo. That's bush league.

    Tim Tebow can do a 'Gator chomp' in an Oklahoma defender's face and that's fine… but a Cane recruit gets the better of a Gator recruit in Gainesville, celebrates and he gets sent home? That's candy-ass right there.

    Sit him out a play and send him to the sidelines, but don't give him the boot.

    It's amateur hour in Gainesville if a 17-year old kid is getting under the skin of an adult assistant coach, prompting him to curse at him as he walked him off the field.

    According to every site I've seen, Florida is still recruiting Tavadis Glenn. What, he's still good enough to play for you after this stunt – but he gets kicked out of camp for 'representing' the school he's committed to?

    Lame… and typical of Florida.

  5. I hope Gaytor fans enjoy their last year of relevancy because once Teblows leaves it's all downhill from there for Meyer the Crier's gang of thugs. Football is all about emotion and passion, so of course UF kicks the kid out because Glenn was showing passion for them, he was showing passion for the U. Yet another example of how pissy the Gators have become.

  6. This is a joke! If a gaytor commit came to UM's camp and beat one of our guys and did the gaytor chomp in front of him….. Randy Shannon and Hurtt would laugh at it.

    Then the next time around they would laugh even harder when a UM commit put that UF boy on his ass!

    Typical pussy act of UF, they can live in denial for as long as they want we dont care. We know what Shannon is putting together and we know who is still afraid to schedule UM every year

  7. "That's like inviting over a girl with a boyfriend and then getting mad when she talks about him."

    Classic line. I love it.

    Tavadis Glenn will get the last laugh come 2013.

  8. …….That's like inviting over a girl with a boyfriend and then getting mad when she tells you how big his *U* is.

    HAHAHaaaaaaaaaaaaa…

    HOW BOUT THEM FUTURE CANES BABY!!!!!

  9. Glad to see he's going to the "U" after being dismissed from his high school team for not obeying administrative rules. Guess that what Miami gets when it hasn't won 9 games or ended the season ranked since 2005. Enjoy the 0-4 start to 2009, fellas.

  10. Glad to see he's going to the "U" after being dismissed from his high school team for not obeying administrative rules. Guess that what Miami gets when it hasn't won 9 games or ended the season ranked since 2005. Enjoy the 0-4 start to 2009, fellas.

    Yeah, shame on Miami for recruiting a four-star tackle that South Carolina, Arkansas, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Kentucky and Florida Atlantic are all going after.

    Get off your high horse, champ. Oooh, Glenn "didn't obey administrative rules". Do you even know what the offense is, or are you just regurgitating crap you read on the Internet?

    I snuck out to lunch in high school, when we were supposed to eat in the cafeteria. I guess I broke administrative rules, too. Shame on me.

    As for your 0-4 prediction, I got $20 that says you're wrong. Care to man up (re: quit posting anonymous) and take the bet?

  11. aaaaahahah.

    A Florida assistant is said to have told Glenn to "take that s**t down there" regarding his Canes-related display. Classy move, coach. Way to let a 17-year old kid get under your skin.

    That's incisive, to the point. Grand plan coaching staff. Get into a d*ck-measuring contest with the kid. Sheer brilliance. Discipline. What's the over/under on Florida being on probation within 5 years anyway?

  12. No bet. Why don't you take that $20 and buy yourself some manners.

    You come to a Canes blog, talk smack and post as 'anonymous', yet I'm the one that needs the *manners*.

    You predict 0-4 out the gate, but can't put your money where your mouth is. We're talking $20, champ. Back it up and start posting under a handle, or keep those opinions to yourself.

  13. hey bro…let's do this…i'll give $180 to add to your $20…tell this punk ass to get on $200…if he is so sure about his picks and us starting 0-4…freaking chump…post with a name…stop hiding and come on and take this $200 challenge and bet…Man up or go somewhere and let your balls drop..chump

    VA CANE

  14. Get 'em, VA CANE.

    I was literally trying to make a little gentlemens' bet here and threw down $20 to make it interesting.

    Amazing the haters that have infiltrated this blog lately. Gators and outsiders posting 'anonymously' while puffing out their chests and talking big.

    Could Miami go 0-4? Sure. It's a brutal schedule. That said, I think 2-2 is a fair assessment. Florida State is winnable. Georgia Tech (Thursday night at home) or Virginia Tech (Saturday on the road) is winnable… but you have to think a young team will drop one of those. Oklahoma will be a daunting task and should be a loss… but you never know where this team will be come October.

    Seems to me too many outsiders are doing the following:

    (1) They're not giving Randy credit recruiting-wise. Much better talent this year than we saw last year. There are still some holes.. o-line… linebacker… secondary… but there are also some upgrades, be it young talent – or returning upperclassmen who were injured last year. Colin McCarthy, Eric Moncur and Randy Phillips are going to help a defense that sputtered down the stretch due to a lack of depth.

    (2) Jacory Harris and Mark Whipple are going to make a big difference this year. Miami went 7-6 and could've easily have been 9-4 last year with a Marve/Nix combo. Outsiders are really underestimating what a Mark Whipple will bring to the table.

    (3) New coaches and programs on the mend usually see significant change year three. The schedule is brutal out the gate, but if Miami can get through those first four games 2-2, a 9-3 or 8-4 season is a reality.

    Again, we'll see… I'm just tired of the loudmouths we've seen around here who just throw mierda at the wall to see what sticks.

