A Sea Of Red

Looks like we got our first commit for FlamesGand17! His name is Remington Green.

https://twitter.com/TheItalioStalio

Link to his Twitter account.

Flames pick up first commitment for class of 2017

http://www.libertyflamesnation.com/flam ... s-of-2017/

Anyone know why we were his only offer?

Humble_Opinion wrote:Anyone know why we were his only offer?

Because nobody else made one?

It looks more impressive when you get a commit from a kid with a long list of offers, with a few FBS programs sprinkled in, but it can be deceptive. EVERYTHING that happens in the offer/commitment process prior to the signing of the NLI is verbal, unofficial and totally non-binding and more than one prospect has been known to "pad" their offer list to make themselves look like a hotter commodity than they really are.

Several years ago a young man committed to Gill at Buffalo, accepting his only D1 offer. His name? Khalil Mack.

You don't need to overthink that sort of thing H_O. Just because we were the only ones to make an offer doesn't mean he somehow is a lesser talent or anything.

BJWilliams wrote:You don't need to overthink that sort of thing H_O. Just because we were the only ones to make an offer doesn't mean he somehow is a lesser talent or anything.

Yes is does... I appreciate the optimism from you and Oldflame, but if the guy was that good - he would have received offers. Mack? Mack only played two years of high school football, in Florida. Went under the radar, but that was back in 2008 (I believe) - It's a different recruiting day today. He was a 2 star ATL and I'm not sure Green has any stars.

It's also early. It's too early to even judge offers I think though I totally agree with proto if this was December or January.

prototype wrote:

BJWilliams wrote:You don't need to overthink that sort of thing H_O. Just because we were the only ones to make an offer doesn't mean he somehow is a lesser talent or anything.

Yes is does... I appreciate the optimism from you and Oldflame, but if the guy was that good - he would have received offers. Mack? Mack only played two years of high school football, in Florida. Went under the radar, but that was back in 2008 (I believe) - It's a different recruiting day today. He was a 2 star ATL and I'm not sure Green has any stars.

Actually your 1000% WRONG. NO it doesn't it could mean we were the first to find him, it could mean he said yes to this and could receive others later. Throwing your "offer" in the hat to a kid that has more than a few really is not impressive and IMO only means your doing it to just say hey we had our name in the hat but more than likely the kid with multiple offers of the FBS kind may not come anyways, its just a numbers thing to him and to the school. All for looks on both sides.

Been traveling across the country on a family road trip and missed this one. Thanks to soccer7 for spotting this one!


Remington Green
6' 1" 210 lbs Linebacker
King George (VA) HS


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Is his middle name Steele?

Purple Haize wrote:Is his middle name Steele?

LOL. It is his nickname now....

Girl in the Locker Room ?

Did she come with him, or is she in the locker room to take photos with the recruits ?

My guess is she came with him. Since it was a recruit visit I don't think they were like "no girls allowed!" Im sure mom and dad were in there to take that shot

olldflame wrote:Several years ago a young man committed to Wimberly at Liberty, accepting his only D1 offer. He then changed his commitment to Buffalo after Wimberly accepted a job there. His name? Khalil Mack.

I corrected that for you. Just wanted to make sure the facts were right.

BJWilliams wrote:My guess is she came with him. Since it was a recruit visit I don't think they were like "no girls allowed!" Im sure mom and dad were in there to take that shot

I thought for a second, maybe Liberty had adopted the Target Self Identifying policy. It May not be a bad idea to keep a couple Liberty Loving females around for social media announcement photos in the future.


^ Please apply the sarcasm font to this

Jonathan Carone wrote:

olldflame wrote:Several years ago a young man committed to Wimberly at Liberty, accepting his only D1 offer. He then changed his commitment to Buffalo after Wimberly accepted a job there. His name? Khalil Mack.

I corrected that for you. Just wanted to make sure the facts were right.

Nothing really wrong with the facts I posted. Was Wimberly the guy who "discovered" Mack? Sure he was, and yes, he was still coaching at Liberty when he started recruiting him. I don't know if Khalil actually made a verbal to LU before Gill hired Wimbo at Buffalo or not, but we all know how little that means anyway. Bottom line, he signed with Buffalo, and Gill was the head coach. If he indeed had previously committed to Liberty, it would have been to Rocco, not Wimberly. The role of assistants in recruiting is huge, but when it comes time to commit and ultimately sign, it is a commitment to the school and the HC.

BTW, is that you SuperJon?

prototype wrote:

Purple Haize wrote:Is his middle name Steele?

LOL. It is his nickname now....

Despite being Remington all his life, he actually goes by the same nickname as Rocky Balboa

BTW, he has been shamelessly promoting his HS teammate Jordan "Fabio" Aley on twitter Not too hard to see how he got HIS nickname He's pretty small, but man does he look explosive on video! I could see taking a chance on a kid like this if only as a possible solution to our long standing PR problems

Aley definitely has some wheels on him. Maybe give him a PWO spot?

His letter is in!