Commitment ???

[Cocky_11]

What does it mean for a high school kid to say commitment? Is it worth getting excited about a player committing and then when it comes time to sign , they decommit. Is it better to lay low on kids and go after them hard the last two weeks to flip em right at signing day. I think its time to take the word commitment out of recruiting.

 

[Cocky kebo57]

Originally posted by Cocky_11:
What does it mean for a high school kid to say commitment? Is it worth getting excited about a player committing and then when it comes time to sign , they decommit. Is it better to lay low on kids and go after them hard the last two weeks to flip em right at signing day. I think its time to take the word commitment out of recruiting.



If there's anyway possible, I would like to see the NCAA make it a rule that a recruit cannot make a public commitment until maybe four weeks before signing day, at the earliest. I think that would cut down on the "flippers" a good bit and probably some of the drama, at least from a public standpoint. They could still make silent commits, of course, and only the coaches and immediate family would know about them.

 

[sanfordcock]

Yet if a school decides to withdraw an offer at the last minute they get blasted. This should be able to go both ways.

 

[Mox94]

Commitments are a two way street. Go tell Colburn at Dutch Fork how important his was after Petrino pulled his scholarship today. Until the schools quit doing this type of stuff, I say the kids can do what they want.

 

[atl-cock]

Originally posted by Cocky_11:
What does it mean for a high school kid to say commitment? Is it worth getting excited about a player committing and then when it comes time to sign , they decommit. Is it better to lay low on kids and go after them hard the last two weeks to flip em right at signing day. I think its time to take the word commitment out of recruiting.

Whatever anyone (be they a recruit, a reporter, a parent, or a fan) says about a commitment, a recruit is not committed until s/he signs and faxes their NLI to the school of their choice. Until then their commitment is merely their favorite, top choice, etc.

All this BS about committing, decommitting, etc. is just BS. A more accurate wording would be, IMO, "changing favorites."

Of course, it's proper for both schools and recruits to have a good idea about who is going where before signing day, but again use of the word commitment is misleading/inaccurate until the NLI is signed/returned.

 

[ReadR00ster]

Originally posted by Cocky kebo57:

Originally posted by Cocky_11:
What does it mean for a high school kid to say commitment? Is it worth getting excited about a player committing and then when it comes time to sign , they decommit. Is it better to lay low on kids and go after them hard the last two weeks to flip em right at signing day. I think its time to take the word commitment out of recruiting.



If there's anyway possible, I would like to see the NCAA make it a rule that a recruit cannot make a public commitment until maybe four weeks before signing day, at the earliest. I think that would cut down on the "flippers" a good bit and probably some of the drama, at least from a public standpoint. They could still make silent commits, of course, and only the coaches and immediate family would know about them.

How would you enforce that? All they are doing are saying they are going to play at a certain school. They'll be saying it on Twitter. Just get the **** over it already. Such whining about an non issue when the issue is we have a bad defense and we aren't recruiting well. This whining about decommitments is nothing but excuses. Recruit better and maybe they won't decommit. Don't play like crap and maybe they won't decommit. It's simple.

 

[Cackdiesel]

Originally posted by ReadR00ster:

Originally posted by Cocky kebo57:

Originally posted by Cocky_11:
What does it mean for a high school kid to say commitment? Is it worth getting excited about a player committing and then when it comes time to sign , they decommit. Is it better to lay low on kids and go after them hard the last two weeks to flip em right at signing day. I think its time to take the word commitment out of recruiting.





If there's anyway possible, I would like to see the NCAA make it a rule that a recruit cannot make a public commitment until maybe four weeks before signing day, at the earliest. I think that would cut down on the "flippers" a good bit and probably some of the drama, at least from a public standpoint. They could still make silent commits, of course, and only the coaches and immediate family would know about them.

How would you enforce that? All they are doing are saying they are going to play at a certain school. They'll be saying it on Twitter. Just get the **** over it already. Such whining about an non issue when the issue is we have a bad defense and we aren't recruiting well. This whining about decommitments is nothing but excuses. Recruit better and maybe they won't decommit. Don't play like crap and maybe they won't decommit. It's simple.

That's it in a nutshell.

 

[bdblack]

Good, conscientious high school coaches explain carefully to their athletes (sometimes the parent already have) what will happen on recruiting visits. Let the kids know they'll get a full court press to commit to each school they visit. Good coaches who care about their athletes will also emphasize that if they commit, they stick by their word. Otherwise, take their time to make that decision. I blame a lot of the flip-flopping on lazy and sorry high school coaches who refuse to mentor their kids.

 

[mbsurfside]

I agree but I am sure there are times when a good coach mentors them to do the right thing but there are too many family members or others who pull them in the other direction.

 

[bdblack]

Unfortunately, many times that is also true. And of course the media circus does not help an 18 year old ego either.