  15. Canes305, you're a better man than me. If I were running this blog I'd be denying Gator trolls left and right — running them out of here and not approving any of their moronic comments.

    Big mouthed idiots writing checks their asses can't cash. Hardly a shock coming from Gator Nation.

  16. could be have been anyone hating…shit could have been from rutgers…hahaha….but that is the one thing we have missed at the U…the talent level…randy is realing them in…all of that talent will mature in the near future and we will be right…hope they given him the extension…he should be allowed to see what he built do great things…i dont want to see this shit anymore down there where someone like coker wins with butch davis players…i hate it

    i will say it again, as well as coach cal at kentucky said it…3 things wins games and national titles…1) great players, 2) great players and 3) great players

    and randy is bringing them in

    i mean come on we just landed another one today…a nice QB…morris…nice arm …huge hands…can read the D…he should be nice under jacory and then be able to do something for us

    later

    VA CANE

  17. No argument there, VA. The haters are everywhere. I just think the largest majority are the Florida clowns.

    Great players are the key… as are the RIGHT players, implementing competition, building depth and coaching them up.

    Saw that Randy landed Stephen Morris. Could be another good one there.

    No comparison to how Randy recruited versus the s**t-show Larry ran. At best a commitment or two in the off-season. Shannon has been cleaning house every summer, putting the heat on and locking town talent left and right.

    Give this thing another year and the Canes are back.

  18. S.Woodward – a die hard Cane living in Tampa said,

    "Glad to see he's going to the "U" after being dismissed from his high school team for not obeying administrative rules."

    Remember "Percy Harvin" – who Tebow of Nazareth should be on his knees in front of, inhaling every drop of Percy's baby batter b/c Harvin's YAC is a high % reason for the passing yardage of the Holy "Virgin" #15?

    Croc fans forget when he was in HS at Landstown, VA. Not only was he dismissed from the football & basketball team – he was BANNED from playing in Virginia High School League – FOREVER.

    He was suspended his Jr. year for a game (unsportsmanlike conduct), Sr. year for 2 games (getting in the grill of an official, pushing him, dropping FU bombs on him), also during basketball his Sr. year (for throwing fists with the other team).

    Oh, I forgot to bring up that Harvin was also arrested for allegedly stealing trophies from his high school .. something about "I'm the one that helped win these, I deserve them." Yahoo sports was my source on his arrest for that f*ckery, so don't bring that bullsh*t about me making it up, Croc fans.

    Guess the VHSL aren't Croc fans, b/c they booted him from participating in any sport for the rest of his HS career. OH, this is the same VHSL that rules the area within a 1 hour trek that produced A.Iverson (Hampton), Ron Mexico Vick & his dumbass little bro Marcus (Newport News). Last I checked, none of them were kicked out of participating in athletics in the state of VA by the VHSL – FOREVER – and they're not really known for their outstanding behavior.

    So Percy rules supreme in that area & can add that "trophy" (without breaking into his high school to steal it – allegedly) to his resume…..

  19. (Part II from S. Woodward)

    Guess that's what Urban Myth builds his program after, when they have only won 1 National Championship in 90 years. It worked pretty well – and so do the Gainesville PD radios when they're called to yet another Croc being arrested (25 in 4 years sound about right?)

    Like Columbus Cane said, who knows what gum bumping by the Croc kids were going on to Tavadis – hell, we don't even know if there was. Can you honestly say that there wasn't, as well? You've got a bunch of kids up in The Puddle, doing this combine type gimmick in front of all the Croc coaches – you don't think the majority of them are Croc fans or hopefuls? Then L.Nix and T.Glenn show up, all the other kids read Rivals/Scout/etc. & know that they are Cane verbals – and they're not going to be give them sh*t about it? Please.

    Glenn beats some kid that has owned the other players all night .. and he flashes the "U" with pride, b/c that player has beaten every .. other .. kid all night long – but when he goes up against a highly potential baby Cane in Glenn, he gets stonewalled. You're damn right Glenn is going to flash the "U" (and word is, his coach was there in the stands, egging him on to do it) – why? Because he and Nix are deep in enemy territory, standing shoulder to shoulder with Croc hopefuls – and he's there to show them a sign of pride.

    Chris, it's not only bush league that a Croc coach told Glenn to "take that sh*t down there" – it still shows how much envy runs through the entire Croc staff and fans. Even when they're on top and the Canes are aren't -for now- they're still trying to achieve what the Canes have.

    UiF screams loudly of having the inferiority complex of a fat ugly older man and him going out to buy the biggest sports car .. the hair plugs to try and save the dreaded "comb over" .. the gaudy jewelry .. buying every supplement at GNC to try and get back to his high school football self like Uncle Rico from Napolean Dynamite .. the keg of Drakkar cologne .. the outdated "Night at the Roxbury" look to try and be cool in the clubs (that they have no business in) – you get my drift.

    Enjoy it while it lasts Crocs. Hell, it took you 102 years to achieve what the Canes did in only 63 – win 3 National Championships – but yet, you still haven't won one as an undefeated champion. Oh, you still have 2 more to go.

    Jackasses.

  20. S. Woodward…

    clap…clap…clap…clap,clap…clap,clap… clap,clap,clap,clap, etc.

    Love it! Swallow that Gators…

  21. LOL…If i were tavardis i'd say…thanks for the free meal urban myth…later

    GO CANES!!!!!

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