@Gunner Mack Jr. posted:I wasn't saying its happening, it was a comment made by someone who's only seeing d3 coaches signed up for events. I bet you a D3 school could pick off a D1 talent though. Its July, D1 spots this year are tough, all the top schools have filled up their slots. The draft was 5 rounds. Seniors came back. Sure there are a lot of less competitive less academic D1 schools with spots open. There are also a lot of highly competitive good to great academic D3 schools with 8-10 spots to fill. You read that comment and you are thinking what - P5 level talent, one level down D1? Yeah, that isn't going to happen if their focus is high end baseball. They prob wouldn't get patriot league hopefuls. But good players who are hanging out there right now with slots filling up and dead periods getting extended why is it unreasonable to think a very high end D3 couldn't pick of D1 talent. Why is that a joke? You clearly understand the environment out there right now.
Yes I understand the environment. I also understand the difference between D1 & D3 talent. I also understand the mindset of 18 year old kids seeing as I coach a bunch of them. Kids that think they are D1 (which is most of them) aren’t going to go D3 - even when they should.