Question About Offers

[mathman]

What is the usual procedure as far as pulling offers is concerned. What I am wondering is if we have 5 LB offers out and plan on taking 3, when we get 3 commits do we notify the others that the offer is no longer valid or just let it lay and if they call to commit, we tell them then. I know if a stud recruit called to commit we would take them, but what about the others.

[PerunaPunch]

Once all the spots are filled at a position, offers are usually taken off the table. So it becomes something of a courtship dance – an athlete might hold out for an offer they like better, but if they wait too long, they can also run out of options.

If a stud recruit calls, then it becomes a decision for the coaches to decide if the kid is good enough to juggle the needs of the recruiting class in order to work them in or not. I think the coaches have a good handle on who they might or might not get, and they usually keep some sort of plan open for this contingency and either hold a few ships back, put a grayshirt on somebody, or somehow work it to make the numbers come out right.

[Alaric]

A good example is the Holmes guy out of Cedar Park. He called Michigan to let them known he wanted to commit to them and they told him they'd already filled their quota of LBs or DEs...they probably should have communicated better with him but didn't, it's a risk you run if you're a high schooler and you wait

[HFvictory]

There are a few kids that coaches will hold open a spot for until the very end, but only one or two per school, the rest are usually as described above. Coaches generally are up front with them and state that they have x number of offers out for a postion and that they need to fill x number of spots and the first ones in get those spots.

Some coaches scattershot a lot more than others and toss out a lot of offers. Others will only offer the number needed and possibly one or two more, but will tell recruits they are #1 or #2, etc behind the offers and would get a spot if the offers go elsewhere or they move ahead for a variety of reasons.

Stanford this year has taken the scattershot approch to a new level but they are having decent success with that approach so we shall see if others follow suit in the future.