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Just one question when did players start making paragraphs & publicly announcing their decision to transfer schools. is the LeBron “decision” 2.0

Lol that’s exactly what I was saying. If transferring and recruiting was STRICTLY enforced for private and public. I think the powerhouses and the elites u see today wouldn’t be as elite of elite at all. For example if STA couldn’t recruit at all & any transfers outside their school district had to sit for a calendar year with no participation in sport activities they could possibly be another belen jesuit right now. Or Columbus with only 1 title. in MIAMI central case , as I stated before they always was in a talent rich community, but between the lack of grades or getting into trouble outside of school a lot of their DAWGS couldn’t even put on a helmets. once African American high school coaches in south Florida found a loop hole in the recruiting and transferring game in the middle 2000s schools like MC, MNW Carol city started becoming powerhouses. another perfect example , U SCHOOL, when the recruiting and the coaches that did it left so did the program. the kids nor the coaches was there for the long haul because it was their homeschool and wanted to play for and build the program & trust the process. LAST EX: Flanagan, when bush left, so did all the transfers & recruits & My My My how the 2-3 mighty dragon has fallen, went from one of those most dominant defenses & teams in the state to a str8 laughing stock.

Not trying to get on the transfer topic but to be fair in humor it seems MNW,BTW & especially MIAMI central all took off in the title department when recruiting & transferring to wherever whenever was heavily relaxed and easy to get away with lol hahahahahahaha.

But as far as central Florida & up north Florida teams feeling like they have to get through south Florida as a whole, particularly broward & MIAMI , that’s been the mantra going back to the 80s & 90s. especially in the late 90s early 2000s broward tapped dade county ass on several occasions & at the Mecca at that. I’ll never forget in 2001 that run Dillard went on went through MIAMI central, carol city & Jackson to get to the title game. that Jackson game ended like (6-3) in favor of Dillard. It was a cool ass night to whewwww the Mecca was dumb packed.

What’s insane is to think MC first championship came in 2009 when they have been around & have had major talent roam through those halls way before then. i still remember that game at Lockhart when they came down to play cypress bay, I think the final score was like 56-59 or suem like that lol.

Exactly that’s when you get caught slipping.

It would be one thing if I’m just hyped about this year because of the transfers & shii. but Dillard has been turning the corner & becoming this powerhouse in full for the last 3 years now. , in my opinion being a POWERHOUSE is not just decided on rings & state championship appearances. in my opinion it’s also judged on can you got to me to toe with elite STATE OR NATIONALY RANKED talent ? Dillard has done that. can you beat a state elite opponent? Dillard has done that (Columbus 2019) eventual state champion. glades central (2020) were they glades central of old ? No but still a formidable opponent. STA 2021 (23-14) lost @ STA where many felt Dillard should of won, against a national powerhouse the same place a national powerhouse in st Frances was BLOWN OUT. now as adults our opinions can differ, which is cool & what this message board is about. Even if Dillard wasn’t my alma mater seeing what they have risen to over the last 4 years I would most def call them a state powerhouse & a championship contender, will they further prove that this year we will see.

That’s yo opinion & Ima respect it. But when yo resume 36-5 over the last 4 years. with a regional final app on your resume, a championship trophy under ya resume (GRANTED IT WAS TRI COUNTY) but it still a worthy accomplishment during a trying time. We were forced as a county to forfeit from playing in the FHSAA state playoffs, where as MIAMI had a option which is crazy because dade & broward is usually on one accord with those types of decisions. NONETHELESS Am I saying dillard is a NATIONAL powerhouse ? Of course not they can prove that this year though.

Not this past year I’m talkin bout in the playoffs about two years ago STA WENT on the road as heavy favs & lost & it was Venice my apologies

Look at STA @ madarian , everybody picked STA in a DOUBLE land slide & madarian clipped they ass that night. Run that game back and STA win by 30+ point is anything can happen on the road when it’s two great teams playing that’s the whole point of the playoffs especially in the latter round. Unfortunately one team has to lose.

