Quote: Harry, I bash recruiting, period. Telling a 12/13/14-year-old how good he/she is so you can collect his/her parents' money is beyond lame. It facilitates a destructive, entitled attitude in kids AND parents. Everyone here with a clue knows who recruits (bad enough), and what's more, knows who recruits IN SEASON. The reason it doesn't stop is because parents are suckers for their kids, and the various governing bodies have a vested interest in maintaining the system as is. Bottom line: You buy the recruiting line, and you have absolutely zero right to complain when the same coach who LOVED your kid last year, recruits OVER him this year.
Backscreen17 im not saying you are wrong but its kinda like with all sports. If one team/club is doing it then they all are doing it. Too many people on here want to focus on CESA all the time. I guess because more kids from " out of town" drive to CESA to play so they get the ugly tossed on them.I think CESA has been around long enough now and with the ecnl i really do not think they have to recruit. I can tell you only from my experience with my kids that CESA never recruited them and we spent 4 years driving there. Two of those years were both half of the seasons and we were there 2 days a week.
