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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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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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
"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.
.......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!!!!!
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.
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?