Daylon Mack is visiting Texas today

[Aaron Carrara]

Confirmed by Mack. We just heard from him directly.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Such an important piece of the puzzle.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

Mack will be in ATX all weekend for the red carpet, OV treatment, correct?

 

[Hiphopopotamos]

He's coming for the cookie cake, and he's staying for the commitment...

That said - I don't think any of this happens.  It just won't.  It can't.

 

[HornEsch]

 

[HornSports Staff]

Looks like the coaching staff and our source knew what they were talking about.

 

[HornEsch]

You guys have been on top of it.

 

[UTK66]

Confirmed by Mack. We just heard from him directly.

Look at the boss man bragging. Damn show off.

 

[UTK66]

Such an important piece of the puzzle.

Mack is indeed a big piece to the puzzle but Murray is the crown jewel. Mack will more than likely go wherever Kyler does apparently and already having Malik on campus is a HUGE plus for us.

 

[texasdalton]

Boss man keep beating that drum, I'm happy as hell right now!

 

[Marlabob]

This is great news!  You all are right on top of everything and have been all year!  Love HornSports!  Thanks for all the hard work!  Hope we get a few of these guys, it is obvious they could play very soon after last season.

 

[NLeininger]

Mack is indeed a big piece to the puzzle but Murray is the crown jewel. Mack will more than likely go wherever Kyler does apparently and already having Malik on campus is a HUGE plus for us.

I disagree. Lodge is the crown jewel of this class. He's the next Roy Williams.

 

[Hiphopopotamos]

Uh-oh.  Somebody is getting riled up...

 

[drgilbert]

Didn't Hig say if Mack had on OV to Texas then he thought we would get Mack?

 

[BevoBlake]

Uh-oh.  Somebody is getting riled up...

You have to love it when the flock turns on their corrupt leader.

 

[Hiphopopotamos]

Didn't Hig say if Mack had on OV to Texas then he thought we would get Mack?

I think a lot of people were saying that - but that was before Mack ruled Texas out and cancelled the non-existent visit.  Now that he's back - I wonder what it all means.

 

[Hiphopopotamos]

From Taylor Hamm:

Mack's dad isn't telling me secrets that can't be shared. In fact, he wanted me to say that Daylon's interest in Texas is very low. Here's the issue with that, if I report that, and something changes, how does that make me look. But he litterally said they told Texas before they came that it's not likely going to happen. Texas didn't care and told him to come anyways. That's the deal. He also acknowledged that if Murray flipped and Lodge, Boyd and Soso went to Texas too that he didn't know how Daylon would react.
So yes I'm in a very difficult spot here

 

[Mike Garland]

Low interest doesn't equal top secret visit. 

 

[Chris Flanagan]

From Taylor Hamm:

This is why I am not a fan of covering recruiting. That doesn't mean I don't do it from time to time but here is the problem. 

Sources are 95% family members or coaches. They are being courted as well. They may be enamored with 1 school but the recruit is not. Every signing day, we see a story about some parent refusing to sign the letter of intent for the recruit. So you hear from the parent "They don't like X school" and then the recruit says "I really like X school". Then the readers are like WTF??? 

So these readers take out their frustration of losing recruits on these staffs because a 17 or 18 year old kid changed their mind. It's a minority, but it's a very vocal one. This is not like a professional contract where they have agreed to terms and now all they are doing is adding standard clauses, adding in the provisions agreed upon in negotiations, and then signing it.  So they are mad at the Texas A&M coaching staff but they don't blame them, they blame the independent reporters that cover the team. 

That being said, Taylor Hamm does need to grow tougher skin if he wants to cover Texas A&M or any Texas school for that matter.