how should college handle players they have no interest in

The college coaches who handle the situation best would be very courteous, but let the player know that they appreciate the interest, but they have no interest in them vs continuing to lead them on.

Those who do offer other suggestions, as to the type of school they may play for, are really doing the player and their family a great service. I firmly believe if the player has a decent skill set, there are places they player can play, it may not be in division (D1, D2, D3, NAIA, JC), the state or even the region that they live in, but if the player is lucky enough to find the right fit, they may be able to find the niche and continue to work hard and win a position.

My 07 son sent out a flurry of letters in the late fall to a bunch of D1 schools. Got responses from many. A major D1 school actually started a personal email communique with my son. When my son's GPA was made known to the coach, he sent a wonderful email in which he said there's no way you'd be admitted to this school with your grades...are you sure you really want to spend the money to come to our all star camp? Son replied that the experience itself was well worth it and thanked him for his advice. Coach was impressed with him enough to continue the emails..and now son's GPA has improved!! Who knows? Maybe that coach made such an impact that son finally got off the stick and started working harder academically!!