Geno is not Muffet

[UcMiami]

Buzzboy - but to follow through, I am sure Muffet expected Jewel next year, and adjusted her recruiting over the past few years with that thought in mind. And the fact Jewel was on the team and assumed to be there through 2016 may have turned some recruits away from considering sitting behind her for one or two years.

And Jewel's leaving doesn't just effect Muffet, but also her teammates. How much does Jewel owe to them?
Someone touched on this above, but i just wanted to point out a discussion that was held on this board where a few people felt Courtney's decision to be home schooled her senior year was leaving her teammates in the lurch. I didn't agree then, and don't think it has much bearing now either, but I would guess some of her teammates would feel she was abandoning them - others may be looking forward to more playing time .

 

[2Husky]

It's true that players committing can alter recruiting strategies so that backing out hurts the team later, but so can injuries. At least if a player leaves they won't be taking up a scholarship like they would if they were injured and sitting on the bench, so someone else can potentially be brought in. Coaches get paid (a lot) to adapt to changing teams, so I'm not going to feel sorry for them.

 

[BigBird]

I don't think the anger or negative comments about the player or the decision should ever be vented publicly, but as to justification for feeling ill used, I think it depends on what the school did in reliance on the player's word that she was coming/staying... If Loyd said one thing one week and another a couple of weeks later, it seems much less likely that irreversible decisions were made in the interim in reliance on her earlier position.

Agreed. This is why I sometimes wonder about the recruit who is fairly sure where she wants to go, but delays communication with her chosen coach until some set date later. Not knowing what school to choose is entirely understandable. Jerking people around just because you can though, is another matter. More a MBB symptom than a WBB one?