Zunkel At It Again
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You do realize is smaller towns, everybody knows everybody. There isn't a need to recruit the kid to attend the school, there is a need to recruit the kid to actually play High School football. Looking at the town on the flyer, what other schools could those kids possibly attend? You can't mix apples and oranges. The Chicago and Suburb area is COMPLETELY different than anywhere else in the state. I will also add that in my several years of being on this board, I can count on one hand the number of posters that complained about a private school recruiting athletes. The complaint has always been account for the difference and don't force a team that is not on the same level playing field to play against those schools. The recruiting part is not an issue.
Where did I say that??? What I have said is that the ONLY time we have to contact a kid or his family, is when we hear that Mac is contacting a kid that lives in our district..
Sooooo, it's okay to recruit, as long as someone else makes the first phonecall?
What are we supposed to do?? Let the competition break the rules and the kids leave?? It's something every coach in the area is faced with because of what the local private school does..
If this is the case, you can't complain about anyone else breaking a rule. That logic isn't sound.
Sure it is, our hand is forced to maintain an even playing field when the IHSA has shown they aren't going to enforce their own rules..
Whether your hand is forced or not, in the end sports are not designed for a specific team to win are get the best player. If Mac is playing dirty then so be it and you just miss out on the better athletes. Such is life for a lot of schools. Once you take matters into your own hand, you are just as guilty as the person that initiated the fight. I a guy take a shot a you and you shoot him in the back, you are going to jail for murder. Who shot first doesn't matter. Again, not sound logic.
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The Sandburg coach cited recuriting as a reason for his resignation.
Wierzal said one of the keys for the next coach to achieve greater success will be an ability to consistently attract impact players from local feeder programs to Sandburg. Many top players in Orland Park in recent years have chosen more successful private schools.
"We've lost a few of those battles and it takes a toll on the program," he said. "Some years it was more severe than others. But it was frustrating. You have to keep the Orland Park kids in the community."
Wierzal said one of the keys for the next coach to achieve greater success will be an ability to consistently attract impact players from local feeder programs to Sandburg. Many top players in Orland Park in recent years have chosen more successful private schools.
"We've lost a few of those battles and it takes a toll on the program," he said. "Some years it was more severe than others. But it was frustrating. You have to keep the Orland Park kids in the community."
Only if it could not have been avoided. Just because some else called the kid or family is not sound reason. The first question I would have is how do Hersher staff know that another school called that kid house?
I am academically recruiting a student. Did you even read what was written. I will sell my kids on the academics of my school because that is what should be done. Read the Merits of the school, not athletics!!!
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I'm sure that the school you refer to only recruits academics and not athletics.... That's why you're posting on a football board and not an academic board...
Bottom line is that private schools are recruiting and public schools feel like they have to as well to keep the kids in their district. It has become such a joke that most of the the people on this thread and this board openly acknowledge its going on and some don't realize that the rules are on the books.
In my opinion, the IHSA either has to sack up and enforce the rules with force (suspensions, disqualifications, banning) or take the rule off the books and stop pretending it doesn't happen.
If everybody know each other, is it really recruiting or is it just having a conversation with your buddy about his kid?
For the most part, usually more of a "Hey, we have heard that Mac is wanting your kid for football and hopefully you ignore them"
Yes, we recruit our kids that Mac recruits... And every other public school in this area does the same exact thing.
I agree with this. And the IHSA does not have the budget or means to enforce the rules. I say take the rule off the books. We've learned in this thread that even pristine communities such as Hersher do not follow the letter of the law and illegally recruit kids.
Additionally, the private schools can also now sell the fact that using using a Boys or Girls restroom or locker room will not result in any "surprise" occupants as the result of federal intervention.
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