Much respect to BMF and CGgater but Matt Elam was no primadonna. He was 17 and making the biggest decision of his young (and very tough) life. He did not grow up longing to play for the Gators. He met Urban as a young kid and wanted to play for him. There was a lot of confusion for him at the time. He also had an older brother who had been through the recruiting game himself and was an NFL player. He was educated on both sides of the game and wanted to make sure he made the best decision for himself.
Marine1, please understand much of my posts can be laced with sarcasm. I’ll admit I’m part of the crowd that’s not thrilled with the “look at me” players, but I also recognize these kids still have some growing up to do. Most of us did when we were their age.
Anyway, my main point was that for all the “do we want this kid?” comments on here about Elam, we were all thrilled to have him once the ink was dry. Same will happen if Zip signs with the good guys.
Edit: There was plenty of drama surrounding Elam’s commit status, I believe in large part because urbs announced his brief retirement. There were plenty who thought Elam was seeking attention, but I believe the potential instability caused cold feet syndrome.
