Malik Mcdowell

[baller]

msn.foxsports.com/detroit/story/five-star-recruit-malik-mcdowell-picks-michigan-state-020514

Has not signed his LOI yet, I wonder if it's conflicting beliefs in his family. I legitimately feel like we still have a shot on him due to his parents wanting him to go here.

[angrybaldman]

He's got 2.5 hours. Otherwise, we don't want him.

[victor2111]

That family dinner had to be very awkward tonight.

Mom I'm going to MSU
The hell you are. I'm not signing the LOI to MSU.

[Deleted]

I'd be very worried about signing this kid. His family seems like a trainwreck. It's a divorce situation. Dad wants him out of the state of Michigan. Mom doesn't want him at MSU at all and refuses to sign the LOI.

[Deleted]

Feb 5, 2014 21:28:28 GMT -5 angrybaldman said:

He's got 2.5 hours. Otherwise, we don't want him.

Not his fault. He wants to go to MSU, but mom refuses to sign the LOI. He's not 18 yet, so she has to sign it. It's a mess. He's said some pretty nasty things to her publicly.

[angrybaldman]

Feb 5, 2014 22:29:10 GMT -5 @jtrbucks said:

Feb 5, 2014 21:28:28 GMT -5 angrybaldman said:

He's got 2.5 hours. Otherwise, we don't want him.

Not his fault. He wants to go to MSU, but mom refuses to sign the LOI. He's not 18 yet, so she has to sign it. It's a mess. He's said some pretty nasty things to her publicly.

Don't care about whose "fault" it is. Don't want him of he won't sign and especially if his family are meddlers

[WANG]

Feb 5, 2014 21:25:35 GMT -5 baller said:

msn.foxsports.com/detroit/story/five-star-recruit-malik-mcdowell-picks-michigan-state-020514

Has not signed his LOI yet, I wonder if it's conflicting beliefs in his family. I legitimately feel like we still have a shot on him due to his parents wanting him to go here.

Nah, no chance.

His mom hasn't signed the NLOI, but he and his father have.

He is all MSU, she is still upset about something she overheard (something about MSU players telling him that he wouldn't even need to go to class or the like), in the end she will end up signing it too because she isn't going to rob her kid of the chance to play for his future. Either that or they will find a way to get his NLOI sent without her sig.

Regardless, I wouldn't want a kid, no matter HOW good he is, that only is going to attend a school because his parents told him he has to.

It's not sour grapes, it's simply that the kid is probably not going to be happy at OSU if he REALLY wanted to play somewhere else, and you have to wonder what kind of performance you would get from him.

Give me a 3* that is 100% BUCKEYE over a 5* that is only there because he was forced to be anyday.

[ohstatefan]

Feb 6, 2014 8:27:22 GMT -5 WANG said:

Feb 5, 2014 21:25:35 GMT -5 baller said:

msn.foxsports.com/detroit/story/five-star-recruit-malik-mcdowell-picks-michigan-state-020514

Has not signed his LOI yet, I wonder if it's conflicting beliefs in his family. I legitimately feel like we still have a shot on him due to his parents wanting him to go here.

Nah, no chance.

His mom hasn't signed the NLOI, but he and his father have.

He is all MSU, she is still upset about something she overheard (something about MSU players telling him that he wouldn't even need to go to class or the like), in the end she will end up signing it too because she isn't going to rob her kid of the chance to play for his future. Either that or they will find a way to get his NLOI sent without her sig.

Regardless, I wouldn't want a kid, no matter HOW good he is, that only is going to attend a school because his parents told him he has to.

It's not sour grapes, it's simply that the kid is probably not going to be happy at OSU if he REALLY wanted to play somewhere else, and you have to wonder what kind of performance you would get from him.

Give me a 3* that is 100% BUCKEYE over a 5* that is only there because he was forced to be anyday.

I noticed in the article that the mom has a different last name. I'm guessing the parents are divorced. If she has custody, I would think it wouldn't matter if the dad signed anything. Maybe this means they have joint custody, I'm not all that sure how that works with LOIs in a situation like that.

Also, the mom addressed three concerns about MSU:
1) This 'bad experience' which may be the thing you say she overheard.
2) Concerns that the coaching staff wasn't qualified
3) Some of his high school friends would be bad influences, and thought it would be better if he left the state. (initially this was a shared concern with the father).

I'm sure it's pretty common for each of those to be concerns in a recruiting process, just troubling that they still haven't sorted it out this late, and that it's being aired in the press.

[Deleted]

I would take the kid and certainly won't say I don't want him but I am with Wang in that if he doesn't have his heart set on being a Buckeye, it seems he may be set up for failure.

I also understand the mom's side because you don't want negative influences around your kid when he has a chance to get away from it all.

Hopefully they sort it out but I'm of the opinion that FSU might be the best compromise for them.

[Deleted]

Feb 6, 2014 8:27:22 GMT -5 WANG said:

Feb 5, 2014 21:25:35 GMT -5 baller said:

msn.foxsports.com/detroit/story/five-star-recruit-malik-mcdowell-picks-michigan-state-020514

Has not signed his LOI yet, I wonder if it's conflicting beliefs in his family. I legitimately feel like we still have a shot on him due to his parents wanting him to go here.

Nah, no chance.

His mom hasn't signed the NLOI, but he and his father have.

He is all MSU, she is still upset about something she overheard (something about MSU players telling him that he wouldn't even need to go to class or the like), in the end she will end up signing it too because she isn't going to rob her kid of the chance to play for his future. Either that or they will find a way to get his NLOI sent without her sig.

Regardless, I wouldn't want a kid, no matter HOW good he is, that only is going to attend a school because his parents told him he has to.

It's not sour grapes, it's simply that the kid is probably not going to be happy at OSU if he REALLY wanted to play somewhere else, and you have to wonder what kind of performance you would get from him.

Give me a 3* that is 100% BUCKEYE over a 5* that is only there because he was forced to be anyday.

Totally agree! I was just sticking up for the kid a bit because it was his parents making this look bad.

[WANG]

Oh, I'm with you JTR, I don't think this reflects on the kid (not a Sentreal Henderson situation) but rather parents being too involved in the process.

[ohstatefan]

Feb 6, 2014 12:00:52 GMT -5 WANG said:

Oh, I'm with you JTR, I don't think this reflects on the kid (not a Sentreal Henderson situation) but rather parents being too involved in the process.

It reflects on the kid somewhat, but then I don't know to what extent he tried to work this out with his parents until now.