Tagged With "Graduate Showcase"

It looks like a lot of people took time to give you advice. Much of that advice comes from parents who are also dealing with the Covid fallout and simply telling you that planning a future before a surgery is pointless. Even more so right now. It seems like you came here more to get your opinion validated than to actually hear advice. Most everyone was polite and gave you well thought out responses. The blunt truth is that the chances are really slim, so you need to decide if you want to...

Yes, indeed. Good grief. Best of luck to your son. Seems like he is going to need it.

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An alternative to reclassifying for a kid with good grades is graduate and put off going to college for a year. Between now and the year off rehab, get strong again and showcase. Take a couple of transferable credit courses at a JuCo just to stay in the mental shape of studying. Head for college one year late and play baseball.

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PitchingFan is right, of course you should have a plan going forward. Baseballhs is also right. PTWood is right. So was everyone else. I think what everyone is trying to say is, baseball in this situation is going to be very hard, don't just have one plan, have several. I don't agree that if he doesn't reclass he won't play in college at all, but you need a PG plan, a JUCO plan, a D3 plan, whatever. Because of the covid crunch, many players are reclassifying, may take PG years, are going to...

Maybe tone translates different to different people. I didn't see that. I just saw most people warning him against making the decision too soon. Knowing your options is always a good idea, but in this environment, deciding to reclass before you see how recovery goes, could just put him behind in college and make his son feel like he wasted his parents money on a post grad year. None of us know what next year holds with the one time transfer and I think people were just trying to warn him...

Welcome to HSBW, where posters wait for a reason to post a 20k word missive detailing how woke they are. Sad what this site has become.

@YachtRocker I think you are doing exactly the right thing here. These people who are saying "just take care of your kid, you jerk" are completely missing the point. If your son doesn't reclass or take a PG year he WILL NOT be able to play baseball in college. If he does, he will have a chance to do that even with this injury. Simple as that. This is especially important now because all these schools have 22 year old sophomores who will still be there in the fall of 2022. So don't let the...

Moral of this thread seems to be the illusion of control... you must do what you think is best for your kid at this present time. If a gap year is what it takes, then that is what it takes. Having an A type personality was challenging even prior to Covid. Add a legit arm injury, and I can see where the pucker factor goes through the roof. @YachtRocker for what's worth, some long-time posters on here have their own writing styles, and may come off abrasive at times. However, if you don't take...

PF, I agree with you. Developing a plan is important. This poster had no plan, he was just throwing out stuff and he wanted answers. Not too many reclassified due to injury, its expensive and most players do not need 5 years of HS because they got hurt. He was all over the place with the surgery and rehab plan. PTWOOD gave advice on IMG. Baseballhs gave great advice of the current state of affairs in college baseball. RJM gave sage advice as did anotherparent. I understand how you felt last...

@2022NYC : What's the name of the local baseball org that's now a "post grad academy"? I'm creating my "in case of emergency break glass" plan for my 2022 if summer doesn't pan out and I live near-ish to you.

You guys have jumped on YachtRocker for looking to the future. Trying to develop a plan for his son as/when he recovers. That does not make him a bad parent but a good one. It is like planning for retirement or putting money away for college rather than counting on baseball. It is planning which is what many of us A type personalities do. He came here asking for advice from someone who had been there as to pros and cons on taking a post grad year since his son was hurt. Some of you have...

And my advice, it would be in the best interest of HSBW if you never posted here again. If you don't like us here, move on. When did you take ownership, start to speak for the site?

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To add, since I have been away for several days to see some live baseball (YAY!), some of us here have had kids with major injury. TPMson and keewartson included. It is a terrible, gutwretching, feeling no matter the level of play. I am a Type A planner, too, and I realized with son's latest injury, IT IS TOTALLY OUT OF MY CONTROL. I cannot be the surgeon, I cannot do the rehab, I cannot control Covid, I cannot make the coach put him in the lineup. Provide the resources a parent can provide.