When Mike Locksley was hired as Maryland’s next football coach, there was immediate speculation that he would try to flip DMV recruits, including those he guided to Alabama, to Maryland. But in an interview with AL.com’s John Talty, Locksley explained why he refused to do so.
According to Talty, Locksley said he thought the right thing to do was try to leave them alone instead of trying to sway their decision. This is a different approach than current Georgia head coach Kirby Smart took after leaving Alabama in 2015, as he told players who were interested in the Crimson Tide that they weren’t on the team’s recruiting big board.