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Old 09-21-2020, 07:37 PM   #44
JonInMiddleGA
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Originally Posted by Atocep View Post
To give an example, Marc Wiese is a legendary baseball coach in this area and he has connections all across the country. He's placed kids at probably every Pac12 school and is a USA baseball coordinator. Kids line up to play for him, parents move their kids to play for him, and his kids play summer ball for 1 of 2 programs he has his hands in.

I think that aspect is largely lacking within 50-75 miles of me (and probably closer to 100-150). Ironically, the most connected guy around these parts is probably former UGA head baseball coach Ron Perno ... who is currently coaching HS _FOOTBALL_ locally.
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