Anzalone just earned a 5th star by rivals. Talk about kicking a guy while he's down but the hits just keep on coming for us. I really hope kellys flirtation was worth it to him.

Anzalone didn't want to be here, period. Kelly flirting with the Eagles had nothing to do with Anzalone flipping to Florida, but it did give him the excuse that he wanted.

I have no problem with him leaving. I wish he would have decommitted earlier though.

We still have 3 other 5 stars. focus on the positive.

One of these days this truth may sink into our thinking. If a player doesn't want to be here then winning doesn't matter. I really don't think AA knows what he wants and the same is true with Lynch. I wish AA the best in life and I hope this Florida thing works for him.

Anzalone was coming here until Kelly did the Eagle interviews. The kid had to make a choice, frankly I can't blame him. If he wasn't an EE I still think he would be committed to ND, but he had to make a decision.

makaur1 wrote: Anzalone didn't want to be here, period. Kelly flirting with the Eagles had nothing to do with Anzalone flipping to Florida, but it did give him the excuse that he wanted.

I have no problem with him leaving. I wish he would have decommitted earlier though.

Sorry, but saw him play, 5 star my azz.
Makes me wonder who gives out stars and why, and I believe forever that way to much credit is given to 5 stars. Esp seeing many many many 3 stars be better players than a lot of 5s.

Everyone "in the know" knew he was going to bolt long before he did.  They were surprised he waited so long.  Thank goodness he didn't wait until signing day.

coop0803 wrote: Anzalone was coming here until Kelly did the Eagle interviews. The kid had to make a choice, frankly I can't blame him. If he wasn't an EE I still think he would be committed to ND, but he had to make a decision.

makaur1 wrote: Anzalone didn't want to be here, period. Kelly flirting with the Eagles had nothing to do with Anzalone flipping to Florida, but it did give him the excuse that he wanted.

I have no problem with him leaving. I wish he would have decommitted earlier though.

I wonder how "in the know" they were, I still say if Kelly didn't take those interviews or wait at least a few days, AA would be here.

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?C ID=1461441

NDFB4life wrote: Everyone "in the know" knew he was going to bolt long before he did.  They were surprised he waited so long.  Thank goodness he didn't wait until signing day.

coop0803 wrote: Anzalone was coming here until Kelly did the Eagle interviews. The kid had to make a choice, frankly I can't blame him. If he wasn't an EE I still think he would be committed to ND, but he had to make a decision.

makaur1 wrote: Anzalone didn't want to be here, period. Kelly flirting with the Eagles had nothing to do with Anzalone flipping to Florida, but it did give him the excuse that he wanted.

I have no problem with him leaving. I wish he would have decommitted earlier though.

And if he was that fickle about Notre dame he would have left shortly after he got to campus.  He did not want to play for Notre Dame, bottom line.

coop0803 wrote: Anzalone was coming here until Kelly did the Eagle interviews. The kid had to make a choice, frankly I can't blame him. If he wasn't an EE I still think he would be committed to ND, but he had to make a decision.

makaur1 wrote: Anzalone didn't want to be here, period. Kelly flirting with the Eagles had nothing to do with Anzalone flipping to Florida, but it did give him the excuse that he wanted.

I have no problem with him leaving. I wish he would have decommitted earlier though.

The constant pining for "the one that got away" gets a tad ridiculous. Who cares? Really? As others have noted, if Kelly talking to an NFL team was the push he needed then I'm glad it happened when it did. If it hadn't been that, it'd have been something else.

Good luck to the kid and get over it.

That seems like a big hassle to go to one school, then switch and move to another. Plus won't transfer rules apply?

JerfyT wrote: And if he was that fickle about Notre dame he would have left shortly after he got to campus.  He did not want to play for Notre Dame, bottom line.

coop0803 wrote: Anzalone was coming here until Kelly did the Eagle interviews. The kid had to make a choice, frankly I can't blame him. If he wasn't an EE I still think he would be committed to ND, but he had to make a decision.

makaur1 wrote: Anzalone didn't want to be here, period. Kelly flirting with the Eagles had nothing to do with Anzalone flipping to Florida, but it did give him the excuse that he wanted.

I have no problem with him leaving. I wish he would have decommitted earlier though.

as expected. he's PA's top player, and he's incredibly athletic and got that huge bump after the UA game. and lets not forget how many times this has happened in the past where an Irish decommit becomes a 5 star player. it's a shame the kid did ND dirty like he did, but it was expected.

I blame his departure on Kelly. Kelly's wavering caused Anzalone to waver and then he left before it was too late. Anzalone would absolutely still be here if it weren't for Kelly's antics-irishmob. from every news station and paper in my (and Anzalone's) area, he was all irish. His father is a Gator and even he was surprised that he'd want to switch. I mean Anzalone & Associates (a law firm in the area) is still repping the blue and gold streamers!

let's just realize that of all of our decommits turned UF commits, none of them have turned out to be much of anything, except for maybe Justin Trattou

coop0803 wrote: That seems like a big hassle to go to one school, then switch and move to another. Plus won't transfer rules apply?

JerfyT wrote: And if he was that fickle about Notre dame he would have left shortly after he got to campus.  He did not want to play for Notre Dame, bottom line.

coop0803 wrote: Anzalone was coming here until Kelly did the Eagle interviews. The kid had to make a choice, frankly I can't blame him. If he wasn't an EE I still think he would be committed to ND, but he had to make a decision.

makaur1 wrote: Anzalone didn't want to be here, period. Kelly flirting with the Eagles had nothing to do with Anzalone flipping to Florida, but it did give him the excuse that he wanted.

