Do we think the staff would really accept his commitment and go through the whole Bowen, Keeley, Moore drama? I mean I know kids change there mind but I feel like this cycle staff is going to be like all in or not and thats it... like some way of firmer commitment however that is... I could be wrong but they have to have changed up some after the last cycle....
Somewhat playing devil's advocate here but why? What really is the cost to taking a commitment even if the kid *might* keep looking around? It is a stake in the ground that he is coming to Notre Dame, which gives us a leg up, at least. And many guys commit and don't keep seriously looking around and wind up in the recruiting class. Bird in the hand and all that.
As for the "drama," it is annoying for sure, especially for us fans. It's probably some extra phone calls for the staff to "check in" after a kid visits somewhere else. But no coach worth his salt on the trail in this day and age is going to stop recruiting his commits just because they are "committed," and, at most positions, we're going to keep talking with other players because you take more than one. So you have a fallback.
QB is an exception, of course, which is why Moore was more problematic than the others last cycle (who, ironically, were publicly committed in a way he was not). But I'm not sure what Bowen or Keeley committing and then flipping really cost us, in the end. And I'd say the same about Scott if he commits for us and then flips in the fall.
