I know of a 2013 that got a multi-year to a B1G school and posts on other boards indicate they're not rare/unusual. Some major conferences and schools announced last year they are instituting them across the board.
Good Luck to Coach L in any of her future endeavors!
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Now comes the 12u Ice Orange Asst. Coach Mike to state what he and LineDrive21 can't seem to let go. That same attitude you speak of also refers to coaches who call out young girls like you. Go delete some more messages and create more usernames on OFC Asst. Coach Mike from Aurora not Dublin. By the way No one bashes the Ice organization they simply don't like you. This thread is about a GREAT coach something you apparently are not.
Somehow I missed how this thread on Coach Linder turned into a bashing of a travel coach??
Somehow I missed how this thread on Coach Linder turned into a bashing of a travel coach??
The connection isn't hard to see. The NCAA created the market with their rules. Travel teams capitalize on the market which ends up attracting the type of families and players who naturally have a sense of entitlement. The college coaches recruit from the poisoned pool and end up recruiting their own nightmares. Then they resign or more often get fired and the process repeats.
So critics can attack four possible targets. The NCAA, the travel teams, entitled players parents or college coaches. Personally I think the least culpable party is the travel team.
Travel teams capitalizing... types of families... sense of entitlement... poisoned pool... nightmares... coaches fired... what's next!??
Where is all this anger and hyperbole coming from???
Elvis and the miniskirt didn't bring down western civilization, and I don't think the college recruiting system will either.
Yes, it's a new world and rules have changed and will continue to change just as they always have. Karen ran her program to HER personal standards and for NUMEROUS reasons it became harder to run it the way SHE was comfortable... that was HER choice to leave on her own terms! She should be given all the respect she deserves for a job well done. But that's not to say others out there are not continuing to do a fantastic job of winning games and building character in scores of young women who enter the system each year.
Saying the system is "broke" is quite an over generalization and likely coming from individuals with a great deal of separation from actual college recruiting.
I'm glad to hear the NCAA is pushing multi year NLIs more aggressively then they were just 3-4 years ago... that MIGHT be good for the kids!... but to imply this (or any change of the "rules on verbals") is somehow going to save the NCAA from a new generation of super-brats is just nonesense. If anything it just might help those few kids with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement that you speak of slack even more... what's the reason to get better when the scholarship is guaranteed for the next 4 years? Maybe the NCAA will start instituting 4-yr guaranteed starting positions to some kids when they sign their NLI. Maybe not so great once you think it all the way through... time will tell.
When I turn on the TV to watch the softball world series, all I know is I see a higher and higher level of softball each year as compared to the previous. There are thousands at the college level benefiting from all that this game has to offer. For those who can only see poison, entitlement, and negativity in the game, then maybe it is time to take a year or two off and regroup... work with a psychologist... self reflect. We aren't dealing with nuclear geopolitics here. It is still a very, very positive and life changing sport for many players and their families who simply take it all for what it is... A GAME!