Generally, "non committable" offers are when a prospect says they have an offer, but they do not have that piece of paper - for instance Robby Green last year.
The hard way... sometimes it's public, sometimes it isn't. Many never find out for sure, but they get the hint because they aren't recruited very hard.
Is the term non committable offer something that started on the internet or is that a term that recruiters actually use? Sounds like someone came up with a catch phrase for someone who wants to commit but doesn't have an offer and is making it sound like it's a recruiting practice.
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!! I thought I was confused, Now I know I am confused. I bet schools don't really tell a player that his offer is not acceptable unless he commits ahead of schedule.
Our coaches may call it that behind closed doors, but I doubt they ever use that phrase when talking to a recruit. I'm not sure about it's origins, but it's generally used by fans to judge whether they get the prospect they want or not. Again, like Robby Green last year saying he had an LSU offer - that would imply that we wanted him in our class, when in fact he did not have an offer & thus we did not lose him to Bama.
Exactly. Unless they say they want to commit, they don't know. If we lose interest though, we do stop contact- calling, texting, (Oops) :lol: etc.
LSU gives actual written scholarship offers to maybe 50 prospects a year. Over 100 prospects a year say/think that they have an LSU offer because of what our coaches told them. Every school in every conference does this. You have to overbook because you won't get every prospect that you want. A school is limited to a maximum of 25 qualifying recruits per class (less in some instances - like LSU this year). A school cannot accept a commitment from every prospect that has an offer. It's a very fluid situation, and whether a scholarship is committable or not is often a matter of timing.
Some big-time recruits know for sure that their commitment will be honored regardless of timing/other prospects on the board. Most recruits don't know until they try to commit. And our coaches couldn't tell them ahead of time even if they wanted to because it's always changing. This week we may feel great about several other prospects at that same position, while next week we don't feel good about those guys anymore.
Committable/Non committable is an internet or fan term. Coaches know whether they have offered a player or not and it is black and white to them -- not always to the player. Coaches have to be somewhat sleazy and give them hope so they can be there for plan B. Sometimes players think they have an offer when they dont. Not much more to it.
Why wouldn't LSU accept a commit from a guy like Montrell Conner and if someone better comes along, rescind their offer? It sounds dickish, but... I think its better to hedge your bets early, then leave yourself open to have kids attempt to commit early...get shot down... and then decide to take their toys and go elsewhere. As far as Tahji... well the grades thing is a lot more acceptable reason for me, to see the coaches tell this kid that his offer wasn't committable because of his problems in the classroom...which would still give this kid an incentive.
