Any college coach knows the rule when it comes to recruiting. If you've got that 5-star on campus, you've got to get the commit before they leave. It's the Glengarry Glen Ross rule of "ABC" -- Always Be Closing. That's the rule. You MIGHT get them if they go home to mull it over, but the odds go down massively.
When UConn Huskies coach Dan Hurley left LA without agreeing to be the Los Angeles Lakers' next head coach, it was telling. Monday, he told the world he was going to run it back in Storrs and try to make it a threepeat.