Clay Travis Claims Multiple 5* Silent Commits

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VolGrizz said:
Silent commits don't really exist. It's also the easiest claim someone could make. They commit, "See, I told you!". They don't commit, "Things changed behind the scenes".
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You have to blind and stupid to say that. It has been proven dozens of times that kids have been committed to a school..just not publicly. I mean probably hundreds, if not thousands at this point.
 
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NotoriousRPP said:
Some kids want their moment in the sun and want to commit at an all star game. Some know backlash is coming. And others have a certain date picked out they want to commit. We had a player commit on the anniversary of his brothers death.

Silent commits are real. Certain posters just love to argue about it.
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Exactly...but don't tell the doofus brigade that, or their head will explode.
 
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VolGrizz said:
Silent commits don't really exist. It's also the easiest claim someone could make. They commit, "See, I told you!". They don't commit, "Things changed behind the scenes".
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That is their M.O on here...a prominent poster does that all the time
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
...OR...his info is good..the kid is a silent, and then changes his mind..😏

See..that isn't hard to understand is it?
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
You have to blind and stupid to say that. It has been proven dozens of times that kids have been committed to a school..just not publicly. I mean probably hundreds, if not thousands at this point.
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Sorry, it hasn't. Like yeah of course there are kids who have tell a staff that they're going to sign with them but don't make it public at the moment. But it's extremely rare for kids that are already committed to a school or kids that do not publicly announce until months later. The way "silent commit" is used now is meaningless.
 
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VolGrizz said:
Sorry, it hasn't. Like yeah of course there are kids who have tell a staff that they're going to sign with them but don't make it public at the moment. But it's extremely rare for kids that are already committed to a school or kids that do not publicly announce until months later. The way "silent commit" is used now is meaningless.
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And you're proving this off of......
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
And you're proving this off of......
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Just basing it on own experience and perception. It's hard to prove either way. But if you tallied the number of times a recruit has been called a "silent" to another school, damn near the entire top 300 kids in the rankings would be included. If you could (privately) ask coaches whether or not someone was a silent commit to their school, they'd be much less secure about it, even if they did receive word that they are the favorite.
 
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From the Wanya thread...
So obviously we got the Wanya Morris commitment story in Charlotte a couple weeks ago. Wanya told us he was ready, had been silently committed to Tennessee for more than a month. We did both my interview and then the commitment piece. He was then scheduled to be at Tennessee the next weekend.
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- Simonton

From the Keyton thread...
"That was the best visit ever for me. The way they had it set up was impressive and I had a great talk with coach Pruitt after the game. I basically made my decision then. I pretty much left that day knowing I was going to Tennessee. I called him the day after and committed to him.
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--Simmons

Et Cetera...

Guys silently commit all the time for various reasons. If you don't think it happens, you don't follow recruiting that closely.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
From the Wanya thread...
- Simonton

From the Keyton thread...
--Simmons

Et Cetera...

Guys silently commit all the time for various reasons. If you don't think it happens, you don't follow recruiting that closely.
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Wanya Morris is about the only one I could think of fitting the bill of the mythologized "silent commit", but think about the parameter you're setting: If Morris backed out of his silent commitment, you'd never hear about it either way. Also Keyton went public shortly after that visit.
 
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BigOrange15 said:
That is interesting. To my knowledge, he has never claimed to have any real insider info. Certainly not in recruiting.
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Not sure about recruiting, but he did write On Rocky Top, a book about Fulmer's last year. He probably has connections, and I believe his grandfather played for UT as well. Not a huge fan of his, but I would guess he knows some folks.
 
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VolGrizz said:
Wanya Morris is about the only one I could think of fitting the bill of the mythologized "silent commit", but think about the parameter you're setting: If Morris backed out of his silent commitment, you'd never hear about it either way. Also Keyton went public shortly after that visit.
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Your argument does not change the fact that kids commit all the time and then do not want it made public knowledge. Do they change their mind sometimes and choose a different school? Yes. That doesn't change the fact that at one point in time they told the coaches of a certain school they were going to attend that school.
 
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VolGrizz said:
Wanya Morris is about the only one I could think of fitting the bill of the mythologized "silent commit", but think about the parameter you're setting: If Morris backed out of his silent commitment, you'd never hear about it either way. Also Keyton went public shortly after that visit.
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It's not a mythologized silent commit. It's a regular thing. Happens all the time. I just showed two examples from this class, and those were just two kids I bothered to look up.

As far as Keyton, he called the day after the O&W game (4/17) and then announced publically a month later on 5/16.

You seriously do not follow recruiting at all if you don't think silent commitments is a real thing. Which isn't a bad thing - not following recruiting closely. Hell, I wish I didn't follow it as closely as I did. But when you don't, like you clearly don't, then don't pop off like a know it all on something you know little about. Especially when provided examples that directly contradict you.
 
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VolGrizz said:
Wanya Morris is about the only one I could think of fitting the bill of the mythologized "silent commit", but think about the parameter you're setting: If Morris backed out of his silent commitment, you'd never hear about it either way. Also Keyton went public shortly after that visit.
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I have followed recruiting and Hubbs long enough to know that some (not all) kids privately commit or at least give the staff the indication that they are coming. Some follow through, and others take more visits and go elsewhere. But, Hubbs gets it directly from the staff, and there have been countless stories on kids doing it.
 
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