scouts don’t give a damn about Depreps, Depreps will not give your kid a scholarship. This is a public forum for sports fans not scouts....
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I will go even further delaware high school basketball is not taken seriously by scouts, they don't respect the level of competition
I wonder if he will read this.... I have to say it was kinda entertaining to read.
What?!? Scouts aren’t reading my posts?!?
Damn.
Damn.
The only thing taken seriously by scouts/coaches (for football and basketball) are your size, speed, and grades (AKA, the measurables).
Then they will entertain your level of competition and stats.
U are correct about the measurables, that's the first hurdle, however delaware football is a different animal, I think football in this state is on a higher level in terms of recruiting. A lot of kids signing to play at all levels each year in football. Basketball is about a decade behind, the rules put to much limitations on development. Kids like Mikey Dixon would be high major out of high school if they played in adjacent states. All of the kids that were recruited D1, D2, got recruited based on AAU. Our most talented kids with exceptions like Davis, etc, get recruited one or two levels below or not at all. The talent exits and goes elsewhere which kills our reputation.
For real for real, the top high schools in MD recruit strictly off of measurables. That's why the numbers of kids going D1/2 is way above what we have in DE. They already are 3 steps ahead of the process. Now the college recruiters can skip over the measurables and jump right into the game film and look at technique and athleticism.
They have a lot more kids going D 1 because the rules allow kids to develop in those states nothing to do with measurables. That includes transfer rules, training out of season, gym time.
What’s the %? Any real information? Delaware is the equivalent of the Chesmont in PA. Anyone have any demographic info?
Are you for real? So you are telling me that a school in MD sees a 6'2 240lb lineman or a 6'2 QB or WR (ect.....) in the 7th or 8th grade, that kid isn't instantly put on the radar to be enrolled in a top MD school (preferably private)???
Training/gym time out of season is entirely up to the kid and his parents! (especially in basketball).
Mixing topics, those things matter. Measurables do matter. Never said they did not. What I'm saying is in other places those schools support that type of recruiting. Independent boosters fund bringing in these kids to support their programs. Transfer rules give flexibility. Institutional support provides unlimited access to training facilities & trainers. Try locking in gym time in delaware, it's a challenge. Football is a different animal. Lastly many parents lack the knowledge to do it themselves or funding to hire trainers to develop kids to the elite level. Many of the kids i have trained don't even have father's in their life. Life's not a utopia, many depend on institutions and community support for personal development.
I agree with some of what you say, BUT as far as basketball, cmon. First off, basketball season is during the winter so there are no excuses about "getting a gym," the sport is played indoors..........
During the Spring, Summer, and most of Fall there are plenty of outdoor courts to put work in at (not to mention all the Boy's and Girl's Clubs all across the state as well as the YMCA). And for real, a lot of drills that are being taught don't even require an actual court. Basketball is by far the easiest sport to "get ready" for alone without anyone else or the actual court. All you need is one or two basketballs and you can get a hella bunch of good work in! So let's not make excuses for basketball. Also, there are plenty of good trainers around that will workout kids that wana put in that work and most of the ones do it for free depending on the kid's situation.
Yes kids can work outdoors and can get better doing so, but we both know they're going to work on that jelly layup or poor fundamentals found on youtube. I remember the days when guys would come back from college, work boys and girls clubs, ymca's or help the local kids at the park for free. So training vs quality training becomes an issue and to put it out there some people have no business training kids. So it's not as simplistic as it use to be, very few people with qualifications give of themselves without compensation. The day of high school coaches developing kids are generally gone, with few exceptions. A kid may indirectly stumble upon a parent or organization with quality development through AAU. I see a lot of kids working on trash moves and poor fundamentals. When I watch most delaware high school games it is clear proper fundamentals are not being taught. To much dribbling, poor spacing and movement without the ball, poor ball movement, no blockouts, poor defensive rotations (help side), no one stops ball in open court and outright selfishness (exceptions schools like Sanford, sallies, penn, delcaste, Smyrna, cape, and a few others). I am a big supporter of this new middle school basketball xplosion. It provides quality cost effective training and exposure. I believe those guys are only charging kids $10.00 for workouts in their training. This is a step in the right direction.
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