twotex- Just saw this
joeyjoey- Welcome to the HSBBWeb. First off, congratulations to your son for excelling both academically and athletically thus far through high school and enabling himself to be in this position. Georgetown is a wonderful school in a great area, as I'm sure you know.
From a baseball perspective, it would be difficult to comment without knowing which coach you are speaking of. Generally speaking, coaches are quite busy during the fall and thus may not be giving the attention that one may consider to be appropriate. After all, every coach is different. As a 2014 prospect, understand also that the NLI signing period for '13s is shortly approaching, and I would assume the coaches are heavily focused on locking up those recruits.
The best advice I can give to your son is to continue to stay in constant communication with not only the Georgetown coaching staff, but any coaching staff he may come into contact with. Open honesty and a communication channel are vital in the recruiting process, as a comfort level must be reached in order to have a successful and gratifying college baseball experience.
Specifically pertaining to the off-campus facility aspect at Georgetown, the baseball field is Shirley Povich Field in Bethesda, Maryland. The athletic department supplies the team with several vans to transport the players and coaches to the field each day. The on-campus facilities include two multi-sport turf fields, three batting cages (with mounds) and a well-equiped weight room facility with a full strength and conditioning staff.
Would I say it is easier to have a field on campus? Most likely. But the stadium that Georgetown plays at is a pretty quality facility and the players seem to be receptive and pleased with the scenario as a whole.
The sanctions you speak of happened several years ago, when there was a mistake in the calculations of work study hours for baseball players. The mistake was self-reported by Georgetown to the NCAA. As far as I know there were no implications at the time, except for the fact that the program would not be allowed to increase the amount of scholarships available for a specific amount of years. I believe the sanctions are done, but I do not know if the program is able to give out more scholarship money.
As the recruiting process continues, I'm sure coaching staffs will begin to bring up the financial aspect of attending college, with athletic scholarship money at least being discussed. In my recruiting experience, all coaches are very open when discussing financials.
Hope this helps.
