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#986	04/02/2018 11:25:07 pm	Mar 11th, 2004
admin Joined: 01/24/2017 Posts: 2385 Hardwood Administrator	Walk-on assignments (at this time) are completely random. Also, the decent uncommitted prospects will go to junior college. The dregs will end up retiring or becoming walk-ons. Wouldn't recommend trying to improve your team with some "recruited" walk-on strategy. Steve

#990	04/03/2018 6:25:42 am	Mar 11th, 2004
Rock777 Joined: 02/02/2018 Posts: 1532 Inactive	But if we continue to recruit guys who go JUCO, then they will presumably keep their level of interest? Do they keep their scholarship offers as well? Just the scholarship offer would transfer to being one 2 years from now?

#992	04/03/2018 8:27:29 am	Mar 11th, 2004
newtman Joined: 02/04/2018 Posts: 338 Inactive	I offered a scholarship to a high school freshman this season, so really not that much different from that.

#996	04/03/2018 10:50:43 am	Mar 13th, 2004
admin Joined: 01/24/2017 Posts: 2385 Hardwood Administrator	There is recruiting interest carry over to JuCo recruiting. Steve

#1000	04/03/2018 3:29:17 pm	Mar 13th, 2004
Rock777 Joined: 02/02/2018 Posts: 1532 Inactive	@newtman, yeah, I don't see a problem with the early offers. I think the scholarship offer should carry over for the JUCOs. Because then if you change you mind and yank it, it will cost you. So you don't get anything for free. If you could offer them a scholarship, increase their interest, and then do it again when they went JUCO, then you would double dip on the bonus (and with no risk if you were fully committed).

#1004	04/03/2018 6:00:14 pm	Mar 13th, 2004
admin Joined: 01/24/2017 Posts: 2385 Hardwood Administrator	In real life, players usually go to junior college because they don't get any scholarship offers or because of grades. In general, the have a different schools recruiting them as JuCo prospects than out of high school. Roster depths may have changed, grades might have meant that institution couldn't accept them (hard as that is to believe), some schools rarely take junior college transfers or some other factors. In general, JuCo prospects are a different commodity that High Schoolers. Steve

#1007	04/03/2018 7:49:24 pm	Mar 13th, 2004
Rock777 Joined: 02/02/2018 Posts: 1532 Inactive	Its more an issue of exploitation then. I should be able to offer them a scholarship since I don't have one. But I can, which makes them like me better. Then when they can't get the scholarship, they are forced to go JUCO, and I can offer it again for an extra free boost in interest. I kind of feel like the scholarship offer should stick. Anyone can feel free to pull it if they are no longer interested. But having it just vanish, would open a hole for exploiting the system.

#1016	04/04/2018 6:50:05 am	Mar 13th, 2004
newtman Joined: 02/04/2018 Posts: 338 Inactive	Then when they can't get the scholarship, they are forced to go JUCO This is where you are thinking about it wrong. This assumption operates on the idea that recruit won't go to a school that he may even have less interest in, but does have an open scholarship position which has been offered to him. This really is not an issue, especially compared to the other things brought up recently.

#1024	04/04/2018 12:38:31 pm	Mar 18th, 2004
Rock777 Joined: 02/02/2018 Posts: 1532 Inactive	I wasn't assuming that at all. I'm assuming someone going JUCO has no offers that they are interested in. I was simply using the example, if they were only interested in your school, and you offered them the scholarship after you had none, you would get an extra boost in interest at not cost/risk. Then you could offer it to them again. I say if you offer it, then it should stay. You have a whole year to revoke it before they can accept anyhow. Updated Wednesday, April 4 2018 @ 12:39:58 pm PDT

#1043	04/05/2018 3:16:39 am	Mar 18th, 2004
Rock777 Joined: 02/02/2018 Posts: 1532 Inactive	By the way, what is the line for walk-on versus JUCO? I've been actively recruiting POT 10 guys with scholarships, but some walk-ons are POT 10... Brewnoe's guy had 103 SI (and crazy good rebounding & defense) as a walk-on... I think walk-ons may be more valuable for LL-5 teams than you think Steve...