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re: Jaren Handy decommits
Posted on 3/15/18 at 11:28 pm to reo45
Posted on 3/15/18 at 11:28 pm to reo45
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Until they sign and are suited up I dont care about commitments or signees.
There are multiple message boards on this website. Sounds like you are on the wrong one. No one can sign until December at the earliest.
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Posted on 3/15/18 at 11:35 pm to BayouBengal99
The dude committed for the attention. I figure this will be a recurring thing with him
Posted on 3/16/18 at 12:18 am to Panny Crickets
What a joke
Posted on 3/16/18 at 6:13 am to Panny Crickets
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No interviews
Do kids know how dumb this is?
Posted on 3/16/18 at 6:31 am to Panny Crickets
So were we supposed to “respect his decision” to commit as well as “respect his decision” to decommit 5 minutes and a cup of coffee later?
This post was edited on 3/16/18 at 6:32 am
Posted on 3/16/18 at 7:36 am to JiminyCricket
We won't have room when he changes his mind
Posted on 3/16/18 at 9:13 am to Lee Chatelain
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You mean like detention?
Yes like losing one trip to another school or something to that degree. This is getting out control
Posted on 3/16/18 at 9:14 am to lsusteve1
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He said his commitment was "still open" a few days after doing it.
Not a surprise at all
yet everyone on this site laughed when I said he would decommit
Posted on 3/16/18 at 9:50 am to JiminyCricket
quote:I have news for him and every recruit out there: the answer is NO.
So were we supposed to “respect his decision” to commit as well as “respect his decision” to decommit 5 minutes and a cup of coffee later?
I don't have to respect your decision.
While I do have to accept it, it is yours and yours alone to make (not really- you are a minor), that doesn't mean I have to like it or respect it. Just like you, me, or anyone else has a 'right' not to be offended; you don't have a 'right' to be respected.
Actually, it makes me respect the first decision (to commit) much less than the second (to decommit). It's the first decision that is a reflection on the person. In recruiting and in life in general.
Posted on 3/16/18 at 10:22 am to CP3LSU25
You're the best 
Posted on 3/16/18 at 10:25 am to Panny Crickets
Not a surprise.
#respectmypost
#respectmypost
Posted on 3/16/18 at 10:58 am to CP3LSU25
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yet everyone on this site laughed when I said he would decommit
Not sure why
It's pretty standard stuff nowadays
Posted on 3/16/18 at 10:58 am to EXPLAYER
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I agree. When kid commits , I would say we will accept your commitment for if you waver at all there is no scholorship for you
well that would be really stupid.
I'm would bet that at the time the kid made the commitment he meant it. It's just that the LSU recruiters had just been talking with him and wanting a commitment from him and at the time it seemed like a good idea so he committed as he could picture himself in an LSU uniform playing in Arandas defense in tiger stadium and liked the vision.
After a little while he realized that he had jumped to quick under the pressure of the moment to commit.
Posted on 3/16/18 at 11:22 am to lsusteve1
quote:and he says that about every recruit. Statistically he's bound to be right several times.
quote:
yet everyone on this site laughed when I said he would decommit
Not sure why
It's pretty standard stuff nowadays
Posted on 3/16/18 at 1:16 pm to Panny Crickets
Wow. Its been so for a long time, but this is just getting ridiculous...
Posted on 3/16/18 at 1:44 pm to Panny Crickets
My money was on the LB'er out of Starkville who should be following him soon.
Posted on 3/16/18 at 1:49 pm to Friar Tuck
You just shouldn't commit early because you get overwhelmed by a school. He was at LSU and everything overwhelmed him including the coaches and he got caught up in the hype and said something he really didn't mean. Then he gets home and family and friends are like, damn, you really going to LSU and shite and then he starts thinking about it along with the new fan base he's gotten in the coaches from other schools starting to bug him, next thing you know, I think I made a mistake. Lol
Posted on 3/16/18 at 3:34 pm to tubucoco
Yep that's about what I'm picturing. Hard to blame the kid. I'm sure the coaches put on pretty hard sell
Posted on 3/16/18 at 4:04 pm to tubucoco
quote:yeah. And I question the value of that approach by us (or any school).
You just shouldn't commit early because you get overwhelmed by a school. He was at LSU and everything overwhelmed him including the coaches and he got caught up in the hype and said something he really didn't mean. Then he gets home and family and friends are like, damn, you really going to LSU and shite and then he starts thinking about it along with the new fan base he's gotten in the coaches from other schools starting to bug him, next thing you know, I think I made a mistake. Lol
On one hand, as this and many other examples show it doesn't really accomplish anything. At best it sticks, but you still have to do the exact same process all the way to signing day. At worst you mislead yourself, and maybe the recruit expects the same level of 'excitement' month after month.
The flip side of that is you get the 'they didn't show me as much love as ________'. Which is, at best, very very irritating.
The only solution I can see is to 'show the love' but not accept commitments at that time. Only accept commitments on later visits which are more matter of fact and lower key to a degree.
THEN you run into the problem of some recruits thinking because you haven't offered you're not interested or, even worst, get offended.
There is NO simple answer.
so at the end of the day- offers mean nothing up until signing day(s), just ask Goodrich. And commitments mean nothing until AFTER signing day(s). Both sides just need to accept it.
Posted on 3/16/18 at 7:36 pm to tubucoco
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You just shouldn't commit early because you get overwhelmed by a school.
He wasn't overwhelmed and under pressure
In fact, he left Baton Rouge and cruised down I-10 down to New Orleans and no, commitment was not on his mind.
quote:
Was Bama on his list when he committed to LSU?
After receiving offers from 13 big-name schools such as Alabama and Ole Miss, Perry Central (Miss.) High School's Jaren Handy announced Saturday that he's committed to LSU
quote:
respect my decision
I believe fully in my heart that I have made the right choice
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