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  1. So far I've identified 17 schools that will be in 2A suburban class in my part of the state. Most of these schools are on par with each other. Will be interesting if the districts make this the same region. Those 17 are: Lakeland Christian, Tenoroc, Discovery, Mulberry, Frostproof, Fort Meade, Avon Park, Lake Placid, Hardee, Desoto, Bradenton Bayshore, Sarasota Booker, Lemon Bay, Bishop Verot, Clewiston, LaBelle, Estero.
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  2. We're not talking about you Jesse.
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  3. Yeah, this might keep Pinellas County from winning a state championship. OK, low blows and cheap shots aside, where are all the PHU players going? The same one or two schools? I'll be interested to see if CCC comes up in this conversation. That may be the only school in Pinellas that could benefit from the recent changes. Lakewood likely will stay competitive, but the class consolidation will probably hurt them.
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  4. I think Pinellas could go either way. In the last 10 years, Hillsborough has been the largest stumbling block by far due to geographical proximity, naturally. Also, keep in mind that in that same 10-year period, close to half of Pinellas county's defeat came at the hands of non-metro schools. That barrier is now gone. If there's no better time for Pinellas county to shine, this is it.
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  5. I know Pinellas County is going to really take it on the chin with this reclassification. For various reasons, Pinellas County just cant compete with the other large metro areas. Even Tampa HS teams regularly beat up on Pinellas teams. There are a couple that can make a run like Lakewood HS or the private schools like CCC or Calvary but for the most part, low participation and too many schools in close proximity take a toll. I still cant believe they identified the problem as a metro vs suburban issue when its the private schools in the metro areas that actually win most of the time. Anyway, that horse is dead. Look for a lot of Pinellas teams to give up and go independent once the new districts come out. I kind of think my local school, PHU, will go the independent route if it gets grouped with a brutal district. It only has 7 6 seniors next year and half the starters will be 10th graders. Gotta start thinking about player safety. Edit: We actually have 6 seniors because I forgot our best player got cherry picked by another school
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  6. Like driving a moped...its fun to ride but don't let your friends find out
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  7. Ray, I checked with Grisham and this is how he explained it to me: Patricca and Arza are both involved in unhappy marriages. They discovered that commonality sitting at a bar in Gainesville after one of the FHSAA board meetings. They drank a little too much, starting consoling each other and one thing lead to another. And, well, you can guess the rest. Now, history repeats itself every time there's another board meeting. Anyway, the heavy lifting in this story was done when the Lee County Duo convinced the FHSAA staff to use the "population density" formula instead of straight population. Even still, no one really knew how the vote would turn out. So, Patricca and Arza cut a deal between the sheets. Each agreed to vote the opposite way of the way they really wanted to vote. That way, the final vote would come out the same, but it wouldn't look as bad for Patricca. Now, Grisham also told me that if he were writing the story, one or the other of the two having the affair would have double-crossed the other, but that would have lead to a different outcome with the final voting, so he's glad that didn't happen here. He thinks the whole metro/suburban thing will make for interesting drama in the coming years, which increases the chances of a sequel or, in this day and age, a second and perhaps even a third season on Netflix. Now, just to be safe, please remember that Grisham writes fiction, which is exactly what this post is.
    1 point
  8. They had two members from Lee county. The second one voted for it. Deciding vote. No one has told us why they changed it from last years plan at all. It does not affect my school but Seminole county got bussed. I am sure the creators wanted no part of Seminole HS in 4A suburb. Lee county schools are bad at football so lets go with Population density. Real nice. I get why the suburb wanted out and don't blame them. They just did not worry about how 85% of the metro schools will get crushed by new plan and did not care. Next change will be move teams up and down within metro and suburbs with a success and playoff multiplier. Move the super teams up divisions and down who don't have success and they can salvage this dumpster fire move.. But that takes common sense which the FHSAA board has none.
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  9. Yeah looking at some of the comments here I dont think people realize that teams like STA are truly junior college level teams or, in the case of IMG/Mater Dei/SFA/SJB, young D1 college teams. They are truly super HS all star teams and even the best public schools will struggle against them. It's just not a level playing field with their scholarships, incredible facilities, coaching and accommodating class schedules. The class schedules are the thing people dont often know about with these private schools. Private schools dont have to play by the same rules as public schools so they can create very college like class schedule for their players. How do you think IMG can have multiple meetings, workouts and practice each day? How do you think not a single player ever becomes academically ineligible? Anyway, my point is not to criticize private schools but rather just place them into an advantaged category and they should just go play themselves and stay out of the public school schedules.
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  10. Cocoa actually had pretty decent size on their offensive line and a couple big boys that would come in on the DLine. At the end of the day Cocoa and Rockledge are known for having speed, finesse, agility and heart on defense.
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  11. Whoaa. Thought for a minute you were really looking for the ultimate test and had scheduled Madison.
    1 point
  12. nolebull813

    New teams in 2022

    Blountstown sounds like a stoner’s paradise
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