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Post by hchscoachtom on Apr 15, 2007 14:41:59 GMT -6
Schumans National Underclassmen Combine & Showcase Anybody else go? What were your thoughts about the event?
Personally I was disappointed with how the event was run. I thought it was good for our players to see how they compare to others in the region who they don't play against, but how the event was run was unbelievable. Registration started at 12:30, testing started at 1:00pm, final event ended at 6:30pm. Is this normal, for a combine to take 5 hours? It was my first and I'm wondering if it was me or if this is something to be expected. Will have to think real hard about attending another one put on by this group.
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Post by ajreaper on Apr 15, 2007 15:47:22 GMT -6
It's normal for his. I was in LA last week for it. They actually changed the date from Saturday the 7th to Sunday the 8th- Easter Sunday! They said there was a scheduling conflict with the college so 10 days before the event they change the date- what scheduling conflicts just come up out of the blue? You'd think they'd have a contract and if needed they find another site in LA to hold it on the original date- like there are not 100's of JC's, colleges and high schools in the LA area. There was also no possibility of refunds so it was either go or lose your money. One thing that upset parents was they did the awards way out in the field where no one in the stands could hear a word- they actually carried the table with the awards from right in front of the stands and parents out to the field- LOL how stupid is that? My guys enjoyed it and did very well (we had both over all MVP's for the morning session) but it could be run much better- absolutely.
I'll have several kids who will qualify for the ulimate 100 event in Jersey and they'll want to go so unfortunately I'll be going through it all again. Hell last year I had to e-mail three time just to find out which airport we needed to fly into to attend the ultimate 100 event. Like you I believe after this year we'll not be returning.
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Post by hchscoachtom on Apr 15, 2007 17:43:36 GMT -6
So this isn't the first year this outfit has been doing these showcase events? You'd think they would get their act together. After all these are just 9th & 10th graders. Makes me even more suspicious of how much they actually do to get the info. to colleges etc. I do not plan on going back next year.
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