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Rejection memories still linger for coaches

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Ira Gershwin wrote his lyrics about love, not recruiting. But his words that paired up with Harold Arlen's music apply just as well to the coaches who put their hearts and their careers on their sleeve every February. The night is bitter The stars have lost their glitter The winds grow colder And suddenly you're older And all because of the man that got away. As Signing Day 2007 comes and goes, we asked several veteran coaches about the one recruit in their careers whose turndown still cause ...

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