Good Stuff....
TPM...Can see the confusion...Could be impact in a year or two, could be a contributor the first year after a fall's worth of hard work. If development goes well, but again, not an immediate impact, not expected to be. Still only projectable so at a DI, not "NLI'able." (nice work on the white...
)TPM...2..and Prepster....yep, My advice exactly. KNOW what your looking at. Communicate. research. Talk to the coaches at legnth. In one of these instances, this school, this coach and this program has a long track record of valuing walk on's, of developing pitchers from raw material, and seeing future where others do not. That help?
BEE...Good point. As soon as a pitching coach gets a rep he no longer has to develop players as much, he gets much higher quality recruits.
TR..Not only has he got a leg up by being seen, but my research among the "experts" is that often these offer include a spring roster position, thought due diligence and nailing that option down is certainly prudent.
Fungo..Good Synopsis. Certainly a one way agreement...on the other hand there is a body of knowledge out there (talk to HSBBW oldtimer Justbaseball) that would tell you that the NLI's are not worth the paper they are written on as well. Go Figure...
Another two key elements IMO...
DI in a quality conference so would not take the pleysr unless he was pretty sure that a significant contributiuon would be made in the future.
second...Another key element not mentioned. The coach can save scholarship money. If he can bring in a player for nothing he has more to offer the higher end immediate impact guys. In a backdoor way wouldn't it help the team win?
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