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[/quote] Coaches don’t watch teams. They watch players. If a player has sent video and has caught their attention, they will watch them no matter how bad the team. [/quote]

This is spot on. College coaches do not care about how good the team is or even how well the team does at a showcase. I know a few D3 and D1 coaches and their staff walks around the big showcases, playoffs, etc. with a list of players they have connected with (emails, highlight videos, past showcases, ID camps, etc.) and watch matches that their targeted players are in. Now during that match, they may identify someone else that caught their eye and start a connection with them but their standard approach is going to see players on their list. They don't look at the teams, find the best teams and just go watch them because they are the best teams. They don't have the time to do that and normally struggle to find time to go see everyone on their target list at any given event.

So what you're saying is the only thing that matters is getting onto a coaches list.

To get on a coaches list you just need to reach out and establish some type of relationship.

How do coaches decide which players make their list of players to watch? Please tell me how coaches won't take a quick peek at the rankings app to determine if the team a player plays on is in the ballpark of what they're looking for.

Of course they care about the level the players play at and is why they focus their energy on the top levels as they only have so much time and that is where the best players are (for the most part). The point this poster is making is that they don't just go find the best teams as the top level and focus on watching them. Most players at the top level are good players. They focus their energy on the players they have the relationships with and have gotten on their radar. This allows them to focus their recruiting. So yes, the team level matters but whether or not the team at that level is the best and always winning is less important than how the player manages and performs within the match compared to what the coach wants/needs from that position. And, grades along with volume of players are the top thing. As a matter of fact, many coaches from all levels face constant pressure from their universities to make their rosters larger to capture more tuition money for the school. This happens all the time and many times it is a bit of a battle between how many players the coach wants on the roster vs how many the school pushes them to have in order to drive income.  [/quote]

That's the contradiction.

Some are saying recruiters don't watch teams they watch players and it doesn't matter how good or bad the team is.

Ok, if this is true why does it matter which league your kid plays in?

You can't have it both ways.

We all know truth is that how well team plays in league, how good the player is, what their grades are like, etc all come into play when recruiters choose a player.[/quote]

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