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BeddieKU23 said:
One time KU target Noah Locke will announce his decision tomm.
Important why? Because he’s likely going to Florida.
While a lot of people like to put him in the “combo guard” role he’s 6’2 and has limited options for position versatility. He might not be a natural PG but he’s unlikely going to be a full-time SG in College I would think. Might throw a wrench into Dotson’s plans…
From some random MD poster.
Talked to my buddy this morning and he said that the Dotson family seems to be torn between schools. They love Kansas, but are worried about PT due to a possible commitment from Grimes. Florida seems to be running third as of right now, but is apparently still in it due to their longstanding relationship. A commitment from Nembhard would eliminate Florida, however that seems to be weeks away with his OV scheduled for mid-October. Maryland gave them a lot to think about on this visit though and I think Maryland’s pitch to Dotson resonated with him and the family.
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Here’s my tidbits for the day:
Dotson: Seems like Florida is out with all of the other PG type players set to commit there in the near future. The Maryland insider on 247 has changed his CB pick to foggy. According to Dotson’s family, his MD visit was “good.” It just feels to me that there is a hangup with Dotson over committing to KU and maybe @BShark is correct that it is a PT concern over Grimes. There was also that note earlier that Self didn’t win over the family on the visit, maybe there is some truth to that. Dunno but it sure feels like he is hunting for another option. Problem is, each of these places are going to feel like a major settling when you stack them up to the facilities and tradition at KU.
My opinion, Dotson should be the one to take control of the situation and just commit. There is no doubt he will play a ton of minutes from day 1 even if Grimes goes there too. Don’t shy away from the competition if that is the holdup, embrace it. I personally think if they both come that they will both play 30+ minutes a game. Dotson is a taylor made guard for the KU system, even if Grimes is the better pro prospect, I can’t see Dotson not playing as many minutes as he can handle. I’ve watched a lot of KU basketball over the years and Dotson would be a superstar for the jayhawks.
On a site note, I actually think Grimes is going to end up at Kentucky anyway. Just a gut feeling.
Romeo Langford: Saw a note on twitter from a guy that overheard some coaches talking and the inside sources are saying that he is Kansas bound and will wait until the season is over to do his commitment.
Jermaine Harris: PF ranked about #80 or so in the composite was supposed to visit KU this coming weekend but it sounds like he is making his announcement this Friday. Haven’t seen the official cancellation of his visit yet but if the announcement is definitely Friday then it isn’t going to be KU. It might end up being West Va though.
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@RockkChalkk I’d be actual money that it will best West Virginia for Harris. No sense in him visiting KU at this point anyway, KU is now stacked inside for next season.
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BShark said:
BeddieKU23 said:
One time KU target Noah Locke will announce his decision tomm.
Important why? Because he’s likely going to Florida.
While a lot of people like to put him in the “combo guard” role he’s 6’2 and has limited options for position versatility. He might not be a natural PG but he’s unlikely going to be a full-time SG in College I would think. Might throw a wrench into Dotson’s plans…
From some random MD poster.
Talked to my buddy this morning and he said that the Dotson family seems to be torn between schools. They love Kansas, but are worried about PT due to a possible commitment from Grimes. Florida seems to be running third as of right now, but is apparently still in it due to their longstanding relationship. A commitment from Nembhard would eliminate Florida, however that seems to be weeks away with his OV scheduled for mid-October. Maryland gave them a lot to think about on this visit though and I think Maryland’s pitch to Dotson resonated with him and the family.
See this is what confuses me , some say Grimes plays the point , but he could very easily play the 2 as a SG and Devon run the team at PG - -If Devon was out then Grimes could always slide over and take the PG during that time. - -Grimes has stated that he wouldn’t have any problems sliding to the 2 as long as he could play along side some other very good players - -Ummm Excuse me - here is where Devon would step in , Quinten slide to the 2 and Devon run point , they wouldn’t even be competing for time - -they could both very easily be on the floor at the same time.
I think you’ll will see Devon announce pretty soon , whether it be KU or Maryland - -one way or the other, I think Florida is out. - -With Them in on Nembard heavily and also Locke showing major interest there - -I just don’t see it. I think Florida realized the ship had sailed with Devon thus this is why we are seeing the other activity with others for them now. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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And now the real waiting begins. - - -Dotson - - -Grimes - -Pretty sure Devon is now done with Visits. - - I believe these are the next two that will commit & I feel Devon is not that far away.
