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colbyburchett said:
Then what’s the point of not going public
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I'm not going to claim to be an expert here, so perhaps someone who is a little closer to today's recruiting landscape can educate me, but I've been asking the same question for years.

Truly, what are the kids gaining or not gaining by these supposed "silent commits"? To me, you're a literal side chick. "Sure baby, you're my girl, but we just can't tell anyone about it. No no, don't post that. I love you too much to let the world know. Yeah, I'll be over later. On Christmas? Oh no, sorry, I'm working. But we can have our Christmas the next night, OK baby?"

You're a side hoe. I can see like a couple hours, or a day. If you want to get an edit made (as a grown man it's difficult to type that, but I get it), if you want to tell your family, something like that. But weeks? Months? I'm sure I'm missing something here, and I'm genuinely not being a smart ***, but what does a kid like Shemar Stewart, as a generic example, gain or not gain by telling Manny he's committing but not telling anyone else. Is it really that big of a state secret? Does he want to be able to go to other places and get paid for visits? And if so, is Manny letting silent commits take visits but not public commits? This all seems so silly.
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
I'm not going to claim to be an expert here, so perhaps someone who is a little closer to today's recruiting landscape can educate me, but I've been asking the same question for years.

Truly, what are the kids gaining or not gaining by these supposed "silent commits"? To me, you're a literal side chick. "Sure baby, you're my girl, but we just can't tell anyone about it. No no, don't post that. I love you too much to let the world know. Yeah, I'll be over later. On Christmas? Oh no, sorry, I'm working. But we can have our Christmas the next night, OK baby?"

You're a side hoe. I can see like a couple hours, or a day. If you want to get an edit made (as a grown man it's difficult to type that, but I get it), if you want to tell your family, something like that. But weeks? Months? I'm sure I'm missing something here, and I'm genuinely not being a smart ***, but what does a kid like Shemar Stewart, as a generic example, gain or not gain by telling Manny he's committing but not telling anyone else. Is it really that big of a state secret? Does he want to be able to go to other places and get paid for visits? And if so, is Manny letting silent commits take visits but not public commits? This all seems so silly.
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I would say some of these "silents" would be like Graves who has a date set to make the announcement and has already let the staff know...besides that I also dont understand the point of being a silent
 
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joseermonfils said:
I would say some of these "silents" would be like Graves who has a date set to make the announcement and has already let the staff know...besides that I also dont understand the point of being a silent
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OK, fair enough. I can see how that can make sense.

So, let's put it this way. I don't think Manny is completely making this up. He didn't just pull that out of his ***. That being said, if we don't get at least 3-4 commits in the next couple weeks, then these kids are fluffing Manny and leaving him high and dry. Because what you said is the only thing that can remotely make sense to me. A kid committing on the 4th of July can possibly be a silent right now, I guess. But if the kid has no imminent commit date, and you think he's committed, you're a side bltch.
 
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Shot in the dark, I'm just reading the tea leaves from his WQAM interview the other day but maybe he's trying to protect the brand? Like it or not, we've been dubbed decommit U for a reason. Quan was going to be our ambassador a month ago, now he's a decommit. WE know he played himself and got dropped, but the optics from the outside and the narrative from everyone else is going to be "another decommit". If kids are silent and decide to bounce, they were never committed publicly anyway right? Manny spoke to winning the recruiting battles come NSD instead of over the summer, he even mentioned the run of de-commitments we've had in the past in that interview IIRC.

Personally, I like the idea of building on the momentum of other recruits going public, especially if they're highly coveted or we beat out SEC/bag schools for them. But if Manny & staff feel good about the kids they have and want to give them their moment, **** it, as long as I can litter the board in *** when they decide to pop.
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
I'm not going to claim to be an expert here, so perhaps someone who is a little closer to today's recruiting landscape can educate me, but I've been asking the same question for years.

Truly, what are the kids gaining or not gaining by these supposed "silent commits"? To me, you're a literal side chick. "Sure baby, you're my girl, but we just can't tell anyone about it. No no, don't post that. I love you too much to let the world know. Yeah, I'll be over later. On Christmas? Oh no, sorry, I'm working. But we can have our Christmas the next night, OK baby?"

You're a side hoe. I can see like a couple hours, or a day. If you want to get an edit made (as a grown man it's difficult to type that, but I get it), if you want to tell your family, something like that. But weeks? Months? I'm sure I'm missing something here, and I'm genuinely not being a smart ***, but what does a kid like Shemar Stewart, as a generic example, gain or not gain by telling Manny he's committing but not telling anyone else. Is it really that big of a state secret? Does he want to be able to go to other places and get paid for visits? And if so, is Manny letting silent commits take visits but not public commits? This all seems so silly.
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I think with some of them, it’s a simple as wanting to make a splash on signing day.

They want “that moment“.

I don’t have a 17-year-old brain so I can’t explain it from a personal perspective. But I think that’s partially what’s going on with some of these recruits.
 
Baba Yaga said:
Shot in the dark, I'm just reading the tea leaves from his WQAM interview the other day but maybe he's trying to protect the brand? Like it or not, we've been dubbed decommit U for a reason. Quan was going to be our ambassador a month ago, now he's a decommit. WE know he played himself and got dropped, but the optics from the outside and the narrative from everyone else is going to be "another decommit". If kids are silent and decide to bounce, they were never committed publicly anyway right? Manny spoke to winning the recruiting battles come NSD instead of over the summer, he even mentioned the run of de-commitments we've had in the past in that interview IIRC.

Personally, I like the idea of building on the momentum of other recruits going public, especially if they're highly coveted or we beat out SEC/bag schools for them. But if Manny & staff feel good about the kids they have and want to give them their moment, **** it, as long as I can litter the board in *** when they decide to pop.
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Locked & Loaded.....
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
I'm not going to claim to be an expert here, so perhaps someone who is a little closer to today's recruiting landscape can educate me, but I've been asking the same question for years.

Truly, what are the kids gaining or not gaining by these supposed "silent commits"? To me, you're a literal side chick. "Sure baby, you're my girl, but we just can't tell anyone about it. No no, don't post that. I love you too much to let the world know. Yeah, I'll be over later. On Christmas? Oh no, sorry, I'm working. But we can have our Christmas the next night, OK baby?"

You're a side hoe. I can see like a couple hours, or a day. If you want to get an edit made (as a grown man it's difficult to type that, but I get it), if you want to tell your family, something like that. But weeks? Months? I'm sure I'm missing something here, and I'm genuinely not being a smart ***, but what does a kid like Shemar Stewart, as a generic example, gain or not gain by telling Manny he's committing but not telling anyone else. Is it really that big of a state secret? Does he want to be able to go to other places and get paid for visits? And if so, is Manny letting silent commits take visits but not public commits? This all seems so silly.
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Overall you are right but there are exceptions to every rule. As some people have pointed out, people have long standing commitment dates. Maybe it is a parent's birthday or something meaningful, maybe the school is doing an event for the athletes so they hold out until then, maybe they want to announce on national TV at an all-star game. Not saying that is the case here but it would make sense.
 
mirasuegui said:
I think because of Manny's own rule, we take your commitment, and you are not allow to visit : so they take a silent and let the cat go on visits, and everyone saves face :
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I think this has a lot to do with it too. I don’t think our staff wants public commits unless they’re ready to cut the other visits off.
 
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