Tim,
Once upon a time my son had almost all teams come for home visit. He never got drafted. His projection late in the season went from high pick to 6th-10th.
The reason being he had a very strong college commitment and most scouts probably recognized that and passed that info onto their clubs.
I dont beleive that all home visits mean the player is a consideration for a top round pick. I know a lot of people whose sons had home visits and they were either never drafted or very late. We also live in FL where the draft pool is quite larger than other places.
BTW, the area scout from team that ended up drafting son in second round out of college never visited him. Son had no clue who the scout even was.
So when I hear people ask how important this may actually be, it does mean that your son has gained interest from a team but may or may not ever be drafted.
I agree that the just when you think that things will happen they wont and just when you think they wont they will.
TPM,
I agree! Sorry for the confusion but I never said home visits mean the player is a top pick or will be drafted. I said in most cases it's the area scouts top players. I did say if the team brass starts showing up for bp, its starts getting serious. Sorry if I came across the wrong way.
