Get over it and time to worry about the changing mentality of college coaches telling kids they no longer have a spot or getting a letter from schools that Juniors grades were not good enough to get through admissions If you really want to get an idea of the number of holdbacks UA underclass roster posts birthdates of all of the NJ Philly Mass MD and even Turtle kids who have 97 and 98 birthdates. My son is a 99 and would never considered reclassifying or doing a post grad year to get somewhere he doesn't belong He has also never complained about playing older kids in varsity game or club tourneys. The parents seem more obsessed than the kids who probably could care less The turtles are still a great team with great players but others are catching up. All teams this summer were inconsistent since kids focus on school not club practices.
I think you are right that the new focus should be on whether early recruits actually get admitted and do they get to play or sit on the bench. I also think it will be interesting to see how many early recruits decommit and recommit to another school. I believe I read of at least 2 this week. It appears as kids get a bit older, they learn what they would really like out of a school, coach, team, realize they may not get accepted by their original school, or they get better offers and make the change.
I think the next five years will be a bumpy road for all, but the pendulum will eventually right itself and we will go back to seeing coaches looking at older kids once again, and not rising ninth and tenth graders.
