Posted by metsmaniac2 on 12/31/2016 10:00:00 AM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 12/31/2016 9:56:00 AM (view original):
Realism, right?
I agree that it would never happen in the real world. But, without question, the D2 school dumped tons of resources into the player and the 3 D1s came late to the party. IOW, not one of them contacted the player in RS1. So, is it realistic that a school would ignore a kid for months on end, not even a letter, text or phone call, then jump on him late? Of course it isn't. That would also never happen.
Sure it is realistic if the school had a last minute roster change (ie: a player getting expelled from the school), they would start recruiting someone they previously didn't even have a spot for and therefore showed no initial interest. In the real world once those 3 Big 6 schools came offering scholarships, the kid would be thrilled at how much of a better opportunity he was getting, not go to a lowly D2 school just because they showed him initial interest.
Then I'm sure you can find an example of a kid saying "Yeah, Michigan hadn't contacted me at all up until the week before signing day. In fact, not a single D1 school had talked me. Boy, I was thrilled!!!"
I'll wait here.
Honestly, I'd STFU about this is there was some mechanism where a school had to contact a recruit in the first session in order to actually recruit him in the second session. Doesn't even have to be AP(although that's all that's in place). Maybe a "targeting" option, free of charge, with a limit on how many. Let MSU target 50, or a 100, recruits in session 1. But, as long as MSU has made no contact with a player until RS2, I could care less when they lose to a D2 that's been pumping resources into a player.