Apparently Moses Wood is missing a class that would preclude him from being able to enroll at Tulane, and they're scrambling to get this resolved in time so that he'll be eligible this fall. On another, more positive note Kevin Zhang is completely eligible.
But these two issues are related on a deeper level. There are people in the athletic department who research every potential recruit's academic transcript and every other factor that could determine if they are academically eligible or would identify any issues that could prevent them from becoming academically eligible. Obviously this is important information to know because no coach wants to waste precious time and resources recruiting a lost cause.
The person Tulane had working to do this task was incompetent (maybe he's part of a group, I don't know, but there was one particular incompetent employee) who missed this issue with Moses Wood that should have been identified much much sooner, and who also misidentified issues with Zhang. Dannen understandably was furious with the guy and fired him, which is obviously a good thing for us going forward.
The question that comes to mind is did we lose Damien Tate because of this clown? Maybe some of you with closer contacts with the football program can find an answer. I doubt very much that Fritz would expend much energy recruiting someone who he wasn't sure would be eligible, because not only did we lose Tate but we presumably lost someone else who we turned down because we had no more scholarships left to offer.
Anyway, thought it was worth passing on.
But these two issues are related on a deeper level. There are people in the athletic department who research every potential recruit's academic transcript and every other factor that could determine if they are academically eligible or would identify any issues that could prevent them from becoming academically eligible. Obviously this is important information to know because no coach wants to waste precious time and resources recruiting a lost cause.
The person Tulane had working to do this task was incompetent (maybe he's part of a group, I don't know, but there was one particular incompetent employee) who missed this issue with Moses Wood that should have been identified much much sooner, and who also misidentified issues with Zhang. Dannen understandably was furious with the guy and fired him, which is obviously a good thing for us going forward.
The question that comes to mind is did we lose Damien Tate because of this clown? Maybe some of you with closer contacts with the football program can find an answer. I doubt very much that Fritz would expend much energy recruiting someone who he wasn't sure would be eligible, because not only did we lose Tate but we presumably lost someone else who we turned down because we had no more scholarships left to offer.
Anyway, thought it was worth passing on.
