This was in our local paper today. Interesting article on how things change between being recruited and arriving on campus. It's about Florida football and basketball, but it's applicable to baseball too.
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130422/ARTICLES/130429909?p=3&tc=pg
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Good article, not quite what I expected from the title. I guessed it would be an article about chasing recruits off who were not working out.
Interesting read. Thanks for sharing. With big time programs come big time expectations. It appears the smart coaches in the artlcle set those expectations upfront, so there are no surprises.
There was one passage that I don't necessarily agree with:
Donovan tells his freshmen that there are three things that will keep them off the court — 1. Can you compete every day? 2. Can you physically compete? 3. Do you know what we’re doing? “I always think that when a player transfers to another school he’s taking his problems with him,” Donovan said.
I can't agree with "always". Maybe from a coaches point of view.
It's a good read for not only the transition of high school to college but youth ball to high school for some of the whiny parents on this site.
