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Lets take Justbaseball's concept...

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...They still have their teams to coach which is their main concern going forward.


Then lets take it a step further and get "real"...

In this "down time" (which really isn't), you gotta' figure that College coaches are currently:

Doing individual workouts with THIS season's team, looking at potential line up's, keeping the current team (35 Players) on track academcially, keeping the current team (35 players) on track emotionally, Keeping the current on track physically (35 players), meeting with the sports information department, troubleshooting and marketing holiday camps, reviewing '07 prospect information -thousands of letters, tapes, emails,..., talking to high school and travel team coaches, scouting opponents, Doing fall individual meetings with players, fundraising, public relations - local rubber chicken curcuit, keeping large program donors happy, meeting with the NCAA compliance department to stay withing current rules and reviewing new ones, urging the AD to give them more money, Meeting with their academics advisors regarding current players, Talking to professors, recruiting scouts for "scout day", setting up and planning Junior Days, Doing university business - mountains of reports in triplicate, budgeting, reassessing the fallout of the '06 early signing period, planning physical improvements, Pumpimg other coaches for information, assessing potential player transfers in and out, meetings, meetings and more meetings...

and dealing with a % of goofy parents who won't stop calling, (8-26 recuits and 35 current players)

and of course reading HSBBW relgiously....

And then if there is any time left over, there is family and personal life...

And that's just the stuff an idiot like me can think up. Cool

While it would be nice to expect lots of calls and personal attention, it simply isn't very realistic. The recruting period is a time when players get an inordinate amount of a programs attention.

After that it becomes the self responsibility of the player to do everything he can in the next 9 months to come to school in the fall ready to compete at the highest level possible, in the classroom and on the field.

The honeymoon is over....time to get to get back work. It is a brand new beginning and a new hill to climb.

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Last edited by observer44
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