In the recruiting process, players and parents can feel like they are not valued as individuals. They sometimes feel like a commodity, and that their feelings do not matter.

It’s a challenging process, but even with all of the hoopla, coaches do actually value the players who are involved.

University of Arkansas pitching coach Matt Hobbs joins Host Justin Musil on the podcast for this episode. The two discuss this deep topic, and why the people they are recruiting are so important to coaches.