@d-mac posted:It is on the coaches. They are the ones that bring in 20 over the signing number. We give the coaches way too much benefit of the doubt. The coaches are the ones selling that dream to the kid and the family. What really sucks in baseball is that the players are paying most of the bill. In the SEC, most coaches are close to a million a year or more. The assistants are 200-300k a year. The coach will dump you in a second if he can find a better player. Then you are stuck with an apartment lease at your old school and trying to find a new home with yet another apartment lease and most likely no scholarship money if you are moving on mid year. I know too many people that have gone through it the last 12 months and more that are about to go through it in the next 4-6 weeks. All of them were studs out of high school too.
The SEC is an outlier, for the most part one could probably say P5 schools hold different weight vs non P5.
Question, how many new recruits should a coach bring in on an annual basis?
Each division has their own way they deal with roster management.
As for blaming the coaches, isn't their job to get the best talent?
Did they pressure the Student Athlete and his family to come to the school with the opportunity to potentially play baseball?
That being said, there is a interesting series of articles on d1baseball.com discussing the roster management.
Remember most decisions are emotional or what we might think maybe not the most informed.
IMHO, the meaning of making the "most informed decision" will depend on the individual.