Post by 42falcon on Jul 28, 2019 20:21:10 GMT -6
Hi guys wondering about getting some advice from you guys. We have recently seen a run on our kids by USA and Canadian Prep schools over the past 3 years. Being a Canadian school we have massive talent gaps some of our starters are really quite good and then the #2 well he could be a #30 that's how far the gap often is. So when we lose a kid it hurts.
My question is are you guys who are at HS getting poached by Prep Schools if so what do you do? Do you talk to your kids about getting contact by prep schools, do you send info out to your parents to address the issue before it comes knocking on the door?
Often I end up talking with parents once it is to late and the pep school pariah have gotten their hooks into the kid and the parent so anything I say falls on deaf ears. The reality is 99.9% of our kids will never play NCAA D1 ball maybe D2 or D3 but for most that is a stretch. Our program does a decent job getting kids opportunities beyond HS in Canada where they get a solid education and the opportunity continue playing football. By the time the parents are talking to me about it they think their kid is headed to the NFL and I am underselling their kid.
Part of me wants to lay into these shysters but it won't accomplish anything. They promise the world, NCAA dreams they take parents money and the kid eventually comes home to Canada to play University ball here, which they all would have done anyway from our program.
I literally just heard of 2 kids same HS one went to a USA prep school the other stayed. Both ended up at a Canadian University one parent is debt free the other who sent their kid to the prep school has a second mortgage on their home. That being said it hurts us when a kid from our province ends up at IMG and starts splashing all over his social media all these D1 offers and just signed at Clemson. Trouble is that kid looks legit and when you see his film vs the rest of the league he clearly looks out of place because he is so physically different.
Do you guys encounter this at all and how do you handle it? Should I just ignore it?
My question is are you guys who are at HS getting poached by Prep Schools if so what do you do? Do you talk to your kids about getting contact by prep schools, do you send info out to your parents to address the issue before it comes knocking on the door?
Often I end up talking with parents once it is to late and the pep school pariah have gotten their hooks into the kid and the parent so anything I say falls on deaf ears. The reality is 99.9% of our kids will never play NCAA D1 ball maybe D2 or D3 but for most that is a stretch. Our program does a decent job getting kids opportunities beyond HS in Canada where they get a solid education and the opportunity continue playing football. By the time the parents are talking to me about it they think their kid is headed to the NFL and I am underselling their kid.
Part of me wants to lay into these shysters but it won't accomplish anything. They promise the world, NCAA dreams they take parents money and the kid eventually comes home to Canada to play University ball here, which they all would have done anyway from our program.
I literally just heard of 2 kids same HS one went to a USA prep school the other stayed. Both ended up at a Canadian University one parent is debt free the other who sent their kid to the prep school has a second mortgage on their home. That being said it hurts us when a kid from our province ends up at IMG and starts splashing all over his social media all these D1 offers and just signed at Clemson. Trouble is that kid looks legit and when you see his film vs the rest of the league he clearly looks out of place because he is so physically different.
Do you guys encounter this at all and how do you handle it? Should I just ignore it?