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espola said:
It's not the obvious stars who are at risk. It's the hundreds of maybe-stars that a coach has to select 4 or 5 from - don't give him any reason to dislike you and thus pass on your kid.
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If your kid can meet the needs of a coach and program they will "generally" overlook parental nonsense. Just ask the Harvard men's program.
 
genesis said:
If your kid can meet the needs of a coach and program they will "generally" overlook parental nonsense. Just ask the Harvard men's program.
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I don't see how your posting makes any sense, but ask yourself this - would the Harvard coach have recruited any of those players if he had known that their behavior would eventually lead to the ongoing public mockery of the program?
 
The truth is if any college or club coach comes on here to creep around to find out what a parent is saying about what club or club team then he/she needs to get a life! The parent/coach, player relationship is almost ZERO when your kid starts playing in college! I think a college coach would be way more likely to go on a players Instagram or FB if they are not set as private and the coach can actually see what that player is about in real life. I would worry more about you kid as a parent and what they are doing right or wrong on their social media accounts then WTH some coach thinks!
 
sandshark said:
The truth is if any college or club coach comes on here to creep around to find out what a parent is saying about what club or club team then he/she needs to get a life! The parent/coach, player relationship is almost ZERO when your kid starts playing in college! I think a college coach would be way more likely to go on a players Instagram or FB if they are not set as private and the coach can actually see what that player is about in real life. I would worry more about you kid as a parent and what they are doing right or wrong on their social media accounts then WTH some coach thinks!
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Coaches would like it to be zero (except for a few cases***), but not all parents agree.
 
I posed the question to my sister. She played D1, was nominated for an ESPY, won Collegiate Player of the year and was recently inducted into her schools HOF. She's still involved, but on the National level and High School. I asked her if she or any coaches she knows checks or has people who check for them the social media acoounts of recruits. She laughed and said of course. I then asked her if they also check on the parents and again she laughed and said without a doubt. I asked if a parents social media post would deter a coach from recruiting a player... her comment, it has.
 
Ok maybe if your parent is all over Instagram or FB bashing the shit out of clubs and other players? But a college coach creeping on some random forum like this looking for something I DOUBT it!
 
Multi Sport said:
I posed the question to my sister. She played D1, was nominated for an ESPY, won Collegiate Player of the year and was recently inducted into her schools HOF. She's still involved, but on the National level and High School. I asked her if she or any coaches she knows checks or has people who check for them the social media acoounts of recruits. She laughed and said of course. I then asked her if they also check on the parents and again she laughed and said without a doubt. I asked if a parents social media post would deter a coach from recruiting a player... her comment, it has.
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Well, I'm good.
 
sandshark said:
Ok maybe if your parent is all over Instagram or FB bashing the shit out of clubs and other players? But a college coach creeping on some random forum like this looking for something I DOUBT it!
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This is a soccer forum, so it would make sense for a soccer coach. Again, read what I posted. Some have people who do this for them. But you can ignore what I posted. But I will be seeing my Sister and her family soon and I'm curious to see what her husband says. He played D1 and in the NFL.
 
sandshark said:
Ok maybe if your parent is all over Instagram or FB bashing the shit out of clubs and other players? But a college coach creeping on some random forum like this looking for something I DOUBT it!
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The coach is just doing due diligence (and he may actually hand off the drudgery part to an assistant or a work-grant recipient). The last thing the coach wants is to get a call from the AD and not know how to answer it. "Did you know what your new recruit said about female teachers?" "Do you know what his father said about college graduates?"
 
espola said:
I don't see how your posting makes any sense, but ask yourself this - would the Harvard coach have recruited any of those players if he had known that their behavior would eventually lead to the ongoing public mockery of the program?
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Of course not but unless he/she was Carnac there would be no way to materially predict future behavior based on the words of parents on a forum or even the adolescent behavior of young people. Besides more often than not most coaches naively believe they have the ability to change the problem child regardless of past behavior. Yes, yes there are exceptions.
 
espola said:
The coach is just doing due diligence (and he may actually hand off the drudgery part to an assistant or a work-grant recipient). The last thing the coach wants is to get a call from the AD and not know how to answer it. "Did you know what your new recruit said about female teachers?" "Do you know what his father said about college graduates?"
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You mean like Donald Trump? Hehe.
 
About a month ago I was hanging out with a friend of mine, a fellow forum member. He started to receive PM's from another forum member that were unsolicited. This guy obviously thought he was just sending messages to my friend and that for some reason nobody would ever read them, but I was sitting there reading them along side my friend. Again, don't send messages or post things that you wouldn't want to get out. You never know who the person on the other side knows, it might even be your kids future college coach.
 
Torros said:
About a month ago I was hanging out with a friend of mine, a fellow forum member. He started to receive PM's from another forum member that were unsolicited. This guy obviously thought he was just sending messages to my friend and that for some reason nobody would ever read them, but I was sitting there reading them along side my friend. Again, don't send messages or post things that you wouldn't want to get out. You never know who the person on the other side knows, it might even be your kids future college coach.
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clarino said:
I call bull shit on this last post. Give me her name and phone number and I will call her to confirm.
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Hey Clarino...if you have a kid who is good enough to play in college and is interested in going to a major school on the East Coast then I would be more then happy to pass your kids info on to my sister , or if you have a son who plays football, to my brother in law. Then you can talk to her face to face next month when they come out.
 
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