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Message: [QUOTE="Orangepace, post: 360968, member: 322"] Silent verbals can also work in other ways than those mentioned here... 1) A player could verbal, but we ask them to keep it silent so that we can lock up more players at their position who may shy away if they know we've already locked up a few.. Less of an issue if the former keeps it silent. Not all kids welcome competition. 2) A silent verbal can also be more effective at recruiting other players to the school during camps, etc. I'd imagine some would be more apt to listen/befriend a guy who's also going through the process than one that is biased and just trying to rally recruits to the school he's already committed to. 3) If the staff feels it may not be as solid as they would hope, they'd rather a recruit not go public and then jump ship later on down the road because it could cause other commitments to jump ship as well, so you wouldn't leak this to the public in order to avoid negative publicity down the road. [/QUOTE]