re: RIP National Signing Day

One of the best things to change in recruiting was the advent of the Dec signing period. You separate the sincere coaches and players from the pretenders. If a player wants to sign in Dec and the coach won't take it, guess what...you don't really have a scholarship offer. Little Nicky despised the early signing period because he couldn't string guys along any more hoping to find a better replacement. On the other side of the coin, if a player refused to sign in Dec, then he really wasn't a verbal you could count on. And in the second case, the school can then look around for a replacement and have 2 months to find one.

to the early signing period. Long may you reign!