Let's face it if a kid can rake the coaches don't even care if she is big, let alone her Parent. To answer the question of 3 similar athletes how would they decide. It's simple the one who runs the fastest,
SPEED does not slump!!!
Let's face it if a kid can rake the coaches don't even care if she is big, let alone her Parent. To answer the question of 3 similar athletes how would they decide. It's simple the one who runs the fastest,
You should pose this question to college coaches, because their opinions are the ones that matter. MY opinion is that while no coach is going to base their decision solely on looking at a players parents, I think it MAY come into play when a coach has to decide between two players who otherwise are equals. Do you think Jenny Finch's daughter would get more consideration from a college coach than other players? What if a players dad was a former major leaguer?
No, I understand that genetic freaks of nature (e.g., families with multiple elite athletes) will likely get extra consideration. That makes sense to me. But, to use a different kind of example, would someone like Kelly Clarkson be ignored by a record label because her mother can't sing? That just doesn't make sense to me at all. Meanwhile, if Kelly Clarkson's daughter winds up a singing prodigy, she'll probably get extra attention. Nepotism is the way of the world. This just seems like reverse unnecessary nepotism.
That's not the way it works, though imho. Coaches are not coming to see the parents' weight first. I doubt it even cracks the top 10 in their minds. You're comparing apples to zebras here. There are plenty of "newcomers" to the music industry and college sb where the parents had no talent or desire before the child. I venture to say that any coach who goes in to see a prospective college player with the mindset, "if the mom or dad is a hippo, this kid has no shot in my program", won't last long OR wont' be competitive. DD and I watched quite a bit of the WCWS this year and there were alot of "big-boneded" girls out there. Sorry, just not seeing the theory hold water here.
No, I agree with you completely! It seemed to me that using a parent's weight as a data point in terms of decision-making (even as a tie-breaker) is really pretty crazy. Most people don't get heavy until AFTER college, and the daughter in question wouldn't balloon up if she's following her team's workout regimen. So, why would it even enter a coach's mind?