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Originally Posted by LitlBuck
1.There are quite a few high school baseball players who are pretty good and if drafted need to be sold by the college baseball coach that an education can be pretty valuable. Not all of those kids drafted get a ton of money. The best high school baseball player out of Cleveland is going to Georgia Tech and he was either a 1st or 2nd round draft pick.
2.Again, you have to sell the kid on the program and you don't always have to get kids from the warm weather states. There are plenty of states that border Ohio where there is good high school baseball played. How does Minnesota and UM get so many good players?
3.I differ. I think he has gotten a little lazy when it comes to recruiting.
4. As I stated above, there are so many rounds in the MLB draft you have to so kids on the college program. Not all of these kids that are drafted are ever going to make it to the major leagues and you have to sell a college education.
5. Bad example. I think you might mean Texas or LSU or even the Carolinas and Georgia. Maybe Florida State was certainly not Florida or Cal.
Todd needs to get off of his butt and sell the program. He is living on laurels that are 10 years old or more.  |
1. Of course they need to be sold.The point is simply that the "great" talent is being drafted into the league and signed. The good talent is out there, but I think we need to be careful with the superlatives.
2. Baseball isn't like football/basketball where there are 5 star physical specimens that can immediately be seen as offers. A kid from D-4 local may be better than someone from D-1 in Michigan. It's hard to tell and judge.
4. You are complaining about the lack of talent yet are speaking of wanting kids that "aren't going to make it to the bigs." It seems that you want that high end talent that will get the guaranteed cash out of high school. That is the type where it is hard to sell on education. It is more about a program's history of getting players drafted/developed.
5. I was merely speaking of the built in advantages Florida/Cal have with the weather. I should have stated it clearer.