Having coached at the college level for the past decade plus, I'm not saying club ball isn't important in the development of a player, but it's really not an accurate portrait of the player. And I'm not risking my job on some club coach's opinion that I don't know. No self-respecting coach reads a thing ty zanders writes other than to laugh at it. And any coach that blindly calls a club coach and recruits down a list is not long for the coaching biz. They will probably be running a club or tournament soon. I agree, give me an athlete, give me someone that understands field spacing and movement and give me a nice kid from a good family. You can have the rest. I'd also prefer to see how a kid plays for his h.s team. Give me 2 full h/s game tapes- one with your "best performance" and one against your toughest competition. Even better if that's the same tape.
I'll go back to lurking.