Re: Sasho - Baltimore Bays - Wake Forest
I am not sure that I would draw any conclusions either about the destination of recent Bays guys. The simple fact is that if there was a problem, neither party would utter a single sound about it. At the end of the day, a college coach doesn't want a problem like that and any club coach still feels an obligation to keep doors open for their players; their job is to help kids get to the next level, not to close off options for them. I have had prep coaches tell me that their job is to get kids into college, period. Its hard enough to do that without starting feuds.
Wake Forest made the Final Four in 2009, lost in OT to UVA, so they haven't done that bad; Maryland hasn't been back since they won the whole thing in 2008. Wake did OK this past year: two-and-done, losing to JMU in the 2nd round; they sucked in 2010, went just below .500 and didn't make the NCAA's, but the truth be told, they also lost a lot of guys to the pros as do all the top programs; they had four guys drafted in the MLS Draft 1st round right after they made the Final Four. I found a quote from last year on the Northwest Champions League site that said "UCLA has 19 former players currently in MLS, Maryland 13, Wake Forest 12, Indiana 12 and North Carolina 11, according to Rick Lawes, the leagueai¿½i¿½s ace stat man."
That quote was before UNC won the title this year and their numbers will have gone up. In any case, Jay Vidovich has lost a lot of guys to the pros as have the other top programs -- there is a reason why Maryland has not been in the Final Four since 2008. Of those teams listed above, only UNC has a very recent national title. And you didn't see Akron make the Final Four again either last year after winning the whole thing two years ago. Perry Kitchen was one-and-done before going to DC United and that tells much of the story.
This post was edited on 3/17 10:06 PM by Fekula