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Wayne added Lowell Added and this gem, I LOVE IT

Another data point: Mike Kirschner coached at both places (BD from 2007-2017) and Warren from 2021-2024. Between 2010-2017 (the decade referenced above), he had a .760 winning percentage at BD. Had a stop at Mount Vernon in the middle (2018-2020) and won at a .789 clip. He won at a .578 clip at Warren. Did the man forget how to coach?

EC is in a pretty good spot, their current conference gives them the flexibility to go play natural rival Harrison, GCL power, and Indy area team, Roncalli typically which has become a pretty good rivalry. Limited travel for lower levels, why move?

I get your sentiment but I think the difficulty with this is the positions he played WR and DB. Neither position puts the ball in his hands on every play like it would for say a QB or RB. On defense he was a difference maker on every play, be it throwing away from him or making you pay if you throw to his side of the field. Offensively he was a difference maker if the ball was in his hand, but at WR you are not going to touch the ball every play like a QB.

My point had nothing to do with public vs. private and size. What I was noting is that, even in a situation where public vs. private isn't the issue, there will still be complaints about "advantages." As noted in Texas, while you say you don't think size is an issue, I can tell you for the better part of a decade plus while I was down there, there was always a public-school debate about the large north Dallas districts that never split into multiple high schools. Similarly, in the Louisiana football environment there's plenty of grousing that goes on in the private ranks as well even though public and private are split. In essence, doesn't really matter whether there are multipliers, success factors, separate tourneys, there will always be reason to complain.

I mean, it depends on what you are looking at. In the current format, Warren will get a trophy every year as their sectional is weak but that is not the goal at Warren. It is title or bust (as it should be). I think that people get to caught up in the moment as opposed to taking a long term outlook at things. Every major metropolitan city experiences the urban sprawl that is spoken about often. 30 years ago, Center Grove/Westfield were not thought to be threats in big boy football. 20 years ago, folks would have laughed at New Palestine being a football powerhouse. The suburbs are rapidly growing as Marion County deteriorates. Some folks were surprised when Jayson West (football) and Garrett Winegar (basketball) left Warren for Franklin Central and Fishers respectively. Not me. Its a long term vision as trends don't lie. The Marion County mega schools (BD and Warren specifically for football) will continue to compete at a high level due to their enrollment advantage. But they are not the powers they once were. The numbers don't lie.

One guy though? I would agree with that if we were talking about 3A, but I keep saying it, 6A is a beast. I don't think one guy makes much difference.

Geske did it this year. And last year. And the year before when he was given the chance. I guess this year’s hypothetical is if Warren would have been better with Geske or Willis.

Sheridan is far enough away from the suburbia that it doesn't really fit the same profile as southern 2/3 of the county. It's much more of a small-town rural school. Heights has more of a small-town small suburb/rural profile, too, but Cicero has some of the suburbia from Noblesville growing northward.

No? I don't follow your logic and I think it has to do with the intended goals. Is the goal to have some measure of "proportionality" of public versus P/P schools that win at each level of the tournament? If that is the case, I full stop reject that premise. And if one class isn't enough, how would a multiplier be a better solution than simply letting the success factor logically place any program, public or P/P, in the appropriate classification based on their performance on the field? And to your post on free and reduced lunch: again, I understand the logic, but just as I find it wrong to value a student-athlete who attends a P/P more simply because they attend a P/P, I find it equally wrong to essentially devalue a student who is on free and reduced lunch. Again, that is not to deny the socio-economic factors at play with both populations, they are there, they are real, and they cannot be denied. My issue is how do you quantify those advantages and disadvantages in a logical meaningful way? Ultimately, I cannot conceive of an answer besides letting results on the field determine those advantages and disadvantages; hence the success factor.

Excellent recent piece on the life of Army & Navy football players.....Heather Dinich and Chris Low https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42879498/inside-army-navy-day-life-students-service-academies

Jennings County and Madison should go to the Mid-Southern. To make room for this move Eastern and Salem would need to move to the Patoka Lake. East Central could become a football only member of the Hoosier Heritage with Shelbyville leaving in 2026.

i for sure know one candidate it is NOT!!! Same name that always comes up when big jobs open.

De Frietas will be making a lot of money to kick fieldgoals soon, if not next year.

He knows this he just likes to stir shit up