Brooks PR Invitational Scheduled During NCAAs

I think the bigger news is flotrak losing the broadcast of this event to runnerspace. This meet was flotrak ' s baby and now they have lost it. As for college coaches you will still see many there either assistant coaches, coach who dud not have people make ncaa or people whose athletes are done. The NBIN is the same weekend as ncaa and you see schools work it out

Coaches will not be there because every day of the NCAA meet is a dead period. They only make it to NBIN because the final day of that meet is the day after the final day of indoor NCAA.

Most every senior (maybe every senior) at Brooks PR will have committed/signed by then. The underclassmen participating will ave plenty of races for their prospective college coaches to view them at. In the end, it should not take away from a fast kid getting recruited or from a college program getting a fair evaluation of a prospective recruit.

Badtiming wrote:

Brooks has announced that their annual outdoor all-star H.S. meet will be on June 8 at 4:00 in suburban Seattle. That's on Day 3 (men's final day) of the NCAA Championships.

I have been to every one of the outdoor incarnations of this good meet, and each year I see Division I head coaches from around the country there, looking at their incoming talent and/or scouting others. That includes Oregon (every year), Princeton, Miami, Oklahoma, and more. The coaches won't be able attend in 2018, because they'll be in Eugene that day, 296 road miles south.

I think Brooks has made an error in judgment with this date selection, and I hope they can fix it. I for one won't be at the Brooks PR meet this year.

Why do college coaches need to watch people run? a) they can watch the replay on the internet. b) they will see the results on the internet.

Do you think that Bill Bellichck ever saw Tom Brady compete in HS? Answer. Of course not.

Now that being said, I've always hated how in the spring there are so many big meets on the same day. For years, NCAAs and adidas GP in NY were on the same day. That's why I've always wish our sport had a commissioner with power. The problem is every event does what is in their own selfish best interest and doesn't care about the sport as a whole.

I guess they view the HS scene as being completely different than the college scene. They are probably doing it trying to market to 7-11th graders whom they think don't really follow NCAAs yet. When was it in the past? Earlier or later?

Did Belichick recruit Brady to play for him in college? Of course not. However, I'm willing to bet that the coach who did recruit Brady to play for him in college did watch him play in high school. Your comparison makes no sense. Many college coaches like to see a kid run in person multiple times before spending a large scholarship on them for the next 4-5 years.

Brooks was trying to not force quality HS kids to choose between NB, USATF Juniors and the PR Meet. This was an awesome decision on their part.

For one, recruiting is not only about knowing if the kid has the goods or not, but building a relationship with the athlete you intend to coach for four years. This means not only getting a good idea of how they race by watching them, but also letting them know how important they are by making time to personally see them race. Just like kids want their parents to come see them compete, they want the other important people in their life, especially their coaches, to show that their efforts are worthwhile.

For two, Bill Belichick wouldn't have recruited Brady out of high school, because he wasn't he college coach. However, no matter how insignificant of a backup he might have been coming to the patriots, if you don't think Belichick recruited or vetted Brady before he played for the Patriots you've got you head so far up your ass that you probably don't remember what fresh air smells like.

This, exactly. It’s about showing sincere interest in an athlete. Remember how urinated off Pre was when Bowerman wouldn’t kiss his arse in H.S.?

Don't ask me why college coaches need to watch people run. I am just telling you, as someone that has been to all of the outdoor Brooks PR Invitationals, that they ARE there. They have been there. I suppose they either need or want to be there. Not too many college teams are outfitted by Brooks, so I don't think that Brooks Running is forcing them to be there. Now few, if any, college coaches can make it to the meet.

The June 8 date conflicts with the NY State Meet. Assuming Katelyn Tuohy and Kelsey Chmiel, both team-oriented runners, decide to stay in NY, that would eliminate two of the top four girl distance runners in the nation from running at Brooks. No Claudia Lane versus Katelyn Tuohy again.

The NY girls could skip the State Meet, but that's doubtful unless Brooks already has a commitment.

rojo wrote:

Why do college coaches need to watch people run? a) they can watch the replay on the internet. b) they will see the results on the internet.

Why should your own brother need to attend a Boulder, CO running clinic, in the flesh, to hear five top high school coaches when a) he could have signed up and watched live on the internet, and b) by signing up, he would have later received a video & audio of the event, even if he didn't watch live on the computer?

Why should I visit the observation deck of the Empire State Building when I can see it on YouTube and in Sleepless in Seattle?

Why should I go to any sporting event, circus, protest march, church service, etc., live, if I can watch it at home on the telly or read/view/hear the results later?

Better start printing up those "I SAW THE BROOKS PR INVITATIONAL ON MY COMPUTER" buttons for all of those coaches who have no inclination to attend, or to send others. It's a button -- just like the Father Guido Sarducci-designed "I SAW THE POPE ON TV" button, seen in a Saturday Night Live segment back in 1979, when Pope John John Paul Paul came to America.

First to Break the (video)Tape, that is a great post! You articulated things much better than did I. RoJo should retract his question, which was not well thought out.