The danger of delayed offers

[SectionThree]

I certainly hope that this does not happen, but some of these camp attendees may
have anticipated getting an offer and go away mad. At the LHF luncheon the day
after signing day Mack said this very thing -- that guys who do not get offers are
upset, as are their parents. When guys attend who already have multiple offers
from big-time programs don't "feel the love" then we stand a good chance of seeing
them turn elsewhere. "Slow playing" can work both ways. We shall see.

 

[arieshorn]

According to the article in the Statesmen yesterday we only offered one player and that was Kent Perkins. The others are wait and see. I do share in your sentiment that we could lose a guy because he may get tired of waiting for us to warm up to him but they say we only have 20 scholarships to offer for 2013 so Texas has to really evaluate who they want. I thought for sure we'd offer Camerhon Hughes brother the LB but he was the only one who didn't get offer after the first junior day. That's got to sting just a little.

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[PropositionJoe]

Isn't this going to be a fairly small class for yall?

 

[coolhorn]

If what I read was true, our coaches told several players yesterday, and two weeks ago, that they're still in the mix while the coaches do their followup evaluations. I don't doubt some players expecting an offer on the spot might get their feelings hurt, but those players who are good enough, and want to play for Texas, won't go out and immediately commit somewhere else. Even if one does, as was proved at the end of the last recruiting year, UT still has a chance to pull that player from his commitment to the other school.

I want the player who is talented enough to play for UT, and confident enough in his abilities to let the coaches make their evaluations without him making a knee jerk commitment elsewhere. Room is just too tight this coming year for UT to make many, if any, mistakes.

 

[JohnnyYuma]

I am hoping this change in tactics will result in fewer "misses". We have had a bunch of guys over the past few years that took the early commitment and haven't been producers on the field. "Further evaluation" is a good thing. We'll get better players in the long run.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

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[HornSwoggler]

Prop Joe

Starting out, 2013 looks like a small class. Only about 10 Sr scholarships on the current roster and a couple of those might qualify for Med Hardship Waivers. A lot will depend on early exits to the NFL, transfers, etc. I can't imagine there being as many late openings as their were in the 2012 signing class but I didn't expect as many as we had then, either.

 

[everybodygodeep]

Offers went out last night and some commits were made on d.

 

[JohnnyT]

I suspect in the recent past the Coach-in-Waiting fiasco hurt in a lot of areas.

 

[horn4jc]

Listening to Oliver Luck on the Horn, he said something to the effect that "recruiting isn't a science, its an art." You take chances no matter your approach to recruiting.

 

[coolhorn]

Now, back to our regularly-scheduled program on the dangers of delayed offers...

 

[Burnt Orange Bevo]

For better or worse, recruiting is a two-way affair, often with a lot of game theory used by both sides. Mack & company wants to get early (and solid) commitments from the very best players, while the best players often want to sit back and collect all their offers and take their time/visits before making a decision, frequently on NSD.

No recruiting approach works 100% of the time, but the results so far from Mack's new recruiting philosophy appears to be working awfully well. When a BB player makes 80% of his free throws, there are likely some fans who will manage to ***** about the player's poor technique causing the (20% of) misses.

 

[Hu_Fan]

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