It's pretty hard for a parent to accomplish anything that the college coach is not 100% in favor of.
BTW, U of Florida has also received committments from three of the top 09s. I'm sure they are very excited about all three of these committments. I doubt that any of the parents of those three had to do much to accomplish this. After all, those players will be among the most recruited anyway.
It's really fairly simple. If a player is one of the best sophomores in the country, there are colleges who are going to want to sew him up early if possible.
More and more, I think the top colleges are following some age old advice... If you can't beat them... Join them!
If you don't get them early, somebody else might!
It's not the end of the world, just a small change in the landscape.