*Originally posted 5/10/2021 I'm re-posting this because I'm having some back and forth with colleagues about recruiting services. Please be sure you are getting advice from someone who is in this on a daily basis.
I talked to a parent this past week that received some really bad advice about recruiting. I won't share the complete context of the advice, but lets just say that there is a reason why I fight so hard against the big online recruiting services. I talk over the phone, text and email back and forth with college coaches across the country on a daily basis. If the person giving you advice is NOT doing that, then you possibly might want to reconsider the advice you're getting.
Myth-busting college recruiting is something I talk about regularly. Sometimes it's simple things like the notion that "D1 is ALL or NOTHING" in terms of scholarships (which it isn't btw) or reframing the perspective outside of college football recruiting. But either way, this is the "advice" that this family was given: