There are kids who get cut from P5 programs, transfer to JUCOs, transfer back to D1s and get drafted. Sometimes the coach has his back against the wall and he doesn't have time to let kids work through a slump, or to help develop them into the player they are capable of being. That is a scary reality. I agree with Pitching Fan, if baseball is your number one, you probably aren't staying at a school where you can't play unless baseball is over due to injury. If baseball isn't your ultimate dream, then yes, academics and the school should be more important than baseball, but for some kids, baseball is the main thing and they aren't staying without it, regardless of how much they like the school.