Soft Commit Question

[Houndy]

Re: Soft Commit Question

Super unlikely that he will commit to another school.
A soft commit is basically saying that i will sign with you.
I have never lost a soft commit or stolen a soft commit from another school.
To make him commit just keep talking to him.
Dont use too much time though.

I have stolen many actually. The key is to talk bad about the school ahead of you. Like in my dynasty, I saw this guy with a 4.3 40 time, decided to go after him. I bad talked Houston (as Florida, so use your big school ratings to your advantage), they got -250+, I ended up as the number 1 choice.

[skeezapleez]

Re: Soft Commit Question

i would really like to know if recruits "react" to their position on your recruiting board
but i'm going to assume that they don't
because every week i go to look at my board and it has been reorganized
in no discernable order?
anyone else have this problem?

I'm guessing you have one of the recruiting assistance options turned on.

[skeezapleez]

Re: Soft Commit Question

I have stolen many actually. The key is to talk bad about the school ahead of you. Like in my dynasty, I saw this guy with a 4.3 40 time, decided to go after him. I bad talked Houston (as Florida, so use your big school ratings to your advantage), they got -250+, I ended up as the number 1 choice.

Where can you see a recruits 40 time?

[ZekeRoberts]

Re: Soft Commit Question

make sure you change your settings to manual for everything or else the computer will organize your board, add recruits to it, and offer scholorships to them too.

i did have the cpu assist off... anyone else have the CPU reorder their board against their will?

[skeezapleez]

Re: Soft Commit Question

i did have the cpu assist off... anyone else have the CPU reorder their board against their will?

I've only ever had it happen when I forgot to take assist off.

[jmill703]

Re: Soft Commit Question

So if a player soft commits to another school, am I basically doomed and should take them off my board immediately?

[skeezapleez]

Re: Soft Commit Question

So if a player soft commits to another school, am I basically doomed and should take them off my board immediately?

No. I've stolen them from other teams even after they soft committed to them and had them stolen from me as well. As others have said, you just need to pour as much time as possible into them, and when it seems useful, use the compare against feature.

[AiDub]

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So if a player soft commits to another school, am I basically doomed and should take them off my board immediately?

No you're not doomed... Like many have stated before, just keep at it. Use the comparison option as much as possible to bad mouth the school that the prospect has soft-committed to.

Sometimes it's all for not but in some occasions you can do enough damage to change their mind.

[Brandwin]

Re: Soft Commit Question

I would also add when you compare schools, if the difference isn't at least a full grade more in your favor, it's pointless.

[MrJ2006]

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Where can you see a recruits 40 time?

I believe its in the stat columns to the right when you have a list of recruits up. You may have to scroll over a couple spots.

[skeezapleez]

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I believe its in the stat columns to the right when you have a list of recruits up. You may have to scroll over a couple spots.

I guess I need to dig deeper into my recruiting.

[AiDub]

Re: Soft Commit Question

I would also add when you compare schools, if the difference isn't at least a full grade more in your favor, it's pointless.

Not really... Every point counts my friend. Even if it's a few here and there, it adds up especially if you're in a tight battle with another school. A B+ vs B- is still a decent point gain and loss for the other team.

[jmill703]

Re: Soft Commit Question

No you're not doomed... Like many have stated before, just keep at it. Use the comparison option as much as possible to bad mouth the school that the prospect has soft-committed to.

Sometimes it's all for not but in some occasions you can do enough damage to change their mind.

Well I'm in Week 8 of my dynasty with the University of Virginia, and so far every player on my board that Soft Commits to a different school has ended up signing with the school the next week. UVA is a hassle to recruit with. They don't have any pitches that are A's except Academic Prestige. Which is low for 2/3 of the players I recruit...

I'm recruiting on Heisman and I'm having trouble signing 3-star guys. I'm losing recruiting battles with the likes of Navy, Ohio, ect. Hell, even Memphis is looking like they are going to steal one of my guys. I didn't play NCAA 11 so this recruiting engine is new to me. But I like it so far.

[Spooky]

Re: Soft Commit Question

I searched for this thread because I'm currently trying to do this. I have a 4* QB who had Iowa as #1 and me (Nebraska) #2. I was about -460 on points, and he had soft committed to Iowa. I just started bombarding him 60 minutes a week and talking crap about Iowa for a couple weeks. He finally ended his "soft commit" to Iowa, and has me #1 now, even though Iowa is only -1 in points from me. Hopefully I can land him, I've never landed someone who was soft recruited elsewhere before.

[TWOSILK]

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I searched for this thread because I'm currently trying to do this. I have a 4* QB who had Iowa as #1 and me (Nebraska) #2. I was about -460 on points, and he had soft committed to Iowa. I just started bombarding him 60 minutes a week and talking crap about Iowa for a couple weeks. He finally ended his "soft commit" to Iowa, and has me #1 now, even though Iowa is only -1 in points from me. Hopefully I can land him, I've never landed someone who was soft recruited elsewhere before.

but did they give him a offer?? I see people with soft commits and no offer, so i am just asking.