8th grader commits to Kentucky...

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

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If the parents had thought through it at least as long as it took them to get the coaches phone number from the AAU coach they could have maybe realized this will not be the last chance the kid will have. And who knows...? maybe in 4 years the very last thing this kid will want to do is move from SoCal to Kentucky.

In short, it was a stupid, shortsighted decision to let the kid commit at this point.

Really?? He gets an offer from one of top all-time programs (certainly the top 4 and perhaps the top program) and he should hold out for a better opportunity?

Any kid would be stupid not to take an early offer from UK, UNC, Duke, Kansas, and sometimes UCLA. If the offer were from others, perhaps you're right, but not the perenniel powers.

Also, he's free to back out any time as it is since it is not a binding agreement. If he does so, so what, he moves on and there are no real repercussions. If UK backs out, they look like a bad guy. The kid is in a win-win situation.