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| Attackman Fred Opie during a home game at Croton Point field my Senior Year 1981 |
As part of my ongoing recruiting
series I want to talk about the experience I had helping a fantastic sleeper
complete a grueling recruiting process for him and his family. As sophomore,
seniors at his high school received the lion share of playing time thus he went
unnoticed until this past season and a great showing this summer. But by June
most of the top scholarship and Ivy League lacrosse programs had verbal commitments
for his class and had nothing to offer. So the scramble to find a program who wanted
to court him started and I got involved the first week in July. The experience proved
stressful for the player and parents largely because going through it the first
time there are so many blind spots and unexpected turns and twist. One ends up
turning in all different directions talking to coaches and visiting schools on
speed dial and having one’s hopes raised and dashed in a 24 hour period. I went
to high school with this recruits mom. My high school friend said that at times
“I felt like we were all over the place talking to coaches, looking at schools
[and] jumping from D1 to D3.”She concluded, “At the end of the day, I think a
lot of it comes down to luck. One coach sees you do one good thing on one
good day.” More tomorrow on learning
from a recruiting experience.
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