@BaseballMOM05 posted:The first day he sets foot on the practice field at a top 25 D1 program. They not only aren’t good enough to get on the field, most of them don’t even get the opportunity. In many cases they are demeaned and treated like peons - and they receive little to no coaching. The program keeps them because they might develop into productive players but the program doesn’t care about them until they can actually help win games.
Then why do coaches even bother to recruit them? How about schools only recruit kids they feel are going to make an immediate, or near immediate impact? Save everyone a lot of time and heartache.
Sometimes they didn’t see the kid enough, sometimes the kid isn’t totally healthy and able to perform his best, sometimes the transition takes an adjustment and sometimes the kid was a walk on and seems expendable. Finally, sometimes a freshman or transfer comes in who is better and they see that they won’t ever really need you. On the flip side, I think the bigger scholarship you have, the more a target is on your back to perform day one.