Well I've learned something new - in our area, it sure seems that JC is viewed by all (even coaches) as a stepping stone and the coaches are open to players leaving at any time (even after only 1 year versus after their second (last) year). It even seems like some DIs in our area have a relationship where they send recruits that can't gain admittance due to academic reasons to a JC with the (non-binding) understanding that, if grades are good at JC and barring injuries, they can go to the DI and have a spot. I don't have firsthand knowledge of this, but just following a couple players that were recruited that went to the JC, then soon went DI, I jumped to that conclusion. Sounds like it depends on a number of factors - the level of JUCO, the area, the coach, etc.