Curious to see how D does this upcoming season under the leadership of Marty Quinn. Coach Quinn is an MC grad and I know he has brought on board some former coaches or players from Mt. Carmel. Does anyone know what D has on paper?
Numbers and letters....Curious to see how D does this upcoming season under the leadership of Marty Quinn. Coach Quinn is an MC grad and I know he has brought on board some former coaches or players from Mt. Carmel. Does anyone know what D has on paper?
I'd rather see the Institute grow the market than to pull kids away from other Catholic schools and dilute their product.I guess no one has an idea. As a former grad I was interested as well. Somehow has to pull kids away from south side powers
I'd rather see the Institute grow the market than to pull kids away from other Catholic schools and dilute their product.
Other than the CPS SES system going away entirely, how? A resurgent DPP/GT and a good in football SI doesn't help.I'd rather see the Institute grow the market than to pull kids away from other Catholic schools and dilute their product.
That's not DePaul Prep's experience. They are growing the market. It's out there just waiting to be tapped in the right way.That market is not growing and hasn't been for years.
The CPS SES system is not able to handle the demand. Not even close.Other than the CPS SES system going away entirely, how? A resurgent DPP/GT and a good in football SI doesn't help.
Hopefully they just did. Minus McAllister. What he just accomplished at Sandburg in his inaugural season was nothing short of a miracle.The CPS SES system is not able to handle the demand. Not even close.
Look what McAllister was able to do at Phillips, a scant few blocks away from DLS. Get a coach like him in at DLS and let's see what happens.
That's not DePaul Prep's experience. They are growing the market. It's out there just waiting to be tapped in the right way.
Gentrification has happened, and continues to happen, in Bronzeville, Kenwood, South Loop, West Loop, Little Italy, University Village, and Pilsen. These neighborhoods, and other gentrifying neighborhoods, are well within reasonable commuting distance from DLS.That is more of a case of gentrification plus other North side Catholic schools losing enrollment and or closing. Now name all the schools that have closed or declined in enrollment over the last 30 years. That list will be much longer.
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True but it started on the west side and expanded to Holy Name campus later.K through 4th on Near West Side, 4th through 8th on the Cathedral campus, where, in keeping with the neighborhood, tuition is a robust 18k per year.
You must be his agent? LolMarty Quinn was a helluva player at MC and has a good coaching resume. He’s been at MC and Marist, he has head College experience at Ava Maria, he’s been in California...he’s well traveled. Chris Goeffer is coming from MCs staff and will be a good coordinator. It’s going to be a project though and a challenging one at that. Let’s be honest, DLS had never had a consistently good program in the last 40 years. They have had good squads here and there...1993 made it to the semi’s and beat McNabb and MC. But they haven’t put together a string of competitive teams in a long, long time.
DePaul has been able to rebuild GT because they ditched the old campus and got the old Devry and made it their own. DLS school needs a major work over. I don’t like the football field. Great new turf but it’s one sided stands because the visitors have to stand in center field of the baseball field. It’s just a tight area with IIT and CPD headquarters there just isn’t much they can do.
Canaryville and Bridgeport aren’t filled with young families that used to be there biggest draw. It’s a tough battle to recruit against the CCL Blue teams and SR, Laurence and now SI (test score pending). There biggest chip is “Immediate and extended playing time”.
Love you McCaravan! 😊You must be his agent? Lol
You too brother! I’m a big Marty fan, he played like his hair was on fire at MC! But he has his work cut out for him for sure.Love you McCaravan! 😊
To put it bluntly, not good. For now. Maybe a decent player or two but as a team not good, they can’t compete with the other teams they are competing with for players. Last couple years they had trouble fielding lower level teams, a few times not at all. So not good, major project, but not a lost cause.I wish Marty and his staff nothing but the best. Marty is a great man, so I am hoping for great things for him. I was just curious how their talent was, but nobody really answered that.
So just change the draw. I know that it's easier said than done, but who else is in a better position to draw from the South Loop and all their young families?Canaryville and Bridgeport aren’t filled with young families that used to be there biggest draw. It’s a tough battle to recruit against the CCL Blue teams and SR, Laurence and now SI (test score pending). There biggest chip is “Immediate and extended playing time”.
It is an open market, especially Iggy being very selective with their enrollment, not to mention an extremely expensive one. MC has done well in the South Loop recently, I mean it’s a straight shot down LSD to get there, 20 minutes door to door. I do know a lot of families send their kids to Jones and Whitney Young who live there.So just change the draw. I know that it's easier said than done, but who else is in a better position to draw from the South Loop and all their young families?
Jones and Whitney Young are also selective enrollment. Not all the kids from the growing South Loop (for example) can go to those two schools or to Iggy. My entire point is that, if the traditional markets for DLS are no longer as productive for them as before, then they need to look at these growing and gentrifying areas and do a good (better?) job of marketing/positioning themselves within those neighborhoods. It's great that MC gets a good number of kids from the South Loop, and this is my point exactly. Those South Loop kids are there, and they can't all go to those selective schools because of quotas, etc. Those of them who are going 20 minutes to MC are taking at least twice as long to get there as they would take to get to DLS. They are basically zipping right past DLS to get to MC.It is an open market, especially Iggy being very selective with their enrollment, not to mention an extremely expensive one. MC has done well in the South Loop recently, I mean it’s a straight shot down LSD to get there, 20 minutes door to door. I do know a lot of families send their kids to Jones and Whitney Young who live there.
They are basically zipping right past DLS to get to MC.
I get that.I zipped right past Lindblom and a still thriving Leo to get to MC. It was worth the hour-long bus ride, which included a transfer. Convenience is no substitute for passion and tradition.