Thanks in advance for the advice! Always great help on this board---
2014 son has been on 5 unofficial visits all to D1 schools and some in very big name conferences. The "smaller" school in this group, although D1, plays in a weaker conference....visited them about 2 months ago and received offer....was told at the time that they wouldn't pull offer but if he d/n accept within about 60 days the % of scholarship could change as they pursue plans b, c, d players. Never given hard date for reply just general time frame.
Right after, son received continued e-mails from RC and HC for about the next 30 days....he isn't really interested in this school but "played the game" and was diplomatic and complimentary all along....told him not to burn bridges and let it play out, not knowing when they truly "demanded" an answer. At about day 45, RC asked son to call him late at night....he did and RC pushed him on where is he with decision....son said likes school, etc, etc but really wants to play out HS season and make decision in July. RC asked what other unofficals were scheduled and son told him at least 2 of them and they are in premier conferences (ACC, Big 12)----RC said he understood, he did same thing during his recrutiing, etc, etc.
About a week after the call, son tries to stay in touch via e-mail when the team did well, etc. Even called RC couple of times to say hello and keep dialogue going, as I coached him not to burn bridges and you never know when coaches leave and go elsewhere, so even though you don't want this school you never know what can happen.
Bottom line, we have heard ZERO from them over past 30-45 days. Not one e-mail, no replies to e-mails and have not answered about the last 5 phone calls. Son isn't bothered by it, I just find it weird and never want to eliminate one offer until he has a better one. QUESTION: Has school backed off since they know he was going to bigger schools on unofficials? Are they just buried in their season so no communication at all?
Last question, how do we handle? Are they expecting a call to definitively tell them no if that is the answer? I told son that once he has all his offers and makes a commitment, THEN he should call the other schools and tell them what he has decided as the right way to handle things in a high character way, but I don't feel like he needs to do it now since they didn't give us a drop dead date and he is still knee deep in the recruiting process and weighing his options.
What do you guys think happened with this school, is it unusual and what should we do (now or later)?
Thanks again!
