Monthly Archives: January 2011

Tobias Pinson High School Basketball Player

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Is this high school basketball player the real deal out there on the basketball court or is he just another player looking to fit in?

Do you think Tobias Pinson is a major college recruit? Do you think this young man has the skills, the talent and the ability to compete at the major college level?

What are your thoughts on Tobias Pinson ? Has he proven to be a legitimate college recruit or is he all hype and no action?

Is Tobias Pinson being recruited by the right college programs or is he slipping through the cracks of the college recruiting process?

There are many extremely talented high school basketball players out there, is Tobias Pinson one of them?

In terms of skill and talent level, do you think Tobias Pinson is one of the best players in his state?

There is much information all over the Internet about talented high school basketball players.

Do you think Tobias Pinson is receiving his fair share of high school basketball recruiting coverage or do you think more can be done in terms of his getting the right exposure on the Internet and exposure to college programs on his behalf?

Parents stop blaming the high school coach for your stupidity

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Parents of high school athletes expect high school coaches to do everything when it comes to the college recruiting process and many parents expect miracles to happen.

I believe it’s the parents’ responsibility to help with the college recruiting process. Parents need to get off their lazy butts and do something to help the recruiting process and stop blaming high school coaches for their stupidity.

Most high school coaches are also high school teachers and being a coach and a teacher is a huge responsibility.

Where is the time during a coach’s day to mail out letters to college coaches, to write letters, or to even mail out the DVD’s to college coaches?  What coach anywhere in this country has the time and money to do all of that for each of their players?  The answer is there is no time.

To me the parents are putting unbelievable expectations on these coaches and the parents should be working with the high school coach providing resources to that coach.

I believe the coach’s job is to help develop that student athlete into becoming a very good athlete for college programs.

When the college recruiting process does not work on behalf of the high school student athlete the first person who always gets the blame is a high school coach.

I think it’s unfair for high school coaches to take full responsibility for anything that goes wrong with the college recruiting process. It’s the parent’s responsibility; they are the ones who can afford to purchase envelopes and stamps to write letters to college recruiting coaches and mail out recruiting DVD’s to a large number of college programs.  The high school coach does not have the time, the money or the resources to become a full time college recruiter, it’s just not possible.

I had been totally wrong about high school coaches because it is not their fault if one of their student athletes does not get recruited or placed in college.  It’s the parent’s fault and the reason I say that is because for a very long time, all the conversations I’ve had with parents, they had nothing but BAD things to say about high school coaches.  It is totally on the parents and the student athletes to make the college recruiting process work for them.

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Why some parents of high school athletes almost always make me sick

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The parents of high school athletes have a great deal of passion for their sons and daughters who are very talented student athletes.

I know the parents are the ones who speak up for their kids, spend money on their kids, and they do almost everything for their kids when it comes to sports and college recruiting.

Many of these parents, if you let them, will get on your last nerve by being aggravating, irritating and just plain stupid.

For a very long time I was a college recruiter and I spoke to hundreds of parents each and every year about the college recruiting process.  Many of these parents were crazy and confused about how the college recruiting process should work for them, not about how the college recruiting process should work.

I can truly see why many college coaches do not want to have anything to do with parents.

Every parent that I’ve ever talked to about the college recruiting process always had some sort of complaint.  These parents were complaining about how bad the high school coach was or how recruiting was going so terrible for their son or daughter, who they felt should be getting scholarship offers every single day.

When I try to offer solutions to these parents they did not want to hear anything I had to say.

If another parent was doing something different with the college recruiting process it sometimes pissed off other parents.  If a particular situation was going differently from one parent to the next, then you just had total college recruiting confusion amongst these parents.

Now don’t get me wrong, there are a huge number of parents out there who are great and who totally understand the college recruiting process.

Many parents have taken the time to look into what the college recruiting process is all about.

These parents for me were always easy to work with because I could talk to them in a calm and intelligent manner and they would understand what I was saying without becoming angry or frustrated.

The college recruiting process, for all who are involved with it, really makes absolutely no sense but my best advice would be to start the process as early as possible just so you could have a fighting chance of gaining some type of advantage.

I understand what parents want because they have invested a lot of money and time into their kid’s athletic and educational futures.  When these parents don’t see a return on that investment, then this is when they start to lose their minds and drive everyone crazy.

Dantre Langhorne High School Basketball Player

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Is this high school basketball player the real deal out there on the basketball court or is he just another player looking to fit in?

Do you think Dantre Langhorne is a major college recruit? Do you think this young man has the skills, the talent and the ability to compete at the major college level?

What are your thoughts on Dantre Langhorne? Has he proven to be a legitimate college recruit or is he all hype and no action?

Is Dantre Langhorne being recruited by the right college programs or is he slipping through the cracks of the college recruiting process?

There are many extremely talented high school basketball players out there, is Dantre Langhorne one of them?

In terms of skill and talent level, do you think Dantre Langhorne is one of the best players in his state?

There is much information all over the Internet about talented high school basketball players.

Do you think Dantre Langhorne is receiving his fair share of high school basketball recruiting coverage or do you think more can be done in terms of his getting the right exposure on the Internet and exposure to college programs on his behalf?

What Does Being Recruited for College Look Like?

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Where are you going for college? Who’s recruiting you? Have you gotten any letters today?

Those are some questions that many high school student athletes will ask another high school student athlete who is also being recruited for college. The question is: what does being recruited for college look like to you? Many high school athletes are not real sure about that answer. Many just play ball, get good grades and hang out with friends and that’s cool.

But as you hit your junior year of high school, are you being recruited by a college program? And if so, what does that look like? Are you getting a huge amount of letters coming to your home or your school? Are there college programs coming to see you play every week? And what about phone calls and emails– are you getting any of those? Has a college program asked to see your DVD or transcript or do they want to know if you’re registered for the NCAA clearing house?

What’s going on with recruiting for you right now? Are you even sure that you are being recruited for college right now or you’re not really sure what’s happening right now?

What does being recruited for college look like right now? Is it different for another student athlete on your team, is it the same or have you not paid much attention to what’s going on with the other kids at you school?

What do your parents think about the college recruiting process? (We all know how parents can be at times about recruiting.)

What role is your high school coach playing in helping you get recruited for college?

You could be a senior in high school right now and is being recruited any different than it was when you were a junior in high school or about the same?

Are you even being recruited for college at all?? Keep in mind that many kids out there are good but are not getting recruited by anyone. Are you even good enough to play in college and if so, how do you know? Who told you that you had game? What are the things that you did to get better? Did you play during the summer or somewhere at a camp? Were there college coaches at any of the camps or did you throw away your money on some useless camp or event?

What does being recruited for college look like to you?

JJ Keels High School Football Recruit

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What is your opinion on this high school football player? Do you think JJ Keels will be a success at the major college level?

In your opinion, do you think JJ Keels has the skills and talent to compete in college?

The college recruiting process is difficult, very challenging and time-consuming. In your opinion, do you think JJ Keels is being recruited by the right college programs or is there more that can be done for JJ Keels in the college recruiting process?

Where do you think JJ Keels ranks in terms of skill level? There are many talented high school football players in this young man’s home state. Do you think he is one of the better players or just another name out there?