So...did he sort of force the coach's hand by saying he was announcing within a week?
Or...what changed? You say we were after him for a long time...but no offer?
He even kind on mentions that he might have forced their hand a bit in an interview from yesterday.
But I think they had planned to make a decision a couple weeks ago but I would guess Frost's dad passing pushed things back to some extent.
Carnie also mentioned they were mainly looking at numbers. He mentioned they said something about not wanting to pull a different offer. I don't know if that was a main reason or just a stall tactic but I think it definitely played a roll. We probably don't really need three TEs in one class, especially when we have more options next year.
So I think it was mainly he's someone they wanted but, with two other TEs already committed, didn't know if they could short another position to take a third TE (unless Fidone was the third TE in which case it would be a no-brainer).