01-22-2016, 05:38 PM
That's not a decommitment. I'll show you a decommitment. 8)
When I registered here in 2014, TrumpCard seemed like an apolitical user ID...
A Michigan "decommitment"
When I registered here in 2014, TrumpCard seemed like an apolitical user ID...
01-22-2016, 06:02 PM
Until a kid signs a LOI he is fair game, as long as he agrees, tweets about I, etc. Pulling an offer is something else again, especially in Dec/Jan his senior year.
“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to Hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip." W. Churchill
Until a kid signs a LOI he is fair game, as long as he agrees, tweets about I, etc. Pulling an offer is something else again, especially in Dec/Jan his senior year.
“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to Hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip." W. Churchill
01-22-2016, 08:58 PM
(01-22-2016, 05:22 PM)fullmetal link Wrote:Ah, like the millennial generation's trend of "ghosting out" on a relationship...
I am afraid the practice goes back a long, long way further than the millenial generation - perhaps unless you meant a previous millenium.
01-25-2016, 08:50 PM
Another one-time Michigan commit announces that he is looking elsewhere. I appreciate his candor.
https://twitter.com/R_Weaver80/status/69...7765534721
https://twitter.com/R_Weaver80/status/69...7765534721
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
Another one-time Michigan commit announces that he is looking elsewhere. I appreciate his candor.
https://twitter.com/R_Weaver80/status/69...7765534721
https://twitter.com/R_Weaver80/status/69...7765534721
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
01-25-2016, 08:55 PM
Twitter really needs to expand beyond 160 characters.
Harbaugh really needs to manage his recruiting class better. Because that quote on Karma is going to prove prescient. Believe me it will be a negative recruiting pitch.
BC
Harbaugh really needs to manage his recruiting class better. Because that quote on Karma is going to prove prescient. Believe me it will be a negative recruiting pitch.
BC
Twitter really needs to expand beyond 160 characters.
Harbaugh really needs to manage his recruiting class better. Because that quote on Karma is going to prove prescient. Believe me it will be a negative recruiting pitch.
BC
Harbaugh really needs to manage his recruiting class better. Because that quote on Karma is going to prove prescient. Believe me it will be a negative recruiting pitch.
BC
01-25-2016, 09:00 PM
I doubt it'll be an effective tactic, though. Kids and their parents will think "won't be me."
I doubt it'll be an effective tactic, though. Kids and their parents will think "won't be me."
01-25-2016, 09:40 PM
No, but recruiters can tell a recruit who is about to commit, "Don't commit yet to Michigan. If they really want you, they will kick someone out in their recruiting class later to make room for you, and if they don't, they will not honor your commitment, so there is no benefit to you to committing at this time." Recruiters will do it because they will feel that they can keep the kid more in play; although decommitments from the recruits' side are becoming more common, there is still an element of epistemic closure once a recruit has committed to a school. And, even if the kid ultimately does wind up committing to UM, it will slow early momentum down.
BC
BC
No, but recruiters can tell a recruit who is about to commit, "Don't commit yet to Michigan. If they really want you, they will kick someone out in their recruiting class later to make room for you, and if they don't, they will not honor your commitment, so there is no benefit to you to committing at this time." Recruiters will do it because they will feel that they can keep the kid more in play; although decommitments from the recruits' side are becoming more common, there is still an element of epistemic closure once a recruit has committed to a school. And, even if the kid ultimately does wind up committing to UM, it will slow early momentum down.
BC
BC
01-26-2016, 05:55 PM
More on the Michigan decommitments:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...an-commits
"It's all business"
By the way, I had to laugh at this line:
The number of schools where it would be possible for a signed player not to get admitted into school is a very lonely number indeed. This (allowing student-athletes to sign whenever they wanted) would be a disaster for Stanford.
BC
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...an-commits
"It's all business"
By the way, I had to laugh at this line:
Quote:University presidents would feel queasy about signing players before their high school grades are clear. So tell your coach not to sign players early. If the NCAA wants to be serious about academics, it could make a scholarship unusable if a signed player ultimately doesn't get admitted into school. Then watch how judiciously coaches handle scholarship offers.
The number of schools where it would be possible for a signed player not to get admitted into school is a very lonely number indeed. This (allowing student-athletes to sign whenever they wanted) would be a disaster for Stanford.
BC
More on the Michigan decommitments:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...an-commits
"It's all business"
By the way, I had to laugh at this line:
The number of schools where it would be possible for a signed player not to get admitted into school is a very lonely number indeed. This (allowing student-athletes to sign whenever they wanted) would be a disaster for Stanford.
BC
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...an-commits
"It's all business"
By the way, I had to laugh at this line:
Quote:University presidents would feel queasy about signing players before their high school grades are clear. So tell your coach not to sign players early. If the NCAA wants to be serious about academics, it could make a scholarship unusable if a signed player ultimately doesn't get admitted into school. Then watch how judiciously coaches handle scholarship offers.
The number of schools where it would be possible for a signed player not to get admitted into school is a very lonely number indeed. This (allowing student-athletes to sign whenever they wanted) would be a disaster for Stanford.
BC
01-26-2016, 06:50 PM
(01-26-2016, 05:55 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:More on the Michigan decommitments:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...an-commits
"It's all business"
By the way, I had to laugh at this line:
Quote:University presidents would feel queasy about signing players before their high school grades are clear. So tell your coach not to sign players early. If the NCAA wants to be serious about academics, it could make a scholarship unusable if a signed player ultimately doesn't get admitted into school. Then watch how judiciously coaches handle scholarship offers.
The number of schools where it would be possible for a signed player not to get admitted into school is a very lonely number indeed. This (allowing student-athletes to sign whenever they wanted) would be a disaster for Stanford.
BC
Well, you know what they say. "Do not be deceived. You will reap what you sow."
Audaces fortuna iuvat
(01-26-2016, 05:55 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:More on the Michigan decommitments:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...an-commits
"It's all business"
By the way, I had to laugh at this line:
Quote:University presidents would feel queasy about signing players before their high school grades are clear. So tell your coach not to sign players early. If the NCAA wants to be serious about academics, it could make a scholarship unusable if a signed player ultimately doesn't get admitted into school. Then watch how judiciously coaches handle scholarship offers.
The number of schools where it would be possible for a signed player not to get admitted into school is a very lonely number indeed. This (allowing student-athletes to sign whenever they wanted) would be a disaster for Stanford.
BC
Well, you know what they say. "Do not be deceived. You will reap what you sow."
Audaces fortuna iuvat
01-26-2016, 07:18 PM
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