Reply to "2021 - First Offer, Looking for Guidance"

Mark, you put your finger on one huge issue of an early commit: the entire risk is on the kid.

The antidote is to continue working as if there was no commitment.

Offers dont get consummated for a number of reasons; coach leaves, kid gets injured, kid's academics drop below minimum needed (or never rise to the level required), kid's baseball skills plateau, kid has a character issue.

So, yes an oral commitment takes him off the market, but should not have any impact whatsoever on his work in improving his skills. For some, however, the commitment itself was the goal and the drive to improve loses its focus.

Keep improving as if there was no offer. Also, you can realistically keep your eyes open on his improvement - some kids peak as sophs, some as juniors, and some keep improving. Puberty, girls, grades, etc. If you see he's plateaued understand what may happen.

7/22/198:16 AM

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