Don't think that's an offer for a friend, that's a fully committable offer, much like the Shembari Phillips and Ty Hudson offers.
What I wrote about explaining the Davis offer was what was told to me by the head man in his office when visiting him and I asked about that player after you(BTO) posted his offer in the recruiting forum. I was wondering about this guard from N.J. as a player because of lack of offers and rating. They would not take his commitment if he tried but I'm sure he and his coaches understand.
Only one I was told was the guard from Colorado State 2 weeks ago. Still trying but doesn't look that good there. He was worried most about Cincy then. I have no idea on the others.
Even if it was conditional, I saw him play in high school and he didn't strike me as having high major talent even if he lost weight.
Why even bother with an offer?
I hadn't asked him anything on it. I feel like I've been bothering him to much and he seems real busy. I may ask him next week when I'm in Knoxville. I'm going to try to go to my first Rocky Top League game also.
I'm no expert but I do follow recruiting quite a bit....it seems that the non-committable offers are for various reasons.
*to show u r very interested in the second tier guys
* guys that need to work on things to be a serious contender for a scholly
* public relations to help give the kid a better chance of getting noticed and to get in good with schools coach.
It's more prevelant in football.....there has been at least two or three guys try to commit that had offers and weren't accepted.
The better question is, why does he have any type of offer commitable or not? This is a horrible offer. Nothing can be said to make it anything but a bad offer.