I think the way there's 'some' additional 'contact' is through camps. Not supposed to talk directly about coming to their school, but a college coach can 'coach' a kid at a camp and get a feel for how they respond to that interaction and with teammates, etc.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:50 pmI was talking eventually if that wasn’t clear on the numbers. More will get into the same system and routine and it’ll ramp up. Same happened w early recruiting. One school does it then two then all the sudden Quinnipiac and RoMo were committing kids as Sophs in HS.wgdsr wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:46 pmit won't be. it might be 18 or 12 or 34 but it won't be 200-250.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:28 pmIf the rules weren’t mangled and deformed then yes. But under the hood we know there’s communication, analysis and research done long before the day-especially with the rise of club sports in general and with lacrosse specific.
But also it’s the closest thing an axiom can be without being a “law” that situations move to the rule. Like when price floors and caps end up being the price ultimately for subject items/services. Game theory/Monte Carlo simulation stuff, of course the best kids and eventually the top 200-250 (out of what like 1,000 new D1 kids each year) will be signing within a week of the date.
2 weeks, 3 weeks there'll be some numbers piling in bit not close to that.
but also to youth... what's not talked about very frequently is fit and getting the guys that u want. you can't tell that from 10-20% of their best plays/games plus their promoter and kids can't tell the best place in a couple short convos.
obv there will be a superficiality to everything for whatever length of time, but pulling the trigger on hoo you want to be your guys (especially when you have some hand) in a couple of days is ridiculous. imo. and we can not crazily infer that offers are going out in 1st convo.
But also that was my point that the Sept 2 date is clearly being violated on the reg. So I presume they’ve spent a lot more time with the kids than we know. Any professional at the top of a sector would do that type of DD. If not they shouldn’t be a D1 HC.
Unfortunately, the bulk of the 'camp' stuff is more about the $ than actually evaluating...but that's the game.
But I doubt there's much, if any, actual violation of the rules by the coaches...at least for the more desirable locations, it's not necessary and the downside would be large.
