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The infamous silent commit??

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http://www.omaha.com/huskers/footba...cle_9c5b88c0-8fe7-11e6-85b0-5bcdc1bebbd5.html Who is it? I'll say either Jamire Calvin or Joseph Lewis.
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Asked @Yaboyjae19 about who might be his roommate at NU and he said maybe Tristan or Keyshawn or another guy who he can't say yet. #Huskers

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Problem with a silent commit is.......if they don't come, you may never know, and if they do, you never knew he was silent.

Like most insider knowledge, you never have to back up the info.
 
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NorthWillRiseAgain said:
Problem with a silent commit is.......if they don't come, you may never know, and if they do, you never knew he was silent.

Like most insider knowledge, you never have to back up the info.
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Nice thing here tho is it isn't a poster claiming inside knowledge... this is from a recruit who would have more of the inside scoop, assuming he's not just pulling everyone's leg.
 
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timnsun said:
Nice thing here tho is it isn't a poster claiming inside knowledge... this is from a recruit who would have more of the inside scoop, assuming he's not just pulling everyone's leg.
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Unless he meant it could be almost anyone from this class. Hope he knows something though.
 
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NorthWillRiseAgain said:
Unless he meant it could be almost anyone from this class. Hope he knows something though.
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Could be, but it sounds like he has an idea specifically, otherwise he wouldn't be talking about that person as a roommate. I don't think that would be just anybody.
 
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I've asked this before and didn't get a response that really made sense to me. What is the benefit of a silent commit? I don't see the benefit to the school as you'd think the school would want to publicize landing a top recruit. The only benefit I guess is to the kid if he wants to make other trips to schools, but don't they do that anyway? And if they are committed why would they want to make trips to other schools?

I just don't understand the silent commit thing and would love someone to shed light on this.
 
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chicolby said:
I've asked this before and didn't get a response that really made sense to me. What is the benefit of a silent commit? I don't see the benefit to the school as you'd think the school would want to publicize landing a top recruit. The only benefit I guess is to the kid if he wants to make other trips to schools, but don't they do that anyway? And if they are committed why would they want to make trips to other schools?

I just don't understand the silent commit thing and would love someone to shed light on this.
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It's my humble and worthless opinion it's a sign of the times with a lot of younger folks (not all of course). Everyone wants to be able to buy something, use it up, and be able to return for a full refund at any time. They don't want to take any risk and have the freedom to still change their mind, while expecting Nebraska or any other school to honor their word. To them they made a commitment, but to anyone who grew up with a dad like mine, that's no commitment at all. To each their own, all schools deal with it.
 
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chicolby said:
I've asked this before and didn't get a response that really made sense to me. What is the benefit of a silent commit? I don't see the benefit to the school as you'd think the school would want to publicize landing a top recruit. The only benefit I guess is to the kid if he wants to make other trips to schools, but don't they do that anyway? And if they are committed why would they want to make trips to other schools?

I just don't understand the silent commit thing and would love someone to shed light on this.
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Most real silent commits are either waiting for a higher prospect to drop out, so they can fully commit, or they want to announce later, like the Army AA game.

(Or maybe your just a side chick waiting for them to break up)
 
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I find it ridiculous that people can salivate and get so invested in where an 18 year old kid chooses to attend school and then get upset when the kid "wants attention" or "doesn't understand the meaning of commitment."

Back in your day nobody cared where you went to school outside of coaches and family and friends. Today ESPN is willing to come to your school to put you on national TV for a hat ceremony. People like us spent huge amount of time (and money) tracking every little detail trying to read the tea leaves on each kid.

I have absolutely no problem if a kid decides to tell the coaches privately that he is committed to their school but wants his 15 minutes of fame. for how hard these kids work they deserve to have their time in the sun. For the vast majority, it will be their only time really getting such a huge spotlight.

Another reason you would want to play it slow is go in to Twitter today and check out the comments some of these fans post on high school recruits tweets. These kids could post a song lyric and get ambushed by people asking if it has some cryptic meaning. Or he talking about some girl and these losers automatically decide he most be talking about their school.

What if, hypothetical, speaking we were recruiting a stud 5* Offensive Linemen from Cedar Rapids, IA. I would completely understand why he might want to be a silent commit so he doesn't have to hear kids and adults give him sideways remarks in the hallways all year.

Basically what I am trying to say is that silent commitments is just a product of the world of 24/7/365 recruiting. I don't think it has anything to do with kids "not having a dad like mine. Or "not understanding what the word commitment means."
 