That’s where I respectfully disagree Dillard has already shown they go TOE TO TOE with not only elite teams but nationally ranked teams EX “STA @ STA” & to a lesser degree CM even tho it was a shut out it was a defensive battle in a KOC. homestead & Dillard were BOTH (10-1) coming into that game as great as Dillard was last year anything can happen on the road in incimate weather when a team is as desperate as you. could Dillard have been looking ahead to STA of course, but make no mistake homestead was not a push over 2nd round opponent. Dillard was the better team but homestead played better that night that’s all.

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I would love to play em again , the more I look at that game the more homestead was the team playing with house money. They had nothing to lose. add that playing in front of their home crowd who most def came out for once and Filled up their side. Their announcer kept the home team hyped all night. add the fact it rained all night and for some reason Dillard WRS forget how to catch in inclimiate weather, it was a perfect storm and homestead took advantage as they should have. then to add insult to injury our crowd attendance was pathetic because they didn’t want to drive a hour in constant rain to exit 1 when they was sure Dillard would be facing STA the next week & look what happen.

Hot & dead on they ass lol

I thought homestead wasn’t in another classification. I would love to see they ass again. outside of that it’s crazy Dillard went (9-1) last year & was a district runner up lol, looking back we would have been on the road up until the state title game. @FTL @ homestead @STA HFA is gonna b key even tho it’s crazy I think our crowd is more rowdy on the road in big game’s lol

But just by curiosity in your opinion who are all (CONTENDERS) in 3A Metro ?

But in all seriousness I Understand what you’re saying bro. It’s funny they still can’t get 1A in order even after it was made clear that madco doesn’t even belong in 1A , just like I don’t believe chaminade belong in 2A. Sure their school population says they most def belong there. But when 50% of that population is recruited football talent that’s all you need you to dominate your district & class which they have done.

We’re bloodhounds down here now lol hahahahahaha lmao lol

Exactly, but aye we all make mistakes with his height & weight this man has the potential to be a automatic first down on offense I would love to see him causing problems against MIAMI central at traz lol you know it’s about to be standing room only lol. but aye I’m just ready for some football.

Boyd Anderson haven’t won more then 4 games in the last 5 6 years lol and a few of those seasons were 1-2 win seasons. they literally have little to no fan base & their in the same district as us & STA. Staying at bA will probably run him away from football then anything lol. I’m glad he’s coming home where his whole family graduated.

Well their most def not flocking to ft Lauderdale high I can tell you that. as far as winning 3A this year, granted that is the goal, but transfers are already flocking to Dillard left and right. In the end tho we will see what transpires on the field in a few short months.

Gonna look at some film on him if he got great hands & size & technique to go with that size he’s gonna be a PROBLEM especially in Short yards to gain situations. but he is brand spanking new to football so can’t expect that much but at Dillard I know the coaches gonna have him RIGHT come august.

Exactly and I couldn’t agree more before the last 2 years DILLARD has 4 different football coaches in 4 years 2017-18 Head coach hemming way in his last season at Dillard (6-5) first round playoff exit 2018-19 under first year head coach toriano Morgan he took Dillard to a (8-3) regular season record and a first round playoff exit to MIAMI central. in 2019-20 my near & dear friend finally got his varsity head coaching opportunity & he led the panthers to their first ever (10-0) regular season record and led the panthers to the reigional finals for the first time since 2001, before suddenly passing away a few months later #LLE 2020-21 another well known and respected panther got the head coaching job in Tyler tate who was the OC for chaminade during their 4 Pete. and since taking over 2 years ago TATE has Gone 17-2 lost only 1 regular season game a (23-14) lost @ STA last season. And hoisted the first ever tri county title in 2020. Point of the matter Dillard could have crumbled but they used that adversity and become what most thought was long gone at Dillard a POWER HOUSE FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

Which why Dillard built from the ground up & didn’t rely on transfers aka killian now look.

Na we rarely if ever lost them to DFB it was mostly to STA, then AHP. we had already got 4 transfers from AHP & two from out of state before any DFB players transferred