Early College Football Signing Period Added
Coaches:
Coaches may have a better sense of their shopping list with this extra window. Perhaps you’ve filled some of your projected roster holes at a certain position and can now winnow your recruiting focus for the next signing period. You can also consolidate your recruiting resources on the biggest prizes you expect to sign during the early window.
As noted in the previous slide, the entire coaching staff may have to change time management to allow for even more recruiting activities during the season. This will also distract from bowl preparation given the timing of the signing window.
Schools change coaches after the season and before the bowl season to get a jump on recruiting. You can’t blame Arkansas or Oregon State for wanting their new coaches to work their magic immediately. I don’t expect coaches to pull a Nick Saban or Bobby Petrino and quit on their teams before the regular season ends, but the incentive sure is there. For schools looking to change coaches, they might move up that timeline and axe the coach during the season (instead of playing out the string) in order to signal to recruits something better is coming.