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Post by coachcb on May 29, 2012 10:12:21 GMT -6
Our kids get a lot of assistance from the tribes as well as this school. Hell, just graduating from here basically guarantees a 5k scholarship. So, they really don't need much assistance as is. My point is that some kids simply want to say that they are getting money to play college football...in their minds, that somehow makes it "better" . And, at the d3 level, that money is available to good high school football players. Amen.... We have two kids getting "full-ride" scholarships to play basketball a tribal schools they go to for free anyway.
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Post by coachrobpsl on May 29, 2012 10:48:57 GMT -6
A little off topic but I have a grandmother that is raising one of my players. She is absolutely convinced that this kid is going to the NFL. The kid is playing Pop Warner and is 11 years old!!! His father played a couple of seasons in the NFL on the o-line. Great kid but the grandmother is a handful. It is impossible to explain to her(she is the maternal grandmother) that the chances of this kid making it that far are astronomically low. The kids father tries to set her straight but she just won't listen. Half the parents on our team are already convinced that their kids are D1 material. We try to explain that most of these kids won't even play hs ball and a small % of them will actually be recruited by lesser division schools. I am stunned that we even have to have this conversation at the youth level. In 8 years of coaching youth I think we have had 2 kids(in high school now and doing very well) that have a shot at D1. I think that is probably more than most youth coaches have ever had. And as good as these kids are the chances that these kids are d1 is very small. When we play teams from Miami most of these parents seem to get a better feeling as to where the talent level of their kid actually falls. Usually a big eye opener! My point to all this is that for some reason parents are under the illusion from the kids birth that the kid is blessed. This attitude can ruin kids. A poor youth coach can perpetuate the situation by featuring little Johny Superstar too much, praising him too much and giving preferential treatment. This is very common because so many youth coaches have no clue. I used to think certain kids were special until we started competing on the state and national level. Now that I have seen the top youth players I know the difference at the youth level(I know it is a whole new monster in high school).
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