runrussellrun wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:37 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:31 am
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:24 am
Ok, that crossed a line, RRR.
TLD's son had a tremendous college lacrosse experience, top player, and a great education.
You're out of line.
I don't think he meant it that way. I assumed that he knows that I know how folks exaggerate.
This little exchange kind of sums up exactly what I am talking about. Arrogant , contextless baffoons chiming in when they think little.
I am talking about people embellisioning their athletic status, saying they are being recruited by this, or that, "top" college. Back when we played, it happened. It happens today. And TLD, thru his son's experience, knows exactly of what I am talking about. Think, before you spew your arrogance.
You did so in the context of saying "possibly" to TLD's asking, politely, whether you thought he was lying? "possibly"???
But, ok, you were simply suggesting that TLD would know, through watching his son's recruiting experience (and thus others?), that some people, not TLD or his son, exaggerate the level of recruitment they received...but, hey, you weren't suggesting anything more than that, nothing about his son in specific. TLD apparently understood you that way, so all good.
Except for questioning his veracity.
"back when we played". When was that, RRR?
I don't recall any of my HS buddies (1976) exaggerating the recruiting they received, which, frankly, was minimal compared to the onslaught of attention comparable players receive today. 5 of my classmates and I were D1 AA in college, most multiple years, with a whole bunch of the younger players on the team eventually doing the same, including two first teamers. 12 of my classmates started on their college teams, most D1, a few DIII. Most of the 'recruiting' was actually the athletes expressing an interest in the school, maybe an alum suggesting to a coach that he pay attention, a few college trips, and a decision made in due course. None of the showcase tournament stuff of today, none of the social media stuff. And we rarely talked about it at all. Coaches may have seen us play, but we were largely oblivious to it. Summer ball was a weeknight or two, for fun and to improve, not to "show". In season we were focused on winning games as a team.
My son went through this more recently and was lightly recruited as he didn't start on his high school team until his senior year, just as I had done, but different recruiting era. All the intensity of showcases, all-star tournaments, club, etc. Nuts, but he enjoyed the playing and was self-driven to improve. And he paid for his own extra training, etc by working. His team had 6 D1 in his class who started in college, two of whom were college AA's, three of whom, like my son made all-conference teams in college. Some others who started in DIII. Lots of team captains in the bunch. His HS junior year's team had a bunch more, including a first team AA. The top 3 players in his class, who started as sophomores, received lots of attention, well deserved, but I never heard anyone exaggerating such, not the boys, not their parents. Same for the boys in the class above him. One of those three started at Denver as a freshman, but concussions ended his career, the other two were AA's, one the Big 10 Defenseman of the Year, the other a co-captain of a national championship team. None of these families exaggerated.
That said, I do know what you may be referring to of those who do exaggerate (confusing letters of outreach with actual recruitment or just insecure braggarts), but I'm not so sure that's the case for any, or sure not many, of those who are actually seriously recruited.
and that's what you were negatively dismissing with TLD's team mate.
