I was on the other end of Dac's situation and would have commented here last night, but even though the guy was considering only me at the signing cycle because Dac fell off when he signed a full class, he wound up not signing with me until 2 a.m. (EDT). I didn't want to call too much attention to the guy, as he will be a strong D-III player.
I, too, considered sending a quick note to Dac just to say I thought it odd that a D-I and D-III team would be on the same guy, but quickly realized there would be no way to do that without seeming to seek information about his intentions. But I thought it was a pretty good bet he would sign a better player anyway. It looked liked I had 5 guys considering me for 4 spots, but the other guy it appeared I was in a battle for, I really wasn't. I recruited him a bit and offered on the first cycle vs. a sim just ot test the waters. He was a backup plan, then several other schools jumped on the same guy and for some reason, I stayed on his considering list. I was counting on Dac signing a full class and the guy would fall back to me, just as it happened.
Oh, and this guy was not a D-II pulldown for me. He was a straight up D-III recruit. I had him considering me after the first cycle and wound up spending just a bit over $700 total to sign him, and I have a B- prestige D-III team.
BTW, here is the guy:
Potential
|
Current
Rating |
Potential |
|
|
Current
Rating |
Potential |
Athleticism |
44 |
High |
|
Perimeter |
1 |
Low |
Speed |
9 |
Low |
|
Ball Handling |
15 |
High |
Rebounding |
61 |
High |
|
Passing |
14 |
Average |
Defense |
52 |
High |
|
Stamina |
57 |
High |
Shot Blocking |
64 |
Low |
|
Durability |
52 |
Average |
Low-post |
37 |
High |
|
FT Shooting |
|
Average |
He would have been a marginal D-I player, but should be a helluva D-III talent eventually.
To get back on topic, Dac and I exchanging site mails on this guy would certainly be illegal for all the above mentioned reasons: we would be colluding to help our recruiting by getting information we should not have access to.
Actually, one of several reasons I am playing out my HD seasons as the only coach in my conference in a D-III world I had previously not been in is because I got fed up with all the cheating and collusion that was going on in another world I was in. I was in a D-II conf. where one of the coaches had a D-I team in the same world and during recruiting, he would miraculously be able to spot the top high potential D-II guys 1000 miles away from his school (and close to me). Just not possible to do that on a D-II budget season after season. That was just one example--there are other obvious examples as I am sure many of you can attest to. It was just depressing and took the fun out of HD. Ironically, I am enjoying playing around with this D-III team and may wind up sticking around after my store of seasons are used up. It's a fun rebuild that will take another season or two to be good.
7/24/2013 7:55 AM (edited)