Unfortunately this happened to my player. Communication all the way to 7/1, then crickets - Thompson, Campbell. Danalfo, to his credit, admitted they began looking at my guy very late, and likely would not make an offer.smoova wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:50 pmInteresting - didn't happen to any of the kids I know who were talking to NESCAC coaches and are currently playing or committed to play at LL schools. Maybe they were lucky ... stringing kids along certainly occurs in every level of lacrosse recruiting.NNELax wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:01 pmFalse...watched it happen to more than a few kids during my time coaching HS lacrosse....You can say it doesn't happen....but I know it does....smoova wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:26 amIME, your guess is not correct. I know a bunch of kids playing in/committed to programs in both leagues and AFAIK this did not happen to any of them. Rather, NESCAC coaches were brutally transparent about where kids stood, particularly with respect to admissibility, in order to ensure that no one passed on interest from LL (or any other) schools while they waited for July 1/August 1 to roll around. Perfect example of this is SLU's top recruit in the most-recent class.
I imagine Amherst has changed their ways, but their methods not only came across as disingenuous, but also as actively preventing kids from taking offers at other schools, trying to keep the clock ticking so coaches would move through their lists thus boxing kids out. Just shameful to mess with kids, families, and futures this way.
Thankfully my player's situation worked out well. Families need to do a lot of homework and contact current players on the teams to understand their experiences.