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  1. Cherry picking players from the surrounding area schools proves what, that you can beat student-body teams with your all star team? What's the point? It's not cheating but nor is it fair and nor is it in the spirit of high school football. Yes, we can argue this until the cows come home so no point in doing so as we won't change in each other's minds on this topic.
  2. As a parent of kids who just went through youth club sports (one still is), I'm so glad these sports they do are only at the HS level (football/wrestling). The club sport stuff usually involves a lot of travel and loss of study time in the evenings due to practices times that suck. It's an absolute grind for both the parents and kids. Glad you aren't serious.
  3. Well I hadn't thought about that and it is true. I saw it happen to Lakewood last year where their 3-star QB graduated (and started at UVA) so all of their returning stars transferred out, much to the benefit of CCC. I will be curious to see if they bounce back this year or if this is the downward spiral you mentioned?
  4. it bugs me that teams can't get players from their own student population. So you will have a down year, so what? That's how it is supposed to work. You aren't supposed to be good every year.
  5. I never understand how anyone could be proud of a team like STA for such accolades just because they can beat teams with the great players they recruit, er find in their student body I meant, each year. I mean how hard is it to win state titles with a team full of four and five stars when you play teams with one or two on the roster? It's like feeling good about yourself for winning a 22 vs 3 fist fight. What have you accomplished really? Anyway, it is what it is and it isn't changing anytime soon and I do know some of the people here could care less where the players came from, only that they are on the team you root for.
  6. PHU totally face planted Friday night vs Durant. Got down early and then tried to be something we are not, which is a passing team. A bunch of interceptions later and it was a 33-0 loss. I guess we weren't ready for the big stage. Oh well, over time we will look back and realize what a great season it was for us but now it feels like crap.
  7. Charlotte is the 7 seed and also a district winner so they were in regardless. Are you thinking of some other team in that region?
  8. Lakeland is coming out of this region without a doubt. They would be the favorites in any given year but the region is down this year so their path is pretty easy this year. However, they may find a couple teams put up a fight rather than lay down. Mitchell in their opener may hang around until the third quarter before ultimately losing by 14+.
  9. I agree with the thought that that it's an overreaction to fire the guy based upon what happened on the video. It didn't look like a strike intended to cause pain or domination but more of something done in the heat of battle to tell the kid he needs to pay attention to the snap count. However, Jesuit had a zero tolerance policy in place so zero tolerance means you get zero second chances. Coaches need to control their emotions better, bottom line.
  10. These two concepts aren't related. Just because you coach a physical game doesn't mean the coach has any right to get physical with their players.
  11. I probably agree that the video wasn't worthy of dismissal since it was more of a push than a hard strike. However, Jesuit has both liability and zero tolerance policy in place so I'm sure that had a lot to do with it. Nip it in the bud before you get a lawsuit on your hands.
  12. I have a minority perspective on this subject apparently since the majority of us seem to be in the "kids are too soft today" category. My thoughts are a coach should never have a reason to strike a player. Grabbing a facemask or jersey to get their attention is not striking but it's a grey area I can tolerate. Striking players though shows a coach is out of control. A coach should always have a level head as there are many times during a game your players will drive you crazy. The biggest problem with coaches striking players is it rarely stops there. A coach who's willing to strike a player is going to bully and dominate them and make their lives a living hell. If you think it's just tough love you aren't looking at the person doing the striking. Who is so out of control that they would do that? You don't want that guy as the example your kids look up to how to handle adverse situations in this world. The coach should always lead by example. Anyway, I know I'm in the minority here so it's cool if you disagree. Most of us all had this type of tough love when we played and we turned out okay, at least I think we did lol. It was also cool to get our brains scrambled with concussions back then. Today's era is different and we have to evolve with the times.
  13. Interesting challenge! Historically Hillsborough dominates these games. Pinellas County ball is definitely ranked 8th in the 8 metro areas. Just too many schools spreading the talent thin IMO. Anyway, here's my predictions: Durant over PHU (heart says PHU, head says Durant) Jesuit over PPark Hillsborough over Northeast Largo over East Bay SPHS over Gaither (SP QB is a monster and leads the state in rushing and TDs!) Clearwater over Blake Carrollwood Day over Northside The closest matchup is Durant vs PHU. I would lean PHU but we lost our heart and soul on defense and county player of the year two games ago in the win over hated East Lake. It's tough to lose a player like that.
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