scheduling of OVs

fogfog
Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:54:09 +0000

Every coach wants their school/team to be a scholar-athlete’s first choice.
As they go through their list, they will move on if a student makes them wait too long.
Asking a coach to wait weeks while a student attends lots of OVs is risky…remember the student’s really don’t hold all the cards/power. There are going to be more potential recruits than spots…and coaches wnat the best they can get as soon as possible.
This is why school visits (unofficial) to see how much the school fits the student before the Ov are so helpful.

Think of it as musical chairs. When the music stops you want to be in the chair of choice.
Also–if there is a top choice–why not do it as soon as possible and be “one and done”…and verbal if the offer is made?

Be warned: There have been true tales of students who posted here–who overplayed their hand.
They loved being wined/dined/flown in and even took OVs at schools they didn’t like.
They told coaches of high profile programs they needed to see other programs, and they got “caught” in their games by the coaches (who do talk to each other). In the end they ended up with no LLs and scrambled in January.

We told our scholar-athlete to feel free to commit once they found the Match…and the gorgeous LL was in hand before we smelled the Turkey in November.