Len I do not claim anything....
"He would not have near the number of pupils that he can claim to have now."
Len I have or have had girls and boys at Ohio State, Ohio U., Cleveland, Detroit, Valpro, Youngstown, WSU, Dayton, Georgia, NKU, Thomas Moore, Mt. St. Joe, George Town, U of L, Belermine, Hanover, Hope, Capital, Mt. Vernon, Otterbein, Urbana, Memphis, Evangel, Chathman, Latrobe, Prinction, Charleston, NCCU, Furmon, Heidelberg, IWU, Whittenburg, Carson Newman, University of the Cumberland's, Liberty, Hitter23 daugther and I can not remember the name, Marion, NCCU, West Virgina State, Alderson, Blue Field, Cumberland, Beria, Tiffin, plus 4 boys in the Frontier league and one with a minor league contract with the White Sox's and I coached the CNST team for 2.5 years and went from 6 place to fourth place in the ISF and worked with 7 Team USA players. Sorry if I left anyone out!
I never broke anyone's arm to come to me and just tried to help.
It is interesting to see how California teams operate and Ohio teams who claim to be the best of the best operate and the West Coast Teams can command the try out fees when the Ohio (Midwest area) think they are doing their best when in fact this is exactly why the D1 schools recruit from the West.
If parents truly understood what it takes to play at the next level they would be shocked to find out how hard the kids must work to get there!
A lot of people volunteer their time to help others and that is understood and if I charged I think I would still have the number of kids as the results have proven them self.
Parents will pay a lot of money to improve their kids however they must also see the results and ours is public for the most part as to making it to the next level.
If the parents want to make it to the next level with their kids they must work for it and not wish for it!
When the California teams charge for a try out they put their money where their mouth is and probably realize the competition they are up against.
Yes it is also at the higher age groups, however consider what it is they are being taught at 8 through 14 and I find it.......you fill in the blanks.