2013 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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I wouldn't think Chaka subscribes to a student newspaper at a Cambridge, Mass school that has an enrollment of about 1000 students.

You are so right, it's beneath the great man to worry about
such mundane things!

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Never seen a bigger joke of a coach. With the size of the ego Man U wouldn't be big enough for him.

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You are so right, it's beneath the great man to worry about
such mundane things!

Google the kid's name and it pops right up. You would be surprised at how coach's check up on their budding stars. No subscription required. It's called the internet.

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Let me get this right,are you saying the coach withdrew
the offer because the kid told the truth to the school
newspaper. Are you kidding me!!

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Let me get this right,are you saying the coach withdrew
the offer because the kid told the truth to the school
newspaper. Are you kidding me!!

No, I said post #400. I have no idea what is going on with Michigan. My point is when you start to become a college soccer player, you should be careful what you say in print. SM of BC is giving tutorials on the subject.

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No, I said post #400. I have no idea what is going on with Michigan. My point is when you start to become a college soccer player, you should be careful what you say in print. SM of BC is giving tutorials on the subject.

Explain to me how the two posts are similar, other than originating from players.

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Explain to me how the two posts are similar, other than originating from players.

Posts 400/406/408 all discuss the notion that as a kid starts to become a college athlete, what they say in print especially needs to be done with care. They are, like it or not, a public figure representing an establishment (college/university). What they say reflects not only on them but the school/department. The fact that what they say is true is interesting but irrelevant. What SM said last year on her tweets was largely true, and look what that got her. And the notion that it is said on facebook, tweets, a small school paper also means nothing. EVERYBODY has access to EVERYTHING today, fairly easily. When a kid is in HS/Club, few notice. Enter college and that begins to change. Be careful.

Now as for where this kid is going I have no idea. As the OP of this thread and the others going back, I have noticed college coaches have their recruits on/off the lists with no rhyme or reason. Take EK. Several years go JD and CS, great MA players, never made the list. They were depth players, so maybe that was why. Last year DB was missing. He was last year's star. All the MA Div1 coaches I would surmise have more people committed than what you see. Chaka has 12 on his list this year. That's a lot. Will there be a 13th? Who knows?

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Posts 400/406/408 all discuss the notion that as a kid starts to become a college athlete, what they say in print especially needs to be done with care. They are, like it or not, a public figure representing an establishment (college/university). What they say reflects not only on them but the school/department. The fact that what they say is true is interesting but irrelevant. What SM said last year on her tweets was largely true, and look what that got her. And the notion that it is said on facebook, tweets, a small school paper also means nothing. EVERYBODY has access to EVERYTHING today, fairly easily. When a kid is in HS/Club, few notice. Enter college and that begins to change. Be careful.

Now as for where this kid is going I have no idea. As the OP of this thread and the others going back, I have noticed college coaches have their recruits on/off the lists with no rhyme or reason. Take EK. Several years go JD and CS, great MA players, never made the list. They were depth players, so maybe that was why. Last year DB was missing. He was last year's star. All the MA Div1 coaches I would surmise have more people committed than what you see. Chaka has 12 on his list this year. That's a lot. Will there be a 13th? Who knows?

Chaka has 20 players returning next season. Add 12 or 13 recruits and it will be a bit crowded. He'll need to tidy things up a bit.

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Posts 400/406/408 all discuss the notion that as a kid starts to become a college athlete, what they say in print especially needs to be done with care. They are, like it or not, a public figure representing an establishment (college/university). What they say reflects not only on them but the school/department. The fact that what they say is true is interesting but irrelevant. What SM said last year on her tweets was largely true, and look what that got her. And the notion that it is said on facebook, tweets, a small school paper also means nothing. EVERYBODY has access to EVERYTHING today, fairly easily. When a kid is in HS/Club, few notice. Enter college and that begins to change. Be careful.

Now as for where this kid is going I have no idea. As the OP of this thread and the others going back, I have noticed college coaches have their recruits on/off the lists with no rhyme or reason. Take EK. Several years go JD and CS, great MA players, never made the list. They were depth players, so maybe that was why. Last year DB was missing. He was last year's star. All the MA Div1 coaches I would surmise have more people committed than what you see. Chaka has 12 on his list this year. That's a lot. Will there be a 13th? Who knows?

