Iceland12
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Didn't see this referenced. Pretty interesting.
"n fact, recruits are about as faithful, on average, as the schools with which they sign. During the recruiting cycles for the classes examined, schools in the six BCS automatic qualifying conferences and Notre Dame combined to fire 39 coaches who had years remaining on their contracts. (Florida State is not included on this list because the school had no contractual obligation to Bobby Bowden after the 2009 season.) On average, 11.6 percent of the coaches were fired each year. Add the 15 coaches who walked away from jobs with years remaining on their contracts, and the percentage of coaching change jumps to an average of 15.8 percent a year.
The decommitment numbers do tell a story, though. Of the players who decommitted, 34.2 percent either failed to qualify, transferred or were dismissed. The aforementioned Martin left Florida in 2011, transferred to Navarro Junior College and has since left that school. Of the players who made one commitment and stuck to it, only 18.7 percent either failed to qualify, transferred or were dismissed. (I did not include players who earned degrees and took advantage of the NCAA's one-time graduate transfer exception. If a player stayed long enough to graduate, he and the school fulfilled any obligations to one another.)"
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...1/20/commitment.project/index.html?xid=cnnbin
"n fact, recruits are about as faithful, on average, as the schools with which they sign. During the recruiting cycles for the classes examined, schools in the six BCS automatic qualifying conferences and Notre Dame combined to fire 39 coaches who had years remaining on their contracts. (Florida State is not included on this list because the school had no contractual obligation to Bobby Bowden after the 2009 season.) On average, 11.6 percent of the coaches were fired each year. Add the 15 coaches who walked away from jobs with years remaining on their contracts, and the percentage of coaching change jumps to an average of 15.8 percent a year.
The decommitment numbers do tell a story, though. Of the players who decommitted, 34.2 percent either failed to qualify, transferred or were dismissed. The aforementioned Martin left Florida in 2011, transferred to Navarro Junior College and has since left that school. Of the players who made one commitment and stuck to it, only 18.7 percent either failed to qualify, transferred or were dismissed. (I did not include players who earned degrees and took advantage of the NCAA's one-time graduate transfer exception. If a player stayed long enough to graduate, he and the school fulfilled any obligations to one another.)"
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...1/20/commitment.project/index.html?xid=cnnbin
