Are southern ohio players overlooked by colleges?
1fan1 wrote
I couldn't agree more. I would add that "college" means education primarily. I know of a couple of athletes who thought "going to college" meant just "playing ball" and blew off class work and attendance as irrelevant. Obviously they didn't last long!
Everything counts - athletic talent/ability is a biggie, but it's nothing by itself without academic effort, work ethic, and those intangible "good conduct" kinds of attributes to back it up!
At the risk of being redundant [and it's football not basketball] - can I say Tyler Whaley and Marcus Williams at OSU are perfect examples of all the above!
Finally, it IS college, and coaches say they have on an info sheet, your age, position, ranking on a national level, ACT score, gpa, and class rank on their clipboards when they scout. Shock shock. Those last two do matter. It's too much money to risk on a mid-level, low level DI player who is a loser and who cannot make it b/c they cannot take coaching or are a "head case". Some can be practice dummies, but they don't usually last long, so those who want to be noticed have a lot of their plate for kids.
I couldn't agree more. I would add that "college" means education primarily. I know of a couple of athletes who thought "going to college" meant just "playing ball" and blew off class work and attendance as irrelevant. Obviously they didn't last long!
Everything counts - athletic talent/ability is a biggie, but it's nothing by itself without academic effort, work ethic, and those intangible "good conduct" kinds of attributes to back it up!
At the risk of being redundant [and it's football not basketball] - can I say Tyler Whaley and Marcus Williams at OSU are perfect examples of all the above!