CoachMike wrote:http://www.irantradio.com/#!kidz-n-sports/cktaLast week, Coach MIke was joined by Greg Pappas, former A.D. at Hope International University, and John Cookson (Numero Uno) founder of the Hey Bucket softball web site, to discuss early recruiting and it's ramifications. The show carried over to today as well. Click the link above for last week's show. Today's show should be up by tomorrow.
From the sounds of it, this will be a topic of discussion for awhile.
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I listened to the entire hour... Still have heard nothing productive.
The common theme is "it's just not good for young girls to be recruited cause they don't know what they want in life!"
Sounds like sour grapes to be honest. I guess the core of it is good. I would agree if the sky was truly falling and it is as they proclaim it to be. Just isn't the case!
Now that being said, we were on an unofficial visit recently and this topic was brought to the table by the Head Coach(very well known from a top 10 program) over lunch. This actually surprised me. It showed the coaches truly are concerned. Her approach was different and she said the players in NFCA are actually considering new guidelines. They don't see it as a problem more than an issue with a few Programs not honoring their word which she said is a major taboo in the coaches circle and the actual verbal them self. She said she felt parent stopped pushing and preparing their DD. They assume admission to school, athletism, skills, character, etc no longer need to be cultivated.
In the end she said the schools/systems are getting a bad reputation when the DD doesn't meet the criteria to be a college athlete and looses the offer. She said, people have to remember Programs aren't recruiting the 8th or 9th grader. They are recruiting her potential as a college freshman.
Personally I feel it's mostly a parent issue and now a lot of people have buyers remorse. But as we do in this day and age we always look for someone to blame instead of fixing our issues.
Parents get it together... These are truly great opportunities for our DD why limit them!