Offer Etiquette

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A friend's son was offered by an SEC school an the RC asked him why he didn't post on social media. I know that kids post commitments on social media but didn't know that posting offers had become popular in baseball but I guess it's not that surprising now that I think about it. 

Disclaimer - I am not a member of any social media sites so my knowledge is extremely limited. 

Schools actually WANT the word to get out about kids committing, so other coaches will back off recruiting the kids.  I believe there is a rule that technically bars schools from making an announcement before the kid actually signs his LOI.  But, coaches still spread the word to scouting services, PG, Kendall Rogers, bloggers, and anyone else that will listen, in hopes that the word gets around.

So, to answer your question, there's nothing wrong with the kid spreading the word.  However, I have seen more than one kid Tweet about their commitment, only to have the school withdraw the offer a year of so down the road.  If it was me, I'd keep it low key.  But, kids (and parents) want to impress their friends.  

MTH posted:

Schools actually WANT the word to get out about kids committing, so other coaches will back off recruiting the kids.  I believe there is a rule that technically bars schools from making an announcement before the kid actually signs his LOI.  But, coaches still spread the word to scouting services, PG, Kendall Rogers, bloggers, and anyone else that will listen, in hopes that the word gets around.

So, to answer your question, there's nothing wrong with the kid spreading the word.  However, I have seen more than one kid Tweet about their commitment, only to have the school withdraw the offer a year of so down the road.  If it was me, I'd keep it low key.  But, kids (and parents) want to impress their friends.  

No. No. I mean offers, not commitments. It usually goes something like, "I am blessed to have received an offer from Alaska Tech."

The ones that bother me lately are the "After much prayer and discussion with my family, I've decided to decommit from the Maine School of Mimes." As if God wanted the kid to decommit. How does the school argue with that.

I have never seen an offer being tweeted... ONLY commitments... Tweeting an offer is bad form, IMHO...

Bolts-Coach-PR posted:

I have never seen an offer being tweeted... ONLY commitments... Tweeting an offer is bad form, IMHO...

I agree (am not sure exactly on what grounds I agree, but I do). I have three tweets today alone announcing offers, not commitments. Now, with football and basketball, you see it all the time. Heck, in those sports, ESPN even has lists for it's top players on who has been offered and who has made official visits. However, in those sports, with scholarships being 100%, there's not as much chance that it can appear to be gamesmanship. My limited experience so far with baseball is that schools will ask you if anyone else is offering and often will somehow just know without you tweeting it out.

My son's coach (DIII, FWIW) has asked him for both his twitter and his summer team's/HS team's twitters for what we assume to be a welcome to the team tweet based on the other bio-related info asked for at the same time.

Son doesn't have a twitter (I should be proud, right? ), is waiting to hear back from coach about whether he should create one. Summer team doesn't have one either, though HS has a little used one.

Is tweeting an offer done to leverage it against other interested programs? I could see it make another program make a move. I could see it make another program decide the hell with the kid.

Baseball is his passion, I am just his greatest fan! Know he just posted as a pitcher a 102 mph exit velo? We did this ... Countless hours after work, school, practice, Martial Arts training, Simply committed to "The Greatest Sport on Earth* This is what we  train for! He is built to be a Baseball Player, This the only etiquette I know, Work hard, Train hard, Study, Compete, and Achieve! This is the equation of becoming a winner.



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What is the proper etiquette on baseball offers? I'm seeing a lot of tweets with kids announcing offers. I never used to see this. While this is quite common with football and basketball, I've always assumed you just didn't do that in baseball. However, I have no idea why I think that.I can certainly see the advantage in that it lets other schools know where you stand without seeming to be begging them for an offer. But I don't know if the coaches themselves cringe when they see this or not. Any answers?   View This Topic High School Baseball Web https://community.hsbaseballweb.com/ To adjust your email notifications for this site, please update your notification settings. To suspend ALL email notifications from this site, click here. Powered By Hoop.la

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Bolts-Coach-PR posted:

I have never seen an offer being tweeted... ONLY commitments... Tweeting an offer is bad form, IMHO...

I agree with Bolts-Coach-PR.  Tweeting has become a medium to self-boost the recruits ego or by the college coach to flatter his recruit.  It further clouds the issue of selecting the right school for the right reasons.   If someone can explain to me what tangible benefits are received by the recruit for tweeting his offer then possibly I will change my mind, but I can't think of one.

In today's age of instant access and gratification I guess this is to be expected.  From my viewpoint, offers should be private and commitments can be private or public depending on the situation and preferences of the recruit.

When you tweet an offer always inflate the scholarship amount so that other rival coaches will try to match.  

As to the etiquette of it, to me (and my son) it has always appeared classless and arrogant.  Very prevalent in football and basketball.  You'll see tweets such as "blessed to have received my 14th offer to Free Shoes U", etc.  My son never tweeted offers and always rolled his eyes at those who did.  Obviously just our humble opinion.

As for tweeting a commitment, absolutely.  Something to celebrate as well as promote the program/school and let others know that  you're off the market.  On that note, equally braggadocios and arrogant is the commitment tweet "blessed to be taking my talents to . . . . "  I mean, seriously? 

Around my parts "offer tweets" are picked up by the local newspaper and re-tweeted.  Baseball is not exempt.   I think it is the "me, me, me" marketing of the day. 

I dunno - I just had 2 job offers - should I tweet it?  Maybe my current employer will give me a raise?

Oops!  In an odd way I guess I just did!! 

I'm with fenway - I can't think of a good reason to do it myself, so why would I let my son do it?  Of course, if someone can give me a good reason to do it myself, maybe I'll change my mind? 

"Blessed to have received and offer to marry Billy Bob Latrell."

      - Betty Sue Smith (Small town girl grindin' to make the dream come true.)

"So bless to get an offer to marry Tommy John.  Go to the John!"

      - Betty Sue Smith (Small town girl grindin' to make the dream come true.)

"After much prayer and discussion with my family, I have decided to break off my engagement to Donnie and re-open my courting."

      - Betty Sue Smith (Small town girl grindin' to make the dream come true.)

"After much prayer and discussion, I have decided to take my talents and assets to the alter with Kenny Williams.  Team Williams!"

     - Betty Sue Smith (Small town girl grindin' to make the dream come true.)

Nuke83 posted:

As to the etiquette of it, to me (and my son) it has always appeared classless and arrogant.  Very prevalent in football and basketball.  You'll see tweets such as "blessed to have received my 14th offer to Free Shoes U", etc.  My son never tweeted offers and always rolled his eyes at those who did.  Obviously just our humble opinion.

As for tweeting a commitment, absolutely.  Something to celebrate as well as promote the program/school and let others know that  you're off the market.  On that note, equally braggadocios and arrogant is the commitment tweet "blessed to be taking my talents to . . . . "  I mean, seriously? 

 The normal wording is ..."have received my 14th offer from Free Shoes U".

 Lots of offers from the same school.

Maybe they need to say " have received my 14th offer. this one from Free Shoes U."

I guess my English teachers did "learn" me something.  lol