True or False?

 

With all the talk of kids transferring schools for exposure and athletics, and we all know it happens.

 

Do you think the old adage is true still? If your kid is good enough, will the scouts truly find them? Or do you need to be at a historically strong school or large school to get the attention needed?

 

What do you guys think?

They need help finding your kid.

 

This year there will be 300,000 seniors playing high school football and there are just over 2,000 DI scholarships.

 

Kids looking for a college scholarship are competing against kids from all over the country. Being the best at your school or your conference or your area is not enough, you have to be the right fit for the right school at the right time and you have to compete against hundreds of thousands of other kids for that spot.

 

I am going through the process with my oldest right now and it is much more complicated and involved than I ever imagined. Just keeping track of the correspondence is a big job.

I think it's much easier than the old days. Nowadays, with the growth of the Internet and other media technology, there are many avenues that can be pursued by schools looking to find talent, and it's easier for kids in smaller media markets to get publicity. There are more camps and scouting and recruiting services available to both kids and schools to aid in the process. Players get ranked w/relation to their peers early on, making it hard for kids to slip through the cracks.

 

In the past, kids outside of major metro areas had an extremely difficult time getting noticed because of the lack of media coverage.

They need help finding your kid.

 

This year there will be 300,000 seniors playing high school football and there are just over 2,000 DI scholarships.

 

Kids looking for a college scholarship are competing against kids from all over the country. Being the best at your school or your conference or your area is not enough, you have to be the right fit for the right school at the right time and you have to compete against hundreds of thousands of other kids for that spot.

 

I am going through the process with my oldest right now and it is much more complicated and involved than I ever imagined. Just keeping track of the correspondence is a big job.

 

Sure they do, but not as much as 25 years ago. The game has changed. It's still hard, but there are many more tools available.

I think regardless if you have D-1 talent or not you have to go to the combines and be seen. That list posted earlier this season of kids that attended the combine at UC to run 40's and do other drills had a lot of NKY kids listed. I think it was the one where Josh Conner ran a 4.5 forty and I noticed a couple other kids from Highlands on there like Bardo and Collinsworth.

 

Exposure, Exposure, Exposure and dont expect the coaches to board planes and show up at your high school field.

 

I think Highlands does a great job of promoting their kids talents by sending game films/CD's to coaches.

 

I mean back in the day you had actual film and now you can edit a players great plays and put them on CD's and mail them out to coaches. Its pretty amazing.

Sure they do, but not as much as 25 years ago. The game has changed. It's still hard, but there are many more tools available.

 

The technology has changed but the effort by the kid and his parents is still paramount. Sure, I can email a highlight video to a coach but without my effort, it is unlikely to be seen.

 

The role high school coaches play is limited. College coaches call my son's coach and ask him who has college talent and he gives them the names and some feedback. That is about the extent of it.

 

Summer camps are important. We attended 7 (4 Senior Day and 3 overnight) camps this summer and the strongest interest from schools has been the result of those camps.

IMO I believe that my son is a good choice for a small college team. The biggest problem is that he has worked hard from his freshmen year to his present year now a Senior and the kid never seems to get ahead. He gets into a game and makes good blocks as a wide out and catches a pass and the next thing you known he is being pulled. But that is just my opinion from my observations during a game. Sad part is that I am not one to corner a coach and start questioning about my kids play time - I personally believe that a coach should be smart enough to watch game films and pay attention in practice to see who the real players are and who the ones are that people think are the real players.

To all my fellow BGPers let me just say that my previous post was me just venting and I apologize if I strayed away from the format.

If a kid is good enough, he's going to be found by a d-1 coach. Plain and simple.

If a kid is good enough, he's going to be found by a d-1 coach. Plain and simple.

 

I disagree. Maybe if you're a running back averaging 200 yards a game or a QB throwing 5 TD's a game, but what about the lineman who never misses a block or the shutdown corner who never gets thrown at?

I disagree. Maybe if you're a running back averaging 200 yards a game or a QB throwing 5 TD's a game, but what about the lineman who never misses a block or the shutdown corner who never gets thrown at?

 

That's when the parents and the kids coaches come into play. It's tough to get looked at as a lineman anyway, but by sending out film and going to camps, if he's good enough at the end of the day, someone will find him.

That's when the parents and the kids coaches come into play. It's tough to get looked at as a lineman anyway, but by sending out film and going to camps, if he's good enough at the end of the day, someone will find him.

 

Kind of proves my point... it takes a lot of effort by your coaches and parents to get your name out there. If a talented player sets back and waits to be found he may get over-looked...

Kind of proves my point... it takes a lot of effort by your coaches and parents to get your name out there. If a talented player sets back and waits to be found he may get over-looked...

 

It's always taken the efforts of the kids, parents, and coaches though.

 

I was answering the question from a geographical point as it was asked in the original post.

 

I read the post as : Do you have to transfer to a larger school or a different area to be seen by colleges ? My answer to that would be no.

It's always taken the efforts of the kids, parents, and coaches though.

 

I was answering the question from a geographical point as it was asked in the original post.

 

I read the post as : Do you have to transfer to a larger school or a different area to be seen by colleges ? My answer to that would be no.

 

I agree with the part about not having to transfer...

But disagree with the old adage If your kid is good enough, the scouts will find them?

I think in this day and age they will be found. Just my opinion.