C77fastpitch wrote:Slapperdad, I don't know your daughter, but am sure she came with some hype. Didn't you coach her in High school, I wonder why? Kids that are equal, or very close, hype is the difference. Good coaches have to decimate information given to them by travel and high school coaches, as well as parents. Some kids are a lot better than their hype, these are the true catches for the best coaches. Those kids that have great potential, but are unsung and ignored. Take an honest look at many division 1 players, and compare them to truly outstanding division 3 players, then wonder why those choices were made.
I seriously don't understand what you're trying to say. With regards to my DD, did I nominate her for stuff, yes. But ultimately my peers in the coaching fraternity in Indiana made the decisions. The ONLY participation I had in the recruiting process was as a parent, all the stats, all the "can she play" stuff was handled thru her travel coach. Yea, I thought she could play a little bit, but I'm not the guy to quote stats, or tell you how good my kid is. Because sooner or later, she's going to have to live up to your hype. In college she went thru almost two years with no SID. An abysmal web presence, etc. She broke her own single season hit record, lead the nation in hits (NAIA) as a junior and there was never a write up on the school's athletic website. NFCA First Team All American, nothing on the website. I don't tell you these things to brag on my kid, I'm making the point, there was NO HYPE. Meanwhile when I look around at other websites, if you go 6 for 9 on the day there's a big write up.
As far as comparing D1 masses to stud D3 players, there's a myriad of reasons why those choices happen. In my DD's case, there were multiple D1 offers, in the end, she wanted to experience college, and didn't want Softball to be a job. She opted for NAIA, had a great experience, got a good education, that ultimately lead to a pretty good living. Pro softball was never the goal, it was a means to an end. It paid for the bulk of her education and I think in return the university got a lot of bang for their buck as well.