and like what was said earlier it makes sense if he knows he's coming here and wants to be tight lipped - living in Louisiana
True, but it can also be said, with just as much veracity, that it makes sense if he knows he is going to LSU and just wants to wait and create more hype for himself and their recruiting class.
And, to be sure, that sort of thing does happen a lot, and it's pretty common.
I don't know how modern blue-chippers deal with all the hype. With Rivals and Scout, recruiting boards like this one, and radio "experts" all hyping it up, it must be a major distraction in a kid's final year of high school football.
When I was in college in the '70's, Signing Day was when recruits began committing to a school, they signed all spring, and every kid took his visits. Now the pressure starts in their Junior year and is relentless for 18-24 months. If Randle can block out all the distractions and take his time about making an important decision--well, good for him.
I agree to an extent because recruiting is a much bigger deal these days, but even so you can end the process whenever you want to. If it's really
that big of a burden, he can just call up, commit, and then say he's firm and not taking any other visits. End of story. And I know there is a lot of media devoted to it these days, but even so, they haven't created a newfangled electronic device to yet that didn't have an off button. You can disconnect yourself at will, as much as some people like to think you cannot. Besides, many of the pressures one way or the other, like the pressure from friends and family to stay close to home, have always been around, even way back when.
Being honest, I would say in all actuality it's probably far from a burden. If anything, most recruits, and probably Randle too, deep down love the notion of essentially having the world at the fingertips and just hanging on every last word they say.
One final point... I know it can be said that you need all of the time to think out the decision, but I disagree. How many major life decisions do most people get two or three years to make? Aside from five-star recruits, practically zero. I sat down and decided my college of choice and business school of choice, combined, in about three weeks. It can be done, if you really want to do it. And even if you operate at a slightly slower pace, over a year is more than adequate time to get the job done.
At the end of the day, I just think it all goes back to most of these kids like having the world on a string more so than any real uncertainty regarding their decision this late in the process.
Frankly, I still believe that Randle has it all figured out. He knows, he's just not telling. Same thing goes for just about every other "undecided" recruit out there right now.
