[81alum]

I know only what I have read on this board.  But I do have a theory about what is happening with Haley Jones.  It is based on the uncertain premise that the Stanford coaches already know about Haley's choice.  

For a long time, Laeticia Amihere and Haley Jones were both listed as interested in Stanford.  They are both highly talented wing players.  Laeticia held off making a choice until the last minute, then, earlier this week, committed to South Carolina.  My theory is that Laeticia was genuinely interested in considering Stanford, but made this decision after hearing from the Stanford coaches that they no longer could promise Laeticia a scholarship that was now safely allocated to Haley.  

To echo what I've said, 

this theory could be 

WRONG, wrong, wrong,

But I like the theory, so I'm sticking with it until Haley makes her announcement.

Except that we know Haley was admitted, that she took an official here, etc., and neither of those things are true (so far as we know) for Amihere.  Plus our all-knowing guru of recruiting (listening Bob?) doesn't seem to have picked up any Amihere vibes for a long time.

Unless...were you suggesting that Amihere was waiting to be sure Jones wasn't going to South Carolina before she (Amihere) committed?

But I have my own pet theory that brings me comfort too.  It is what we fans do under conditions of stress:  rationalize and engage in motivated reasoning!  And so long as we restrict that mode of thought to our fandom and don't let it bleed over into serious matters, then we'll be just fine :)

[81alum]

I know only what I have read on this board.  But I do have a theory about what is happening with Haley Jones.  It is based on the uncertain premise that the Stanford coaches already know about Haley's choice.  

For a long time, Laeticia Amihere and Haley Jones were both listed as interested in Stanford.  They are both highly talented wing players.  Laeticia held off making a choice until the last minute, then, earlier this week, committed to South Carolina.  My theory is that Laeticia was genuinely interested in considering Stanford, but made this decision after hearing from the Stanford coaches that they no longer could promise Laeticia a scholarship that was now safely allocated to Haley.  

To echo what I've said, 

this theory could be 

WRONG, wrong, wrong,

But I like the theory, so I'm sticking with it until Haley makes her announcement.

Except that we know Haley was admitted, that she took an official here, etc., and neither of those things are true (so far as we know) for Amihere.  Plus our all-knowing guru of recruiting (listening Bob?) doesn't seem to have picked up any Amihere vibes for a long time.

Unless...were you suggesting that Amihere was waiting to be sure Jones wasn't going to South Carolina before she (Amihere) committed?

But I have my own pet theory that brings me comfort too.  It is what we fans do under conditions of stress:  rationalize and engage in motivated reasoning!  And so long as we restrict that mode of thought to our fandom and don't let it bleed over into serious matters, then we'll be just fine :)