Paul Scruggs

[bobbiemcgee]

Weird;

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports...hool/89911066/

[paulxu]

I read about another kid going to one of these type of "prep" schools.
They had room and board (and practice) but no actual school...that was carried on in conjunction with a local high school.

I wonder if that's the new sort of development for some of these players.
They get more attention on their skill development than a regular high school can give them, and in a confined, managed college like dorm setting.

Don't the Florida tennis "academies" do something like this?

[xeus]

Don't the Florida tennis "academies" do something like this?

That's what came to mind for me too. Not sure.

We do have a few tennis players on the board, including pimpinthebox, Lamont Thurston, and Ron Mexico.

[XUMIOH12]

Weird;

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports...hool/89911066/

this story is completely biased.

I'm not a fan of this type of thing, but for some reason kids think that they need to go to a prep school to gain more exposure, among other reasons.

[XUMIOH12]

right when Prolific Prep came in to existence, Josh Jackson decided to go there, which i always thought was weird

[XUFan09]

this story is completely biased.

I'm not a fan of this type of thing, but for some reason kids think that they need to go to a prep school to gain more exposure, among other reasons.

Yeah, the article reeks of Indiana resentment that a basketball player is leaving their state. I don't think it's necessarily exposure for these players; these prep schools often have greater resources on the basketball side while still providing an avenue to take care of the academic side.

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[Xville]

He just doesn't seem like the kind of guy that is going to come to xavier and that's fine. I could be wrong but going across the country to get more exposure or whatever the heck he is doing, doesn't scream xavier commit to me.

[AviatorX]

He just doesn't seem like the kind of guy that is going to come to xavier and that's fine. I could be wrong but going across the country to get more exposure or whatever the heck he is doing, doesn't scream xavier commit to me.

What could a HS player do that would scream Xavier commit? X has (successfully) taken many recruits from prep schools (West, Burrell, Reynolds, Christon). The fact that you've decided to make up a reason for Scruggs' transfer doesn't change that if you ask me.

[XUMIOH12]

He just doesn't seem like the kind of guy that is going to come to xavier and that's fine. I could be wrong but going across the country to get more exposure or whatever the heck he is doing, doesn't scream xavier commit to me.

why not? tons of kids go to prep schools these days.

[Xville]

why not? tons of kids go to prep schools these days.

There's a difference between going to prep school because of academics or not being ready for college for one reason or another vs what Scruggs is doing. To me what he is doing sounds like he wants a lot of attention and to be wooed by big time schools, which is absolutely fine but kids like that tend to not come to xavier