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I’m not aware of any, and frankly I think this is why many recruits are overlooked…coaches haven’t figured out how to measure this. They go on hunches, which is not very scientific. I’ve seen it first hand. Top recruits (I call them show ponys) that were supposed to be can’t miss (or drafted) end up being lazy thinking everything is supposed to come to them. On the other hand you have the “not so top recruit” or “walk-on” that is willing to do anything to get on the team or even an opportunity to play. For my money, I’ll take the recruit with the desire every time. </p>
<p>Fortunately or unfortunately the Ivy conference has rules and metrics for its recruits. It is what it is. I think there is parity in some sports and not so much in others. A lot of that has to do with recruiting talent and some of it has to do with team chemistry. Every year you are turning over roughly 15-25% of your roster (in son’s sport), so I’m not sure even the coaches know what they are getting until the first month of practices. We’ve had three different Ivy champions in three years in son’s sport.</p>