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Someone who is smarter than me (probably everyone on here)... please explain to me the benefit of a silent commit... it's of no benefit to Miami, right? Is it just the player wanting to do his thing on NSD?
 
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txcane80 said:
Someone who is smarter than me (probably everyone on here)... please explain to me the benefit of a silent commit... it's of no benefit to Miami, right? Is it just the player wanting to do his thing on NSD?
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Pretty much.
 
Absolutely ZERO benefit to UM. To the kid, its great. He gets to shop himself around, while knowing he has a spot at whatever school he's "silently committed" to. He can "silently commit" to 10 different schools if he wants. For the school, it ties up a spot, and you are left in the dark as to wether or not the kid is serious and is goign to stick by it when it counts.
 
CANE4LIFE said:
Absolutely ZERO benefit to UM. To the kid, its great. He gets to shop himself around, while knowing he has a spot at whatever school he's "silently committed" to. He can "silently commit" to 10 different schools if he wants. For the school, it ties up a spot, and you are left in the dark as to wether or not the kid is serious and is goign to stick by it when it counts.
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I wish there was a downside to a kid doing this. Marginal kids obviously can't play those games, but a 5 star kid could **** over several programmes if he wanted to.
 
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Taken from Webster's:

Silent Commit (sī-lən(t) kə-ˈmit)

-To selfishly use one's recruitment to further stroke his, his family's, and/or his 7 on 7 coach's ego(s) while possibly negotiating higher 'pay for play'

*re: pay for play, please see our section on SEC football.
 
The original intent of silent commits came from high school coaches. If a coach had a one 5-star kid and a half dozen 2-star kids on his roster, he would ask the 5 star to keep any early commitment silent so other colleges will still come around which allows the coach a chance to shop his lower level kids to those colleges.
 
There's usually three scenarios where it's kinda legit.

The first is if a kid is already committed somewhere and is planning on making a switch. So they tell the school to keep it silent until they flip. The next is if a kid is local and wants to leave and knows he'll take a lot of heat. The third is if a school has a kiid lower on their board and wants them to hold off on going public on their commit so as to not fill up while they have the major players on the board.

In either scenario there really ain't a commitment. ***** about as valuable as a promise ring. It's one of the more overrated terms in recruiting. There are usually very few legit 'silents.'
 
CANE4LIFE said:
Absolutely ZERO benefit to UM. To the kid, its great. He gets to shop himself around, while knowing he has a spot at whatever school he's "silently committed" to. He can "silently commit" to 10 different schools if he wants. For the school, it ties up a spot, and you are left in the dark as to wether or not the kid is serious and is goign to stick by it when it counts.
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I'd guess it also prohibits a class's "momentum"
 
Well if someone was a legit silent it could possibly make rival schools waste time, money, and resources.
 
there's really no difference to the school either way. it's not like verbal commits stop getting recruited/going on visits/don't flip
 
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killa1storm said:
There's usually three scenarios where it's kinda legit.

The first is if a kid is already committed somewhere and is planning on making a switch. So they tell the school to keep it silent until they flip. The next is if a kid is local and wants to leave and knows he'll take a lot of heat. The third is if a school has a kiid lower on their board and wants them to hold off on going public on their commit so as to not fill up while they have the major players on the board.

In either scenario there really ain't a commitment. ***** about as valuable as a promise ring. It's one of the more overrated terms in recruiting. There are usually very few legit 'silents.'
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Especially for Al Golden and Miami. Only thing Golden can silence is his mouth at the local Sizzler buffet.
 
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