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I agree. I would also add that an NLI should be able to be rescinded in the case of NCAA sanctions or any academic misconduct found in the recruit's intended major that come up after the NLI is signed.

In reality, we should just be changing the language here. We have "commit" before "intent," which is why most people are putting the normal definitions on things. We should have "accept offer" and sign a "letter of commitment" to formally seal the deal.

Amen. I would add kids should have one free pull back prior to starting or transfer after starting if the Head coach or their position coach leaves/gets fired.

I agree and disagree. I want the word "commitment" to mean something, e.g. the lesson my father taught me that my word was my bond, but that's just not the reality in this situation. Coaches hold all the power. A scholarship offer can be revoked without notice or reason, it can be changed (or never explained) as "non-commitable." The whole process derives from a potential loss of integrity or accountability on either side, with the coaches/schools holding the greatest power.

A 16/17-year-old kid, whose future may depend on being able to get an athletic scholarship, is in a difficult spot. Yes, the "slighted" school feels like they've been wronged in some sense, but really what is the recruit going to do? They're trying to make a choice that affects their entire future based on a promise from the school that isn't really a promise. This is where greater regulation of the process, and an early signing period, make the most sense. If a school sends a written offer, there should be no revocation or BS about "non-commitable" offers; the school must uphold its promise unless there are coaching changes or the kid gets into academic or legal trouble. From the moment the offer is sent, the recruit should be able to send in an NLI. This will make everyone, on both sides, slow down. Coaches will only send offers they really intend on honoring and recruits will not rush their decisions to hold their place in line, or wait until the prettier date shows up.

I am hoping Blackshear's game was an anomaly, he was just totally out of it last night after a great game against Carolina. Hopefully, he will grow out of this type of effort. He could have made a big difference last night.

I gotta say I have to agree with this. Unless there is some extenuating circumstances, family illness, coach leaves, sanctions on a team, or something that changes the situation. I mean it's just bad practice and doesn't help in teaching these kids how to become men. You really have nothing in this world but your word. I know it's one thing and a big decision and they are 17 but still. If any of my four boys were granted scholarships (unfortunately they probably won't because we are of the JCC size and all, but who knows!!!) I wouldn't let them commit until they were 100% and then wouldn't let them decommit. If that takes till signing day and visiting every school then fine. I know it's going to happen and all but that's just how I feel about it.

However, this one seemed rather quick. I can understand a little bit more when it's a "I committed my junior year" type of thing in stead of 2 weeks earlier with signing day coming up shortly.

Unfortunately this is partly a symptom of Zach Leday playing the majority of his minutes in the role of a "big" for us. This means there is only one spot at any one time to rotate Henry, Pierce, Hamilton and Blackshear unless Leday is in foul trouble or needs a breather. It still should have come with some offensive production but your most consistent offensive threat amongst that group, Blackshear was in serious foul trouble and sat on the bench much more than normal and never really seemed to have his head in this game at all when he was on the court. The true bigs played 41 minutes, so one minute over one spot on the floor for the length of the game. You also have to look at ball distribution on the offensive end of the floor. The bigs only attempted 4 shots in this game, one of those was Hamilton's terrible dunk attempt and Hamilton was fouled on his other. Henry went 0-2 and Blackshear didnt even attempt a shot to show how out of this game he was.

More concerning to me out of that entire group was that in 41 minutes they only managed to get 7 rebounds amongst them, 3 for Henry and 4 for Hamilton. Blackshear pulled the statistical anomaly of five personal fouls with no other stat line in 14 minutes on the floor.

The most concerning to me though was that Robinson and Wilson also went scoreless playing a combined 30 minutes, which essentially said you were playing 3 on 5 on the offensive end when it came to scoring. These two again only attempted 2 shots which came from Robinson and one of those shots was a wild three as time was close to expiring at the end of the game. Those two's combined stat line was no points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 turnover while holding a spot on the floor for three quarters of the game combined.

You cant allow a team to be able to focus on three guys. Those guys did a bang up job for the most part by scoring all our points but its also why we have to suffer through seeing Allen throw prayers from outside with no regards for results.

It's part of the game. On the flip side, coaches extend then rescind scholarship offers to recruits all the time. Everyone is looking out for their best interest, as it should be.

I'll agree with you to an extent but I wouldn't call this human nature. It's true that most humans put themselves and family above all else but I don't think that most humans would risk lives in an entire city for political or financial gain. This is all about political greed and power and negligence.

I had the same reaction to this game. The team put everything on the table and Buzz scraped every ounce of production out of his talent... there just isn't quite enough on the roster yet to consistently compete with the ACC's top tier.

Proud to be a Hokie after the game though, it's a joy to watch a team work that hard for each other. The wins will come.

The dude should open his own house of pancakes based on that film>

They had two different guys who were untouchable from three. It was ridiculous.

Also, all of our points were scored by only 4 guys, so that's really weird.

Louisville's Lee #0 missed 2 FG attempts and 1 free throw. Hard to defend someone that hot.