Post-camp feedback

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Originally posted by 2013 Parent:
2013 attended a camp last weekend at a school/program that he is very, very interested in. There were a few other coaches there helping out with the event.

At the end the host coach told the players to please give them a week to gather/compare their notes, etc., and then email them for feedback, etc. So, 2013 has not been in touch yet.

Yesterday he received a personal email from one of the "helping" coaches saying how impressed he was, etc. It was very nice, but that school is not a good fit.

This note raised a question in our home - the kind of question you could make yourself crazy with - does this mean that the host college isn't interested since they didn't also reach out to him during this week to "gather their information"?

write the host college..tell them you had a great experience at the camp..tell them you are interesetd in attending..also link them a video of yourself.see what happens

wogdoggy is spot on! Good advice.

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does this mean that the host college isn't interested since they didn't also reach out to him during this week to "gather their information"?

Nope. Every school works at their own pace. Taking wogdoggy's advice should get you the answer to your question.

Good luck!

You are correct 2013, those lingering questions can make you and your son crazy. That’s why I always recommend to the players I coach to get your answer if you are unsure of their opinion on you as a recruit. Players owe it to themselves after all the hard work, travel, money and infield dirt they ate over the years to get answers. First if they said a week I would wait a week and then reach out to them for their assessment. If they don’t answer, that’s usually an answer and you could move on to other possibilities. If they have interest in having your son play at their school or even on their “possible” board you should hear back from them. Coaches are not shy about telling players they want them. As a coach I have on several occasions contacted perspective schools on behalf of the players stating that I am assisting and guiding the player and parent through the recruiting process and would like to know if they are considering the player for a roster spot and if they needed any further video or information on the player to contact me. I always have coaches respond to my request with an honest answer. So if your son has a coach he played for that is tuned into recruiting and looking to help, you may consider that option also.

First and foremost, have your son send an email to the coach asking the same question you asked on the board and that should get him his answer…. Does the note I received from coach***X mean that you are not interested in me as a possible player at your school? Again if there is no response, that is most probably a, “we are not interested” answer.

Good Luck

I wonder if we were at the same camp......was it in western MI? Same dilemna for my son. all of the helping coahces have contacted him already via phone and the host college has not. My son is gonig follow the coaches instruction about giving them a week and then contacting them. If they want your son, he should know soon....Good luck!

Definitely contact the coach now that the week is up. Let's hope it is good news. However, even if the news isn't what your son was looking for at least he will know (and get an honest appraisal of his strengths and weaknesses). That's what happened to one of my kids. He'd already been offered a couple of DIII spots but wanted to see if a local DI might be interested. He attended the camp. The coach didn't call back within the week as promised. He called the coach who told him he had a good upside but couldn't offer a roster spot based on potential at this point--the kid needed to throw a bit harder and his secondary pitches were inconsistent. It was good feedback and now the kid is enrolled at the DIII, is satisfied he didn't leave DI 'on the table,' and knows what to work on (in part because of the DI coach's advice.)

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Originally posted by mwade:
I wonder if we were at the same camp......was it in western MI? Same dilemna for my son. all of the helping coahces have contacted him already via phone and the host college has not. My son is gonig follow the coaches instruction about giving them a week and then contacting them. If they want your son, he should know soon....Good luck!

mwade, you have a PM.

Son went to a team camp, and we never heard from them.

A few weeks later, after a PG event they saw (but we didn't spot them), the college calls HS coach wondering 'who is this guy?'.

Maybe they were eating hot dogs at the camp or something?

So, you never know what's going on with these guys. Stay after them.

quote:

Originally posted by 2013 Parent:
2013 attended a camp last weekend at a school/program that he is very, very interested in. There were a few other coaches there helping out with the event.

At the end the host coach told the players to please give them a week to gather/compare their notes, etc., and then email them for feedback, etc. So, 2013 has not been in touch yet.

Yesterday he received a personal email from one of the "helping" coaches saying how impressed he was, etc. It was very nice, but that school is not a good fit.

This note raised a question in our home - the kind of question you could make yourself crazy with - does this mean that the host college isn't interested since they didn't also reach out to him during this week to "gather their information"?

When a school is truly interested, you will know it, even if at first the interest is subtle. If you do not see these subtle signs (or greater) then the interest probably does not exist. At least not now (that can -- and does -- change).

What you described is very interesting to me -- an offer but from a school that is not a fit. I have three sons, two of whom have played college baseball. My middle son was a strong high school player and he had some college offers. But he also was an outstanding student. The baseball opportunities he had just did not match his academic opportunities and he ended his baseball career at the high school level. For him, it was great decision.

By the way, I do agree with the advice above to give the coach a call or to send him a note. You never know, and there are exceptions to what I said. It's just much better all the way around when you do not have to do that.

I'll agree with justbaseball that 1 week is too soon to expect feedback from the camp as far as some sort of evaluation goes. Some take more time, some take less.

I'll also agree with jemaz that you usually see some sign that they are interested. He had a few camps where they obviously had no interest and we never heard from any of them. 3 out of 4 that showed interest in CAson were fairly obvious at the camps. 2 told him so, and the other made comments about him to the assistant coaches. Also, one from the Stanford camp seemed to have interest, the coach of his camp team, and didn't and 1 from the Stanford camp we didn't realize was interested, the team he pitched against, was interested and called a few days after July 1st.

As an aside he made a bonehead play in the outfield at a PG showcase once while a USC assistant was watching and later while Kreuter was there watching his son take BP he happened to run a ball down in the outfield and caught Kreuter's attention. I looked over and the assistant was gesturing no, no. You can usually tell if they notice something but it isn't always what you want them to notice.

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Originally posted by jemaz:
What you described is very interesting to me -- an offer but from a school that is not a fit.

To clarify - 2013 did not receive an offer from a school that's not a good fit. The HC was a helping coach at the camp and he emailed son to express interest, but not an offer of any kind.