Lamareon James:
Like with other recent prospects, you don't need to land 'em all (and I think VT had mostly moved on from James), but the perception starts to get bad when you're messing around in Alabama while kids from Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina are making early commitments to conference rivals.
The strategy could still pay off (and I remain pretty comfortable in predicting that UNC will lose some commits when they struggle on the field this Fall), but for the time being, it's not going to generate positive buzz around VT.
Like with other recent prospects, you don't need to land 'em all (and I think VT had mostly moved on from James), but the perception starts to get bad when you're messing around in Alabama while kids from Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina are making early commitments to conference rivals.
The strategy could still pay off (and I remain pretty comfortable in predicting that UNC will lose some commits when they struggle on the field this Fall), but for the time being, it's not going to generate positive buzz around VT.