Silent Commits

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OHvol40

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Ok, so there are rumors flying around all the time about silent commits. With the wavering of Thigpen, Oku, Stokes....... this fuels these rumors. I have heard that recruits such as Graves, Myles, King, M. Brown, Teague, Jeffry (sp?)......... and several more could be silents.

I was just wondering what everyone thought about all of these rumors. Do you think they are legit? If so, which ones? What evidence has been presented to back these claims?
 
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Who knows? Especially when you're trying to get in the minds of 17-18 year old kids. Hell, sometimes I wonder what I was thinking when I made some decisions I made when I was 18. But I have to say the Oku thing puzzles me. From one day supposedly not taking visits to two weeks later preparing for his second trip elsewhere? I don't know.
 
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I hope that there are several of those who are "silently" committed to the Vols, but I think it's highly unlikely, personally.

I'm not sure who it benefits to make a "silent" commitment. Coaches want the momentum that the landing of a big recruit can often bring. Recruits like the attention that a commitment brings - both by the schools who they commit to, and those others left behind, as they are just as likely to re-double their efforts than to simply give up on the guy.
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Tenacious D said:
I hope that there are several of those who are "silently" committed to the Vols, but I think it's highly unlikely, personally.

I'm not sure who it benefits to make a "silent" commitment. Coaches want the momentum that the landing of a big recruit can often bring. Recruits like the attention that a commitment brings - both by the schools who they commit to, and those others left behind, as they are just as likely to re-double their efforts than to simply give up on the guy.
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I think that the specific situation we have would make it more realistic that we have a couple of silent commits.
At most points in the year, your point is completely correct, players want attention and programs want the good PR of the commits (and the lower number of scholarships to pressure other prospects that are on the fence).

This year we have a different dynamic though. We have several highly rated prospects visiting with a very small window before NSD. At this point, very few recruits want to announce prior to NSD, and some of the more highly rated ones may even have agreements with broadcast networks to not announce prior to NSD. Also, our new coaching staff has done a good job of giving UT recruiting momentum without needing the public commitments. Just look at the number of players that were never considering UT before the last 2-3 weeks. With these two factors in mind, I could see some logic behind a few players committing to the coaches and requesting that their intentions remain hidden until NSD.

All that said, I wouldn't count on many players to stick with their public or private commitments this recruiting season. It just seems like all of them are looking around sometimes.
 
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These days, it doesn't matter if they are public, silent or anything else. What only matters is if they sign on signing day or thereabouts. i mean, look at Jarvis Giles. HE was supposedly wavering all the way up to walking to his first class in Columbia. There are always going to be the negative selling coaches out there getting these kids to rethink their sicheyation. Even UF is worried about losing recruits. But, for what it's worth, this is really why all of us are so glued to the net to see the latest movings. IT's awesome, to me.
 
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I believe all the silents are...

Eddie Lacy
Marsalis Teague
Alshon Jeffery
Pearlie Graves
Greg King


and im getting a feeling Reuben Randle is a silent
 
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"and im getting a feeling Reuben Randle is a silent"

And I'm hearing that Urban Myers is waiting till NSD to announce that he'll be our new special teams coach. :rock:<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
 
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Silent commits are not something to base your class off of. That thought process bit us in the butt a few years back on NSD when the silents we thought we had went elsewhere.
 
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getyopopcornready said:
I believe all the silents are...

Eddie Lacy
Marsalis Teague
Alshon Jeffery
Pearlie Graves
Greg King


and im getting a feeling Reuben Randle is a silent
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I see all of that except Randle as possible.

Of those you list as silent, I think that Teague, Jeffery, King, and Graves are likely, Lacy is 50/50, and we have about a 1% chance with Randle (0% if he doesn't suddenly decide to visit this weekend).
 
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Dr Dread said:
"and im getting a feeling Reuben Randle is a silent"

And I'm hearing that Urban Myers is waiting till NSD to announce that he'll be our new special teams coach. :rock:<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
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my anonymous source said the same thing. He also said rod wilks will be both punter and long snapper,
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Silent commits are not something to base your class off of. That thought process bit us in the butt a few years back on NSD when the silents we thought we had went elsewhere.
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I have been followin' recruiting for about 5 years now pretty close but I can't remember this situation for some reason, who are you referencing GHEric?
 
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Every year people come up with these optimistic delusions that we have a whole bunch of amazing silent commits, but it never pans out. We may be in a good standing with many of these players (except Reuben Randle), but that's the end of the story IMO.
 
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First&Tenn said:
I think that the specific situation we have would make it more realistic that we have a couple of silent commits.
At most points in the year, your point is completely correct, players want attention and programs want the good PR of the commits (and the lower number of scholarships to pressure other prospects that are on the fence).

This year we have a different dynamic though. We have several highly rated prospects visiting with a very small window before NSD. At this point, very few recruits want to announce prior to NSD, and some of the more highly rated ones may even have agreements with broadcast networks to not announce prior to NSD. Also, our new coaching staff has done a good job of giving UT recruiting momentum without needing the public commitments. Just look at the number of players that were never considering UT before the last 2-3 weeks. With these two factors in mind, I could see some logic behind a few players committing to the coaches and requesting that their intentions remain hidden until NSD.

All that said, I wouldn't count on many players to stick with their public or private commitments this recruiting season. It just seems like all of them are looking around sometimes.
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This is a good post, and I think you are correct. The kids who are uncommitted at this point, by and large, have planned on having a public announcement on NSD, so they aren't going to go public a week before then after waiting this long. However, that doesn't prevent them from hinting privately to coaches.
 
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Here's what I have found out Ericvol2096....

Kelvin Sheppard, Perry Riley, Aleric Mullins, Adam Patterson, and two others in 2006 were silently committed to UT. Either Kelvin or Perry called Trooper on NSD and told him that they were signing with UT and then signed with LSU.
 
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JTrainDavis said:
my anonymous source said the same thing. He also said rod wilks will be both punter and long snapper,
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I usually just enjoy reading everyone's posts and I know that this belongs on another thread. Maybe im retarded, but what is the story with all the Rod Wilks jokes. I saw a bunch of them when we were looking for a staff...Im clueless..
Please HELP
 
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MT Vols said:
I usually just enjoy reading everyone's posts and I know that this belongs on another thread. Maybe im retarded, but what is the story with all the Rod Wilks jokes. I saw a bunch of them when we were looking for a staff...Im clueless..
Please HELP
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Truth be told, Rod Wilks hired the current staff
 
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MT Vols said:
I usually just enjoy reading everyone's posts and I know that this belongs on another thread. Maybe im retarded, but what is the story with all the Rod Wilks jokes. I saw a bunch of them when we were looking for a staff...Im clueless..
Please HELP
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Type in Rod Wilks on the search thing and see what comes up.
 
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