I'll add one other thing I picked up from the Auburn end:
They were even conceding him to UNC, because of his aforementioned affinity and momma being sufficiently impressed during the visit.
My
guess is that dad must've gotten on the phone with him and swayed him at the end..
Kid was tore up about it, as you can see, and no one looked very happy about what should be a joyous day for him.
I'm going to go back to something
@DSouthr said about the family and Roy. I agree 100% that it was an issue, and in fact I'll go out on a limb and say that was a big reason UNC cancelled his original trip to Chapel Hill. I believe the "transcript" issue was at best a convenient excuse. Roy was not likely to risk having him verbally commit back then and scare away other Bigs, only to have this pressure change his mind --- especially not when a gem like Manley had fallen into his lap.
As I posted above, once Manley was in the fold, then Brooks became a luxury --- we still had the room for another good Big no matter what goes down with the Hybrids.
