But how anyone can tell anything about a player's skills from a highlight reel is beyond me.  By definition, they are only the good stuff.  And, they seem to be filled with a fair amount of indifference by the defenders.  I'm not at all knocking this young man--just highlight reels alone.

 

Coaches prefer full games but highlight reels still provide a lot of info. 

Even against poor comp you can see athletic ability, tendencies, choices and decision making processes, team play/selfishness and a myriad of other things. 

Granted they are put together to show the best of a recruit but they also give a good look and an eyeball on a kid. 

Most of the coaches I know accept and always look at anything they can. I have never heard them dismiss a kid by saying " look at who he is playing against" . It is one thing to factor competition level in but IMHO I would think anyonw worth their paychieck and position would recognize a player and his positive qualities even if he was in a pick up game at Ping, Really good scouts can filter the extraneous stuff out. . 

 

Gonna be awful young and not very deep. Hope the talent is there to thrive this year. 

Looks like we still need a TUnji, a McKinley and a Beard so there are enough bodies to practice.