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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 264135, member: 780"] Your experience is at odds with mine. I am very close to two of Washington DC's top programs in terms of overall recruits for sports and have knowledge of at least two more. I have watched the whole recruiting process in multiple sports for a number of years. Coaches don't have "zero" influence. They are most valuable as talent scouts and assessors for their own teams and for their opponents. But the view that they are a huge part of recruiting for most prospects is flawed. Public school, and to an extent private school coaches, aren't going to stick their necks out. They push a kid in the direction of a school and things don't work out to the parent's expectations, then the high school coach is called an "idiot". The rewards are too small and the risks are too great. These are guys looking for a pension at some point in time. [/QUOTE]