2019 Early Signing Period thread

[DuckMastaFunk]

Think I'm just gonna stop following recruiting. A commit is no longer a commit. Hell, even signing the LOI is no guarantee

True, but us fans have no problems when we poach guys from other schools. :shouldershrug:

[Phenom]

Avantae Williams decommits

https://twitter.com/slowdownboy7/status ... 4574209025

[lukeyrid13]

Long time coming but that one hurts.

[Duck24]

Oh man, that SUCKS. Can’t say it’s too terribly surprising giving his having two kids back in Florida but no less crappy.

[bellsduck]

Nothing like decommitting a week before signing day.
Cool.

[StevensTechU]

Think I'm just gonna stop following recruiting. A commit is no longer a commit. Hell, even signing the LOI is no guarantee

When was this era of guys never changing their commitment??

[Everythingsducky]

Not totally unexpected. Reported by O-live: https://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/2 ... ducks.html

[GoDucksIn09]

I don't know if ever a time where a commitment meant anything. It is for sure in 2019 I AM COMMITTED only means til I decide to change my mind and if that is 1 week before signing day then that is fine. I follow recruiting and I have always said that it seems to be a game to a lot of the kids and I AM COMMITTED FULLY does not mean what they are saying. No way do I want my kid to ever do that if he or she ever receives scholarship offers. If not committed 100% fully and completely then should never say are committed.

[Everythingsducky]

Saw this reported on separate thread, mods delete if needed.

[GoDucksTroll]

Think I'm just gonna stop following recruiting. A commit is no longer a commit. Hell, even signing the LOI is no guarantee

When was this era of guys never changing their commitment??

I would say never, but 2004-7 is when recruiting got really wild. In 2007-9 I was on the frontlines and 95% of the class was secured, except for the big fish. That’s literally what they were known as, the few rare guys you were willing to wait for and slave over Adobe 2001 for for. I can’t even imagine how many people they need now.

[greenyellow]

Oregon now down to #16 after Avantae Williams' decommitment. If Oregon loses Wilson, Hutson, Latu, Figgins, and Slusher, they'd drop down to around #20 with 17 total commits. They probably need to get 2 out of 3 of Flowe, Ringo, and Manning to make the all the potential defections sting so much. Also, I'm not sure what to make of Oregon struggling to get keep/get offensive recruits outside of the OL.

[greenyellow]

Looks like Mastro is picking up the slack now that Arroyo is gone:

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[UOducksTK1]

Better all this going down now, then on actual signing day.

[greenyellow]

We've actually got a Heyward sighting, this time with Kelee Ringo:

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[GoDucksTroll]

Heyward sighting makes me happy. If he was leaving it would be very weird to bring him to Ringo’s house.