I have no problem with him leaving. I wish he would have decommitted earlier though.

It didn't seem to bother Prestwood or Boyd.

When will some of you realize that the kid didn't want to be at ND. If it wasn't one thing (Kelly interviewing) it would have been another. Most likely. AA would have found some reason to leave ND if he did end up there.

Funny how some want to blame the flip on Kelly interviewing. But seem to always leave out the fact that the coach that he's gonna be playing for did the same damn thing just a few days before.

So if one wants to say that that was the reason for the flip. How do you then explain flipping to a coach who, just a few days earlier was doing the samething.

AA wanted a reason to leave. And found one. He just happened to use an excuse that holds no water.

Stop it. WM flirted with the NFL also. AA used Kelly "flirtations" with the league to jump ship. Only to go to a school whose HC was doing the same damn thing.

84 how's that Kellys' fault?

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as expected. he's PA's top player, and he's incredibly athletic and got that huge bump after the UA game. and lets not forget how many times this has happened in the past where an Irish decommit becomes a 5 star player. it's a shame the kid did ND dirty like he did, but it was expected.

I blame his departure on Kelly. Kelly's wavering caused Anzalone to waver and then he left before it was too late. Anzalone would absolutely still be here if it weren't for Kelly's antics-irishmob. from every news station and paper in my (and Anzalone's) area, he was all irish. His father is a Gator and even he was surprised that he'd want to switch. I mean Anzalone & Associates (a law firm in the area) is still repping the blue and gold streamers!

let's just realize that of all of our decommits turned UF commits, none of them have turned out to be much of anything, except for maybe Justin Trattou

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Yea, but not everyone has the same reason for coming ND or leaving ND. If AA wanted to be coached by Kelly and there was a chance he might be here a week later I don't blame him for switching at the last second. If he wasn't an EE he might have let it played out to see what would happen, but he wanted to be an EE and needed to make a decision. 

amruther24 wrote:

coop0803 wrote: That seems like a big hassle to go to one school, then switch and move to another. Plus won't transfer rules apply?

JerfyT wrote: And if he was that fickle about Notre dame he would have left shortly after he got to campus.  He did not want to play for Notre Dame, bottom line.

coop0803 wrote: Anzalone was coming here until Kelly did the Eagle interviews. The kid had to make a choice, frankly I can't blame him. If he wasn't an EE I still think he would be committed to ND, but he had to make a decision.

makaur1 wrote: Anzalone didn't want to be here, period. Kelly flirting with the Eagles had nothing to do with Anzalone flipping to Florida, but it did give him the excuse that he wanted.

I have no problem with him leaving. I wish he would have decommitted earlier though.

It didn't seem to bother Prestwood or Boyd.

he claimed that he decommitted from OSU because one of the 90,000 people at OSU's srping game was a pedophile.

The kid has a hard time giving the real reasons for his change of mind.

coop0803 wrote: Yea, but not everyone has the same reason for coming ND or leaving ND. If AA wanted to be coached by Kelly and there was a chance he might be here a week later I don't blame him for switching at the last second. If he wasn't an EE he might have let it played out to see what would happen, but he wanted to be an EE and needed to make a decision. 

Fair enough. I don't agree with you, but it's not important. I see what you're saying, but there were ways to work it out.

There are a lot of things that Kelly does that make me shake my head, but this Anzalone thing isn't one of them.

I'll also withhold most of my judgement until I see how this class closes out. We may not be missing  Anzalone too much in two weeks or we may be missing him tremendously. We'll see...

When did Muschamp flirt with the NFL?

nico7980 wrote: Stop it. WM flirted with the NFL also. AA used Kelly "flirtations" with the league to jump ship. Only to go to a school whose HC was doing the same damn thing.

84 how's that Kellys' fault?

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as expected. he's PA's top player, and he's incredibly athletic and got that huge bump after the UA game. and lets not forget how many times this has happened in the past where an Irish decommit becomes a 5 star player. it's a shame the kid did ND dirty like he did, but it was expected.

I blame his departure on Kelly. Kelly's wavering caused Anzalone to waver and then he left before it was too late. Anzalone would absolutely still be here if it weren't for Kelly's antics-irishmob. from every news station and paper in my (and Anzalone's) area, he was all irish. His father is a Gator and even he was surprised that he'd want to switch. I mean Anzalone & Associates (a law firm in the area) is still repping the blue and gold streamers!

let's just realize that of all of our decommits turned UF commits, none of them have turned out to be much of anything, except for maybe Justin Trattou

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He interviewed for the Bears job and Florida's DC left for the NFL after AA enrolled.

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When did Muschamp flirt with the NFL?

nico7980 wrote: Stop it. WM flirted with the NFL also. AA used Kelly "flirtations" with the league to jump ship. Only to go to a school whose HC was doing the same damn thing.

84 how's that Kellys' fault?

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--- irishfan84 wrote:

as expected. he's PA's top player, and he's incredibly athletic and got that huge bump after the UA game. and lets not forget how many times this has happened in the past where an Irish decommit becomes a 5 star player. it's a shame the kid did ND dirty like he did, but it was expected.

I blame his departure on Kelly. Kelly's wavering caused Anzalone to waver and then he left before it was too late. Anzalone would absolutely still be here if it weren't for Kelly's antics-irishmob. from every news station and paper in my (and Anzalone's) area, he was all irish. His father is a Gator and even he was surprised that he'd want to switch. I mean Anzalone & Associates (a law firm in the area) is still repping the blue and gold streamers!

let's just realize that of all of our decommits turned UF commits, none of them have turned out to be much of anything, except for maybe Justin Trattou

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