"no rhyme or reason"? My, aren't we full of ourselves, and how long have you been in college coaching? Please enlighten us as to your in depth behind the scenes knowledge.

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I don't know why the player has decided to attend UNH instead of Michigan. However, whatever the reason, my instinct is to support the player and wish him the best, even if he is the one who changed his mind and de-committed at the last minute.

Even though people about verbal commitments as if they were binding, NCAA rules clearly make all of these verbal commitments non-binding. Neither player or school is bound till he signs a letter of intent or enrolls at the school. This creates the "do-I-trust-or-not" game of wondering whether recruits or schools will live up to their verbal commitments.

My sense of this game is that the colleges hold most of the cards. Once a player verbally commits, he has to take himself off the market. He can't hedge his bets by checking out other schools or taking more visits because if he does, the school to whom he committed will question him and possibly de-commit. This means that the player, once verbally committed, is totally at the mercy of the coach and college to which he committed. Should the coach/college not live up to their side of the bargain, the consequences to the player are significant, particularly late in the game. Because the player couldn't keep in touch with other coaches, he will have trouble finding a place to play, and scholarship money will be very scarce.

By contrast, the coach and school can and do hedge their bets. One player's commitment does not prevent the school from recruiting more players, and indeed that appears to be what the Michigan coach did. 12 players is a very large entering class. Moreover, the consequences to the school and coach are not severe should a player de-commit. Chances are there's another player perfectly happy to take the open spot and scholarship. Even if the school fails to fill the spot, the school will still field a team and life will go on just fine.

My sympathies usually lie with the player regardless of why the deal comes apart. Obviously, if the school de-committed or the coach didn't get him admitted, I have huge sympathy for the player. If the player changed his mind, the coach and school aren't harmed in any meaningful way. Presumably the player did so because he thought it was in his best interest to attend another school. And in the end, that is EXACTLY what he should do. This entire process is about finding the right educational environment for young people. It's their lives that suffer if they go to the wrong institution. I just don't think it's right for representatives of a university (or anyone else for that matter) to complain when a young person makes a decision about where his education would best be served.

Because of this, I hope that the reason the player switched commitments was because the player decided that the change would be best for him. If he switched because Michigan didn't hold up its end of the bargain, I'd consider that a shame. And either way, I wish him (and all the players playing in college next year) the best.

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Some people - his Bolts teammates - know the story. He also quit the Bolts DA. Not sure what's going on there, but people might as well not get too interested. somebody else's business.

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I don't know why the player has decided to attend UNH instead of Michigan. However, whatever the reason, my instinct is to support the player and wish him the best, even if he is the one who changed his mind and de-committed at the last minute.

Even though people about verbal commitments as if they were binding, NCAA rules clearly make all of these verbal commitments non-binding. Neither player or school is bound till he signs a letter of intent or enrolls at the school. This creates the "do-I-trust-or-not" game of wondering whether recruits or schools will live up to their verbal commitments.

My sense of this game is that the colleges hold most of the cards. Once a player verbally commits, he has to take himself off the market. He can't hedge his bets by checking out other schools or taking more visits because if he does, the school to whom he committed will question him and possibly de-commit. This means that the player, once verbally committed, is totally at the mercy of the coach and college to which he committed. Should the coach/college not live up to their side of the bargain, the consequences to the player are significant, particularly late in the game. Because the player couldn't keep in touch with other coaches, he will have trouble finding a place to play, and scholarship money will be very scarce.

By contrast, the coach and school can and do hedge their bets. One player's commitment does not prevent the school from recruiting more players, and indeed that appears to be what the Michigan coach did. 12 players is a very large entering class. Moreover, the consequences to the school and coach are not severe should a player de-commit. Chances are there's another player perfectly happy to take the open spot and scholarship. Even if the school fails to fill the spot, the school will still field a team and life will go on just fine.

