In some ways D3 recruiting is dirtier than D1.  In D1 the recruit has some
degree of knowledge about the interest level of the school -- the amount
of athletic scholarship.  Full ride, they want you a lot.  Partial ride, they
want you.  No ride, see you at tryouts.

There's nothing to prevent D3 coaches from recruiting many more kids than he
needs -- and I fully believe some do -- and tell all of them that they've got
a great shot to make the team.  About the only way a kid can gauge interest is
if he gets admitted with academic qualifications significantly below the norm
for that school (indicating that the coach exercised one of his chips at the
admissions office, and he got in with the legacies and political favors) or that
his financial aid is significantly different than the financial aid indicators
say he should get.  If you don't fall into those categories -- for example you
got in on academic merit -- then you better make damn sure that it's a school
that you like, because your hockey career may be over in October.

Clay

Greg, sorry for the duplicate messages.

--- Greg Ambrose <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> One other point.  I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I heard about
> the pompous pronouncements from the president of Middlebury on this issue.
> Schools like Middlebury, Williams, Mt. Union may not give scholarships, but
> no one can say with a straight face that they don't recruit a certain type
> of "student".
>
> A son of a friend is a junior at Wentworth, which has risen quickly in the
> D3 hockey ranks over the past few years.  Over the weekend, he told me that
> just about every player who has come into the school is either from Ontario
> or British Columbia and are already 20 or 21 when they enroll.  Now, before
> Larry jumps all over me, let me say that the fact that they are from Canada
> and are of drinking age is irrelevant to me.  To me the main point is that
> the there are schools that are strictyl D3  who are just, if not more,
> impure than those who would suffer if this nonsensical proposal passed.
>


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