I think we will see Devon and Quentin commit early. - -I also think Romeo and Zion will be spring - -these seem to be the 4 that we now are in on heavily- - -Time I drawing closer.
Some others have their gut feeling , just like I have mine - -nothing more - -nothing less and my gut is telling me just like day one , in the end Devon will commit to KU - -m gut is also saying when it is all said and done Quentin will ALSO commit to KU may take longer but in the end run - - umm ya.
Romeo 50/50 - -& Zion I just feel in the end we lose out - -just me. - - IF somehow we do end up with Quinten , Devon & Romeo to go along with De-Sousa & McCormack - -that my friends would be a huge class - - - - keeping my fingers crossed and my gut in check. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Well this will add for reading , maybe give you a little hee hee. And yes for those before you ask - -Like I do normally - Yes I do scoop over other boards - -yes I am still married - - and yes we get along super. - -I say this just so we can get that out and people won’t have to worry as to why I spend so much time on other boards lmao.
Anyways found this amusing of the Kentucky board, Thread was if anyone had heard how the Grimes visit had went this weekend?
Response poster said he had read somewhere that Grimes had talked a lot about Kansas and how great their crowd was. - - Said he couldn’t remember where read and don’t know if it was true or not. ( lol )
That set off this response: - -Why would you even respond if you are going to put something ignorant like that for an answer. - -( hey that fired up the Kentucky people right? - - I mean of course all fully expecting Grimes to Say Oh my visit to Kentucky was un-believable - Coach Cal is a super Coach - -the fans were awesome - -loved my visit - simply the best. - -Then when this poster posts this - - lmao - -OH HELL NO THIS CAN’T BE . - -Of course probably a troll but damn still funny.
Then another responded : Unfortunately I read the same thing on our pay board - - - -ooops - - uh oh - -this can’t be - -this can’t be - -can it ? - - lmao. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 Grimes loves Kansas. The original crystal ball run on him happened because he straight up told a Kentucky reporter that Kansas was his favourite. Now a kid can always make a business decision and go elsewhere, but I do love KU’s chances with Grimes.
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And if we land Grimes and not Dotson ultimately we are landing the best player. It will still suck that all that time was spent recruiting him and he didn’t want to compete for a starting spot here. We will see, nothing is set in stone, he went to 2 visits and didn’t rush to commit so honestly I can see them going back to the best school recruiting him. Just a weird recruitment from the outside
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@jayballer54 ESPN is reporting that Andrew Nembhard has verbally committed to Florida. Let the dominoes fall …
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Welp , Chris Fisher and Jerry Meyer Just Gave CB predictions for KU for Devon Dotson.- - Jerry Meyer CB is pretty substantial. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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jayballer54 said:
Welp , Chris Fisher and Jerry Meyer Just Gave CB predictions for KU for Devon Dotson.- - Jerry Meyer CB is pretty substantial. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Jerry has had predictions for KU, UF and MD for Dotson during this recruitment. Including multiple times for KU. I think this is the third or fourth in fact lol.
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I feel really good about Grimes and Dotson signing with KU early.
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@BSharK Ahhh, but this is AFTER his Maryland visit and Florida getting their commit and more then likely another tomorrow - -I’m tellin ya my boy gonna come - -OR as Kurt Angle says - -IT’S TRUE - -IT’S DAMN TRUE LMAO - - -oh ye of little faith lmao - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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FarmerJayhawk said:
I feel really good about Grimes and Dotson signing with KU early.
Me to. – -stand back and watch. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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hmmmm, some rumor going around I guess that maybe Zion going to announce Friday? - - hmmmmmm. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Highly doubt the Zion one is true.
Dotson before the end of October… Is he going to end his before Grimes visits KU or wait?? Has to be the biggest development we are waiting on at this point.
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FarmerJayhawk said:
I feel really good about Grimes and Dotson signing with KU early.
Love the optimism. That was my feeling in the summer when AAU was going on and that was hotly debated here about which guards we’d land.
