Because everyone is throwing a conniption fit over the silliest things.
UM’s tuition is quite high and that has an effect on recruiting. Schools will use academic loopholes to help play for players’ tuition, and although UM does this too, more could certainly be done.
However, all of this about Rice and Stanford’s recruiting compared to ours is also absurd because if you look at recruiting rankings, we’re elite each year.
Jagar makes a point about being excited simply for a regionals berth. That alone is simply not the standard here, long term. BUT, after missing the tournament two years in a row, and with a new energy around the program, it’s perfectly acceptable in the short term to get hype over a return to major postseason baseball. Who knows, with a good draw and a hot streak at the right time this year’s team is good enough to make a bit of a deep run.
Moving forward with the elite recruiting classes (YES...elite recruiting...I mean that!) getting back to Omaha and even winning it all is within reach.
And as for South Florida players, there are elite. However, the complexities of the sport at this level are different than football, with direct entry to the pros out of high school, the Juco element, and a bit of a foreign flavor to it all as well. Football style recruiting ‘bags’ also don’t play the same type of role. As a result, LSU and Vandy not having South Florida players is different than Alabama and UGA hoarding greater Miami. Becides, with players commiting earlier than ever before, they stay local as out-of-State coaches won’t travel before to recruit before the contact period.
UM’s tuition is quite high and that has an effect on recruiting. Schools will use academic loopholes to help play for players’ tuition, and although UM does this too, more could certainly be done.
However, all of this about Rice and Stanford’s recruiting compared to ours is also absurd because if you look at recruiting rankings, we’re elite each year.
Jagar makes a point about being excited simply for a regionals berth. That alone is simply not the standard here, long term. BUT, after missing the tournament two years in a row, and with a new energy around the program, it’s perfectly acceptable in the short term to get hype over a return to major postseason baseball. Who knows, with a good draw and a hot streak at the right time this year’s team is good enough to make a bit of a deep run.
Moving forward with the elite recruiting classes (YES...elite recruiting...I mean that!) getting back to Omaha and even winning it all is within reach.
And as for South Florida players, there are elite. However, the complexities of the sport at this level are different than football, with direct entry to the pros out of high school, the Juco element, and a bit of a foreign flavor to it all as well. Football style recruiting ‘bags’ also don’t play the same type of role. As a result, LSU and Vandy not having South Florida players is different than Alabama and UGA hoarding greater Miami. Becides, with players commiting earlier than ever before, they stay local as out-of-State coaches won’t travel before to recruit before the contact period.
