[socalstanfan1]

I don't think the offer to David Long is imprudent, but I also don't think that the quality of the athlete necessarily determines that fact. We have long heard that Shaw only makes serious, legitimate offers and, perhaps I have assumed, that means Shaw doesn't want to get in a situation where a student accepts, makes it through admissions, and then has to be told that there is no room for him on the team.

Part of my thinking when I posted the comments that got this started related to a discussion about QBs and comments made by others (sorry, don't recall who, and I'm a bit lazy to go back and track it down) that they believed good recruiters were clear about informing students where they stood in the recruiting pecking order.  That, plus the fact that we had a lot of top offers out, and an unprecedented number of early acceptances raised this issue, at least for me.

Taking the coaches stated policies seriously, (no reason not to) this means that a lot of the offers have been, essentially, turned down, or the coaches have determined that the student may not be serious enough about the academics side to attend Stanford.  I guess a student who is not comfortable just telling a coach "no" could just not sign up for two AP courses in their senior year.  Voila! And since coaches cannot say anything about recruiting until NSD, we are stuck here reading between the lines.

In Shaw & Co. we trust.  Looking forward to one of the best recruiting classes in Stanford history, and big, positive momentum for the class of 2017.

[socalstanfan1]

I don't think the offer to David Long is imprudent, but I also don't think that the quality of the athlete necessarily determines that fact. We have long heard that Shaw only makes serious, legitimate offers and, perhaps I have assumed, that means Shaw doesn't want to get in a situation where a student accepts, makes it through admissions, and then has to be told that there is no room for him on the team.

Part of my thinking when I posted the comments that got this started related to a discussion about QBs and comments made by others (sorry, don't recall who, and I'm a bit lazy to go back and track it down) that they believed good recruiters were clear about informing students where they stood in the recruiting pecking order.  That, plus the fact that we had a lot of top offers out, and an unprecedented number of early acceptances raised this issue, at least for me.

Taking the coaches stated policies seriously, (no reason not to) this means that a lot of the offers have been, essentially, turned down, or the coaches have determined that the student may not be serious enough about the academics side to attend Stanford.  I guess a student who is not comfortable just telling a coach "no" could just not sign up for two AP courses in their senior year.  Voila! And since coaches cannot say anything about recruiting until NSD, we are stuck here reading between the lines.

In Shaw & Co. we trust.  Looking forward to one of the best recruiting classes in Stanford history, and big, positive momentum for the class of 2017.