Recruiting coordinator for @icc_cougarbsbll and @Rhino_KsAcademy ⚾️ 200+ players on to 4-year level ⚾️ 25+ players on to pro ball
Peoria, IL
Joined October 2021
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With the NCAA transfer portal opening today, I want to get a couple things off my chest.
1) @CoachBeede said something the other day that really stuck with me: the players that have the best college experience frequently do so because they and their family treated it like a 40-year decision instead of a 4-year decision. Too many players and their families get focused on the wrong things. Find the place that fits you best academically, athletically and financially.
2) The portal gets glamorized by what we see from On3 and 247 with regards to football and basketball. Trust me your experience is going to be vastly different. Anything looks sexy when there’s millions of dollars in NIL attached to it. But there’s plenty of kids that get left behind. Nobody talks about that because it doesn’t sell subscriptions. And college baseball doesn’t get a lot of NIL $$$.
If you’re young, say freshman or RS freshman (if that’s even a thing anymore) it’s going to be hard to find a home. Almost every D1 coach I talk to, to a man, says they will be hunting 22-23 year old juniors/seniors that they don’t have to wait on to develop.
Bottom line, there’s going to be some kids who get left off the ride and whose careers end. They’ve played their last game and just don’t know it yet.
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I would like to announce that I will be further continuing my academic and athletic career at Illinois Central College. I would like to thank Coach Kelley and Coach Diggle for the oppurtunity, aswell as my parents, coaches, and teammates who have helped me along the way.
Time to take this show on the road! 4-year coaches, if you’d like to be added to our contact list, don’t hesitate to reach out to me!
Incredible. No messing around. Just mashing on the gas. But did you see the most important thing? Go back and watch between pitches 8 & 9. Dude just cheesing before he revs up his 9th heater. It’s fun to dominate!
ALL OF THIS!!! The first hotel rooms I ever booked for a travel ball tourney were $76 at the Drury Inn in Marion. Now rooms are somewhere between 2x-3x more expensive. Stay to play is criminal!
Share if you agree.
Stay to play is blatantly stealing from parents and organizations.
A lot of parents bust their asses to provide the travel ball experience for their children.
Why do tournament organizations think they deserve kick backs on overpriced rooms?
Do the tournament organizations think parents are idiots or do they think parents owe them donations?
Why would any parent or organization pay more for the same rooms they could get cheaper by booking them themselves?
Do these tournament organizations really think they are entitled to parents and organizations money?
Have these tournament organizations ever heard of Airbnb and other affordable rental options?
Gate Fees
I have no problem with gate fees. But damn have someone at the gate collecting the freaking money. Asking organizations to pay you gate fees at registration advertises how lazy and entitled you really are.
My AP U.S. History kids are awesome. One of our seniors was celebrating a birthday today. We started class with an impromptu rendition of “Happy Birthday” and by the end we all had birthday hats and they wanted pictures!
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Folks I was mentored by some of the oldest of old school coaches and was taught how to do things right on a ball field. But this is some Grade A bullshit. Fuck you Doug Eddings.
CC Sabathia did it all the way to the Hall of Fame. Dontrelle Willis did it. Pedro Strop, Fernando Rodney.
Want to know why @MLB lags behind the NFL or NBA? It’s because those leagues promote their players and celebrate their various stories. Baseball wants robots. No fun, no excitement. Everything must be the same as it was in 1899 when the Boston Beaneaters were playing the Cleveland Spiders!
Thank you @Arbys for allowing me to rant in your drive thru.
Spoke to Doug Eddings last night and his comments are in this story — free for all to read …
Ump took issue with rookie's cap. Cardinals irked by ump. Ivan Herrera's homer erases it all. stltoday.com/sports/professi…
This is an INCREDIBLE idea. Think of watching a @PSMLBaseball guy come in during a blowout and just emptying the tank in his one shot at glory! Makes a blowout must watch! Just like the emergency goalies in the NHL!
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“I train like I’ve never won,
And I compete like I’ve never lost.”
— Eileen Gu, Olympic Champion Skier
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Kid got told he was too small. Didn’t care. Just went out and proved he was one of the best players in Illinois. UNCG got a good one!
Quote the salaries for West Point and Navy alums pretty often! Trying to convince a current student to go that route instead of enlisting!
The Naval Academy boasts the 3rd-highest-earning graduates in America — $187,800 mid-career median pay. And every one of them graduates with zero student debt.
#NavyBaseball ⚓️⚾️
Dan is always 🎯🎯🎯
“Count the cost.”
I heard that in church this morning, and it stuck with me.
Everybody wants the outcome.
The scholarship.
The starting job.
The championship.
The opportunity.
The dream.
But have you counted the cost?
Early mornings.
Late nights.
Missing things your friends are doing.
Training when you’re tired.
Failing publicly.
Being coached hard.
Doing the boring work.
Stacking days when nobody is watching.
Dreams are easy to talk about.
The cost is paid when talking stops.
If you say you want something badly…
Make sure your habits prove you’re willing to pay for it. ⚾️
Dear kids, this what hip hop SHOULD sound like!
Tom Hardy just dropped a collab album with CZARFACE, which consists of Inspectah Deck, 7L & Esoteric.
Tom Hardy raps under the alias Frankie Pulitzer, and on “Mad Technology” with Method Man, he has the final verse and says:
“You shit-for-brain no-name lame that bites like Cujo
I’d rather masturbate to Kathy Bates than hear you flow.”
😭😭😭😭😭
