Delay signing until after NSD?

#27
#27
When they started talking about an early signing period, I mentioned that a recruit should be able to get out of it only if head coach, or position coach left. I feel the same with regular signing day too imo.
 
#28
#28
butchna said:
Most recruits don't have the clout to swing that kind of bat...Terrelle Pryor and Clowney enjoyed the solo stages after NSD, but nowadays you could end up like Torrance Gibson, jumping at the first big offer that keeps you from being an Appalachian State legend. :)
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It all worked out well for TG in the end. He ended up signing to the school he wanted to play at from the very beginning. I personally think OSU got them a good player in Gibson.
 
#29
#29
i hate the idea of an early signing period. Some kids will take scholarships at lesser schools. Other kids will get pushed away early by schools trying to get someone better several months down the road. If they want to commit early they can set themselves up to be an EE. I think the quality of recruiting or coaching (probably both) would suffer because a coach was trying to pack that much work into October and November.
 
#31
#31
volatil said:
Commit to a school NOT a coach and CERTAINLY NOT a position coach/coordinator
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For the most part, I agree with you. But let's look from one of our previous player's perspective.

We had a player some years back, who I know decently well. Now, it's well known by VN that he is not the most brilliant of minds. He actually chose UT over some options, in part because of a particular coach (TV coverage was another big part). Why would he do such a thing? Well, he wasn't confident in his mental abilities and did not think graduating college and getting an office job would work for him. He pretty much was an NFL or bust kind of guy. He actually told me on numerous occasions that if NFL didn't work out, he would more than likely end up in manual labor. So in his case the school did not really matter. The coaching change happened and he was not being developed properly.

Is it ideal to play college ball without any concern for the schooling? No. But that is the case for some of these kids. On every team there are kids who do not care at all about school and are only using it as a means to get to the NFL.

Since college football is used as a farm system for the NFL, those kids deserve to be protected as well. And for those kids, the coach/coaching staff is more important to their future than the school.

But like I said, I agree with you. Just playing devil's advocate. :hi:
 
#32
#32
utvols74 said:
I think a commitment is a commitment and your word should be mean something - especially if it is formalized and faxed in.

However, the kids are the ones who are at a real disadvantage here....

There are only a maximum of 25 spots available (generally speaking - no back-counting). If a kid waits b/c of rumors, he could be left waiting at the station and the train is already gone. Hello FBS. If he does sign b/c of a great relationship with a coach and the coach leaves, then he's got 4-5 years to get NFL ready with new coaches who almost always prefer "their recruits" to the other guy's. Proverbial rock and hard place.
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Or they end up blue shirting.
 
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#35
LebanonVolunteer said:
What happens when he "just shows up" at the school of his choice and they tell him no thanks? Then the other one does the same thing. Whoops. Maybe it wasn't such a great idea.
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They won't turn down elite players like him, barring they have a scholarship. It is the lower recruited guys that this wouldn't benefit
 
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