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poncho2799
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So if I were to promise a start to a recruit, how many games would fulfill the promise? I dont see why a recruit would trip out if he started 70% of the games, but then again, this is not real life. Anyone have a rough estimate on this?
4/27/2012 5:06 PM
mamxet
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used to be 80% was safe - now I think a bit more than 80% may be needed
4/27/2012 5:37 PM
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in my limited experience post change, i think the answer is 60, 70 or 80 depending on the kid...experiment and find out - he'll let you know as soon as you slip below, then just get him back in and make sure he doesn't fall below again...
4/27/2012 7:00 PM
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I have not seen anything that low, dac. For mins or starts. 80 is really only the safe rule of thumb. (To be honest, I think there's very, very little difference between various players on this.)
4/27/2012 8:37 PM
dacj501
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Posted by girt25 on 4/27/2012 8:37:00 PM (view original):
I have not seen anything that low, dac. For mins or starts. 80 is really only the safe rule of thumb. (To be honest, I think there's very, very little difference between various players on this.)
I had one at 70, one at 80. At the time there was a thread up where someone said they had seen 60. I've not seen 60 myself though, but have seen 70 and 80.

eta: one of them was at UCF - Neidig maybe? He was the 70% one. I had another kid on Marquette that complained when he went below 80.
4/27/2012 9:38 PM
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I've had guys complain as soon as they got below 80, as soon as 10 games into the season (i.e. 7 of 10 games started led to a complaint).
4/27/2012 10:29 PM
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Posted by poncho2799 on 4/27/2012 5:06:00 PM (view original):
So if I were to promise a start to a recruit, how many games would fulfill the promise? I dont see why a recruit would trip out if he started 70% of the games, but then again, this is not real life. Anyone have a rough estimate on this?
Question, since this is not real life, why wouldn't he trip out if he didn't start "every" game?  I mean, he was promised to start, right?

But to answer your question, somewhere around 80% is usually pretty safe.  Usually.
4/28/2012 12:37 AM
poncho2799
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thanks guys.
4/29/2012 6:11 PM
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