Why Coaches Hate Recruiting

[oldude]

The LOI is just what it says, it is a letter stating an athlete's intent to attend a particular university and the university will provide a scholarship for that player, nothing else. So to infer that coach can somehow violate an LOI by encouraging a player to go elsewhere is inaccurate. EDD signed an LOI did she not? Fitting into a program's long term plans doesn't just imply basketball ability, if this is the inference you drew from that statement then that's incorrect. It specifically speaks to the totality of the player and his/her impact on the program. Sadie Edwards didn't have a bad attitude and didn't lack effort, but both she and Geno felt that a change of scenery would be best for her.

I'm afraid we're just going to have to disagree on this topic. I will point out that just a few games into her freshman year Sadie Edwards wanted a commitment from Geno that he would give her more playing time, before she had done much of anything to earn it, so I do think that attitude & effort had much to do with Geno suggesting to her that she might be happier somewhere else.

Not sure how EDD is relevant to a coach suggesting to a player that they go elsewhere, since the decision to leave was EDD's and Geno did everything he could to convince her to stay.