You just have one side of the story. UNC recruited him the hardest. Settle's dad a minister discouraged him from attending there. Duke was late to the show. John's parents steered him toward App.Black Saturday wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:23 pmWorking '82 his last year, my first year at APPNewApp wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 3:28 pmBut brought us Sparky Wood who brought us John Settle. Net win,OldAppPlayer wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:02 pmMack Brown- one season 6-5 and bolted without even having a team meeting before he left. No thanks.
I've always given credit to Brown '83 for bringing in Settle and some other good players that laid the foundation for where we are today. Not to Brown for the foundation, but the players. His recruits set Woods up for success.
Woods '84
Settle was headed to Duke, but they fired Red Wilson and Brown got him, just verified it with ViewCrew87 - he had classes with Settle, and saw him carrying the football around campus when he fumbled once.
Anthony Downs anchor of the D line was a recruit too
Sparky did not stay long. He bolted to USC with out even a formal binding contract until he was there for a few months.