Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
To quote former Colorado football head coach Dan Hawkins "Go play intramurals brother"


It's Great that your kid is SS, but most kids aren't and are looking to be treated as promised by the coach. It's a big decision with a big price tag that people are making based on promises and the $ package offered.


The real lesson here, from the standpoint of a girl who wants to actually play (meaning start/get meaningful minutes) at a D1 school, is to make sure your skill level is at starting position level at the school you are going to attend. In other words, understand that the coach's job is to keep recruiting top 5 players for their roster every year, and anticipate that that is what is going to happen in successive years. If you come in as even the 3rd or 4th best recruit in a year, the chances of playing as a starter any of your years at the school are not close to a slam dunk. So you might want to go to a place where you are #1 or #2 in a class. Of course it is fine to use lax to get into a school you want to attend, even if you don't have a great chance of starting. But for those who want to play, they should really honestly assess their ability and how it projects, and choose a program accordingly.

A coach's job is to sell you, as with everything, buyer beware.