Again you are ignoring the very clear point I made. Those schools all staff recruiting departments that do nothing but evaluate tape 24/7/365. There are very few, if any, surprises any more. It isn't about being discovered late. It's about having to move down the board after misses. There is less opportunity for the big boys to miss now and then poach from others to cover their rear end. Let's call a spade a spade and not hide behind buzz words and false narratives guys like Saban are perpetuating to push their narrative...

 

Not a lot changes in 60 days, except coaches getting fired or leaving.

Basketball kids can sign before their senior season even starts. Where is the outrage and concern over not even getting to put senior tape out there before a signing period? The big boys don't like this in football for the exact reason I just listed and their reasoning against it is as hollow as it gets...

 

Could this be the reason why the transfer rate is so high in college basketball.

Could this be the reason why the transfer rate is so high in college basketball.

 

Actually the transfer rate is so high because staffs reach in the spring to fill needs with players that are a level or two below their status. The kids that sign early aren't reaches in large part...

Take into consideration all the coaching changes that have taken place and multiply that times about 10 because of the position coaching changes. How can you have time to evaluate a kid properly. A lot of kids have a good Jr season and not so good Senior season and vice versa.

 

These were some of the issues listed by coaches that chose to speak:

 

Those who have not made enough academic progress to qualify might not be able to sign early with their schools of choice and could see their spots go to less-talented players who are more certain to qualify.

 

Options could also be limited for prospects who are late bloomers.

 

Sometimes, prospects are not discovered until December or January, as programs review senior film. Under the old system, scholarships were not being filled en masse until February. With the new early date, the number of options for late bloomers could decrease.

 

Prospects who feel pressured to sign early could also lose out on offers from bigger schools, if they sign and foreclose the opportunity to wait for better options.

 

Smaller schools are gonna pressure kids to sign immediately.

 

This isn't an Alabama/Ohio State vs the world issue....Why are people so upset about allowing a kid more time to come to a decision?

The only schools the early signing day helps is the small schools. A lot of the people commenting aren't ever going to feel any sympathy for us. I genuinely feel the early signing period is a disservice to kids who are late bloomers. OSU took a chance on a kid literally this week. A 3 star DE committed to West Virginia who is 6'7 and put on 35 pounds between his junior and senior year. Most of the offers are sent out based on junior year. He was off OSU's radar until they were able to evaluate his senior year tape. The whole process with him was rushed. If they could of waited until the Spring Signing period it would give both him and OSU opportunity to weigh everything.

The only schools the early signing day helps is the small schools. A lot of the people commenting aren't ever going to feel any sympathy for us. I genuinely feel the early signing period is a disservice to kids who are late bloomers. OSU took a chance on a kid literally this week. A 3 star DE committed to West Virginia who is 6'7 and put on 35 pounds between his junior and senior year. Most of the offers are sent out based on junior year. He was off OSU's radar until they were able to evaluate his senior year tape. The whole process with him was rushed. If they could of waited until the Spring Signing period it would give both him and OSU opportunity to weigh everything.

 

Yet they still were able to pull off an early signing day miracle to make an impossible evaluation and flip him. You realize how absurd you sound with this??? :lol2:

No one is forcing them to decide early, right? If the kid's have the talent, the schools will wait.

In theory, but basically every major school told their commits that if you don't sign with us today we are moving on. There are a couple that have said all along they are waiting for the All-American games to commit, but for the most part everyone was told to commit today or we're moving on.

Yet they still were able to pull off an early signing day miracle to make an impossible evaluation and flip him. You realize how absurd you sound with this??? :lol2:

They took a flyer on the kid.

They took a flyer on the kid.

 

So they watched his tape, made an evaluation and flipped him. It's incredible a staff making a combined 15 million or so could manage such a tall task... :lol2:

In theory, but basically every major school told their commits that if you don't sign with us today we are moving on. There are a couple that have said all along they are waiting for the All-American games to commit, but for the most part everyone was told to commit today or we're moving on.

 

So the #1 player in the country decides he wants to wait until Spring....You think any school that has a shot is going to back off? Not a chance. They may be feeding him that line, but don't for a second think they're actually serious about it. They're simply trying to end the process as early as possible.

So they watched his tape, made an evaluation and flipped him. It's incredible a staff making a combined 15 million or so could manage such a tall task... :lol2:

They couldn't be left without a DE in the class. If all of their flip prospects commited today and they don't sign Oweh and/or Smith they are screwed. The guy I'm talking about would have committed to WVU today if not for the OSU offer.

OSU had been trying to flip Josh Whyle and Arquon Bush from their UC commitments for months. The only reason they don't like the early period is both are now completely off the table. Reality is both told them no numerous times prior to today...

So the #1 player in the country decides he wants to wait until Spring....You think any school that has a shot is going to back off? Not a chance. They may be feeding him that line, but don't for a second think they're actually serious about it. They're simply trying to end the process as early as possible.

Not one that has verbally commited which a large percentage of these kids have at this point. If Justin Fields told Georgia that he was going to wait to sign until the spring after committing 2 months ago, yeah Georgia would tell them you need to sign now or we are going to explore other options.

Not one that has verbally commited which a large percentage of these kids have at this point. If Justin Fields told Georgia that he was going to wait to sign until the spring after committing 2 months ago, yeah Georgia would tell them you need to sign now or we are going to explore other options.

 

No they wouldn't.

OSU had been trying to flip Josh Whyle and Arquon Bush from their UC commitments for months. The only reason they don't like the early period is both are now completely off the table. Reality is both told them no numerous times prior to today...

But you also know that push comes to shove OSU could have shown them a good time and make them feel important and a valuable asset to the recruiting class and they would change their mind rather quickly. If OSU didn't already have 5 stars commited at the respective positions of those 2 guys you honestly think they would be playing in Nippert next year?

No they wouldn't.

They would be forced to look for a potential flip QB should Fields had changed his mind come spring. They can't go without a QB in the class. If UGA started flirting with other QBs it would make Fields feel slighted and he would also start flirting with other places. It sounds stupid, but that's the game.