The notion a person would reconsider staying at a public school if they weren't pulled up or the HS would not pull a player up due to its pending decision to go to a catholic school has no bearing. There is usually more to the story those two excuses are just convenient.

If you go to a Catholic school you are starting from the bottom Freshman/JV and working your way up. You know it and embrace it. If you have a skill the varsity team can use why would a coach not utilize it while they could.