100% agree and it’s a poor reflection of the staff assuming the recruit was quoted correctly and he understood what coach was trying to say.
it is what it is. We just had an article quoting Doering as saying these guys don't know how to play WR.
We have some talent at WR, but no production. There is no one out there saying they are afraid of our WRs or that they struggled to cover us. Often, people were laughing because two or three receivers went to the same spot, obvious broken play.
If you are a productive player, you don't worry about a freshman. If you aren't, then the you don't have any right to be offended when the coaches tell the freshman there is playing time available for whomever earns it.
Frankly, a professional recruiter should be able to say enough to make the kid hear what he wants to hear without actually saying it anyway. So I agree with you to that extent.