No Response Following a Pre-Read?

Maybe he has other players ahead of your son that he would "support" in the admissions process and is waiting to hear from those players if his school/program is their top choice at this stage.  So, maybe he doesn't have a definitive answer just yet.

BucsFan,

 

I thought about that but this coach knows my son has other options.  He knows that my son was also further down the road with a couple of schools including, a conference rival. 

 

Why go silent?  He runs the risk - to the extent he values my son - of losing him entirely (which is what happened).

 

Why not say "Everything looks good but I can only support "x" number of players thru Admissions.  Right now your are "x + 1" and therefore next in line.  Sit tight and I will get back to you if things change."

 

I dunno.  That sounds better than no response.  Both sides would know exactly whre they stand.  But, what to do I know...

Well, then, maybe he is lazy and/or unorganized.  I mean that seriously.  It always amazes me how many people I encounter who easily let things slip through the cracks in an inconsiderate manner.  Good luck, and it seems like your son is in a better place elsewhere.  Clearly, this is a phone call he could made from his car during his commute home one night.  Or, an email or text he could have fired off while watching the WS or college football on Saturday.

You have to keep in mind that coaches are busy with their teams with fall instruction and practice. According to my understanding, D3 really gets busier with recruiting after the first NLI signing.

Encourage your son to reach out to the coach.  He has to learn to be pro active.

He's not too busy to follow-up, he's a head coach of a D3 baseball team for goodness sakes.  If executives and managers in business find the time to pore through/respond on a timely basis to the volume of emails, calls and general work that occurs daily, surely a coach can find the time (at any level - D1 on down.....)  Probably lazy, or disorganized, or forgetful or he's not interested anymore and thus, inconsiderate.

I guess you know better, sorry that I responded.

If your experience is that most coaches respond promptly or at all, I would say you have had a far better experience than most.  It is quite common for coaches to not respond for a variety of reasons.  I realize that asking for the transcripts for purpose of pre-read is a few steps down the road.  But when one of my sons was going thru the process, he had a school that had offered specific $$$ and son couldn't get a return call.  He also had a school who stated they were putting together an offer and have that to him "by Saturday" and never called back or returned calls.  I have heard many similar stories.  Part of the recruiting world.  I would guess it happens far less with smaller academic schools and that may be why it surprised you. 

 

If there is any possible interest on your son's part, I think he should reach out.  He shouldn't assume anything.  One coach son was working with went off the grid for about two months and then reconnected... said he was going to take a job at another school and didn't want to do that to son but then decided to stay.  There are a million possibilities.  Certainly changed interest could be one.  But he may never find out if he doesn't reach out.

If he's interested he should contact the coach to find out where things stand.  For us, things moved very slowly (no response like you have described) until my 2016 reached out to the coach with a simple question about his common app and the ED questions.  Things moved forward much more quickly from there - almost like the coach was waiting to see how interested my 2016 was.  This coach knows your son has other opportunities, maybe he thinks your son is not interested.  

Sometimes you need to show initiative and interest. 

I will encourage him to contact the coach. Thanks for the replies. 

Had an email "you would be perfect for our program, how soon can you visit campus?".    Later when trying to make the appointment it was never a good time.  Congrats getting to that stage with multiple schools.   If it was a target school, I would just say "I am ready to commit, and going to do so by xxxx date."