Following the Louisiana Christian University model. You can actually field a decent NAIA team. (They still have actual “student” athletics)Originally Posted by TechFanno1
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Following the Louisiana Christian University model. You can actually field a decent NAIA team. (They still have actual “student” athletics)
This’ll be Tech football in the years to come
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How would will our fickle fans react to your suggestion in your opinion? Our fans, even when we went to 9 or 10 bowI games in a row, were always complaining. I guess I will not get past the old school "Be True to Your School" and "Ever Loyal Be". I actually enjoyed going to Fan Appreciation Days and meeting the players like Smoke Harris. With all of them bailing out each year, that bonding is lost. I am not adapting well to this change.
Why would you mention Boston Scott? He graduated in 2017.
The portal makes it harder for the high school athlete to make it that has potential, but isn’t ready to play immediately. You’d be crazy to waste a scholarship on developing that kid just to see them jump ship,and we’ve had tons of them at Tech over the years. I see a few really good athletes around here in HS that fit that description, and they have zero offers.
Removing Cumbie and Wood this year wouldn't have stopped the bleeding. It just means we won't ever be able to replace those guys.
If we had actual student atheletes, they'd hang around longer than a season and you'd get that bond. At least the low level schools can have the simplicity of character that lets us enjoy the game instead of the politics.
Trent Taylor comes to mind. Zero D1 offers. Undersized. The rest is history.
I mentioned Boston Scott as I do Smoke Harris, they stayed, unlike the last 2 years��
Recruiting for the purposes of athletics is forbidden by LHSAA bylaws. VERY clearly. There is an entire section on it in the handbook. We know schools do it and they do it in every sport and yet, oddly, nobody seems to really think it is all that big of a deal. Warren Easton was shut down this season for it. That is an appropriate response to the practice. Other schools have had titles vacated for it. That is an inappropriate response to the practice. Penalties for recruiting need to be clear, consistent, and they need to be enforced in the current season, regardless of when the infraction occurred (within reason, say a few years). Students should also be allowed to transfer to schools that don't cheat without penalty.
We have completely lost track of the purpose of interscholastic athletics - especially at the HS level. You can't expect kids to go to college and operate in the interest of a community when their entire HS careers were about their social media presence, lying about where they lived to be at a winning school or being offered "need based" scholarships to play at a private school with a program that has a history of collecting NFL talent.
Wait until schools like IMG Academy come further along in Louisiana. Even the private/magnet schools with long successful athletic histories here will have no chance to compete.
Calvary is one of the worst -
85% of their student body participates in sports....
85%
Evangel doesn't bother me too much, they choose to play in the highest division
Calvary only cares about getting the easiest rings possible
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
With that being said "easiest rings possible"?, Calvary beat-down the big boys in high school football in Shreveport-Bossier. Check out scores playing Byrd and Captain Shreve this Fall.
We (Byrd) weren't good this year. CS was an impressive victory. But that makes Dwayne's point (and probably your point too).
I would be in favor of a system that rewards repeated success with a jump to the next classification. Also, get rid of select/non-select
Yeah as others have mentioned, Louisiana High Schools recruit like mad (especially lower division football powerhouses).
Y’all might not want to look at how schools like Oak Grove “magically” go to the dome every year despite being a one stop light town in the middle of nowhere.
Hint (another Calvary clone).
Been thinking about this topic a lot over the last several years. The more competitive my teams have gotten, the more I see.
I am a public school coach and personally, I don't like the split because in real life there are companies that have more resources than the one you are likely to end up working for. Most of the employed are working for companies that have to compete against ones that have greater market share and can afford better resources and poach their best employees. Take any big tech company vs. the vast majority of tech talent working for traditional companies or startups. Few employers can compete with the salaries and resources of FAANG. That is real life. Lots of lessons in the disparity --- you can teach kids to work with what they can control and not to be bitter about the disparity -- after all, they can't control it.
That said, I want LHSAA to create VERY strong deterrents to outside influences by parents, boosters etc. It is like doing projects for your kids and turning them in. Failure is a critical stop on the path of long term success. Many parents would rather their kids win championships on the sidelines than have them learn through failing over and over again and get better IN the game. --- and look, this isn't just a private vs public school thing. I have seen some atrocious behavior from public schools in the last few seasons - all in the name of winning at ANY cost. My kids do their science projects. My kids also compete with integrity. It just matters to me.
So my solution would be --- end the split --- go absolutely scorched earth on recruiting violations, poor fan behavior etc. I would enact post-season bans IN the current season from when the violation is identified. I would ban coaches for the season and forever for second violations. And yes, the lesson of the post-season ban IS more important than winning and losing. The growth here should be ordered towards the integrity of the game. Period.
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