[vincesanity82]

If Demetrius Jones could re-stage his exit from Notre Dame, he would add a few hugs, disburse a few thank-yous and find his way to Irish head coach Charlie Weis' office for a face-to-face meeting. "I really am going to miss Notre Dame," said Jones, a sophomore quarterback who enrolled at Northern Illinois Wednesday, practiced with the Irish Thursday, went AWOL on Friday and begins classes at his new school today. "I'm not sorry I went to Notre Dame in the first place," Jones told The Tribune via cell phone Sunday. "I learned a lot of lessons about life there. It made me a better person in a lot of ways. But the way I left was pretty immature. I've heard people say that, and they're right. I should have handled it better. -- South Bend Tribune

South Bend Tribune: Jones regrets way he left

[Lefty Noob]

Well, when the kid admits he made a mistake, you really can't add much to it. I can only hope he picks up the phone and makes a few calls now, learns from his errors and matures. He really is a phenomenally talented football player and he should do well at NIU.

[D1recruiter]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

If Demetrius Jones could re-stage his exit from Notre Dame, he would add a few hugs, disburse a few thank-yous and find his way to Irish head coach Charlie Weis' office for a face-to-face meeting. "I really am going to miss Notre Dame," said Jones, a sophomore quarterback who enrolled at Northern Illinois Wednesday, practiced with the Irish Thursday, went AWOL on Friday and begins classes at his new school today. "I'm not sorry I went to Notre Dame in the first place," Jones told The Tribune via cell phone Sunday. "I learned a lot of lessons about life there. It made me a better person in a lot of ways. But the way I left was pretty immature. I've heard people say that, and they're right. I should have handled it better. -- South Bend Tribune

South Bend Tribune: Jones regrets way he left

Jones sounds like he grew up a little more in acknowledging he handled his decision to leave the Irish program improperly. While he is leaving a poor program presently he did make an accurate assessment of Weis's politics and what was in his own best interests. Like Jones found out, it is just business! Jones made a smart business move that he thinks will provide him with greater opportunities in the futrure than he would have had at ND.

Even though the NCAA attempts to limit players, but not coaches, ability to change jobs, I believe we will see more and more of this because kids want to get on the field and play football regardless of where it is at and because of the lack of coaches' loyalty most coaches have to their players and there sole dedication to their paychecks and winning, which unfortionate I might add is the main goal of most major programs and the main reason they are paid by most universities. Winning=$$$! We have been seeing for years the lack of character many of these top programs have been developing [NOT IN REFERRENCE TO JONES] in the type of recruits they bring in and the results they get both on the field and off. Hopefully, the swing will go back the other way in the future to where football becomes a game in which student-scholars participate as a part of their education and not as a means to an end in making big dollars and I might add, big dollars for everyone else except themselves! Wow, I am getting off this box!!

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Marked down as "disruptive personality" on the scouting reports and move on... ...the Clausen era begins with a wimper not a bang.