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russinfortworth10,000+ posts

Older son had not made a commitment yet, and was asked (along w/ 5-6 others) to drive about 4 hours in September of senior year for a "tryout' at a mid major. He pitched well and afterwards the head coach was brutally honest. I'll paraphrase and note that the coach was entering his 2nd season in charge and the previous season did not end w/ a bang:

"in a normal year we'd love to offer you as we know that you'll be a good college pitcher SOON, however there is a good chance that when you become that pitcher who can help us win games, I may not be here anymore if I don't win THIS year and NEXT, so we're going to bring in a ton of JUCO guys".

We drove back disheartened, but it all worked out as he ended up as a walkon w/ a secure spot at a mid major and finished with 50% $ over 4 years.

And you know what, that coach did not stay there more than 2 years. He won big that year and the next and got a P5 job.

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