Good day for Yardbirds....

[MTsumner92]

Only 1 recruit was drafted today in the 10th round. Zipin. Looks like he is going to be a Gamecock now. No one else drafted that I could see so they should all be back except for maybe the lefty.

 

[Patriot321]

Only 1 recruit was drafted today in the 10th round. Zipin. Looks like he is going to be a Gamecock now. No one else drafted that I could see so they should all be back except for maybe the lefty.

Is that good news?

 

[mUSiC-man]

Is that good news?

My thoughts exactly. The first two South Carolina high school players selected were committed to LSU and Spartanburg Methodist.

 

[Cackmandu]

Is that good news?

I see your point, but I'm sure it's a fine line on the kid you spend time on recruiting and their ability to go high, but the bottom line is if they sign a pro contract it's a moot point no matter who they were verbally committed to.

 

[MTsumner92]

Bingo. It will be interesting to see the final recruiting rankings after some of the top recruits go pro. Overall I see a better team next year.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

We are usually a program that has multiple recruits drafted, and we sweat it out until deadline day.
Now it's supposed to be "good news" that we are no longer in that situation?
No, it is NOT good news. It is but more evidence of how the program has fallen.

 

[HillsToSea]

Wasn’t this an unusually young team? Would that be the reason for (a reason) low number of draft picks?

 

[Rogue Cock]

We are usually a program that has multiple recruits drafted, and we sweat it out until deadline day.
Now it's supposed to be "good news" that we are no longer in that situation?
No, it is NOT good news. It is but more evidence of how the program has fallen.

I remember Leggett having top-notch classes....until the draft came along and a lot of his commits took off. Tanner seemed to seldom sign those potential high round draft picks unless he was pretty darn sure he could hold on to them.

They don't do you any good if there is a better than even chance they will never see a college ballpark.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

I remember Leggett having top-notch classes....until the draft came along and a lot of his commits took off. Tanner seemed to seldom sign those potential high round draft picks unless he was pretty darn sure he could hold on to them.

They don't do you any good if there is a better than even chance they will never see a college ballpark.

My point is that it is a sign that we aren't recruiting at nearly the same level. As I said, more evidence of how the program has fallen.
It's not something anyone should be "happy" about.
Ray recruited and got commitments from quite a few potential high draft picks. A lot came to school, but some signed. It was the nature of the beast for the upper echelon programs in college baseball. If we are only signing those guys that we know won't be drafted high so they'll have to come to school, again, the program has fallen.

 

[Rogue Cock]

My point is that it is a sign that we aren't recruiting at nearly the same level. As I said, more evidence of how the program has fallen.
It's not something anyone should be "happy" about.
Ray recruited and got commitments from quite a few potential high draft picks. A lot came to school, but some signed. It was the nature of the beast for the upper echelon programs in college baseball. If we are only signing those guys that we know won't be drafted high so they'll have to come to school, again, the program has fallen.

I don't necessarily disagree....just think there is a fine line between signing a potential high pick that you know will take his shot versus one that wants to play college ball. Seems Tanner had some knowledge or instinct to tell which ones were more than likely to stick with their commitment.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

I don't necessarily disagree....just think there is a fine line between signing a potential high pick that you know will take his shot versus one that wants to play college ball. Seems Tanner had some knowledge or instinct to tell which ones were more than likely to stick with their commitment.

He did. But again, many were still at least drafted.

 

[Rogue Cock]

He did. But again, many were still at least drafted.

Agree. And we should have more....especially those drafted in the middle to lower rounds and maybe take a shot on a couple of high round picks.