[LA_Spartan]

Originally Posted by LA_Spartan

Questions:

1. Where were his parents during all of this? USA Today article says he was being heavily recruited by Cal. Didn't his parents (especially his idiot dad who cried as the press conference) wonder why they hadn't met Tedford, hadn't visited Cal, weren't receiving boatloads of letters and phone calls at the house? If it's my kid, I'm going to meet the HC before he commits anywhere.

2. Where was the coach and school officials? Didn't the coach wonder why no one from Cal ever spoke to him? Didn't the coach have an idea of the level of program this kid was qualified for? Don't they have to provide transcripts to Cal?

Mitchigan agrees with me! Where's my Pulitzer?

Originally Posted by Mitch Albom

I don't know where this kid's coaches were, where his parents were or where any responsible adult in his life was. But to allow a high school senior to fake it all the way to a news conference is an amazing act of gullibility.

All the schools Hart claimed to have recruited him -- including Cal, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Oklahoma State -- never did. Most never heard of him.

You would think someone around him might have noticed that, or wanted to meet an actual coach, or heard an actual recruiting call.

You would think someone might have asked, "Kevin, how come you haven't gone on any recruiting trips?"

MITCH ALBOM: In this hoax, maybe the joke is on us