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The dude couldn't even beat the Little Giants, so what can he do with a bunch of Indians? Oh wait, being told that's another Kevin O'Shea. Never mind. Great hire for TL. At least makes the Hoosier a little more interesting when the Knights visit Monticello.

Gotcha. I think Carmel is the elephant in the room and the team that most likely gets left out of conference expansion. I don't know if I would go as far as saying that schools are "ducking them" but their dominance in the country club sports would give me pause as an administrator. There literally is NO PATH to a conference championship in nearly a half dozen sports if you add Carmel to the mix. Plus they don't seem to travel nearly as well as I had originally thought and as much as you'd expect from a school with an enrollment of 5400+. Avon is the next most interesting one to me as they are bottom feeders (at least the bottom half of the HCC) in nearly every sport and a chance to the MIC or this "Super Conference" you suggest would do them a ton of good as long as Carmel is not a part. I am not sure why the loyalty to Brownsburg as those corporations seem to be heading in opposite directions. Brownsburg is at the height of its athletic prowess right now in multiple sports and appears to just be getting started. I think any administrator/athletic director doing its due diligence has to take a look at the future. That future, in terms of the south side is Whiteland. In terms of the east side, its New Pal. Westfield to the north and perhaps Plainfield to the west. The Marion County schools (PM, DC, SP) add no real value in terms of revenue or competitiveness across the board in my opinion. Center Grove would dominate that potential conference in 15+ sports.

Poor analogy. Even you have to see the difference between celebrating with the fans/celebrating with a "fist pump" vs flexing in your opponents' face and staring them down and holding your hand inches from the floor while running back on D. There is celebrating and then there is rubbing your opponents' face in it. You're trying too hard.

This is so trashy and I agree, the parents and leaders who condone this are raising a generation of trash.

Showing my age, but I played youth football in the era of the "Ickey Shuffle." When I scored my first TD, guess what I did? The referee's flag after I spiked the ball and then the reprimand from the coach quickly got my attention. So my career stats include 1 (and only 1) Ickey Shuffle celebration. My irritation with the clip isn't with the 3rd graders. They are just imitating what they have seen on TV/YouTube/TikTok. It does bother me that a coach and parents allow such behavior.

I also would love to know which MIC schools truly do not want CG and Carmel and which ones are open for them coming back. To me it still seems pretty silly for those schools to kick them out and then want to continue playing them. Kind of a weak outlook to me.

Revenue/Competitive issues/Geography/travel? - 33.3% each Historic rivalries - 0.1%

I am a bit surprised that public sector unions are still around 4 1/2 yrs. after the SCOTUS decision in Janus v. AFSCME which held that requiring non-members to pay dues was a violation of the 1st Amendment.

I would give Avon/BB to the MIC about a 5% chance and that would require some of these other additions to happen first. What "could" have a better chance of happening is a if Carmel/CG/Cathedral end up trying to form a "new" conference. I hope that doesn't happen...Avon/BB are great HCC schools across many sports. I do feel like we will eventually head towards a "Northside" metro super conference (aka HCC), and a "Southside" metro super conference (name TBD). I don't think the geography will be perfect north/south, but something that more or less divides the big metro area schools into two approx 8-10 school conferences.

Nobody’s 1st head coaching job should be HFC of an NFL team trying to rebuild.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

So many parallels to their careers as it is....seems reasonable.

added to IFCA, thanks for posting and LOVE that field

Social Security Is on the Brink of Collapse. The GOP Won't Touch It.: https://reason.com/2023/01/26/social-security-is-on-the-brink-of-collapse-the-gop-wont-touch-it/ Uni-party to the max.

Hey, now…they were looking at other women first…

I absolutely love this idea!