— On that subject, I talked with a few sources near the Duncanville program today since this particular topic has been a fad on the board. There is not and there hasn't been a concerted effort by that staff to stop kids from going to Texas. The Longhorns lost out on Savion Byrd because Herb Hand dropped communication with him and the Texas staff was thought to be on shaky ground going forward. As I mentioned above, Chris Gilbert communicates with Reginald Samples often while Jeff Banks and Blake Gideon have been well received. As one source at the school told me today, "We don't have an agenda here. If you develop a relationship with our kids and recruit them hard, you can win them."
Amid all the rumors, I called Duncanville today and asked to speak with Mr. Duncan. I told the student on the phone that I was a reporter for a pay site that I can’t remember the name of and that I needed to speak to Mr. Duncan immediately about the rumors (first reported by our very own washed up former respected newspaper writer) that the Duncanville coaching staff was steering players away from UT. She said she had to ask Ms. Johnson so we’ll have to wait a little while to get to the bottom of this one.
- Roach out