NBCSC: Chicagoland Player of the Year candidates
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I'm biased but the way Love impacts the game us something I haven't seen in a while. IMO more dynamic than even Julian was with the ball.
One name not in this story is ND Ty Gavin.....who I fully intended to include but I was still waiting on stats so...
Bean has led his team to a 13-0 record and state...you sandbagg'n son-of-a-gun!
I look at this the same way I look at MVP talks. Whose team would miss them the most. For me that's Nubin, Thorne, Browne, and Gavin. Their teams are significantly worse off without them.
Agree to an extent. Whose stats are helped significantly by who is around them? Either way, I feel like it all ends up being an eyeball test anyways. I'm sure there's a kid in the smaller schools that dominates all listed in stats, but that doesn't matter because there are other factors. Either way, it's usually pretty impossible for there to be a unanimous pick.
I really wasn’t though. The stats are very close, but Markett put up bigger numbers. Nearly identical QBs who play very similar game. If anything it’s a nod to Rice’s team being slightly better than Marist. Of course I hope Bean gets it.
But like everyone else says, Love rules the day.
J.J. McCarthy will be there next year and the year after that and probably be one of the most recruited quarterbacks this state has ever seen.
I agree he is a long shot but I will say he was the best lineman that I saw play this year. I saw Trevor Keegan the number one recruit in the state during ND’s playoff run and thought that Addison West was the better linemen. I know I only saw each player in one game and that certainly not a sufficient sample size. I also know that recruiting is based more on measurables than performance. Addison West was the best player on the field in the CG/ND game. Everyone knows that lineman are the smartest and best looking players on the field (my gratuitous plug for linemen) so I’ll second the nomination.
Love or Gavin. Love probably gets the nod because Gavin missed a few games. Gavin still very worthy but Love is on another level.
I think a lot could depend on this weekend. If hailey leads JC to a stunner or Nubin helps SCN pull off the upset, then I think they go from dark horses to leading contenders. If one of them has a huge game and leads a team to a title over a team with more talent, that makes a strong case for them.
Exactly why I'm waiting on my POY and All State team...
Don’t think it has to be someone playing this weekend. Haven’t seen Love, but everything that has been said about him makes me believe he is the total game changer that deserves the award. Gavin missing some time hurts and he is probably the MVP as most valuable player to his team. Billingsly put his team on his back and have to give some props to LWE Baltz who delivered week after week with an enormous target on his back.
End of the day, I think Love is the winner.
End of the day, I think Love is the winner.
I know POY is a 14 week award, but to make it to week 14, you need to have a lot of big time players on the team. In IL HS football a great player should get his team to the playoffs and into second or third round...But the best of players with not much support will never get through a LA or Beast defense. IE Rashard Mendenhall. Edgy, have you ever locked up POY after week 9?
I'm just saying would I heard . Of course not official . Why is this not the place to say ? I thought this is what these boards are for ?
Nubin or Gavin POY!! Without them either team is in playoffs or one and done! The other candidates have better supporting cast around them!
If that is the criteria,Keenan Hailey. JCA doesn't make the playoffs, let alone title game without him.
Hey EPICBRET - just replying to this post . Sorry didn't know you were part of the Mccarthy family to be so sure . I guess sophmore child at Naz heard the words coming out of his mouth wrong .
My bad , thought this was exactly for this kind of stuff . Rumors , thoughts , ideas. Ok I won't post anymore . Sorry to have offended you .
You didn't offend me, you just have a lot of things clearly going over your head.
I hope you are right , I've been part of the Naz family now for 5 years and would love to see him stick around.
Why would I be on this site otherwise ? I'm at every home game and will be heading down to Champaign . I have a child that graduated last year and a Soph. Both my kids were / are involved in the sports program , just not football.
