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[quote author=2 for 2018 link=topic=6741.msg64483#msg64483 date=1374262702]
Withholding an offer BECAUSE a recruit is open about the fact that he wants to be a Cardinal does not sit right with me. 

Why?
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For one--and I obviously don't know what is going on in Andrew Mike's head-- let's just assume a recruit walks away from his Stanford visit or camp with the indication that an offer is on its way, which he wants to accept.  One week goes by, a month, two months, three months and nothing.  Let's say he visits another program and it blows him away and they tell him that he has a real shot at getting PT as a frosh.  Now he sees that Stanford gets spurned by some other OL recruits and then an offer finally comes in.  If I were him, I wouldn't be jumping at it. 

One the other hand, what's the downside of getting a solid verbal commitment from a four-star recruit?  Just seems like a bad game to play to me.  If the kid has earned an offer, give him it.

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[quote author=2 for 2018 link=topic=6741.msg64483#msg64483 date=1374262702]
Withholding an offer BECAUSE a recruit is open about the fact that he wants to be a Cardinal does not sit right with me. 

Why?
[/quote]

For one--and I obviously don't know what is going on in Andrew Mike's head-- let's just assume a recruit walks away from his Stanford visit or camp with the indication that an offer is on its way, which he wants to accept.  One week goes by, a month, two months, three months and nothing.  Let's say he visits another program and it blows him away and they tell him that he has a real shot at getting PT as a frosh.  Now he sees that Stanford gets spurned by some other OL recruits and then an offer finally comes in.  If I were him, I wouldn't be jumping at it. 

One the other hand, what's the downside of getting a solid verbal commitment from a four-star recruit?  Just seems like a bad game to play to me.  If the kid has earned an offer, give him it.