Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Unfortunately, deal with it. Doesn't happen at the DI, II or III level.


If you are saying that there is never a situation in the college ranks where a player who is currently capable of playing better than another, but is still relegated to play behind that other player, you are wrong. This happens a lot with a player who is highly recruited, and then, when that player doesn't live up to expectations, he or she is provided a much longer rope to achieve the expected potential before the coach finally lets the player(s) 'behind' that player get their chance. [lacrosse], this happens in the pros with high paid contracts! Bottom line, is that if it happens in the pros, in colleges, then it also happens at all of the levels below, with private schools being worse than public schools at the HS levels.



okay can of worms being open.

What schools HS does this happen the most?


I wasn't citing HS examples - I simply said that if it happens in the pros and colleges, it will also happen at levels below that. Since this is in many cases a direct result of recruiting, it would likely be more a problem in private HSs, since there is really no such thing as recruiting in public HS. I watched this play out personally in a DIII college football program where a highly recruited freshman was given almost 2 full seasons of mediocrity before the coach finally pulled the plug on a guy and let better performing players get deserved time. I know others who saw and have recounted similar during their times in other schools in other programs/sports.