My sympathies usually lie with the player regardless of why the deal comes apart. Obviously, if the school de-committed or the coach didn't get him admitted, I have huge sympathy for the player. If the player changed his mind, the coach and school aren't harmed in any meaningful way. Presumably the player did so because he thought it was in his best interest to attend another school. And in the end, that is EXACTLY what he should do. This entire process is about finding the right educational environment for young people. It's their lives that suffer if they go to the wrong institution. I just don't think it's right for representatives of a university (or anyone else for that matter) to complain when a young person makes a decision about where his education would best be served.

Because of this, I hope that the reason the player switched commitments was because the player decided that the change would be best for him. If he switched because Michigan didn't hold up its end of the bargain, I'd consider that a shame. And either way, I wish him (and all the players playing in college next year) the best.

Thanks for the update. I see him going to UNH on the website, but he lists his hometown as NH not MA, so I won't list him here. GL to him though. I'm sure UNH in state will be a lot more affordable than Michigan out of state.

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Nice the player was forced not to play for his HS team and had to play for the DA....Fun to see if the 5 players going to NE will be playing in a couple of years...at least one kid is going to Stanford to play so that good.

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Sorry son, I guess I don't need you after all!!

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D1

Haden Cosman-Berkshire School-American University
Zeiko Lewis-Berkshire School-Boston College
Adolph Kawuba-NEFC Eagles-Wilbraham& Monson Academy-Boston College
Noah Sinkoff-Berkshire School-Boston University
Nate Pomeroy-Bolts-Groton Dunstable HS-Brown
Sebastian Blickman-Lincoln-Bucknell
Chris McCormick-Suffield Academy-Western United-Bryant
Matthew Mozynski-Franklin-Revs-Campbell University*
Jett Oristaglio-FC Blazers-Nobles&Green-Dartmouth
Andrew Wheeler-Ominu-MPS-Roxbury Latin-Harvard
Max Cook-Bolts-Duxbury-Harvard
Tyler Goncalves-Bolts-Holy Cross
Ryan Kingsley-Revs-North Attleboro-Holy Cross*
Chris Leeman-Bolts-Holy Cross
Sam Millbury-Seacoast-Brooks-Lafayette
Derek McCaffrey-NEFC/Bolts/BU-Groton Dunstable HS-Louisville (transfer)
David Itoafa-MPS-NJIT
Harrison Balder-Bolts-Thayer Academy-Northeastern
Matthew Callahan-Bolts-Newton North-Northeastern
Marc Greenblatt-Bolts-Winchester-Northeastern
Robert Schallmo-Bolts-Thayer Academy-Northeastern
Dominik Machado-Revs-Prov College
Mac Steeves-Bolts-Needham HS-Prov College
Chip Sherman-Aztecs-Masconomet HS-Siena
Coupar Lipp-Revs-Shrewsbury High School-Saint Joseph's University*
Mark Richards-Oakwood-Williston Northampton-UCONN
Duff Thompson-Bolts-BB&N-UNH*
Will Szostkiewicz-Revs-Longmeadow-UNH*
Bernard Yeboah-NEFC Eagles-Worc Academy-Vermont


D2

An Huynh-Bolts-Andover-Adelphi

D3

Matt Renzi-Berkshire School-Babson College
Fritz Windover-NMH-Bates
Josh Ocel-NEFC- Worcester Academy-Brandeis
Tyler Graham-Blazers-Worcester Academy-Brandeis
Evan Jastremski-NEFC-Marshfield-Brandeis
Thales Brito-NEFC-Malden Catholic-Brandeis
Matthew Dias Costa-Bolts-Rivers-Bowdoin
Brandon Allen-Berkshire School-Franklin&Marshall
Tony Amolo-Berkshire School-Kenyon College
Sam Clougher-Berkshire School-Kenyon College
Luis Echeverria-Berkshire School-Middlebury
Phil Skayne-NEFC -Middlesex School-Middlebury
Greg Conrad-Brooks-Middlebury
Jory Makin-Brooks-Middlebury
Zach Vieira-Seacoast-Brooks-St. Lawrence
Malcolm Steele-NMH-Tufts
Derek Grammer-Aztecs-Masconomet HS-Wesleyan University
Patrick Gordon-Brooks-Williams College

A lot of D1 commits from this class. Interesting to note that only a handful of kids (circa 2-3) of the 29 D1's did not either play DAP or go to a prep school.

Odd. I thought the Lipp kid was on EK's NEFC team.