Reply to "Do all College coaches lie when recruiting?"

3and2Fastball10,000+ posts

While I'm not discounting the reality that the OP's son was lied to, a lot of times it really is a misinterpretation by the kid/parents. And there is also this weird disconnect where most parents do not want to know the truth, they want to stay in their fantasy world version of what they think will happen.

Case in point, a friend of ours' kid just commited to a mid major this past weekend. We were talking about the program and she said "of course, everybody on the roster plays..." Ummm, no, actually, they do not...

I'm not sure what she thinks she heard during their visit & meeting with the coaches. "Everybody plays in the Fall"? "Everybody gets a chance to play"? "Everybody plays in practice"? But when I tried to explain the reality of college Baseball to her, she took this sanctimonious tone with me, like I was clueless, so I just let it alone...

9/30/1910:22 AM

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