Comments on: Examining the ‘no visit’ policy in recruiting, and why it’s wrong

By: mogogo1

mogogo1 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:58:45 +0000

“Recruiting has blossomed into a 365-day-a-year event, just like college football, the parent that spawned it.”
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Okay… Is the recruiting itself the “event” he’s talking about? Because there are wide swaths of the calendar year when nothing at all is going on with college football by rule.

By: pipesmokin

pipesmokin — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:04:22 +0000

Very true tjro,imo a coach sees a soft verbal it should set off an alarm.Coach should tell the player sign or quit taking up space where another recruit would be offered the chance.At end of signing day teams can come up short of how many recruits they can actually sign.

By: tjromanello

tjromanello — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:23:20 +0000

As a coach, I think this is a great “rule” for colleges. The coach has every right to offer or not to offer a LOI to any recruit that the staff is interested in. BUT the recruit shouldn’t make the commitment if he a) isn’t sure just yet, or b) wants to make other visits. You make the commitment, then apparently you know what you want to do. Stick to it. That’s all us coaches want.

By: pipesmokin

pipesmokin — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:57:57 +0000

The policy seems to make sense on the surface. After all, college programs need to guard against the recruit who simply wants to reserve his spot in case nothing better develops.Thats when recruits start jumping ship about signing say,this happens all the time.

By: tmb333

tmb333 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:41:45 +0000

There should be no signing period….let them sign anytime they want. If a school will give them a LOI, let the kid sign it in the 9th grade. There is no need to verbal….sign on the dotted line anytime you want.

By: lottsmissingfinger

lottsmissingfinger — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:49:58 +0000

By the way, both of these quotes can be easily found on the website of the company that employs Sherman: ESPN.

By: lottsmissingfinger

lottsmissingfinger — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:47:59 +0000

Maybe the writer of this article should have done a bit more fact checking than Mitch Sherman.

From Solomon Thomas, one of the top DEs in the country, after Texas Junior Day: “”I think as an athlete, as a prospect, you should not commit until you think you have taken all the visits you need to, to be 100 percent sure,” Thomas said. “That’s what I’m going to do. I’m not going to commit until I take all of my official visits. I want to be 100 percent sure because the decommit process for some of these athletes is ridiculous.”

From Texas FB commit Daniel Gresham: “”He told us that if you commit to Texas then be committed,” Longhorns running back commit Daniel Gresham said. “Once you’re offered by Texas, you’re offered. They won’t pull your scholarship, but they’ll start recruiting other players at your position.”

By: tampabayirish

tampabayirish — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:46:23 +0000

Perhaps college football should have an early signing period much the same way that college basketball does? I would also like to see athletic scholarships become full 4 or 5 year scholarships instead of a 1 year renewable scholarship at the discretion of the coach. Players should also be able to transfer once in their college careers and be immediately eligible to play the next football season. Coaches jump arround. Why shouldn’t players have the same right?

By: joshuavkidd

joshuavkidd — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:36:49 +0000

You do realize Brady Hoke has had back to back top 10 recruiting classes and gone 20-7 in the two years he’s been at Michigan..? He’s also the guy who allowed David Dawson to recommit to the University after he dropped from the class to visit Florida. Also the same guy who just said on camera on ESPN that he didn’t think kids should be forced to commit or enroll early.

By: 6superbowls

6superbowls — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:29:04 +0000

Texas, Michigan, Oregon and Georgia Tech? Of these schools, only Oregon has shown any sign of relevance in the past five years in college football. Now that Chip’s is gone, I doubt they’ll rule the PAC12 anymore.

As for Brady Hoke? More like Brady Joke. A hypocrite. That’s why the Big 10′s a joke and no one cares or respects them anymore.

By: jsmayer181

jsmayer181 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:07:06 +0000

I’m fine with Paul Johnson’s policy as long as it’s truly a two-way street. If he wants to pull an offer from a verbal who visits another school, that’s fine so long as he never pulls an offer from a verbal. Last time I checked, Johnson never had an issue with oversigning or grayshirting.

By: joshuavkidd

joshuavkidd — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:20:07 +0000

Your argument makes zero sense…the kid still has all the control and if he wants to look around before he makes up his mind his is completely free to do so and take a much time as he wants. That’s has nothing to do with a coach wanting to make sure he knows who’s actually committed to the school as soon as possible otherwise he could be wasting the chance to offer the spot to another recruit.

By: woebegong

woebegong — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:03:10 +0000

It is a two way street for both the athlete and the school. It does make it hard for the school’s coaches however to plan for the future when kids keep changing their minds all of the time. That is why most coaches are now, at least for the most part, recruiting for the position and trying to get a backup option ready whenever possible. This of course is difficult to do with class limits, but it is the best system in place right now. Some coaches get a little creative, but for the most part, most stay within the rules. I do believe however, that if evidence points to a player receiving money, both the school and the kid should be punished. The school more harshly, but the athlete, even if he is a youngster, because he should know right from wrong.

By: guinsrule

guinsrule — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:56:19 +0000

Perhaps the coaches should stop recruiting a kid after he commits to another school…