“Have your kids do everything in the recruiting process. That’s a huge red flag for a college coach if all the communication is coming from the parent. It means A) the parents have done everything for the kid his whole life and is going to continue doing so in college ( which doesn’t work) or B) he’s not that passionate about baseball.

That’s another way for players to separate themselves out since we get so much from parents. Parents, you can show your kids the right way but it’s their path. Let them put in the work themselves so that when it works out for them it will mean so much more.  After all, it’s their name that is going to be on that college diploma.”

Ryan Brownlee Western Illinois Head Coach