I understand there have always been walk ons in the past. How many, I do not know. But now we do know! There will be up to 8(unfunded spots) per team. I am assuming the coach is going to offer at least 8 preferred walk on spots to recruits. I doubt a coach is going to try to fill All the nonfunded spots with an open tryout in the fall.
The question is...are coaches goung to make offers to 10-15 recruits as preferred walk ons and keep 8 are fewer and cut the rest.
If that is the case it seems very risky to take a coach up on that offer (remember, it's all business)
Even if a kid is offered academic money doesnt mean he gets to play on the team. It goes without saying that getting the education is the first priorty. But lets be real, OUR BOYS WANT TO PLAY BASEBALL!
Is anyone here willing to consider a preferred walk on offer? It seems to me there are to many scenerios where a kid could be unjustly cut, crushed with nowhere to play baseball.
I understand all players (scholly or not) have to earn it. But with the 8 unfunded spots the coach has a lot of room for manipulation. A potential lose situation for the kid, but a win win situation for the coach.
On the other side the coach may never really know who is going to show up. Say 3 of his preferred walk ons verbled but at the last minute get scholly offers and go somewhere else.
So is the coach going to really concentrate on that 27 players to be the backbone of the team and just hope he gets lucky with one or two of the unfunded guys?
If a coach told my son " we really like you kid, but our scolly budget is used up" " we would like you to walk on" (interpretation: we like you, but we don't like you enough to throw 25% your way)
Any thoughts! I can be narrow minded at times, er uh well, most the time