Does it make a difference if you make your offer (starts, time, home & campus visits) at the beginning of the recruiting cycle?
Do teams that make their offers towards the end of the recruiting cycle have an advantage?

That depends on what you mean by "recruiting cycle." The earlier in the recruiting session that you promise a start/minutes the better. This is because the value of subsequent recruiting actions (AP and visits) is increased by some amount in the cycles after the promise. So 80 AP after a promised start is worth more than 80 AP without the promise.

However, there is no difference in the timing within one recruiting cycle. A promise made at 12 pm EST will have the same impact as a promise made at 3 pm EST. Both of the promises will process at 5 pm EST when the cycle ends.

Thanks Slam,
Was thinking of folks coming in at the end of recruiting period 1 or 2 and taking a recruit away

To the clarified post, timing matters. It is always better to do your promises prior to visits, from a value standpoint. Doing them same cycle is ok, because promises get processed first. But promises increase the value of your visits. So if you're doing visits, and then trying to add promises at the end as a last resort, you're giving up a lot of value.

From a strategic standpoint, it may not always make sense to offer promises first, for example if you end up not getting challenged for the recruit. But you don't get maximum value from your visits that way.

Can someone confirm this? I've never heard that promises before visits have any more value.

See last couple of pages of this thread.

https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=499912&page=9

Thanks Koop

Posted by pkoopman on 7/1/2017 7:11:00 PM (view original):
See last couple of pages of this thread.

https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=499912&page=9

Interesting. Thanks Poopman