Recruit commits and still shops
Granted, these guys are verballed to Notre Dame, but still, they commit and then continue to visit other schools and be recruited.
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This goes on every year with football players, even in instances where the coaches position is not questionable like it is with Weis
Excuse me, yet the process and budget for Collegiate Football recruiting is not the same for Collegiate Baseball.
And I have used the expression recently at a Middle School Baseball Recruiting Seminar:
"Anybody can play football, kid"
And I have used the expression recently at a Middle School Baseball Recruiting Seminar:
"Anybody can play football, kid"
Agree, one can't compare football recruiting to baseball recruiting.
quote:Originally posted by TPM:
Agree, one can't compare football recruiting to baseball recruiting.
I agree. But I doubt it will be long before this comes full throttle to baseball too. If the sophomore year recruiting can come to baseball, this can (and will) too.
I met a young man a few weeks ago (2011) who "committed" to ASU. Wonder if that "commitment" still holds?
You could be right JBB, only time will tell.
The irony of it all is, while many players are committing earlier and earlier, the college coach is still out looking, so I guess it can work both ways.
The irony of it all is, while many players are committing earlier and earlier, the college coach is still out looking, so I guess it can work both ways.
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- "Committed and Shopping"
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In your opinion, is it the college coaches pushing the kids to commit early or the kids pushing the colleges?
My son told everyone from soph year on that he wanted to make all 5 official visits prior to committing. He ended up making his decision during summer between Jr and Sr year without ever taking his first official. He got the school and offer he wanted so it all worked out great, but he felt pressure from the coach to make the call because the coach was getting nervous about having a large scholarship offer hanging out there... If son had waited until the start of Sr year and then took all 5 visits, his decision could have taken us until late Oct. Thats a long time for a school to have an offer on the table without knowing for sure if a kid is going to take it or not. If he doesn’t, the coach is scrambling to find someone to fill that spot. If he has multiple offers out to kids for 1 position, he’s going to really tick someone off when 1 accepts and the other is left without anything.
My son told everyone from soph year on that he wanted to make all 5 official visits prior to committing. He ended up making his decision during summer between Jr and Sr year without ever taking his first official. He got the school and offer he wanted so it all worked out great, but he felt pressure from the coach to make the call because the coach was getting nervous about having a large scholarship offer hanging out there... If son had waited until the start of Sr year and then took all 5 visits, his decision could have taken us until late Oct. Thats a long time for a school to have an offer on the table without knowing for sure if a kid is going to take it or not. If he doesn’t, the coach is scrambling to find someone to fill that spot. If he has multiple offers out to kids for 1 position, he’s going to really tick someone off when 1 accepts and the other is left without anything.
This is just my opinion, coaches know who they can pressure and who they can't.
When I think of early commitment, giving a verbal senior summer is not early, what I consider early would be a year or two before the early signing period.
I also think that if most players said they didn't want to commit until their senior summer, coaches wouldn't be making offers so early.
When I think of early commitment, giving a verbal senior summer is not early, what I consider early would be a year or two before the early signing period.
I also think that if most players said they didn't want to commit until their senior summer, coaches wouldn't be making offers so early.
quote:Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
."Committed and Shopping"
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This post reminds me of an old Styx song-
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