bearsandgiants said:Shocky1 said:
bearly clad, there are multiple legit reasons for silent commitments such as academic admissions confirmations, courtesy notifications to other program's coaches, family/school celebratory signing days such as birthdays, under the radar gems to avoid poaching, tryna not create positional instability of current players prior to a bowl game, necessary nil confirmations, etc
ur simplistic approach to silents is not realistic in today's college transfer portal era
Silent sounds great to me, as long as it's legally binding. Otherwise, I'm with clad. It serves as nothing but clickbait.
This is why I get less and less excited about "commitments", be they silent or verbal. Until they are binding, it doesn't mean jack squat. Witness the Hawaii QB. In fact, with the new portal/transfer rules, even signing something doesn't mean that much anymore.
Gone are the days when you could dare to imagine a prep recruit's 4-5 year career arc as a Golden Bear.
Getting recruits is just as important as ever, but less fun to follow.