Well for starters…
Sounds like about a half a dozen big name public programs that I can name...
Is that real a thing anywhere? I thought AUSL did and that helped Phillips but they’re gone now
Suburban park or recreational districts with 2-4 teams that play other teams from adjoining districts. High School coaches run summer camps for the kids in their Districts. But the big thing is they run coaching clinics for the youth coaches. Everyone is using the same terminology. Everyone is on the same page when the kids start freshmen year. That's a big advantage.
There you go! That’s the secret sauce.
Sorry I am not seeing the advantage here. Private schools can run summer camps too. And they can run coaching clinics for the youth programs. If they aren’t doing that, that’s on them. It’s not like Texas where it is ran from the school district
Agreed!!
Exactly what I was thinking. This is just the same thread poking a stick the other way.
The coach at the school I follow has a full teaching schedule.
Most youth programs serve multiple high schools the thought that kids are running the high school system from youth is just stupid. Hell Park Ridge has two youth programs I would bet they both run system different from MS.
I believe back in the day, part of the Morris and Geneseo success was attributed to kids having run the HS offense for many years.
This may be the case but how many suburban youth football programs serve a single high school? Also how many burbs are served by single high school?
See Cary Grove success, 98% of our kids in the Jr Trojans move onto Cary Grove HS, and they have been running the basis of the Offense and Defense since they have strapped on a helmet.
And she went and had a few beers afterwards. Just saying😬Some need to pay better attention
Yup and that’s why they’re so good. They’re a bit of an outlier bc there’s not many programs trying to get their kids. Marian Central may try. But a lot of suburban schools are fighting off 3-5. Which is why it’s so hard to make those type of youth programs. Parents being alum of the privates or the program serving multiple HS make it hard to implement as well.
We have lost more to St Viator in the last 5 years, than we have to Marian. There are a couple kids this year, one in particular that would have started for sure.
You do realize, of course, that had Loyola and IC (and JCA which is still alive in the playoffs) not petitioned to play up in more competitive classes, this tongue in cheek thread of yours would be a non issue. Furthermore, had the petitioning up not happened, we likely would be hearing from the likes of you and other public school apologists all about the so called private school advantage. I find it more than a little ironic that when private schools that petitioned up wind up losing in the semis in a more competitive class than the one where they were initially classified by the IHSA, that now there is commentary about how private schools need help to be more competitive.
Why do you assume Loyola would have won 7A if they didn't petition up? I mean they slipped by BR in the regular season and BR played two very competitive games before getting beat up in Semifinals, so to imply Loyola would have just walked through the 7A field is just dumb.
I didn't say, nor do I assume, that Loyola would have won 7A. However, they did trounce one of the 7A finalists (which you conveniently failed to mention).
Sure.
You used the word trounced. Then conveniently forgot to mention Brown being out who had 19 touches and 132, 7 yards per touch and a TD as a sophomore vs LA. In a 10-7 game with a minute left in the half, I’d say he makes a difference as you admit in your edit, but didn’t mention in your trouncing post.
True, I did not mention that Brown didn't play in Loyola's 37-7, um, defeat of Rita. Brown is great, but is he worth 30 points against Loyola? Rita generated 69 yards of offense to Loyola's 466. Brown is great, but is he worth 400 yards against Loyola?