Self will get a x-mas card if he comes through here
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BeddieKU23 said:
Highly doubt the Zion one is true.
Dotson before the end of October… Is he going to end his before Grimes visits KU or wait?? Has to be the biggest development we are waiting on at this point.
The rumour, fwiw, is that he verbally committed to KU on the visit and will announce Friday. The guy that posted it has been wrong (and right) before so yeah we will see.
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@BShark That would make my day!
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Heck of a rumor. If he ended up announcing friday without visiting Kentucky boy I’m sure the collective internet will open an investigation against us
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What I think will happen is Zion won’t announce (much to our dismay), he’ll visit more schools including Kentucky for their Big Blue Madness which I’m sure UK will engineer it so Quickley is there as well. He hasn’t taken his officials to either in-state school yet right or Duke? Duke probably is out after they land Barrett. Then Kentucky puts the pressure on Zion and his family…
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BeddieKU23 said:
Heck of a rumor. If he ended up announcing friday without visiting Kentucky boy I’m sure the collective internet will open an investigation against us
The internet would implode. Twitter would crash.
The whole thing seems unlikely to me, but we can dream.
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BShark said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Heck of a rumor. If he ended up announcing friday without visiting Kentucky boy I’m sure the collective internet will open an investigation against us
The internet would implode. Twitter would crash.
The whole thing seems unlikely to me, but we can dream.
Definitely, we did as much as we could on the visit. Late Night had a crazy atmosphere. Lil Yachty is a perfect example of Self understanding what kids like today. We’ll see how it goes!
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@BShark Things look good… Idc who commits first, but Dotson or Zion need to do it already so they can convince the other one lol
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Kcmatt7 said:
@BShark Things look good… Idc who commits first, but Dotson or Zion need to do it already so they can convince the other one lol
Would be sick. For anyone that didn’t check comments, Dotson commented on it with 3 eye emojis.
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@BShark lol thanks for interpreting
didnt realize that was dotson. makes sense now.
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@BShark wait you sure thats Dotson? Name says Jelani Richards
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Zion and Big Dave in the pic. Dotson just commented on it.
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approxinfinity said:
@BShark wait you sure thats Dotson? Name says Jelani Richards
ddotson_1
https://www.instagram.com/ddotson_1/
I’m fairly sure
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Kcmatt7 said:
@BShark Things look good… Idc who commits first, but Dotson or Zion need to do it already so they can convince the other one lol OK, what am I missing lol - things look good as far as what? - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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take this for what its worth. IT’S a Maryland Fan slanting his opinion to Maryland, of course but he did deliver by asking for info from his “source”. But apparently he’s got a buddy close with the Dotson circle. How many of THOSE have we heard in the past 2 weeks… I don’t think its any earth shattering information but he definitely tries to alleviate the concerns Maryland had while raising ones for Kansas that weren’t really an issue before. It’s funny how each side is playing the other card in this.
Update:
Just got off the phone with my buddy. As of this morning, a decision has yet to be made. Dotson is looking to commit by the end of the week, however his choice between MD and KU is still day-to-day. KU is NOT a lock, if his family had been sold on KU or Florida, there would have been no MD visit. My buddy also reiterated that Florida was unofficially out, prior to the Nembhard commitment.
In the MD OV this weekend, it seems that the staff was able to fully alleviate the concerns of Dotson playing with Cowan. They see the Melo-Cowan tandem last year as a model for how Dotson and Cowan would play. KU is providing heavy competition however. The only knock on KU is that Dotson doesn’t possess a relationship with anyone on the roster besides Devonte Graham, who will graduate this year. The addition of Wiggins to the MD class is one of the reasons why MD is still in it. A commitment from Ayala would likely knock MD out of Dotson’s recruitment, despite the staff’s efforts to tell the family that they could play together. KU’s staff has placed great emphasis on Dotson and Grimes being able to coexist, however Dotson’s family are not completely sold as of right now. The next few days will be interesting.
My prediction remains with Maryland.
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@BShark i might be bad at navigating around Instagram? Not seeing his comment on the Zion / big Dave pic.
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approxinfinity said:
@BShark i might be bad at navigating around Instagram? Not seeing his comment on the Zion / big Dave pic.
