mike,
Thanks for replying on that other post. I will believe you when you say you help recruit at a small college.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a solid DIII prospect.
I coached at two small colleges. I was always looking for players who were better than our competitors. If I had a roster full of 7s and above, which we always did, we were going to be very successful. One year we had two pitchers who ended up pitching in the Big Leagues and a CF who got to AAA. Also had two players later transfer to DI schools.
So if a 3 (our scale) Is defined - ("Possible" DIII or low level Juco prospect) what does that say?
It tells the player he is a POSSIBLE DIII player. It tells the "competitive" DIII coaches to look higher!
Mike... If you are really helping recruit DIII players, look higher than 3s and 4s. There are 7s and even 8s at some DIII schools. There simply are not enough DI spots to take all the potential DI players.