Southern MD/Diamond Skills Camps

Accoding to the sign in sheet at So MD Camp the coaches list was a little light the first day.....U of Richmond, Hampen Sydney, a bunch of community colleges and a few few pro team stringers (Yanks, Orioles, Astros, Red Sox). Hopefully this will improve next Sunday. Curious if Diamond Skills had a better turn-out by coaches.

Hard to say who 'looked good' with only a handful of pitches, or cage swings, in mid-January form. Some kids have some buzz about them, deserved or not, others are under the radar and just produce every year without the hype.

wasn't last weekend a dead period for Division I coaches. They are not supposed to off campus for recruiting, eval, camps etc...

They had 25 schools represented!

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Originally posted by coach scoop:
Diamond Skills had the following:
UNC-Asheville
UNC-Greensboro
Temple
VMI
George Washington
Concord(WV)-D11
Hampden-Sydney
Frostburg St.
Washington-Lee
Alvernia
Shennadoah
McDaniel
Catholic
St. Mary's
Anne Arundel Community College
Orioles, Brewers, and Royals organizations were represented!

Interesting no one from University of Maryland

dead period for recruiting

This past weekend was the coaches convention in Dallas also. MD's whole staff went.

I thought the dead period referred to Head Coaches attending these camps. Obviously, assistant coaches can attend....right?

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Originally posted by Trepfan:
Interesting no one from University of Maryland

Is it that you just don't get it!

Trep - why the ax to grind with UMD/Bakich? Why so bitter?

See below from the NCAA Division I Baseball Recruiting Calendar

"DEAD PERIOD = January 7 (12:01 a.m.) through January 11, 2010,(12:01 a.m.)"

I was not impressed with Eric Bakich while he was at Vanderbilt during the recruitment process with my son. The Coach had some very harsh words to us after the commitment was made to another University. End of story.

As a Maryland Alumni having spent seven of years of my life attending the University, I only wish the Maryland Baseball Program well and hope to attend most of the games at College Park (again this year).

Dead period does not exclude coaches from being paid camp instructors.

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Trepfan says....
I was not impressed with Eric Bakich. End of story.

End of story. Again.
End of story. At least until I bring it up again.
End of story. Really.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Trepfan:
I was not impressed with Eric Bakich while he was at Vanderbilt during the recruitment process with my son. The Coach had some very harsh words to us after the commitment was made to another University. /QUOTE]

Give it up, grow up, and turn the frickin page.

And oh by the way, you may have attended
less than ten games at Terpville in twenty years,
so please stop being full of yourself!

Trying to get this thread back to it's original subject....

It's week #2 for these two winter camps.....who looked good? Any surprises?

I'm guessing coach turnout was better? Anything interesting at either camp?

A much better turnout week two for major programs including:
GA Tech
Wake
Hartford (3-4 coaches)
UNC Charlotte
Maryland
Wm & Mary
St Joe
VA Tech
Davidson
Towson
Salisbury
Butler
Liberty
Radford
Catholic
plus others....

With pitchers/catchers I saw a few players talk with coaches, but not very many. Some tournament teams (Rookies, Monarchs) spoke with freshmen/sophs.

Maybe it's all in the follow up.

This was at the So MD camp? Pretty good turnout.

I also heard Erik Bakich, new HC at Maryland gave an excellent opening speech.

Also, I was told Neary from Spalding was spending sme time with the GT coach. He's a big kid....I'm guessing he looked pretty good.

Diamond Skills had alomost the exact same list of coaches. Their camp is on Saturday and Wargo's is on Sunday. Plus Diamond Skills had two guest instructors, Bill Mosiello, a manager in the Anaheim Angels organization. He has coached at Tennesse, Auburn, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Southern Cal, and Arizona State.

Justin Mashore is a former 3rd round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers. He is now a hitting instructor for the Toronto Blue Jays organization!

It's great for the local ballplayers to have two such great quality showcase camps nearby.

Are they still doing 60 times at Diamond Skills? That's a great component for the college coaches to see.

Yes they are still doing the 60's. Plus the outfielders throw and the infielders are able to take groundballs on a regulation infield size area!

I was more impressed with the kids this week than last. They all seemed more relaxed in their workout. There was 1 freshman left that is a stud. His name was Benitez. I saw Bouey throwing pretty darn well. Neary was talking with every coach in the building from what I saw. Did the catchers do the throw downs this year like they did last year? Any good times?

I saw a 2010 that I thought had committed already to UMD at the Diamond Skills Camp. Why would he (and Bouey who has also already committed to UMD) attend this camp? What benefit?

I'm thinking there could be several reasons. Unless a NLI was signed, something in the recruiting process with UMD could've happened and they will no longer be attending Maryland-hence they are looking for some exposure. The second reason is if they are looking for exposure to pro scouts. I know Southern MD has pro guys attend. So if it's one of the couple top UMD commits, that could very well be a reason why they'd attend. Lastly, maybe they like the competition, and proving themselves. A lot of kids who are already signed play in big time showcases to do this sort of thing. If the $ is there, then why not? It does give them a chance to play with some top notch talent during January

I agree, MAB.

IF you are a competitor, you want to compete. And, that means showing (hopefully) your best stuff against the best competition. Obviously, you don't want to risk injury, but even if you have committed...I completely understand why a kid would want to be out there.

And...recruiting/signing is a crazy business. No harm in continuing to show/play after you made a verbal. You never know what may happen and you may want to go to "Plan B" before signing a LOI.

We are at the point now where coaches cannot make contact legally until July 1st with juniors aren't we?

Most of the coaches there are either helping with instruction, checking any seniors they may of missed, or scouting for the upcoming junior class.

"helping with instruction"?!....not likely. Recruiting/scouting , yes.

Most of the NCAA regs have loopholes big enough to drive a tank through.

I agree that the camp was much better this past weekend - a lot more coaches too. For the second week in a row I noticed that AJ Lardo 2011 OF from Loyola is on the Southern MD camp roster but has not been there yet. Does anyone know if he is committed yet?

AJ was attending the UA Pre-Season All America tournament in AZ last weekend, and had finals to study for the first weekend (he is very driven to keep a 4.0 so academics come first).

How about several reasons.

1. It's warmer.

2. To play baseball

3. *2011 Grads, by competing in the 2010 Under Armour Pre-Season All-America Tournament, could be selected to the 2010 Under Armour All-America Game. The Under Armour All-America Game will be held at Wrigley Field.

Any more details at the camps this weekend? How were the college turnouts? Are these camps still the one's to be at. I have no details, but I've heard there have been problems at SOMD. Is that true?

MAB -
What problems? All I've heard are great comments...particularly with regard to the number of college coaches there and the quality of the schools.

You can't come on here and say you heard there were 'some problems' and not be specific. Jerry Wargo is a class guy who has run a great camp for many years.

For those that were attending - any problems with Southern Maryland camp?

My son went all three sundays. He had nothing but
good things to say. Lots of college coaches. He is glad he went.

One other comment to add about the Southern MD Camp (might also be true of the Diamond Skills camp, not sure) - I heard that not only were there DI schools there, but DII, DIII, and Juco schools were also represented, along with pro scouts.

These camps provide something for most every level of talent in terms of exposure. If you are a player looking to be seen, I think the opportunity to showcase your talent can't be much better.