(02-11-2018 05:12 PM)Wolfman Wrote: What about the kid who is, for what ever reason, is not developing under a coach? Some times the chemistry isn't there. Sometimes promises are made and don't develop.
This is probably the front line of the issue, isn't it? When players aren't developing for whatever reason, and either the program no longer needs/wants the guy or the guy is peeved he's never getting off the bench, or mutual unhappiness. It does go both ways, because schools might over-commit based on the quality of the recruit, while the recruit...just might not be that good, or just not fully buy in or mesh with the intensity or culture of a program.
But, we seem to know what happens to the player if he wants to keep playing football. He's the one out of a program and either moving down or going missing for a year. The institution is no more or less impacted than were they to lose others to graduation or the draft.
Quote:Kids today sign up to play for a coach, not a school (well, in many cases at least).
And I'm one who wonders if the ones who go to play for coaches are even qualified to be enrolled at the school, because recruitment at some of these schools DO face those who know they are going to a fantastic school with sports just a hobby.
There are no easy answers. Recruitment at the Ivy League and D3 schools face challenges with their wink-and-nudge aid/award structures that miraculously look like an athletic scholarship in every way, but aren't athletic scholarships. I heard recruiting for women's hoops in the Ivy had this notorious problem of getting the recruits, and then the recruit deciding their heart wasn't into it. They don't leave the school, though...because they already have awards for merit and other things...they were brought in as students worthy enough to go to a good school who could also play a sport...the sport part goes away.
I feel for the schools over those challenges. Recruitment there is a different kind of beast altogether. Then again, sports aren't as promoted as they are at other institutions, or, are as competitive, but have the recruitment methods down to a science.