First let me say that I like the Bradford commitment. Stars or not, the kid looks like a legit PAC-12 player according to my perspective and he sees the positives that Corvallis, Oregon State University and the Andersen Staff and program bring.
This commitment does raise recruiting questions for me. I assume that Andersen and staff are making offers to players they have evaluated and deem worthy of a scholarship, therefore desirable to the program. Among these are no-star, two-star, three-star, four-star, and possibly 5-star recruits. I also assume that players with less offers or no Power Conference offers would jump at a chance to commit when offered by a Power Conference team. My question is this: how does a school like Oregon State, that puts out so many offers, prevent its limited scholarships from being inundated by lower rung recruits while the higher rated recruits with several Power Conference offers may take much longer to commit? At this point early in the recruiting season is OSU only making offers to recruits it deems A-List based on the coaches' internal evaluation? With 250 potential offers out, how does an OSU keep potential commitments from higher valued recruits open long enough? Do commitments coming early on come with any kind of proviso should a position be filled yet much higher ranked recruits desire to commit later?
Just wondering out loud how this all works.
This commitment does raise recruiting questions for me. I assume that Andersen and staff are making offers to players they have evaluated and deem worthy of a scholarship, therefore desirable to the program. Among these are no-star, two-star, three-star, four-star, and possibly 5-star recruits. I also assume that players with less offers or no Power Conference offers would jump at a chance to commit when offered by a Power Conference team. My question is this: how does a school like Oregon State, that puts out so many offers, prevent its limited scholarships from being inundated by lower rung recruits while the higher rated recruits with several Power Conference offers may take much longer to commit? At this point early in the recruiting season is OSU only making offers to recruits it deems A-List based on the coaches' internal evaluation? With 250 potential offers out, how does an OSU keep potential commitments from higher valued recruits open long enough? Do commitments coming early on come with any kind of proviso should a position be filled yet much higher ranked recruits desire to commit later?
Just wondering out loud how this all works.
