JCG posted:Go44dad posted:Steve A. posted:Why would it be improper to name the D1 who did this???
It gives up the anonymity of the kid and family. That is for them to decide, not me. They still have skin in the game.
Why does he have to be named? If the program has a habit of doing this, maybe it should be known - though arguably word of mouth is better than the internet.
OTOH, when this kind of story circulates, it's good to keep in mind that in many cases the school may be cold blooded, but they're right. For example, a kid we know from our area had committed to a P5 in Soph year. By Jr. HS season there were whispers about his FB not having the same pop it used to have. Fall of Sr. year the P5 declined to sign him, similar to the OP. The family sucked it up and found a good program in a good conference. However, the FB was still not what people thought it should be. Next thing you know, kid has TJ surgery. Hopefully he'll be ready to pitch for the new program this year.
There's no need to name anyone here, but I hope that kid makes it clear what was said. This is so wrong, and from the description of the call it sounds like the coach had experience in doing this. There's a big difference between a sophomore commit who doesn't pan out vs a kid who commits in July of his senior year and then gets screwed a few days before NLI signing day. Why protect a person like this?