cabbagedad posted:Yup, this can be the toughest time of year... cuts. Even as we discuss this at the D1 level. Imagine these very talented players, all the years of work, dreams, accomplishments, expectations, the recruiting process, with the hope of reaching D1 baseball, finally doing so only to have it abruptly and harshly end before it really gets started.
Hi Cabbage could you explain who can be "cut" in more detail in the context of DI only? Presumably, players that attend a school as a "walk on" or "preferred walk on" can be cut, any regular student attending an open "tryout" can be cut, and (except for Power 5 where there is a 4 year deal), any scholarship player after his first year can be cut (because it is a year by year deal)?
If that is accurate, how common is it that a scholarship player gets "cut" after his first year? Off the field trouble (bad grades, criminal offense for example) is one thing. But if a coach cuts former scholarship recruits because he feels he made a mistake or he can now do do better with new recruits - that would seem to be bad business in that recruits would learn that this coach cuts scholarship players and may avoid the program for fear they would be "cut" after the first year. How prevalent is that?
My experience is with DI volleyball where there is not much "cutting" of scholarship players - there are situations where a coach makes the player uncomfortable and does not play her in the hope that she voluntarily quits or transfers -- but no "cuts" per se. I always assumed the primary reason for that is that the coach/AD does not want the reputation of cutting scholarship players.