A well connected travel director and/or coach has gotten over 100 players into college programs, including SEC teams as well as at all levels, has had at least 5-6 kids drafted and at least 1 or 2 players in MLB. That is well connected. He can pick up the phone and text 50 different college coaches and get a text back within minutes. He has colleges calling & texting him every single day. He runs a Fall Scout team that has MLB affiliation. MLB scouts stop by his office just to chat.
Those guys are not common. There are only 2 of them in our entire state.