I would say we are thankful to have this young man commit to a team that finished 4-8 last season. I also am mindful that he surely fits the 5-star culture that CMC works hard to instill.
We have a staff that wants to win games, but they just as much want to find good young men they can lead to become the best players they can be, and also the best adults they can be after football. It is a real challenge, as this gambling ordeal has shown. But we have every reason to believe our coaches are honest, we aren't dealing with a toxic culture, or hazing, or racism, or kids being hospitalized from workouts or illegal recruiting tactics.
Give me our coaches and the kids they recruit, like Brett Eskildsen, all day long. They seem to value and represent the things I believe in and want for the team I support. And if they win more games than they lose, that's just icing on the cake.
