Monday, January 27, 2014

2014 Toledo Commits Not Bothered By Travis Smith's Decommitment

Toledo head coach, Matt Campbell is doing his best to keep his
2014 recruiting class together.
Photo Credit: www.blog.preps.com
Following the big news of Travis Smith's decommitment, many would say Toledo's 2014 recruiting class got extremely weaker. However, the class wouldn't say that about themselves.

A player we won't name in the 2014 recruiting class for the Toledo Rockets had quite a bit to say about Travis Smith and his recruitment.

"Why is everybody making a big deal about him? He's going to do what's best for him and not what everyone else wants him to do," said the unnamed future Rocket.

It didn't stop there. "Smith wouldn't be a factor until our senior year, we have three quarterbacks better than him on our current roster and he's a bit undersized, the only thing about him is that he's never lost a high school game," said the 2014 recruit. And that's true. Smith went 41-0 as a starter at Ithaca high school in Ithaca, Michigan and helped lead the Yellow Jackets to four straight state championships.

"He has no college experience, who knows what he'll be at the next level. All I know is, I definitely don't want a "leader" to be iffy about is if he's going to take other visits." These quotes all came out the night before Smith's decommitment from Toledo.

As Smith prepared to make a decision between Wake Forest and Toledo, several 2014 Toledo commits took time to tweet to Smith, saying "Your fam is UT #RocketNation". The shocking thing is that just two days prior to decommiting from Toledo, Smith sent out a tweet to newly-committed wide receiver JonVea Johnson of Gary, Indiana saying, "Can't wait to play with you!" But that obviously isn't happening anymore as Smith leaves for Wake Forest.

Ultimately, who can blame Smith? Nobody. It was his decision and not ours to judge but only one thing is for certain: Wake Forest is getting a very underrated dual-threat quarterback. Best of luck to Smith with the Demon Deacons.

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