Attitude can be discerned during games and practices, talking with coaches and even social media.
Skills set aren't difficult to discover too even though this category may brook some dissension as one coach sees the reincarnation of Jerry West while the one sitting next to him believes he is witnessing Mae West.
But the elephant-in-the-living-room question is why it's apparently so hard to determine if a talent has a motor?
Every coach swears he desires guys who leave it all on the floor but how many rosters are chock full of such?
Granted, the willingness to play hard can be blurred if someone stands a salivating 6-foot-10 or if a player is money from 23-feet.
So what causes the misses in assessment, the guys who enter as freshmen and quickly blow out or fail to advance their talents over four years? The ones who it turns not are not devoted to their craft?
Well, some are misses because evaluating isn't foolproof. It's an art, not a science.
Desperation is one factor. Holes on a roster that must be filled lead to one-eye-blind recruitment.
Another is the belief by coaches that they can 'change' someone.
But the key component to what seems to be missing is really getting to know a player before and during the recruiting process. The question to be answered is: what, if anything, drives player X? Know that and a recruiter has an insight towards the future.
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