RECRUITING: New Isaiah Stokes information
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Halsted does god's work, and I think it's free thru January. Do yourself a favor and sign up. If that was an ESPN insider article or something I would share the info. But Halstead is awesome and deserves the clicks.
Nope. Just respect the work he puts in. Without him the recruiting scene is pretty barren for Iowa State football.
Anyone with VIP want to give some insight?
I wonder if this coincides with the Crystal Ball pick from Brian Flinn...
Nobody is assuming ****. Someone said he's hoping the news is that he will sign before Wednesday. No reasoning to justify it, just blind hope.
No reason to start a rumor saying people think it's going to happen.
The more likely news is regarding the Crystal Ball update that most others have already heard about.
Let's not get our panties in a twist hoping people will drop the premium info and have everyone think it means he's guaranteed to sign.
So we will get some feel then tomorrow given the early signing deadline. I continue to hope that I.S. will commit vs. slow playing us for a better/elite offer (sorry forks we're not UNC yet).
Yeah, that is the only concern for me going forward, I think he is a diamond in the rough who didn't get too much pub on the recruiting trail because of his perceived future in football. But now that he is a top-100, unsigned big man, if top schools swing and miss on their guys in the late period, there could be some that come sniffing around for Isaiah. I hope I'm wrong, but that is my main concern with him not signing in the early period.
Guess I don't fully understand the signing deadline purpose. Can't players commit any time? And can't newly recruited players that signed this past week still decommit anyway like a few of our football guys have?
Signing a NLI essentially binds you to that school, the only way you can get release is if you forgo a year of eligibility (essentially transferring). So, the 3 players that signed with us this past week, are now officially signed with Iowa State. The difference between a commitment and a signed recruit is that a verbal commitment holds no weight. A person can verbally commit and de-commit as many times as they would like, without any penalty to their eligibility. So if you get a player to sign their NLI it is the ink drying on their commitment. People want Stokes to sign because it means we will have 4 recruits coming for sure, and we can focus more time on our transfer/JuCo recruits. Stokes could very well verbally commit on Thursday, but it won't be nearly as important as a commtment and signing of the NLI on Wednesday, because we would have to wait until the Spring to get him to officially sign.
Once you have signed, you cannot decommit. Once you have signed, other schools are not allowed to recruit you or even contact you. If you choose to play somewhere else after you signed, you must be released by the school or sit out a year due to transfer rules.
The football players that have decommitted haven't signed yet.
I posted this elsewhere...
I think what may help drag this out is the fact that we're high on him and we have so many spots to fill. He knows that his offer to play here is going to remain open. If we only had one spot left, it could very well speed up the process. Just my thought.
I agree but think the only way around it is to say, "you're our man if you sign now, if not we are also forced to look for others including Transfers".
There will be plenty of top 25 schools looking for high quality HS post players this spring. There is zero risk on Stokes part to wait and sign next spring if he wants to evaluate all options. The only limitation may be his ability to take official vs. un-official visits.
