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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 3148596, member: 780"] I seems to be an article of faith on here that HS coaches are critical in the recruiting process and that in order to do this you need them on your side. That may be true at some schools, but for most of them that's a relic of the past. They are important because you don't want them saying anything negative about your program. But beyond that their importance is greatly diminished. Prospect Identification - Years ago, colleges depended on high school coaches to tip them off when they had kids that could play at their level. That's no longer even a little bit true. With the Internet, camps, YouTube, parent videos, Recruiting services. etc. there is no one flying under the radar. Everybody knows everything about everybody. The Increased Expectations and Role of Parents - Convinced or hoping that there son will be going to college for free and then off to the NBA or NFL, parents aren't about to let the HS coaches tell them what they ought to do. In those home meetings with the coach complimenting the banana cream pie, is the HS coach present? (A. No) The Lack of Parent (and Prospect) Faith in the HS Coaches. If you sit among the parents at games they all seem convinced the coach is an idiot and that they could do better if they had the time. Their kids isn't being used properly. He isn't getting the playing time he needs to improve. The plays are the wrong ones, etc., etc. Parents don't trust the motives of the HS Coaches - They know that coaches have favorite schools and friends on staffs. They know it's to the coaches benefit to direct kids to certain schools either to curry favor, to reinforce a relationship or to start and develop a new relationship. What the HS coaches are good for is in inputting things about prospects work habits, his toughness, his intelligence, etc. But even then, the college coaches would be half crazy to believe everything they are told because it's a huge feather in a HS coach's cap to have kids get scholarships. What he is worried about is HIS program. [/QUOTE]

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