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Why commit to a school
Jun 6, 2018, 1:42 PM
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Before you see all your possible options? I get some kids go off of impulse but some kids have their scheduled commitments and then 3 OV weeks or months afterwards, if you're still shopping for the best product I wouldn't stop shopping until I know what they all have to offer especially for the biggest decision of my life to that point.
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Re: Why commit to a school
Jun 6, 2018, 1:48 PM
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Do not ask question that make sense on this board. You will be lambblasted.
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Oculus Spirit [81977]
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lamb blasted?
Jun 6, 2018, 1:49 PM
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Re: lamb blasted?
Jun 6, 2018, 1:53 PM
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You would have to dig deeply to understand that one!
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Oculus Spirit [81977]
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Oh I get it.
Jun 6, 2018, 1:57 PM
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Re: Why commit to a school
Jun 6, 2018, 1:52 PM
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Land blasted used to be the going phrase!
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Just for clarity, "lambaste"...
Jun 6, 2018, 2:33 PM
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Lambaste: verb (used with object), lam·bast·ed, lam·bast·ing. Informal.
1. to beat or whip severely.
2. to reprimand or berate harshly; censure; excoriate.
Good word! Go Tigers!
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No, it's land blasted. Get outta here with your
Jun 6, 2018, 4:25 PM
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fancy dictionary googler
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All-In [32593]
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That's what it was when I served in the military - so there
Jun 6, 2018, 8:02 PM
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LAND
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Oculus Spirit [81977]
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My sediments exactly.
Jun 6, 2018, 4:44 PM
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Orange Blooded [2939]
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Had to give you a point for that one! Well done!***
Jun 7, 2018, 10:10 AM
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Re: Just for clarity,
Jun 6, 2018, 10:36 PM
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Let me place deviled eggs from a kit for a second though.
It better to have a bird hand than a burning bush.
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The key word here is 'kids.'
Jun 6, 2018, 1:52 PM
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I remember when I believed I'd find what I wanted then change my mind the next day. Compulsive behavior is intrinsic with most everyone during those years. New toys come and go due to lack of interest or more often we see something new and exciting.
There's also the character issue. Sometimes Dabo and staff find skeletons in a closet and pull the offer. With NCAA rules forbidding coaches to speak to the public about kids until they are signed we only ever hear what the kid has to say. If a school pulled your offer because of your misbehavior would you make that public?
Recruiting is a complicated process but Clemson seems to be doing as well as any and better than most.
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Better yet
Jun 6, 2018, 1:53 PM
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Why enroll in school and practice with the team if you really want to play somewhere else. Kids these days. SMH
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Orange Blooded [2939]
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I know I know... because a coot coach
Jun 6, 2018, 4:15 PM
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Kept pestering the kids family and you can define pestering any way you like as I'm being a little purposely ambiguous, feeling the kids head with negatives concerning his present decision and making "arrangements" to get the kid to transfer. There is also another influential party involved to the point if Lewisville gets another good player I'd save my time and effort recruiting unless he's incredibly committed to Clemson.
I mean that kid will never know what it's like to wear the ring of a national champion. AS you said SMH right there with you.
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I think some of it is impulse and some is pressure.
Jun 6, 2018, 2:03 PM
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I think recruits have all kinds of input coming at them. And most coaches make hard pitches which often time include a pledge of commitment. Some kids want to please everybody so they say yes when they really aren’t sure.
I think that’s part of it at least. Southern culture in particular is prone to this as it is a passive culture.
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In my day (early 2000s) it’s called....
Jun 6, 2018, 2:41 PM
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Being a “soft Verbal” commit. Some were even called “Silent Commit” then they had some as “Solid Commit”. I remember when some players were soft verbals to multiple schools. Social media and various football related websites changed that. Nowadays it doesn’t matter if you get a scholly and commit on the dime. On Signing Day a school can turn their backs and say “your offer is not commitable now”. It has changed so much over 20 yrs.
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Simple: because they can...
Jun 6, 2018, 4:01 PM
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children mostly need adult guidance in making these kind of life changing commitments. because they can commit and still take visits holding a spot at one place, they are exercising their burgeoning decision making skills.
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Probably the same reason lots of people get married without
Jun 6, 2018, 6:36 PM
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checking out other fish and the sea.
And then "decommit."
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because they ran into a saleman. got closed***
Jun 6, 2018, 7:54 PM
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