Going forward we take Clemsons approach to commits

Risky...what happens when you want to drop a recruit because he committed as a soph and sucked as a jr/sr? You still gonna stay committed to the kid?

Not doing it .

Clemson is paying extra $ for that policy.

Nope. We aren't doing that. Why do people keep bringing this up like it is something we are going to do?

I think offering a freshman or sophomore a scholarship is retarded.

It is perfectly OK to show interest and continue to show interest, but EVERY SCHOLARSHIP offer should come with a caveat that you have to come to our camp and perform as expected as an athlete AND be a person of high character.

Once offered a scholarship due to ability, the only out for the school should be character issues.

I would tell a recruit to go explore anything and every place you want, but once you make a commitment to LSU we don't expect you to visit elsewhere. At that point if they do, they should know that this would fall under the character issue and I'd pull the scholly. So please don't commit unless you mean it and intend to follow thru with it.

Not doing it .

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Risky...what happens when you want to drop a recruit because he committed as a soph and sucked as a jr/sr? You still gonna stay committed to the kid?

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Well that's part of it.

Dabo has been putting the commit back into commitments. It's a two way street.

The recruit has to abide by their rules, otherwise it isn't a commitment, you broke the bond, and you are out.

Clemson also has a responsibility- they will not accept the commitment unless they TOO are sure, will not process you, will not pull your offer.

They might offer many, but with that offer is a process. You can't accept on twitter. It's a sit down discussion and if they don't feel they are ready, they won't accept it and schedule the next sit down. If they feel the recruit isn't ready, same thing.

If you are #2 on their board and ask to commit, they will tell you #1 has until ______ date. If #1 won't do it. You get a sit down and then pull the trigger.

It's the marketing principle of 'exclusivity' by the way. The repurcussions for the recruit are once you are in, you're in. If you're out and break the rules, you're out. For Clemson, all this is based on the rules and it will all fall apart if they don't hold up their end of the bargain.

The strategy is based on the fact every team knows when offers go out (as Srs) who's the #1 guy they want. You could fill all 25 spots with your #1's. They target them, exclusively and then progress down the line with each slot. Instead of shotgun approach it's very focused and methodical.

The recruit knows where he stands. BUT, and this is the beauty of it, because of the focused/methodical approach- the recruits are on Clemson's timeline. If they are ready for #1 to pull the trigger, he doesn't. On to #2 with no looking back. That way, the recruit can't mess up or dictate strategy.

And let's be honest, you look at classes teams get- top teams- they are full of #2's. #2's are great. You can't predict that the near-5* 4* running back isn't going to be worse or better than the just above-4* 5*. So why bother. All that matters is that you get one of them, and that your not left holding bags.

Yes I say this should be a two way street. LSU does not take commitments if they are going to “process” them. Once LSU accepts your commitment your in unless academically ineligible

Those guy friends hanging with your girl-lunch etc, want to bang her. Every. Single. One.

No. If a kid changes his mind what are we gonna do? Force him to come to LSU and make him extremely unhappy? If a kid wants to stay close to him there’s nothing we can do really. I agree that the decommitments are rubbish but If a kid isn’t happy let them go.