Q. The fact that baseball is such an option for him now is it because of how much he’s evolved in high school? Because he committed to you as a freshman in basketball. And I know he liked baseball back then, but you didn’t really know what he was going to do.
FRAN MCCAFFERY: You know, it’s funny, because we struggled with whether or not he should make a decision at that time. Baseball has always been a factor. I just don’t think it was a factor to anybody else. He’s always been a really good baseball player, and I never wanted him to say, all right, I’m coming to Iowa to play basketball so therefore I’ll stop playing baseball. I don’t think that would be fair to him.
He really likes his teammates at Iowa City West. He likes his coaches. He’s trying to figure out do I need to pick or do I need to continue to play both. Can I play both? Is it feasible or am I going to suffer in each as I move forward, and that’s not an easy decision.
It’s not like anybody in this room or his parents can say, this is the right way to go. You talk to experts in the field and everybody will say it can be done. Just everybody will say it’s going to be hard and it’s going to be harder for a position player.