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Originally posted by fattydaddy View PostReferring to me? my daughter's in her Jr. Year-U17; both of my daughter's knew they weren't D1 material and D3 is fine with them, they just want to play and know they're not going pro. As I said she has an intended major and should have an idea of a major being a Jr. in HS. We started for both when they were in their Sophomore years.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThey have some of the same coaches listed that are on the NEWSS tournament website. I have coached at both tournaments and their seems to be a lot more coaches attending the NEWSS tournament seems GPS seems to keep using the same names year after year.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNo offense, but you are the type of parent that totally screws up people's understanding of how D1 recruiting works. You are here harping on the education aspect and what you are really doing almost comes off as face saving. Make no mistake, the education part of recruiting is important but it is not really the defining piece when it comes to D1 recruiting.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostCan someone with any type of insight help me out. The GPS Thanksgiving Showcase is coming up. I looked at the schedule and there are 4 divisions in each of the older age groups(one even has 5 divisions).
Each age has a "Super Group," which is really super for those people. I'm sure scouts will be watching these games.
What are the chances that a college scout will wander the field of a 2nd, 3rd or 4th division of any age group? Is it wishful thinking on the part of these lesser teams, or is this just another chance to get some games in?
A lot of coaches from U14-U16 like to tell the parents they'll get their kids exposure in these college showcases. Something tells me that the 8 a.m. game, in the 4th division, on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend may have no parents on the sideline, let alone a college scout.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThanks for the insult, BTDT.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYou have to love when D3 parents try to give advice about recruiting. Most haven't the first clue what is going on and end up giving advice that really ends up to be incorrect if you have a child on a D1 trajectory.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostActually, you have to love when parents who failed their kid miserably in the D1 recruiting game try to rationalize their failure by endlessly pontificating about how complicated the recruiting process is.
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D3 recruiting is nothing like D1 recruiting. On the girls side players usually get to a D3 school after testing out the D1 waters and finding that there wasn't a lot of interest. There is a lot of waste in doing that. If fattydaddy was smart enough to figure out his kids were not D1 level players and went straight to looking at D3 schools good for him. He was in fact very smart and probably saved himself a small fortune at the club level. I would suggest he is more the exception than the rule though.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYou have to love when D3 parents try to give advice about recruiting. Most haven't the first clue what is going on and end up giving advice that really ends up to be incorrect if you have a child on a D1 trajectory.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThere is nothing terribly complicated about doing your homework and targeting schools where your child is likely to get money and play. Some of the D3 crowd though want to over simplify things and always net things down to just school reputation. At the D1 level you are looking for a job as well as an education so there is just more to process than those D3 parents seem aware of.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostD3 recruiting is nothing like D1 recruiting. On the girls side players usually get to a D3 school after testing out the D1 waters and finding that there wasn't a lot of interest. There is a lot of waste in doing that. If fattydaddy was smart enough to figure out his kids were not D1 level players and went straight to looking at D3 schools good for him. He was in fact very smart and probably saved himself a small fortune at the club level. I would suggest he is more the exception than the rule though.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMaybe, but didn't see any of them giving anyone any advice, and they certainly aren't starting fake threads every day like you do.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThere is nothing terribly complicated about doing your homework and targeting schools where your child is likely to get money and play. Some of the D3 crowd though want to over simplify things and always net things down to just school reputation. At the D1 level you are looking for a job as well as an education so there is just more to process than those D3 parents seem aware of.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNo offense, but you are the type of parent that totally screws up people's understanding of how D1 recruiting works. You are here harping on the education aspect and what you are really doing almost comes off as face saving. Make no mistake, the education part of recruiting is important but it is not really the defining piece when it comes to D1 recruiting.
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