@2017 Lefty Dad posted:What happened to the kinder/gentler HSBB attitude about helping high school kids looking for a place to play baseball in college? What happened to most the idea that most "decent" players can probably find a place to play college ball albeit not necessarily a perfect match? There are lots of players that care about winning that don't have the skills to ever sniff a D1 lineup - much less the CWS - but will grind it out four years of college baseball, in front of a few family and friends, in hopes of winning each game. I never took this site for a "P5 or die" approach and rather enjoyed to discussions about D3 baseball opportunities.
Can anyone quote the number of high school kids committing to a P5 baseball program yearly? Any one know what percentage P5 commits comprise of all high school kids heading to college to play baseball (as well as hopefully get an education at the same time)? I'll throw out 5%. This site IMO was never how to get your kid signed by a P5 school (usual comment was if you are good enough for P5 - then P5 will find you). This site - again IMO - was about the other 95% (assuming my wild guess 5% is correct).
I'm not sure why you went into a rant about playing P5. I didn't mention P5. I asked who tries to get into a poor college baseball program at any level? The only reason to do so would be to use baseball to get into the college for it's high end academics. Brown would be a good example.
I believe most college baseball prospects don't put perennial losers on their list unless it's an high academic priority or a family legacy college. Ultimately some players might decide they want to play so badly they will play anywhere. Check out Coppin State about ten plus years ago until the new coach turned them around a little. They're now competitive in conference.