Best way to steal a soft-commited recruit?

[johntom2000]

I hate it when I am -1 away and they still won't come to my school.

[gamemaster-2005]

^^^^^^
try to recruit against his top team. thats how I'm able to still recruits

[bmxdmx]

Quote: Originally Posted by johntom2000

I hate it when I am -1 away and they still won't come to my school.

same here. I hate that

[noles_acc]

I hope this guy breaks his legs, but remember the carnival show around Matt Elam.

Verbal to Florida. Urban Meyer has no heart. Verbal to Florida State. Urban Meyer has heart. Hard Commit to Florida.

[dalecooper]

I don't know of a formula, but I've done it like three times now. I just went with my instincts - 60 min call each week, and hammer on anything that I'm better than their #1 school at with comparisons. One thing I've noticed is that if you have an A or A+ in a category and the #1 school has lower, you should compare even if the player isn't very interested in that category. I noticed with my last steal that I was A+ on early playing time and the #1 school was a C, so I harped on that even though his interest in it was "Very Low." I was still scoring like a +40 for me and -40 for them each call, and that seemed to help.

Just this season I was lucky enough to steal a 5* strong safety who was soft-committed to a bigger program. So it's possible, but really hard. Good luck!

[Whoman]

The only time i managed to snatch someone was when going up against TCU in off-season recruiting, not one but 2 with me getting them to un-comit from TCU.
Both cases i had them visit that weekend and was able to take major points away from TCU with some distinct advantages playing as ND.

I figured i´ll just try, getting them both i felt almost bad ... Then again, they signed 2 of my Top 5 targets in regular recruiting with me ending the process No2 on their list, so i guess that´s ok

[mjarz02]

Quote: Originally Posted by Block-O

The only way ive done it is to be lucky enough to have scheduled a visit right after the player soft commits.

This........

[JMBOO]

I've found a big bag of cash usually does the trick.