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tOSU Recruiting Discussion

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LitlBuck said:
In the Nick Conner thread, 45 said there were offers and there were OFFERS. Maybe we should have all the thread titles changed to indicate which recruits have what kind of offer:biggrin2:
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Happened to see this at 11w in a thread about Larry Scott. But a poster mentioned that some Ohio HS coaches weren't too happy with their kids getting non commitable offers from OSU. So if a kid gets an offer now, it will be a commitable offer. This may be a reason we haven't seen Nick Conner and other Ohio kids get offers because the staff wants to see their status with OOS kids first before they offer instate kids who they believe will be Buckeyes once offered. First I've heard of this method, but tends to make sense
 
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pnuts34 said:
Happened to see this at 11w in a thread about Larry Scott. But a poster mentioned that some Ohio HS coaches weren't too happy with their kids getting non commitable offers from OSU. So if a kid gets an offer now, it will be a commitable offer. This may be a reason we haven't seen Nick Conner and other Ohio kids get offers because the staff wants to see their status with OOS kids first before they offer instate kids who they believe will be Buckeyes once offered. First I've heard of this method, but tends to make sense
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That's exactly correct...it's either an OFFER or nothing for in-state kids. OSU to be ready to accept their verbal commitment if they are going to tender an offer...
 
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LitlBuck said:
I guess what I do not understand is how do you know what offers to out-of-state kids are commendable ones or don't we.
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We don't know, it is mostly guess work. Sometimes an "OFFER" is obvious based on talent (we would take the Torrance Gibson's and Damien Harris' of the world in a heart beat). Then there are the guys who you assume have an "offer" when the staff insists they camp with us. Since the majority of this distinction is an educated guess, I doubt the mods would be comfortable with labeling the threads accordingly.
 
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LitlBuck said:
I guess what I do not understand is how do you know what offers to out-of-state kids are commendable ones or don't we.
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There's no exact way to know. The biggest cue is how hard is the staff pursuing the recruit. They certainly aren't going to say to a kid in Florida "here's an offer to Ohio State...but we aren't ready to accept a commitment at this time." They just call their coach up or Facebook message them and say "we're offering you". From there they can decide how to proceed...do they really push for the kid to visit soon or do they push for a camp visit this summer. You just have to piece this stuff together because this is how recruiting is changing. Just like kids down South committing early and then still taking visit (ala Ben Edwars). That is how the game is played these days. A kid like Christian Wilkins, Chris Clark or Torrance Gibson who has had OSU coaches at their school multiple times already in 2014 are kids who could probably commit tomorrow. They are kids that are at the top of the board and kids you don't say "no" to. A kid like Deondre Francois, Austin Clark, Nyheim Hymes or Kaleel Gaines probably needs to come to camp to have that offer firmed up. This is how Pantoni, Meyer and the rest of the staff have handled things since they arrived in Columbus.
 
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RB07OSU said:
We don't know, it is mostly guess work. Sometimes an "OFFER" is obvious based on talent (we would take the Torrance Gibson's and Damien Harris' of the world in a heart beat). Then there are the guys who you assume have an "offer" when the staff insists they camp with us. Since the majority of this distinction is an educated guess, I doubt the mods would be comfortable with labeling the threads accordingly.
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Well said.
 
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RB07OSU said:
We don't know, it is mostly guess work. Sometimes an "OFFER" is obvious based on talent (we would take the Torrance Gibson's and Damien Harris' of the world in a heart beat). Then there are the guys who you assume have an "offer" when the staff insists they camp with us. Since the majority of this distinction is an educated guess, I doubt the mods would be comfortable with labeling the threads accordingly.
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Not to mention that all of the information about OFFERS and offers comes from the kids (or their families and high school coaches), and they might be as confused about the distinction as everybody else not named Meyer or Pantoni.
 
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