Even if what you say is accurate would you take a shot at someone else kid? I mean if that became standard we’d be in trouble…blue angels wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:29 pmAnd you certainly have more than once in the past because we all know it. It's a message board, do what you want. just don't want you to be thought a bore but maybe you don't care.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:18 amhmmm, just responding to an insult. The point is just that a preferred walk-on process can be a way for a coach to get a kid he'd like to have, but without using a slot, which is a limited resource. But it doesn't help with admissions. The coach made a perfectly valid recruiting choice to prioritize another position. Very successful coach!blue angels wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:16 pmJust a suggestion, but it isn’t a great look to constantly talk about your own family members exploits as great as they might be.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:57 pmYes, that was a better team, though they did lose to my son’s team that year. And of course he didn’t have a jack Kelly career, who did? Just saying that none of his tenders had a better saves %, that year or any of those 4 years. Point was only that it is a call the coach made and he made a heck of a lot of good recruiting decisions and it may well have been the right one for his team… certainly can’t argue with the results.BigTom5 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:08 pmWas he better than any other goalie on this “prominent ivy’s” roster? Your son only started for one year and the team went 6-6 and didn’t make the Ivy League tournament. I’m guessing that the prominent Ivy made the tournament that year. Let’s not pretend like he had a Jack Kelly like career.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:24 pm
So, when someone says they are a "preferred walk-on" it means the coach has a specific invite to the player to come to tryouts with an assumed roster spot should they get admitted without support. My son was offered that at one prominent Ivy. He went to another that assured him an admissions slot, and which had been his #1 anyway for two years, but it was interesting to hear that from the coach...the coach saying "preferred walk-on" felt he had enough goalies on the roster and would skip in his class, but would have been happy to have him. As it turned out later my son was better than any he had on his roster, but that's a judgment call made based on what he knew at the time and fair enough. I liked the transparency.
If I have any of this wrong, please feel free to correct me.
Just an example of how a “preferred walk-on” works.
Btw, the 2 times he matched vs Kelly he was 54.8% to Kelly’s 50% and 63.3% to 52.8%. And those were some super Brown teams. I’m a big fan of Kelly’s game. Love his outlets.
I’d never claim my son was better than Kelly!
But hey, if I want to talk about a family member's "exploits" that were "great" it'd be my UVA 3X AA, NC father...
And this is coming from a habitual line stepper (me)