tbjd33 wrote:rbi wrote:tbjd33 wrote:rbi wrote:I have not spent too much time on the bucket lately, and had no idea how much love there is for tbj, but now i know
btw, very good point spaz and i like your idea!
RBI... No love received and no love given here. Been a few years these people have tried to make thier case. I will never agree in any way shape or form opportunity should be minimized.
These claims of trouble with offers taken, coaching changes,offers minimized or girls dropped. Those things do happen and they are unfortunate. They are also not the norm no matter what you hear. I am a populist in this case where I feel those are part of attrition. Every system has a fallout of some sort and this is it for softball.
AI your point is good. In fact I think it can work and probably be implemented, BUT that's not the world we live in and I'm not in a habit of hoping to change the system. I adapt and have tought my DD to adapt and do everything to take advantage of it...
So RBI I'm not a know it all, I simply believe what I believe. Until the system changes I don't think I will be knocked off my soap box.
Oh and yes what part didn't you understand college softball is t a job. I just prefer to look at it as an opportunity and a blessing.
Spaz you always beat that drum. Major... Major... Major.... I agree. No one if forcing anyone to choose a school. Trust me if/when an 8th/9th grader is offered there are usually more than one Single school involved. That's called choice and opportunity. It's that DD and family's business to choose the right or wrong school. None of us have the right to judge others choice!
I often wonder what opportunity DD's would have without softball. How many could afford to pay for school. Is that better than a bad major. In my real life work experience a degree in basket weaving is preferred over a high school graduate. That being said I prefer the school and major of choice for all. Just isn't going to happen. Ever!
FP... Trust, this has nothing to do with me. Yes I do sport a hat or a shirt. That's to honor my DD and her hard work. Nothing wrong that! I'm confident we have a plan and the work ethic to prevent an issue in the future. We are confident in her choice, school, coaching staff. It's called due diligence and that we did. My DD have any and all info on each school, so it is a well informed choice.
All in all rankings are important to DD's. Those that say they don't care(including parents) usually have Coke bottles on.
Just sayin...
PS.... Might have a few iPhone typos. Stop it!!
You can't be serious, it may be important to parents like you who walk around telling everyone how great your kid is wearing full garb, but to the kids that im around they could give a rats ass about rankings, you kidding me, what a joke….
having been on the inside for a few years now and with a son coaching at same school as my kid, i hear the good bad and the ugly, when it comes to kids who were once crowned as the best of the best in the country, trust me the less your kid pays attn to that garbage the better off she will be in long run. But i have a feeling its too late for you...
Who doesn't care about rankings? Everyone cares if they say they don't they are lying, know they don't have a chance at them or they simply don't know it's out there.
We live in a society of ranking everything. We rank best movie, song, restruarant, hotel, football players, best company to work for, best beach, etc.... Just Google best whatever the hell you can think of and its ranked. To say no one cares means you live in a box!
Everyone called me crazy a few years ago when I said I saw scouts at 12u PGF and I knew 7th graders with unofficials. Everyone said I was nuts when I explained insights to early verbals and conversations with coaches. Everyone says I'm crazy with my views on early recruiting. You guys think I'm nuts about rankings. Man all I can say I'm giving you honest insight to the process in REAL TIME. Like it or not or agree or not this is the state of our game.
Today it's rankings... That's all!
I will read your garbage because i like humor, but plz dont try and educate me about recruiting. My kid has a teammate who committed as an 8th grader 6 YEARS ago and was walking around campus on visit as a 13yr old like 7yrs ago, so plz dont try and tell people "i told them all" just stop with the self patting on the back crap. People that are close to the softball world, and obviously you think you are but truly are not, have known and continue to know about the early verbal and how it progressed.
Take this for whats its worth, your child should be focusing on what she can control and nothing else, and a ranking is NOT one of them. I just have this feeling you have tarnished that, but i do wish your kid the best of luck on her future no matter what decision she made or will make, that means nothing to anyone but you and your family to be honest…. I will leave this topic with this quote by a great man….
"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. be careful"