Quote Originally Posted by Quaoarsking View Post
What can we do to improve the quality of high school talent in the state? Anything? Identify promising middle-schoolers and get them in regular camps?
Money, top end softball is more expensive than baseball. Got to play in the top levels in Texas and California and Florida etc. Kids basically have to play travel out of state to get in those top level slots because it's a rigged system. MS has got a lot of local teams to produce Juco players and some teams that have affiliated with big name organizations but they're not generally in that top level except in the SE tourneys sometimes. California is another level. Training is another issue. MS doesn't have enough good training, especially on the pitching side. There's not one single pitching coach in MS I'd send a kid to, outside of the SEC coaches obviously. It's a different world pitching wise outside of MS. Lots of people taking folks money in MS.