You have to load all the comments. It’s obnoxious and takes repeated scrolling and clicking.
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The one thing I’ll give them (Maryland) is if the Dotson family wasn’t trying to keep him home he would have been KU already. Since they are playing the stay close to home and making Aaron Wiggins as big of a factor in this situation it makes you think he’s maybe going to choose being with his friend over his own decision. Why else would Maryland have been an option this late in the game if it wasn’t that exactly. Maryland would have never been on his radar if his best friend wasn’t going there and wasn’t recruiting him to go with him.
KU and Florida did their work early, Florida bailed once he wasn’t ready to commit to them and wait it out. KU has remained quiet on the recruiting front for other targets. They have said to Dotson and Grimes, the ball is in your court come here and play from day 1. Otherwise why would Self not be offering others and looking at option c’s and d’s (Dosonmu, Carey etc)…
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Have a question. - As I check 247 daily wanting to know is anyone else that checks it out sometimes if you’ve been there today did you have trouble pulling the CB’S up? - I can get the Player rankings but can’t pul the prediction up of the latest news feed am I the only one having trouble trying to get that to come up today? - - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Hmmmm , so scuttle butt saying that Zion verbally committed to Self Saturday - -hmmmm probably not true - BUT - -some rumor of Zion saying he was going to announce Friday. - Some talk about Dotson wanting to announce by the end of the week. – Hmmm Williamson - -Dotson - - -Dotson - - -Williamson - - -Friday/End of the week. - -Hmm connection? - Yeah, no, maybe? - -Had been some talk about the two making reference of possibly liking to play with the other. Again connection? – Some smoke? - - Some fire? - - maybe , possibly. - - Is this a reach? - -more then likely - -very possibly - -just a random thought. - You got to admit - it does make you stop even if it is just for a second yes ? - - - - Man I have got to lay off the Diet Coke doing strange things to my thought process - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Maryland’s board trying to say maybe, sort of, but could, possibly, think about, committing to someone this week.
Matt saying
“Seeing how his dad is out of town for the rest of the week - it’s highly doubtful it will be this week. Next week at the earliest.”
Which idiot do we believe?
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BeddieKU23 said:
Maryland’s board trying to say maybe, sort of, but could, possibly, think about, committing to someone this week.
Matt saying
“Seeing how his dad is out of town for the rest of the week - it’s highly doubtful it will be this week. Next week at the earliest.”
Which idiot do we believe?
Well pull this from an article of rivals from a poster off the Phog
Dana Dotson saying probably within a week or so as far as Devon Announcing , he told rivals this now that the Maryland visit is over. He said about his visit to Maryland what Dana DID ask was for a projected depth chart. He said we wanted to see who do you REALLY expect to be back for next year. Dana said Anthony Cowan started as a freshman & will definitely will start as a Sophomore . So how they asked so how do you play two guys because Anthony is 5’11 - 6’ and is even smaller then Devon they said so how do you play those two guys? - -He said and then their 2017 class has a bunch of wings that are pretty good and they are looking to bring in wings in 2018.
So if your playing a two PG your playing a wing at the 3 or possibly 4 if you go 4 out and 1 in. - -Dana said we had a lot of questions. KU figures to l be in need of guards following the graduation of Devonte Graham - - -And Svi Mykhailiuk and the likely loss of Malik Newman and possibly LaGerald Vick. - - So sounds like probably anywhere up to a week we should know. - keeping fingers crossed for my boy. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Well looks like Quentin’s visit to Kentucky went pretty good. - -Said Cal’s message was about putting him in the league , being able to play and practice against other 5 star players, Cal said if he landed 3 guards how he could play the 3 guards, talking to Quentin about them feeling that he was one of the better guards in this class and if he came in and put in the work they feel he could be a one and done.
Was feeling pretty cozy about Quentin but after this read ummm maybe not so much , I mean still feel we are in pretty decent shape only maybe not quite as decent a we were. - - His AAU coach said that Quentin parents not in any big hurry But he couldn’t really see Quentin pushing this into 2018 - probably a fall time decision.
