How serious is the D1 coach and how long do we wait??

Welcome!

Would your son prefer to go to the preferred D1 and sit versus go to a D2 which has shown more interest and probably play more? 

Since your son has offers, he knows what it feels like to be recruited. At this point it does not sound like he is being recruited by the D1 schools, but perhaps one or more might see him as a roster filler if someone else doesn't come through.  Or maybe this is their way of letting him down easy. Who knows? What you do know is that he is apparently wanted more by the colleges which have already make him offers.

There are many posts you will find the advice to go where they want you the most. The idea being that players want to play, not just step into a situation where they are the last guy invited in.

That being said, there are plenty of stories of players who sign up late at a D1 and have it all work out. 

Good luck!

twotex hit the nail on the head! If the D1's really wanted your son you would have a LOI in hand by now. If your son wants to play I would go the D2 route, if he wants to say he is on a baseball team then perhaps the D1 route is sufficient.

I have seen so many D1 transfers to D2 and JUCO over the years that I have become more and more convinced that if the goal is to play baseball, then go where you feel the love!

I am with twotex, why is he waiting?  He is a position player with lots of speed, but does he hit the ball well enough to play D1 baseball?  Will his speed only get him in the game as a baserunner?

If they really wanted your son they would have offered, but reality is they are waiting to use him as an ADD on. There may not even be any money to give as well.

BTW, the regular signing period is in April, maybe 5 weeks away? Does your son want to wait that long?

Thank you for some good advice - as I was reading some additional blogs comments I ran across one that jumped out at me and was wondering if we did the wrong thing.  I saw NEVER contact the college coach.  After my son was at his second prospect camp at the D1 college he wants to go to - the head coach pulled him aside (BTW he called him by his first name the entire camp and we didn't hear that he did that with anyone else) and talked to him for about 30 minutes - thinking they would eventually stop talking - at the 30 minute mark we walked up to say hello and shook his hand (we had a 6 hour drive back home and it was after 7pm) - he was VERY nice and continued to talk to us for about another 20 minutes until the assistant coach said they had to leave so they could shut off the light in the field house.  He told my son he needed and wanted to see him play in the Spring.  When we arrived home my husband sent him a very short email thanking him for taking the time with us and my son and good luck in the upcoming season.  We never expected a response and did not get one - was that a mistake to send the thank you email?

That was not a mistake you had established a relationship...but....your son should have sent it.

Not hearing from the coach after that long discussion shows how crazy recruiting is and not to read into anything.  When the offer happens then it's serious. If he had a true interest he would have responded, maybe asked for spring schedule, etc., that is just my opinion.

You should by now be able to understand who is serious and who is not.
Go where you are wanted and where your skils will let you play, not sit the bench and don't forget the most important part, where you will get an education and a degree.

great thanks - forgot to mention my son also sent both coaches (head and recruiting) a thank you email and he did ask for us to send his varsity schedule - which my son added to the thank you email

Here is the reality. Most D1 programs are out of "slots" now. (they have awarded their scholly's)  Not all, but most. Some may be looking to fill in holes and find replacements for potential draftees. I would venture to say that 90% of these cases they are looking at pitchers. Position slots are the easiest to find and usually fill in early. 

Where does this leave your son? In a very weak position. 

Not all is lost however, due to Mono (and being a lower end D1 player) my son was followed through the HS season. He did have programs come out and see him play but they were all asking for his HS schedule and were fitting it in to their season games so the coaches could get out and see him play while they were in the area. The head coach of one program and the recruiting coach of another came to see him. In both cases they were communicating with him regularly and one said that they did not care about the May 1st college commitment deadline. (which we did of course) He was a pitcher/two way BTW, and both programs wanted to see him pitch.

So the reality is that your son needs to ask some tough questions. 1. Is there any money left? 2. What are the scenarios they will offer him a spot? 3. What is their deadline? 4. Why are they waiting and what do they need to see to make an offer? There is nothing wrong with having a frank discussion, but you need to initiate it as it is in their best interest to string him along. 

In the end as coach May says "you will know if a program is really interested in your son as it will be very obvious". 

If you can string the other programs along then there is really nothing lost here, other than your families sanity, but I would bet dimes to dollars they are not that serious.

Best of luck and let us know how it goes, believe me there are lots of folks here who feel your stress.