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IHSA team profile for Phillips shows Terrance Taylor has 31 sacks this year. I know he has a bunch but 31? Can this be accurate?
Do you take into account that he probably only played half of those 8 games? Total may have been higher. I did see him against Loyola and Richards as well as their last 2 state games. He is legit against all competition.With 8 of the teams they played out of their 13 games, probably! I can see him racking up 4 or 5 sacks a game against some of those teams. I was checking some film on the former MC guy, he just goes straight to the QB 99% of the time. According to his Twitter page he claims he has 43 sacks! He's signed at Toledo. Fine school but the power conferences stayed away from him for a reason
How long do you think the IHSA will allow that to happen?Senior Transfers into Phillips have become a staple, they are getting the best of the best in the city and that is why there is such a drop off in the CPS talent level.
Do you take into account that he probably only played half of those 8 games? Total may have been higher. I did see him against Loyola and Richards as well as their last 2 state games. He is legit against all competition.
How long do you think the IHSA will allow that to happen?
Drop in talent has been addressed countless times.Senior Transfers into Phillips have become a staple, they are getting the best of the best in the city and that is why there is such a drop off in the CPS talent level.
Cue bbchs/hhs in 5...4...3...How long do you think the IHSA will allow that to happen?
Didn't Phillips petition up? Or did the IHSA just put them in 5A?They already put a stop to it. They "unofficially" multiplied them by forcing them to play up 2 classes. They would have been 3A this year.
Petitioned up from 3A.Didn't Phillips petition up? Or did the IHSA just put them in 5A?
That's the story. My gut thinks it was more of self imposed move to avoid a rougher "penalty" move.Didn't Phillips petition up? Or did the IHSA just put them in 5A?
And Rochester claims they are afraid of them.They were afraid of IC, lol
And Rochester claims they are afraid of them.
How long do you think the IHSA will allow that to happen?
Drop in talent has been addressed countless times.
1. Way too many high schools in Chicago
2. CPS killed their best feeder program several years ago, most of the best kids on the best teams came from that league, including DeLaSalle.
3. Poor coaching, kids know when you're an idiot with a whistle.
4. No administrative support, many principals do not care about football and it eats up too much of their budget.
5. Kids and parents just aren't as interested in football anymore.
I can go on and on...
A lot of people think Phillips is a selective enrollment school. It’s not. It’s a neighborhood school. Bronzeville has to be the most talent rich area in Illinois. CPS rules on all transfers to their schools. IHSA has no say. That will change very soon. There are proposals up for vote this year to change that.
All I know is that the system is being abused. Although the Phillips folks benefit there are others who don't get to play by the same rules that get cheated. Dunlap is about to become one of those teams. I do not fault the Phillips players. I fault the system. The CPS. The IHSA. The admins at Phillips that KNOW they are cheating yet do it anyway. The whole thing makes me sick.
Well since there is no 9A then 8A works for me.So what do you want done to them? Put them in 8A because they draw from the entire city? If you just multiply them they are still 5A.
So you consider them worse than a private school?Well since there is no 9A then 8A works for me.
Phillips is an AUSL school. Under AUSL they are an open enrollment school. As another poster mentioned Solario, Orr, Collins and Chicago Academy are also CPS schools run/managed by the organization.
None of those schools are powerhouses since they play by the same rules...closest is Orr basketball. When teams win players from losing teams navigate that way. Plus Bronzeville has alot of talent I live just outside of there. Give wildcats credit, they petitioned up TWO classes....dont be surprised if they petition up to 6A after next year. Like Montini, ESTL, etc it appears Phillips ducks no one.
They have the ability to draw from MILLIONS of people. Lemont, Sterling, which has 15,000 people, and Dunlap may have just had the best teams their town will ever see. They can't do what Phillips is doing. If you think that is right then I won't ever convince you. They cheat. They cheat other kids who play by the rules. But it's typical Chicago corruption. I used to be a fan of letting kids go to better schools in the city. Charter schools. It just didn't occur to me that adults would corrupt that too. It's Chicago, the cesspool by the lake. I should have known better. Rant over. Life goes on.So you consider them worse than a private school?
Lemont has a playoff record of 30-17 and has been to 3 state finals according to IHSA. I dont think it has affected them as much as you try to make it out to be, and if you are silly enough to think that everyone else is playing by the rules but Phillips is cheating then yes you should most definitely know better.They have the ability to draw from MILLIONS of people. Lemont, Sterling, which has 15,000 people, and Dunlap may have just had the best teams their town will ever see. They can't do what Phillips is doing. If you think that is right then I won't ever convince you. They cheat. They cheat other kids who play by the rules. But it's typical Chicago corruption. I used to be a fan of letting kids go to better schools in the city. Charter schools. It just didn't occur to me that adults would corrupt that too. It's Chicago, the cesspool by the lake. I should have known better. Rant over. Life goes on.
Oh I see, so now the goal is who can cheat the best right?? I agree that school lise in the playoffs even though they have the best team they have ever had. I have no problem with that as long as they lose to a team who is confined by the same rules as they are. Clearly, that ain't happening. 8 or 9 D1 kids on one 5A team?? When is the last time you saw that from a boundried public school?? everyone have a great holiday with your families, I'm out.Lemont has a playoff record of 30-17 and has been to 3 state finals according to IHSA. I dont think it has affected them as much as you try to make it out to be, and if you are silly enough to think that everyone else is playing by the rules but Phillips is cheating then yes you should most definitely know better.
Many schools have their once-in-a-lifetime teams get beat in the playoffs by better teams just like when Phillips lost to Rochester. At that time it was their best team ever.