Reply to "Underclassman that verbally commit early"

Considering the previous comment from OSKISD, I'll add this about those early commits.

Often, when I'm having a consultation call with an athlete or parent to help them navigate a transfer to a new program, one of my questions will be "what other schools offered you, or showed strong interest and might still be interested?" The following is a fairly typical response:

"I didn't receive/consider other offers because I committed to this school when I was a freshman/sophomore so wasn't receiving other interest."

I realize that recruits can be in a tough spot, especially if coaches are pressuring them to "commit now!!" But accepting interest from other schools and keeping those lines of communication open as long as possible may allow that recruit the chance to create/increase relationships with more coaches that could potentially benefit him later on at some point.

9/17/1910:42 AM

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