The pressure to commit=more decommitments

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With the pace of recruiting changing before our very eyes we better sit back and get ready for many more kids changing their minds nationwide than ever before.


Many schools are already very close to being full and with that many kids are making decisions before they really want due to the pressure of spots disappearing.


In years past I think some of the anger toward kids changing their minds has been warranted but not now. If a kid is pressured into a commitment before they have even started their Sr year of hs then they deserve no criticism from our fan base or any other schools.
 
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Commitment is a strong word, and some people don't know how to embrace it. And so they were never "committed" in the first place, if that makes Cents!
 
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I think we'll see more and more programs implementing a condition into the official scholarship offer relating to commitments. I know Mack Brown at Texas basically says if you commit to us then look elsewhere, we're pulling your offer. It's pretty cutthroat because people's minds do change, but the programs might start taking a more firm stance. Bottom line is the athletic departments will adapt and change with this new type of recruiting, just as much as the kids will.
 
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Cyclopskiller said:
Commitment is a strong word, and some people don't know how to embrace it. And so they were never "committed" in the first place, if that makes Cents!
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This thinking isn't fair anymore IMO. Think of it this way.

You interview for a job and its offered to you but you are told you have to accept immediately before leaving to talk to your family face to face about it.


Under that kind of pressure people change their minds and IMO its well within their right.
 
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BruinVol said:
This thinking isn't fair anymore IMO. Think of it this way.

You interview for a job and its offered to you but you are told you have to accept immediately before leaving to talk to your family face to face about it.


Under that kind of pressure people change their minds and IMO its well within their right.
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But thats not the case here. All of our players have had the time to talk it over with their families and make a decision.
 
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BruinVol said:
This thinking isn't fair anymore IMO. Think of it this way.

You interview for a job and its offered to you but you are told you have to accept immediately before leaving to talk to your family face to face about it.


Under that kind of pressure people change their minds and IMO its well within their right.[/QUOTE
Recruits have plenty of time to make a decision. They don't have to commit the second they get an offer.
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The pressure to commit will come early and often from every direction in a steady flow (thanks in great part to modern social media), some recruits will learn to handle it, some don't, such is life.
 
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RockyTop22 said:
But thats not the case here. All of our players have had the time to talk it over with their families and make a decision.
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I am not saying it is exactly that way but without question kids are being threatened with the spots are disappearing line by coaches at most schools now. I feel very confident saying Powell would have loved to have waited until he knew exactly where Miami was before committing but wasn't able to do that with our number situation
 
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We've only had two decommit. Lets not freak out jut yet.

And as well as we are recruiting, I wouldn't be shocked if 1 or both weren't simply recruited over.
 
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BruinVol said:
. I feel very confident saying Powell would have loved to have waited until he knew exactly where Miami was before committing but wasn't able to do that with our number situation
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He was able, but chose not to wait. It was his choice. :hi:
 
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BruinVol said:
Would his spot with us have waited??


If not that is the point. We can't blame the kid for going where he wanted all along
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I don't blame him, and I don't think most Vol fans blame him, but it was still his choice, he was free to accept or not accept such conditions.
 
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johndoevol said:
I don't blame him, and I don't think most Vol fans blame him, but it was still his choice, he was free to accept or not accept such conditions.
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Agreed but that decision is coming earlier and earlier and in turn more kids will change their minds. Not just tenn commits but nationwide
 
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Ha ha ha ha ha! Wow. I wish ignoring a poster allowed you to ignore their threads. I'm just laughing at the title to this one. August 31 can't get here soon enough.

Losing Powell was a disappointment. Would have been great member of this class, sucks Miami pried him away. But it also wasn't altogether unexpected if you followed his recruitment even casually. We shouldn't read too much into it, or make irrational extrapolations about it.
 
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Some posters just don't have the intelligence to understand the difference between a nationwide issue involving a great deal of schools and just Tenn.


For those that can read you will see that this thread was started with an opinion involving recruiting on a national scale not just at Tenn.
 
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SecondYearVol said:
I think we'll see more and more programs implementing a condition into the official scholarship offer relating to commitments. I know Mack Brown at Texas basically says if you commit to us then look elsewhere, we're pulling your offer. It's pretty cutthroat because people's minds do change, but the programs might start taking a more firm stance. Bottom line is the athletic departments will adapt and change with this new type of recruiting, just as much as the kids will.
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I am fine with it. I think a commitment should mean something. I do feel it goes both ways though. IF the staff takes a kids commitment, he should have a spot no matter how many 5 star players try to commit late. If the kid qualifies, stays out of trouble, and does not take visits after committing, he should be considered a VOL and have a LOI to sign on NSD. If the staff would consider dropping the kid late if better talent wanted to commit, they should not be taking his commitment in the 1st place. If at any time the kid takes a visit after committing, I would not pull the offer, but his spot is now up for grabs and I would fill it with someone else as soon as I had a kid ready to take his place.
 
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BruinVol said:
Some posters just don't have the intelligence to understand the difference between a nationwide issue involving a great deal of schools and just Tenn.


For those that can read you will see that this thread was started with an opinion involving recruiting on a national scale not just at Tenn.
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Probably should put it in the Around The NCAA forum then not the TENNESSEE VOLS recruiting forum.
 
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SecondYearVol said:
I think we'll see more and more programs implementing a condition into the official scholarship offer relating to commitments. I know Mack Brown at Texas basically says if you commit to us then look elsewhere, we're pulling your offer. It's pretty cutthroat because people's minds do change, but the programs might start taking a more firm stance. Bottom line is the athletic departments will adapt and change with this new type of recruiting, just as much as the kids will.
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I think saban has the same attitude.
 
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BruinVol said:
With the pace of recruiting changing before our very eyes we better sit back and get ready for many more kids changing their minds nationwide than ever before.


Many schools are already very close to being full and with that many kids are making decisions before they really want due to the pressure of spots disappearing.


In years past I think some of the anger toward kids changing their minds has been warranted but not now. If a kid is pressured into a commitment before they have even started their Sr year of hs then they deserve no criticism from our fan base or any other schools.
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As long as coaches can pull scholarships or recruit over a kid, I have no problem with a commit changing his mind. It's a 2 way street, some fans just need to realize that.
 
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