Ridiculous.

While trying to find some information on the scholarships Nevada has handed out to its football players, I ran across this gem:

Pack football: Nevada's rescinded offer angers prep coach

The coach of an Arizona high school linebacker whose scholarship offer by Nevada has been rescinded said the move by Nevada coaches could hurt future Pack recruiting efforts in the state.

"This hit us like a bombshell," Hamilton High (Chandler, Ariz.) coach Steve Belles said Friday. "I think it's going to hurt them in Arizona. It sets a bad precedent."

Elliott Harper had verbally committed to sign with Nevada months ago. According to Belles, Wolf Pack coaches told Elliott, a former high school teammate of Nevada's Dontay Moch, they needed to rescind the offer because Nevada plans to switch from a 3-4 defense to a 4-3 and does not need more linebackers.

The article goes on like that. Note the time stamp on it - 12/15/2007. After recruiting a kid and offering a scholarship, Ault then realizes, "Huh - our defensive scheme sucks", at which point he pulls the scholarship offer. Now, I understand this particular recruit isn't terribly talented - the other teams recruiting him were Northern Arizona and UNLV - but this seems awfully seedy from here.

As an aside, what are we doing recruiting talent that's only being looked at by Northern Arizona and UNLV in the first place? Shouldn't we be recruiting talent that's actually... talented? No wonder Hawaii and Boise State keep beating us.