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| old school |
| 10.26.05 (9:40 am) [edit] |
It's always interesting to remember the old maxim: "Success has many fathers, but defeat is an orphan."
It is frustrating to see someone else get credit for work they didn't do--like at my old school. I am still absolutely honkin' peeved over a year later.
Worse, actually, is poisoning kids into thinking the old coach (me) was wrong or did things poorly and then saying nice stuff directly to the kid...and then turn around and call the player stupid or poor to other coaches and officials. More discouraging is to hear this about a player that -IS- a good player, one of the two best that school has had at that position. Best -EVER-.
Why the need to belittle a 17-yr old? What purpose does that serve? It certainly doesn't make the record look better to others--"Oh, look, what could they have done with someone GOOD rather than 'her'?"
I won't name the player--but if my replacement really believes what she has told officials and coaches, she doesn't know a volleyball player from a softball bat.
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| volleyball |
| 10.05.05 (12:05 pm) [edit] |
The recruiting process is absolutely fascinating, just like the process of interviewing for a job.
What you really get to see is a videotape (usually selected so the player looks good), perhaps a written resume, and you get some emails and phone calls to determine personality. After that, you get a brief visit by the player to campus, and you have to decide on that whether they should play 2 or 4 years for you.
(Yes, there are club tourneys and the chance to watch people play live--but doing so takes away from other aspects of the program and that's rough too.)
So I guess today's question--is there anything that can be done to improve the process for both the player AND the school? Because if the school isn't getting total information on the player, chances are the player doesn't know everything possible about the school.
I don't have an answer--just questions.
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I just wonder if it would improve the whole process and lead to happier coaches AND recruits. Because I see many coaches who lie and are unethical in getting players in, and in the end everyone is miserable and quits or transfers. I don't think that's the mission of college athletics.
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