Says Quentin still has 2 visits left Marquette & KU he has had all his in home visits. Says Quentin knows pretty much each one’s sell to him on how he would fit in , now just wants to see the Campus - -see the facilities, check out the training/weight room conditioning facilities and such The dorms . - -Here is where when Quentin meets I’m sure Coach Hudy - she needs to make that strong pitch - Hudy does a remarkable job with the players - -they are talk very positive about her. -I think our weight/conditioning facilities take a back seat to no one. - -I think our Campus is one of the more beautiful one’s around - - Bring him in and close the deal - -Give him a Strong show.
Might turn out being a good thing for us that he DID switch his visit - -this way we can give him more one on one attention in place of late night -give him that more concentrated attention. - - -Something STILL tells me he will end here - -IF we sell him on his visit. - MAKE THAT STRONG IMPRESSION - -rock chalk all day long baby
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@jayballer54 No crystal ball picks from the Kentucky hacks though. I think he is still KU STRONG.
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There is a reason Dotson is mulling it over so hard. Grimes is almost a lock. If he wasn’t, Dotson would be a Jayhawk already IMO.
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@jayballer54 Also he didn’t switch his KU visit. He was going to visit for late night on his own dime and visit KU again. He was going to do both. I don’t think it’s a huge deal though.
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BShark said:
There is a reason Dotson is mulling it over so hard. Grimes is almost a lock. If he wasn’t, Dotson would be a Jayhawk already IMO.
That shouldn’t matter at all. - -If Dotson is concerned about Grimes taking his playing time at point, that’s just crazy. - Grimes has said repeatedly he has no problems with playing at the 2 and letting someone else run the point. - -Would be no problem with both on the floor and getting their minutes at the same time - I don’t buy that at all. - -Grimes committing to KU should have no effect with Dotson. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 Well, you can think what you want. However people that know the Dotsons have said it’s a concern. A big reason Maryland wasn’t being considered initially is that they will have an entrenched starter in Cowan. Maryland staff has been working to alleviate those concerns. Florida was eliminated because of Nembhard. If Ayala committed to MD (he would if he could) then MD would be out. Speaking of which if Dotson does pick KU, look for Ayala to commit to MD shortly after that.
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Lots of certainty here in differing opinions without direct information–what must it be like, I wonder, for a staff to be going through the non-stop reading of the tea leaves?
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mayjay said:
Lots of certainty here in differing opinions without direct information–what must it be like, I wonder, for a staff to be going through the non-stop reading of the tea leaves?
The concern with Grimes as well as Maryland’s guard situation is straight from Dotson’s dad. He has been very transparent throughout the recruitment. So I would assume his dad has been straight up with the coaching staffs. Honestly KU might have got lucky here. Florida was in deep but didn’t want to wait.
Florida is CLEANING UP btw, like hot damn.
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@BShark We went through lots of analyzing and agonizing through the transparent (pun?) family of now-forgotten whathizname who chose Oklahoma. What’d it get us except lots of ups and downs, and the thrill of seeing them think HCBS could not develop a PG. Bitch slap that, FM! Anyway, I just find it hard to get excited or dismayed by anything out of all the “concerns” even if quoted, and then there is social media.
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@mayjay Fair enough. What we do know for sure is that it’s KU or MD.
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@BShark Well as far as Grimes part of the whole thing from Grimes stand point it’s really not what I think - it’s what has been said by Grimes himself. - Sooo if that is the case for real with Dotson then - - maybe we don’t need him here, we will take Grimes and call it good.
I have no use for people that aren’t willing to work for their spot. - So if Dotson or family is trying to dictate playing time which it sounds like they are with the examples you give - if that’s the case - are they afraid of competition? If indeed your son is as good as you say he is and yet he is not up to the challenge? Then step plain and simple, If I were the Coach I want competitors, I’m not handing anything to anybody - -you work for your spot - your earn your spot , that’s the way it was when I played , that’s the way I’m sure it is now.
So if they just want a starting spot handed to him - -then see ya. Would love for hi here but only if he is willing to earn it, that falls more under of a case like it’s all about me , me, me - -instead of we we we. - -" Team " - -We will see. - -So again NOT really about if that’s what I wanna think , others players willing to change for the team - -he can to - -lots of playing time for both. -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
