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Message: [QUOTE="timkay99, post: 1631262, member: 635"] Again, I don't disagree with that. But, if the staff evaluates a player as not being able to contribute after coaching up (which seems to be the staff evaluation of many of the decommits), you just can't take that kid (IMO) just because he is from New York and from a powerhouse school. P5 schools are the schools that dominate recruiting. They should have their choice of nearly everyone not going to a P5 school. I respectfully disagree about sacrifices needing to be made on rosters to get the elite players. I can even provide an example of this from the baseball recruiting world. We went after a kid (RHP) for about 4 months (not very long, but I had just gotten hired) from a school that feeds both students and student athletes to our school. We are a NAIA school, so we have to build relationships to be successful. Had a great talk with the HS coach and he really wants his kids (we are also recruiting a UTL type from there) to come to Freed. Both come up for visits, we offer the RHP and UTL after the visit a near full ride. We have everything here, great relationship, only offer, kids like everything and they have near full rides. Fast forward - RHP goes to a Tennessee Tech camp (D-1), receives an offer and commits on the spot. Now the UTL (who still hasn't picked up any other offers and has a near full ride offer from us) is waiting to see what happens because he thinks he will receive a D-1 offer. My point in that story is that it doesn't matter what relationships are built, if a school a tier above you comes in, it is rare to beat them. It comes down more to that kid then the relationship with the HS coach. That RHP was the # 2 kid on my pitcher board, we signed the # 1 b/c we got in early, he committed to us early and he wanted to shut down recruiting early. For that # 1 kid, I talked to the HS coach, but the reason he signed with us and didn't wait is because the kid loved us and didn't care who else came calling (at least that is the case now, hopefully it stays that way into the spring!) Sorry Riggins got caught up in this. I am still of the belief there are much better ways to build relationships with HS coaches then by taking marginal players per the staff's evaluation. Doesn't mean the staff evaluation is right, but its their evaluation. [/QUOTE]

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