Does anyone have experience with a scout calling college coaches for a player and that helping the player get on a school's radar? I'm sure it happens but I just don't have experience with it.
A local scout has offered to make phone calls for my son, which I really appreciate. I'm assuming that a follow-up call to the coach by my son would be a great idea.
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Very common. Many scouts and college recruiters work closely with each other.
I could see where that type of relationship would be very mutually beneficial. That's how my son ended up playing on the summer team he played for
Yes, what PG said. When son was playing in Scout league, there was frequent communication between scouts and college RC's. His scout coach had a ritual of placing the rosters in the backstop fence for RC's (and other scouts) to access. He was good about communicating likely fits and offering to make a call or to be a reference for the schools he recommended. Most of the players in the league are certainly good college prospects but not necessarily draft candidates so it becomes a primary function of the scouts to also facilitate the college connection. The idea, of course, is that the relationships become reciprocal down the road.
Years ago, I went that route with a player. He had so much ability but was "small." I eventually drove to the school and waited all day to talk to the coach. The coach told me that he had talked to the scout as well. Long story short, young man went on to be an All American.
