03-22-2015, 06:29 PM
(03-22-2015, 05:52 PM)kuz link Wrote:I don't see anything wrong with it. Other schools might offer a bunch of QBs at once, but either they're honest to the recruit and tell them where they are in the pecking order, or they lie and then have to deal with the consequences.
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The worst situation is when an offer isn't committable. This happened with Brandon Dawkins a couple of years ago - Brian Kelly gave him an offer but then was holding out for a commitment from a higher ranked QB, so ND literally didn't answer Dawkins' phone calls when he was trying to commit to them. (Dawkins ended up at Arizona.) I hope we never hear about Shaw pulling crap like that.
Of course either of the first two situations you describe are offers that aren't committable - or in actuality not offers at all. But it is at least better when that is made clear to the kids.
In the end there are only a few choices,
1. Offer the kid you most want and tell the next guy(s) that you like them but are waiting on someone. If the guy you most want chooses elsewhere, offer the next guy.
2. Offer the kid you most want and pretend to offer the next guys. If you the guy you most want chooses elsewhere, make the next guy's offer real.
3. Offer several guys and tell them first to commit gets the spot - or don't tell them (I guess) and let the slower guys find out once it's too late.
4. Offer several guys and give them all scholarships if they want.
[For the most part, nobody really does this.]
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Of course Shaw is recruiting qbs that he has not offered - for example Guarantano. It appears that Shaw is quite averse to the non-commitable offer scenario. A situation for which his predecessor apparently had no qualms.Â