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Originally Posted by Oh8ch
Fact is that by rule the coach must remain silent on ALL verbals. It is the kid who has to decide what he is going to tell the 'public'.
Since no kid has ever said Carrol encouraged them to remain silent there is no basis to suggest he has. However, I have little doubt that form time coaches do encourage a player to keep it mum. I find that unethical.
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Here's the part I don't get. Let's say you're an 18-year-old HS senior, and you're a 5* RB.
You let the coaches at one school know that you're going to give them your commitment. The head coach asks you to keep it quiet.
Should you keep it quiet? You know that this fictional coach is asking you to keep it quiet so he can recruit 1 or 2 other highly rated RBs to compete against you for playing time.
So, you can keep quiet and possibly end up in a logjam at your position, fighting for playing time, or you can announce your commitment, and maybe there's less competition at RB for you.
Less competition = a higher chance you'll be playing on Saturdays = a higher chance you'll get a chance to play on Sundays later.
So what does the recruit get for agreeing to be a "silent verbal"? Why would a recruit do this?
The only answer I can think of is that the recruit is doing it so that he can play the "hat game" on NLOI day...and that's thinking really short-term.