DE Ishmael Aurismond has changed his commitment from WKU to Middle Tennessee

http://espn.go.com/college-spo...smael-aurismond

It is absolutely ridiculous the number of football decommitments there are every year. I know these kids are 17-18, but my gosh, I'd be willing to bet around 60% switch commitments these days. I realize coaches over-recruit, so it works both ways. I also realize just because a kid commits, other coaches don't slow down pushing. (this is no knock on your topic, but more a blanket statement)

(02-03-2013 08:48 AM)Theflash Wrote:  It is absolutely ridiculous the number of football decommitments there are every year. I know these kids are 17-18, but my gosh, I'd be willing to bet around 60% switch commitments these days. I realize coaches over-recruit, so it works both ways. I also realize just because a kid commits, other coaches don't slow down pushing. (this is no knock on your topic, but more a blanket statement)

I completely agree we had a receiver last year Stephon Brown committed and all about MT all over twitter then a couple days before signing day he went WKU.

Just watch Wed. morning. Signing day is a joke.

(02-03-2013 10:48 AM)Theflash Wrote:  Just watch Wed. morning. Signing day is a joke.

Recruiting/Signing season has become a game in itself. But some of these kids who celebrate winning that game on Wednesday don't realize that they have won themselves right out of playing time for the next four years.

So true.

Like you said- it's two sided. Just like the coaches that leave after a year or two for greener pastures, the players have to treat it like a business.

If they happen to find a better fit for themselves after a commitment, then I see no reason why they shouldn't go for it. This isn't marriage....it's a business transaction.

Commitments are just verbal. I take them with a grain of salt. It's all about who signs on the dotted line, and even then, it's not the end all (we have a player on our roster that committed to UH, went to practice, then decided he didn't want to be there, so they let him transfer to us).

Kids changing verbals don't bother me, because it's just a verbal. I'd be more inclined to say "Great kid! We appreciate you verbally committing to us, but we'll take it with a grain of salt."

Rather than making a "national signing day" and trying to make it some kind of event, just let them sign whenever they want up to the deadline day. Then, when the paperwork is signed... if they change their mind, I'd raise an eyebrow.

Two Points;

1. Most of the verbal committments made this past weekend will not be reversed because of the "quiet period" that began today. (recruiters cannot contact recruits before national signing day.)

2. Recruits do not have to sign on the National signing day, it is simply the first day of the signing period. Most do sign on that day because if they don't the schools may give their committed scholarship to the next name on the list.

(02-03-2013 11:58 PM)TheRevSWT Wrote:  Commitments are just verbal. I take them with a grain of salt. It's all about who signs on the dotted line, and even then, it's not the end all (we have a player on our roster that committed to UH, went to practice, then decided he didn't want to be there, so they let him transfer to us).

Kids changing verbals don't bother me, because it's just a verbal. I'd be more inclined to say "Great kid! We appreciate you verbally committing to us, but we'll take it with a grain of salt."

Rather than making a "national signing day" and trying to make it some kind of event, just let them sign whenever they want up to the deadline day. Then, when the paperwork is signed... if they change their mind, I'd raise an eyebrow.

(02-04-2013 11:39 AM)CW Fishman Wrote:  Two Points;

1. Most of the verbal committments made this past weekend will not be reversed because of the "quiet period" that began today. (recruiters cannot contact recruits before national signing day.)

2. Recruits do not have to sign on the National signing day, it is simply the first day of the signing period. Most do sign on that day because if they don't the schools may give their committed scholarship to the next name on the list.

Not correct...the no contact period is just a "ban" on face time, the coaches can still mail them info and can call/text unlimited.

Here is the rule on "Dead Period" which is in effect between the last weekend of recruiting season and the national signing date:

"The only permissible communications during a dead period are phone calls (limited by NCAA regulations to one call per week) and correspondence."[b]

So yes, they can call once and send junk mail and texts.
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What the hell is so hard about quoting posts?

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People these days can't even quote right

(02-04-2013 04:46 PM)mathenis89 Wrote:  What the hell is so hard about quoting posts?

I believe he tried to get rid of his previous post so it would just show WarhawkReport's post in the quotation box.

He omitted this part from his reply:





He should have gotten rid of this:





He ended up with two end quotes "[/quote]"

(02-05-2013 12:08 PM)panama Wrote:  

Interesting since Rivals has WKU with 34, ULM with 14 and I'm sure there are other discrepancies that I'm sure are there. Additionally, I would take UNT, MTSU, and the others out since they are not in the league for 2013

It shows we have 5 three stars but if you look at our list we have 8.

Even 247Sports has WKU with 4 early enrolees and 28 hard commits. With a limit of 28 total signees per year and 25 total scholarships, that number does seem a bit excessive.

(02-05-2013 03:05 PM)slycat Wrote:  It shows we have 5 three stars but if you look at our list we have 8.

Composite vs just the 247 ranking.

Still according to this we have the 2nd highest average.