Like transfer to another school and back while trashing the coaching staff on a message board serious? You’re right some do take it a little too serious.
Lyons down 33-14 to Currie
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Curie has a lot of speed, decent sized line LT had trouble stopping the run all year. I think the failed onside kick to start the game didn't help any.
First one is on me.One day we can meet up and I’ll show you proof. No issues with AD whatsoever.
As far as LT not being overrated... Well they’ve accomplished nothing, ever, so any ranking would by definite be overranking them, but what do I know, I’m just a DB.
I’m in, we can talk about our mediocre programs because I’m right there with you. My team got smoked today.
So Glenbard west and hinsdale central are overrated? HC lost one game in the regular season against a very good team from Ohio. HC beat Hinsdale South who just dominated the top seed in their bracket. Stevenson is never a pushover in the playoffs but HC dispatched of the better easily. GW got blow out by the defending state champ week 1 and since have won 9 in a row. We will see how good they are this week vs Oswego.
The staff will be back. At some point coaching doesn't make a difference when the players on the field can not stop teams they know are running the ball. LT seemed to have a fair amount of younger talent on both sides of the ball. Hopefully the have a good freshman or sophomore QB to take BB's spot.
Got it. My bad. LT was very good last year. Defense had some great seniors in that class. They were one play away from winning that palatine game.
Because CPS schools get shit on so much in these parts. But they work just as hard. And it's good to see it work out for them.
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Completely agree!
Every year as the playoffs begin, people scoff at CPS teams which qualify. In particular, the CPS teams which are seeded highest tend to receive an inordinate amount of scorn cast and when a CPS team falls in round one or two, some members of the forum busy themselves mocking the defeated team.
One of the most common arguments against CPS teams is the seeding. I can not tell you how often a top seeded CPS team is derided, but a suburban team with little tradition or weak schedule avoids criticism for the same seed.
When the CPS team falls, they are endlessly criticized, but not a word is uttered when the suburban team falls in round one.
I am thoroughly enjoying Curie's win; it is every bit as fulfilling as Simeon dismantling Hinsdale Central 55-7 in the quarters a few years back.
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Yep, CPS schools do get crapped on on here for sure. I understand the reasoning behind it as Philips is the only school to win a state title in the CPS in forever, but there are suburban schools that suck just as much and play weak schedules as well.
In reply to SilverHelmets, coaching DOES matter. LT has 80 kids on the roster, no kids playing both ways, and more talent than Curie. Curie has 30 kids total, 6 senior, 5 freshman that start, about half the kids play both ways, etc. Coaching and scheme make a difference for sure. You still need to have the horses, but if your coaching and scheme suck, you can have world beaters and still not amount to much.
Yep, CPS schools do get crapped on on here for sure. I understand the reasoning behind it as Philips is the only school to win a state title in the CPS in forever, but there are suburban schools that suck just as much and play weak schedules as well.
In reply to SilverHelmets, coaching DOES matter. LT has 80 kids on the roster, no kids playing both ways, and more talent than Curie. Curie has 30 kids total, 6 senior, 5 freshman that start, about half the kids play both ways, etc. Coaching and scheme make a difference for sure. You still need to have the horses, but if your coaching and scheme suck, you can have world beaters and still not amount to much.
Anybody that knows anything about HS football in the Chicagoland area knows that game meant nothing.
King, I ageee that coaching can make the difference. The point i was poorly trying to make that if a team is going to run the ball every play then the players need to be able to stop them. I didn't see this game but the GW-LT game. LT tried to stack the box but GW just blew them off the ball. I assume LT was putting 9 in the box last night but didn't have the horses among their 80 kids.
I think folks are referring to the LA Oscar Meyer promotion that took place early in the season.
Not overrated, LT has always been a program where one expects a bit more than their usual first or second round flameouts. There are enough Catholic grade school teams and youth football league teams feeding the program where one would think that there would be more than enough capable players in a roughly 4,000 student body.
Maybe I have to go back and rewatch the LT/GW gam but my impression was they stayed in a 4DB defense covering Pierce over/under all night except down close when they finally went man and Pierce converted the fade. GW OC Sigs responded by pounding the front 7 into submission with 400 yds on the ground.
Not calling out LT coaches but I thought they never had a scheme that exploited the size they had by forcing GW into the air. Again, maybe I am remembering wrong. Wouldn’t be the first time
I’m confused you say not overrated but then the rest of your post is examples of them being overrated.
LT has been a head scratcher all season. I watched them several times before the GW game. They seemed to have good, individual tallent on both sides od the ball. But, in every game I watched, they seemed way too casual as a team. That may sound strange, but I can't recall a time when they actually dominated anyone. Kinda played down to the competition's level rather than having their own identity and imposing it on the competition (that sounds like an ugly comment but it's true). In any case, the coaches have 10 months to figure out what went wrong. And if they conclude that nothing went wrong, then they were over rated.
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