Perhaps the caliber of players on our roster is below those on Big Ten rosters, or our coaches are sitting on their hands (less aggressive) when it comes with promoting our players and themselves to compete/participate in high-level summer college leagues.
This article on college summer baseball leagues acknowledges the Cape Cod Baseball League as the premiere league.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_summer_baseball
Until baseball at RU, or any Northeastern college, becomes a revenue sport, like it is in the SEC, ACC, PAC, it will never , ever get those kind of players.
And news alert... RU will NEVER be a revenue sport . Not in your lifetime.
So get use to the fact RU will be competing against the likes of St Johns, Seton Hall, Penn St, Maryland etc. for players.
The best NJ players will continue to go to Vandy, UNC, LSU, Ok St, etc etc.
A NON Revenue coach is rarely replaced before his contract is nearly up at RU With our facilities, our bad weather in NJ, our lack of everything, you might as well tilt at a different windmill. The Golf coach perhaps, the girls softball coach perhaps. All dead last by a mile.
I actually think the recruiting class has been pretty good, for pitchers especially, and that RU will contend for a BIG 10 playoff spot in the next few seasons.
And if you want to see Rutkowski, Heater, Kiernan, Mantera, Welsh, Scalfini play this summer, you can save a lot of gas by driving to Overpeck Park in Bergen County or Trneton, or Madison NJ, or other places in NJ
I'm not sureRU has EVER sent players to the Alaska League, or Cape Cod League, or Ripken Leakgue. Heck now Perfect Game picks off many of those elite players anyway.
