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justbaseball10,000+ posts

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Besides, in a decommitment situation, nobody gets hurt. The player gets the school he wants and the spurned program will just find someone else...

I don't agree with that...at all. I know coaches at a D1 school (not my son's) who faced exactly this situation with a key recruit (key position, key player) earlier this year.

This player and his family apparently took the attitude of locking something up, then continuing to 'hunt' as the player continued to visit other campuses and attend their camps. He eventually decommitted and recommitted to another program considered by some to be a 'stronger' D1 program.

There is no way that the coaches of the original school didn't feel betrayed, slighted...left holding an empty cup. And the 'replacement' player was certainly not as strong of a player given the late decommitment of the original player that occurred.

So, "nobody gets hurt?" Nope, I don't buy that.

10/20/1012:22 PM

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