Cooper Lucas‘ College Prospects

[Jack-wagon suppressor]

Just seen 3 d linemen made the 1st all state and Cooper didn’t make the cut for any of them. Was only 1st team rb and offense POY. That is a joke

You can't make both sides of the ball even if you deserve it. I agree, maybe it was sharing the wealth for others.

 

[MWFBfan]

Helping kids get recruited can be a frustrating endeavor. It's got to be so much easier these days. Nothing like hooking up the 2 VCRs and dubbing tape after tape...only to find out i had it wired incorrectly from the get go.

(Once had a principal get POed because I was dubbing film during class time. Nevermind the TV screen was turned to the wall and no one could see it)

Anyway, a coach can believe in a kid, talk him up, send the film, but there's nothing a coach can do to MAKE a certain College give a kid an athletic scholarship.

Had a GREAT kid once (1st team all state) get offered by one if those big time TX jucos as he just couldn't get the ACT score . He went down for a visit and they measured him. Turns out, he was 1/2 " shy of being 6'3" and THEY SENT HIM BACK TO MO EMPTY HANDED.

Turns out, you can't be successful in their league if you're 6'2 1/2".

Again, can't figure these guys out sometimes.

Colleges offer kids based upon what they need and how a kid projects toward what they're looking for at that position. There are a lot of kids that dominate at the HS level that don't get offered for any number of reasons. No, a coach can't make a kid into a college prospect if the kid doesn't have what colleges are looking for. Some kids have tremendous stats or win championships but don't play in schemes or show during games what some colleges want to see. Sometimes colleges find out things about a kid that are red-flags once they talk to people that know the kid. If a kid gets a reputation (whether it's true or not) it can end up getting them blacklisted. Disciplinary, alcohol, drug and even steroid rumors are real offer-killers. How a kid communicates with coaches is another one. If they get the impression a kid isn't interested or something else about the interaction is off, can kill it too.

 

[Saints-1-fan]

Cooper is a great young man right down to the ground ! At church a few weeks ago he went foward with his friend who was getting baptized to support him in his decision, and before the state title in the locker room - the realization of this being their last game together was so emotional they came out playing a little flat from those emotions !