Recruiting Middle School Kids

[tornado]

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/46505142.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:U0ckkD:aEyKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

story about yet another 14-year old getting hounded by college coaches and recruiters..
Tubby Smith and Greg McDermott have both reportedly already offered this kid.
Other coaches such as Tim Floyd & Billy Gillispie have gone after kids this young but the guy who seemingly does it the most is Greg McDermott.
This is not the first time McDermott has offered 14 year olds (Barnes, etc..), and the recent de-commitment of Jordan Dykstra shows the perils of counting on commitments from very young kids (Dykstra committed as a freshman before ever playing a single game of high school basketball).

[real fan]

Any kid under 16 years old should be off limits to any coach that is trying to recruit him, let these kids have some fun and time of their own before they get hounded to make a committment of any kind.

[tornado]

I agree, or else they all turn into troubled "OJ Mayo's" and "John Wall's"

[tornado]

yet another early commit renegs..

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/07/uclas-point-guard-of-the-future-is-no-longer-coming-to-westwood.html