Recruiting, Part 1 of 2
Attackman Fred Opie during a home game at Croton Point field my Senior Year 1981
As part of my ongoing recruiting series I want to talk about the experience I had helping a fantastic sleeper complete a grueling recruiting process for him and his family. As sophomore, seniors at his high school received the lion share of playing time thus he went unnoticed until this past season and a great showing this summer. But by June most of the top scholarship and Ivy League lacrosse programs had verbal commitments for his class and had nothing to offer. So the scramble to find a program who wanted to court him started and I got involved the first week in July. The experience proved stressful for the player and parents largely because going through it the first time there are so many blind spots and unexpected turns and twist. One ends up turning in all different directions talking to coaches and visiting schools on speed dial and having one’s hopes raised and dashed in a 24 hour period. I went to high school with this recruits mom. My high school friend said that at times “I felt like we were all over the place talking to coaches, looking at schools [and] jumping from D1 to D3.”She concluded, “At the end of the day, I think a lot of it comes down to luck. One coach sees you do one good thing on one good day.” More tomorrow on
learning from a recruiting experience.
Recruiting Series:
http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/search?q=recruiting
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http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/search?q=College+Lacrosse+Recruiting+Series
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