Does anyone know anything about this showcase? How did you like it? Were there may college scouts? How was the evaluation? Thanks for any help!
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The only thing I know about Hoosier Diamond is that they use their showcases to recruit 16u players for a team that goes to the Junior Olympics in June. In 2005 and 2006, those teams were among the very least successful teams in Jupiter, FL.
I had an opportunity to speak with some of the parents who made that trip this past June. My understanding is that the coaches exact a pretty stiff participation fee for this and a lot of that fee goes to them as pay. The parents were able to see when they got there that they were not up to par, and especially short on pitching. They felt fleeced.
We played them and all I will say is, it was ugly.
I don't know what all else this program does, but this does not speak well of the program or the people running it.
I had an opportunity to speak with some of the parents who made that trip this past June. My understanding is that the coaches exact a pretty stiff participation fee for this and a lot of that fee goes to them as pay. The parents were able to see when they got there that they were not up to par, and especially short on pitching. They felt fleeced.
We played them and all I will say is, it was ugly.
I don't know what all else this program does, but this does not speak well of the program or the people running it.
I am a high school coach in Kentucky and I had 5 of my guys selected for the team Midlo Dad is talking about and they went to Arizona. They got spanked while out there. My guys HAD to play out of position not because the guys in their spots were better but because they were not athletic enough to play elsewhere and my guys were. They really didn't do a good job of picking the team.
On a personal note from myself they were going to have two "All Star" games in Indiana and sent me an application to coach it. I filled it out and sent it in. I got a letter back a few weeks later saying I was selected to coach both of them. I was pretty surprised. Two days before the game I called them to find out when to be at the field, if I need to wear baseball pants or if they supplied them. They had no record of me being selected to coach either one. They said if I showed up at either one they would "find" me something to do. I didn't go because it would have been about a 4 hour drive and I didn't want to flip burgurs for that.
The showcase they put on is like any other you will find. Typical prostyle workout and the scouts there didn't stand out as scouts. I was looking all over the place for them and almost didn't see half of them.
On a personal note from myself they were going to have two "All Star" games in Indiana and sent me an application to coach it. I filled it out and sent it in. I got a letter back a few weeks later saying I was selected to coach both of them. I was pretty surprised. Two days before the game I called them to find out when to be at the field, if I need to wear baseball pants or if they supplied them. They had no record of me being selected to coach either one. They said if I showed up at either one they would "find" me something to do. I didn't go because it would have been about a 4 hour drive and I didn't want to flip burgurs for that.
The showcase they put on is like any other you will find. Typical prostyle workout and the scouts there didn't stand out as scouts. I was looking all over the place for them and almost didn't see half of them.
