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Post by fantom on Jul 31, 2018 11:14:19 GMT -6
Questions Kids getting a lot of D1 offers: it said ICC has lost and lost badly for 3 decades, how did it switch so abruptly from that to this? I'm guessing $$$ is behind everything. Scholarship $, dorms, meal plan: Do other schools not offer the same? Does make sense that D1 schools funnel all the kids to one school. Just curious how they decide which school they're all sending them to. Maybe they have a D1 dropout forum somewhere and they communicate there. In the first or second episode of Season 3, there was a scene with the president of the school and he basically said that a decision was made by the leadership of ICC to do whatever was necessary to build a winning football program. That included lobbying to eliminate rules limiting the number of out-of-state players, bringing in a HFC who already had the reputation of being one of the best JUCO recruiters in the country, and investing heavily in improving the facilities. It was pretty evident that ICC's success didn't come from out of nowhere. I would imagine that where they are now is exactly what the school leadership envisioned when they started this process after the 2015 season. I think they upgraded their facilities a lot. I read something from a guy who played at ICC before JB took over. He said that their weight room was so small and bad that most guys lifted off-campus. It ain't Alabama now but it's decent.
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Post by wolverine55 on Jul 31, 2018 11:23:49 GMT -6
In addition to what has been posted, I follow JUCO basketball enough to know that sometimes the "middle of nowhere" locations are part of the draw, at least from a parents and D1 coaches' point of view: less opportunity for trouble, at least in theory.
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Post by younggun10 on Jul 31, 2018 21:36:09 GMT -6
California junior colleges offer no scholarship money, dorms, or meal plans. They are however in an incredibly fertile recruiting ground with easy availability to see multiple schools in a single day.
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