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[QUOTE="JackBauer44, post: 3887997, member: 227"]
Different sport obviously, but I can give my thought process.
Over the past three years, I’ve brought in the #19 and #15 ranked recruiting classes in women’s tennis.

I’m very upfront with my recruits in saying you are a very high priority for me, I want you here, I want you to be here; but this is our deadline for when we are looking to have our class complete by. That date is usually 2/1.

I communicate with them that we have X amount of spots and we are recruiting X amount of players to fill those spots. I think there’s a subtle way of saying take your time and make sure your deification is right, but don’t wait too long, because the spot you want might not be there when you want it.

I’ve been to a couple of recruiting conferences and the setting deadlines is pretty standard practice. The multiple times on my career I’ve extended deadlines for prospects I thought were “can’t miss”, it came back to bite me where I lost out on them and my backup plans.
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