Cryptic college feedback

Is he a pitcher? 

Dadcoach,

My two cents.....Congrats on your son's good showing and interest for the next showcase.  I would do two things.   First, have son follow up with the interested coaches and any other coaches that were in attendance that your son is interested in.   Second, I would discuss the situation with his summer team coach.  Possibly, the summer coach can act as a proxy to find out exactly what level of interest the college coaches have in your son.  This is the fairly typical process for recruits prior to July 1 of junior year.

To answer your question directly, yes.  You can expect coaches to be tight lipped about this in public view.

dadcoach....congrats on your son getting interest as a sophomore.  Unfortunately you're in a tough spot.  There are really only 2 ways your son can get info.  1) call the coach....but remember, The coach cannot call back if you get his voicemail....your son will just have to keep trying.  2) visit the school...in which case, the coaches can talk to him all they want while he's on campus.

Once it hits July 1, 2014, he's permitted to send and receive unlimited emails with coaches...and also DM on twitter.  He can also receive one call per week from coaches...and more during the summer and fall contact periods.

Good advice, but I think it is Sept. 1st for his son, because he is only a sophomore.

Ryno....you're right....wow, my son is a junior and it just seems like it was forever ago that "magical" date passed....lol.   Sorry about the misinformation

Dadcoach,

Is this normal? Not only is it normal, it's required by the NCAA. Technically, those coaches are there as paid instructors, they cannot recruit (except for the host school).

Just wanted to sew together a couple of things offered by Fenway and Buckeye. It's fairly typical for the travel coach to arrange a time for your son to call a college coach, rather than just calling and hoping to catch him when he can answer the phone.

You also mentioned that you would have liked to talked to the coach. Son and parents are the same entity when it comes to recruiting rules.

Also, some dates and rules vary by Division. Here's a link to the current DI calendar.

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/co.../division+i/baseball

What was his velocity at the camp?

Yes, college coaches are VERY quiet...

My kid and I went on a visit to an ACC school one week, the next week the coach was at our game and I went up to him, just to say hello. As he shook my hand he said, "Nice to see you again, but I'm not allowed to talk to you because of NCAA rules."