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GeauxBigRed said:
I find it ridiculous that people can salivate and get so invested in where an 18 year old kid chooses to attend school and then get upset when the kid "wants attention" or "doesn't understand the meaning of commitment."

Back in your day nobody cared where you went to school outside of coaches and family and friends. Today ESPN is willing to come to your school to put you on national TV for a hat ceremony. People like us spent huge amount of time (and money) tracking every little detail trying to read the tea leaves on each kid.

I have absolutely no problem if a kid decides to tell the coaches privately that he is committed to their school but wants his 15 minutes of fame. for how hard these kids work they deserve to have their time in the sun. For the vast majority, it will be their only time really getting such a huge spotlight.

Another reason you would want to play it slow is go in to Twitter today and check out the comments some of these fans post on high school recruits tweets. These kids could post a song lyric and get ambushed by people asking if it has some cryptic meaning. Or he talking about some girl and these losers automatically decide he most be talking about their school.

What if, hypothetical, speaking we were recruiting a stud 5* Offensive Linemen from Cedar Rapids, IA. I would completely understand why he might want to be a silent commit so he doesn't have to hear kids and adults give him sideways remarks in the hallways all year.

Basically what I am trying to say is that silent commitments is just a product of the world of 24/7/365 recruiting. I don't think it has anything to do with kids "not having a dad like mine. Or "not understanding what the word commitment means."
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Am I the only one to check the database for a 5 star OL from Cedar Rapids? :)
 
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GeauxBigRed said:
I find it ridiculous that people can salivate and get so invested in where an 18 year old kid chooses to attend school and then get upset when the kid "wants attention" or "doesn't understand the meaning of commitment."

Back in your day nobody cared where you went to school outside of coaches and family and friends. Today ESPN is willing to come to your school to put you on national TV for a hat ceremony. People like us spent huge amount of time (and money) tracking every little detail trying to read the tea leaves on each kid.

I have absolutely no problem if a kid decides to tell the coaches privately that he is committed to their school but wants his 15 minutes of fame. for how hard these kids work they deserve to have their time in the sun. For the vast majority, it will be their only time really getting such a huge spotlight.

Another reason you would want to play it slow is go in to Twitter today and check out the comments some of these fans post on high school recruits tweets. These kids could post a song lyric and get ambushed by people asking if it has some cryptic meaning. Or he talking about some girl and these losers automatically decide he most be talking about their school.

What if, hypothetical, speaking we were recruiting a stud 5* Offensive Linemen from Cedar Rapids, IA. I would completely understand why he might want to be a silent commit so he doesn't have to hear kids and adults give him sideways remarks in the hallways all year.

Basically what I am trying to say is that silent commitments is just a product of the world of 24/7/365 recruiting. I don't think it has anything to do with kids "not having a dad like mine. Or "not understanding what the word commitment means."
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All of this. All. Of. It. Great post.

The culture we have helped to create, including posting about recruits, giving recruiting sites myriad hits when we search prospects, etc all fuels the obsession over recruiting. Back in the day, none of this existed. The kids enjoy the process, but they also get harassed A LOT. You might say, well get off Twitter. Well you know what, you can get off my lawn while you're at it. I don't see a problem with kids using a silent commit as a way for them to still enjoy the process and not have to deal with some of the unnecessary noise. For that matter, I don't care AT ALL if someone wants to give a silent commitment for any reason they choose. It's their life, it doesn't affect me. Why I would feel the need to criticize him or a generation as a whole over the "silent commit" phenomenon . The truth us none of us know the chalenges of growning up in today's society. We can criticize their generation all we want. They have never had to grow up without the luxury of the internet, but they also never grew up with the luxury of simpler times either. Their lives are more complex and busy (talking about football recruits) due to the culture ADULTS have created for them. If someone wants to silent commit, who cares?
 
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Yeah, it's just ridiculous. Let's talk about war.
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Talking about recruiting isn't ridiculous. Not being to see that we feed into the culture of silent commitments and slamming a kid because his meaning of commitment isnt good enough for you is.

A silent commit is just somebody to commits to the coaches and doesn't announce it to the media. If they don't want to make it a huge deal then who are you to judge this kids ability to commit?

Plenty of people who commits loud and a fancy way end up de-committing all the time.
 
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PeliniTheCrutch said:
I know who the silent commit is. I will send some cryptic messages about who it is or when the commit might be N that no one will understand. Then when someone commits, I will brag about my streak.
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You sound exactly like someone else who used to frequent this board...just sayin'
 
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