If you know you don’t want a recruit after all, tell her right after the July viewing period – not three weeks before National Signing Day. It’s well-known that all the prime spots are filled the second Wednesday in November, and those waiting until the late signing period in April will take what they can get, for the most part, as coaches fill in the holes that are left on their rosters.
But I guess that’s what you can expect from a head coach who used to, and still may, make players schedule an appointment to talk to her.