Because it's logic & common sense.
There's no hold up for him to prolong an announcement to Baylor, his old HS coach in on staff at Baylor & it's an in-state school, plus there's no hurdle to jump over with admissions, if he wanted to go to Baylor logic tells you the decision would've been made much sooner due to the proximity & familarity with the program.
The fact he's been said to have announced his decision multiple times with the date being extended each time points to a kid waiting until all T's are crossed & all i's dotted in an attempt to get into Miami's Grad program.
If he were going to Baylor it's a smoother transition with no hold up, therefore a quicker decision, the hold up on his announcement makes sense if he's coming to Miami do to us as a program having to do a little maneuvering in order to get him in without any issues.
Disagree. From my perspective and from what I’ve seen, neither logic or common sense lead to the sole conclusion that it’s an admissions issue,
You say there’s no holdup for Williams to announce to Baylor. Although I would defer to Baylor and the kid to know if that is correct,I will agree with you for this discussion. There’s equally no holdup, hurdle or anything unique that I’ve seen, which would prevent him from announcing to Miami, just like other out of state grad transfers have done, including as some recent examples Roche, Kennedy, and Hill. King even transferred here from the same school without any of the fanfare or hurdles people are saying now exist for Williams. We often see football graduate transfers occur. Haven’t though seen anything special as to Williams situation that would require delayIng that process. Hence the questions in my original post above.
As far as his decision deadline being extended, even if that’s the case and it’s not just In whole or in part a third party speculating as to when he will decide (recall that for about a week or so people were posting on this board that he would decide “tomorrow”), to me and without any information saying so, it’s an unjustified leap to assume and conclude that’s because of dotting a t or crossing an I. There have been other student athletes that have delayed these types of decisions. Doesn’t happen all the time but Its not uncommon. Could be an admissions issue but there could also be many reasons involved; maybe he’s genuinely torn, maybe he’s debating staying closer to home, maybe he’s having second thoughts, maybe he just wants more time. (Read somewhere that at one point FSU thought they had a shot.) Without seeing any comments directly from Williams or directly from UM who knows. Another reason for my questions above.
Also don’t see it as a given that transferring from Houston to Baylor is easier and quicker than transferring to Miami just because Baylor and Houston are in the same state. That would depend on several factors including each of these private school’s admission requirements (regardless of their location) and what that school considers in the process, including also as to athletic scholarships. Maybe there’s some distinction that applies to Williams but not King, although I haven’t seen it.
Also consider that coincidentally, your post just after mine with the “update” Post # 66 from the Baylor sportswriter states among other things that Williams Is still in the decision making process, despite reports that he committed to Miami and that Baylor is still pursuing him.
