Reply to "How seriously to take this coach email?"

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It definitely makes sense to carefully evaluate these invites and not lump them all into just a money grab category. 2017 was in dialogue with one of the assistant coaches who saw him at a showcase, and then shortly after one of the more generic camp invite e-mails from the school arrived. Turns out it was another assistant coach who was in charge of those and did not know there had already been two-way interest with the other coach.

Fortunately my son followed up with the assistant coach he was conversing with and he convinced him to attend the camp--that it would be good for the HC and other coaches to see him in action. So he went and sure enough all five coaches were behind the screen watching him pitch three innings in the scrimmage game. He excelled in the scrimmage and got the commitment there at the camp.

So it can happen--just be sure there is more interest and dialogue than just the standard invite shows.

7/22/1911:24 AM

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