@TPM is spot on about how relationships play into placing players in collegiate summer leagues. But those relationships are much more likely to exist between summer leagues/teams and 4 year school coaches than with JuCo coaches. @JucoDad is spot on regarding the posture of JuCo coaches when talking to their players about summer placements. They are much more likely to talk about what is possible than they are to actually do something. They aren’t going to advocate for an unproven player.
It’s almost like the people that have been there and done that give really good advice. Crazy how that works!