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Could football recruiting turn into this?

Posted on 4/30/10 at 10:46 am
Posted by TigerCLT
Dallas, TX
Member since May 2009
401 posts
Posted on 4/30/10 at 10:46 am
We all laugh when Lane Kiffin gets a 14-year-old to commit, but in the softball ranks apparently that's mainstream -- LINK

How much longer until this starts happening in the big sports?
This post was edited on 4/30/10 at 10:51 am
Posted by KBeezy
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2004
13529 posts
Posted on 4/30/10 at 10:54 am to
So you're question is when will it happen in the "big sports?"

but you already cited the commit of a 14 year old to USC in college football.

So, was it a rhetorical question? Or do you not consider college football a "big sport?"
Posted by TigerCLT
Dallas, TX
Member since May 2009
401 posts
Posted on 4/30/10 at 10:56 am to
No, I mean it's not every day in college football that a high school freshman commits. But apparently it's that way in softball.
Posted by KBeezy
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2004
13529 posts
Posted on 4/30/10 at 10:57 am to
I see. Thanks for the clarification
Posted by 12inches
Marisa Miller's dreams
Member since Apr 2007
4693 posts
Posted on 4/30/10 at 1:00 pm to
I thought shite like this happened in basketball all the time. And I would say basketball is a major sport.
Posted by rpg37
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Sep 2008
47453 posts
Posted on 4/30/10 at 2:22 pm to
No. First off, girls are physically mature much sooner so it's much easier to get a read on them earlier.

Next, in certain sports like basketball, coaches are looking for the raw abilities. Size and strength are much less involved. For football, outside of the QB position, size and other physical attributes delay the process for a few more years.
Posted by TheHiddenFlask
The Welsh red light district
Member since Jul 2008
18384 posts
Posted on 4/30/10 at 2:44 pm to
It's pretty close to that already in basketball.
Posted by the LSUSaint
Member since Nov 2009
15444 posts
Posted on 5/3/10 at 12:07 pm to
quote:

Thanks for the clarification


It's laughable you needed one
Posted by the LSUSaint
Member since Nov 2009
15444 posts
Posted on 5/3/10 at 12:12 pm to
quote:

First off, girls are physically mature much sooner so it's much easier to get a read on them earlier.


WTF? So by your "theory" girls D1 basketball should be taking commitments from high school freshman as common practice.

Just not true. NO humans are developed as a freshman. But with a qb, if hieght is there, along with fundamentals, it doesn't matter what happens really, he'll not forget how to throw it. But he may never turn into the physical specimin needed to compete at the highest level.
Posted by smash williams
San Diego
Member since Apr 2009
19749 posts
Posted on 5/3/10 at 12:36 pm to
Idk but if Les Miles accepted a commitment from Elliot Berry right now, I wouldn't be upset.
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