Simple, they got ahead of themselves. The dad and family are Hurricane fans. He said that several different times making it perfectly clear what team they root for.
Rooting for a team and putting your sons future in that team are two different things. Hence, got ahead of themselves, caught up in the moment (offer), and thought maybe we better slow down.
We show significant improvement, that interview states rather clearly where he signs to me. We don't handle our business on the field, he's gone.