Reply to "Choosing a college. Which weighs more, the school or the coach?"

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Originally posted by Doughnutman:
Should a student/athlete choose his college merely based on the school not the coach?

Ok Don'tman:

You bring up something that, as Tom Seaver would say, the appetizer, and not the real meal.

I believe another concern of the NCAA is it's the student-athlete that is penalized by being tied to the Head Coach vs the School, should the Head Coach leave the program. Today, it's a one year hiatus from baseball, should the student-athlete decide to move on.

Another observation is if the student-athlete gets injured or run into academic issues, and becomes a student, would the college fit?

For 17/18U, many lean toward the coach that recruited him, and with that said, mature the hard way.

12/11/091:06 PM

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