Commitment in Recruiting a Virtue?

Jan 11, 2013, 8:54 PM

There has been a lot of discussion here about the virtue of commitment by recruits. What gets lost is commitment should be a two-way street.

How about a coach actually honoring their commitment by staying at a university the length of their contract. Oh a coach has a buyout so their commitment is a business arrangement. I guess the buyout is a kind of well de-commitment?

Or a coach who withdraws a scholarship from a player who is still in good standing academically and off the field.

Or a coach who tells a recruit they will play early knowing it will not happen.

Or a university who recruits athletes who they know can not stay in school or the university really does not fulfill their commitment to see the athlete has a fair shot at getting their degree.

No, it is not that I approve of the behavior of some of the young men who de-commit or that I'm saying commitment isn't an important virtue. It is and some young men handle it very well. Look at Mr. Boulware and Mr. Williams. Looks like they will honor their commitment. And, yes some universities meet their commitments well. I am proud of Clemson and Coach Swinney, especially in comparison to SC University. Although Dabo's policy that our commitments can not visit elsewhere but we love to flip other schools' recruits, is not defensible from a virtue standpoint. Oh, I love it from a practical standpoint. We want to keep ours and take yours. Oh I'm all in but does that mean commitment is a virtue if upheld to benefit us but of no importance if we want someone else's recruit?

These young men are 17 and 18 years of age dealing with millionaire coaches flying in on chartered planes making lots of "commitments" to players and parents. Why do we hold them accountable but not the coach and the university? Commitment is a virtue to aspire to but it seems many of us on here are a bit smug and well.... be careful life can be rather humbling around the virtue of commitment.

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he is going to do something is often quite different than a man willing to put his money where his mouth is, so to speak. In other words, I want both his signature and his money. Then, I've got a deal. No doubt, there is a lot of chicanery in recruiting...on both sides, albeit it varies in scope. That's why I put little stock in verbals and favor early signing immediately after an athlete's junior year. Since that's not yet the rule, then I prefer to ignore all the hoopla...and bide my time until signing day, while letting the staff do what they're paid to do. Of course, it's a simplistic, even uninformed and/or uneducated approach, but it's worked for me in business for over 40 years...and it surely as h3ll has worked for my nerves regarding recruiting.

Commitment in Recruiting a Virtue?

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I learned a long time ago in business that a man telling me

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Which leads to the rejoinder: that depends on what type

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