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State Champion vs Class Champions
SBFootball1 replied to slice60's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Yes, finally someone is fighting the good fight. Don't forget "national champions" at sub BCS level colleges as well. D2, D3, NAIA...pssh. "national champs" -
Optimum Water to Ice Ratio
SBFootball1 replied to Lucy Draper's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
It is inversely related to the air temperature, should be a chart somewhere! -
New Northern Indiana league is coming
SBFootball1 replied to MarshallCounty's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
I can't imagine Penn agreeing to a conference with 4 SB schools again, but what about 3 if that's the direction SB goes? Or two? -
Declining Numbers Impacting Competitive Balance
SBFootball1 replied to a topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Are you guys arguing there is no drop in participation numbers or you just don't like the reasons given? I don't have numbers to back it, but it seems like the number of schools with frosh and/or JV teams is lowering every year. A one or two year low trend can be overcome, but all of a sudden a kid doesnt have a chance to pay in games from his 8th grade year until maybe junior year, the participation levels will only worsen. Goshen and Plymouth are great examples of the current situation in a number of districts. -
Is anyone really not utilizing a substitution on Friday night to keep someone eligible for more quarters on Saturday morning? Any program I have been around has been all in for Friday night, anyone on the sidelines and eligible to play is fair game...then JV were kids that did not get the playing time Friday. I never really thought of not playing a kid Friday to save for Saturday. I never understood how Michigan could play JV games on Thursday night without seeing who had played in the varsity game.
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Cody French Hired at Calumet
SBFootball1 replied to HanShotFirst's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Is this a normal practice, to accept a new head coaching job but keep/send applications out for a better gig? Calumet got a very good coach, and I suppose you have to do what you have to do from a personal standpoint. I just feel for the kids in the Niles program who haven't had much success lately, get a coach in talking up a plan/vision, and then having him leave them high and dry 2 months before the season. -
What, having to add or subtract an hour on watches? There are issues because people want excuses. Indy is about 2.5 hours away and if you go each direction from Warsaw the same distance, you have plenty of like sized schools to choose from: from Lansing, to Indy and Toledo to Chicago. Don't get me wrong, glad Coach Curtis has been able to make this happen with the schedule, but I am not very sympathetic to the "woe is me at Warsaw, we are too big and dont have anyone else to play". You could if you think outside the box with scheduling, especially with football that plays once a week. And this isn't anti-Warsaw either, Penn is the same way. Not sure if its laziness or apathy changes could be made to make these teams premier but no one is willing to go that route.
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Bishop Dullaghan Middle School Camp Date
SBFootball1 replied to Trojettes's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Paul Page and George Dury run the camp: ppage@pjpinvestmentsllc.com(317) 945-5914 Coach George Dury georgedury@sbcglobal.net(317) 590-5549 -
Is there a coaching shortage brewing?
SBFootball1 replied to a topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
"It was awesome! We left Wednesday from New Carlisle for Evansville on Wednesday, so we needed 4 nights in a hotel....but it was so worth it to beat Laporte in the semi-finals and South Bend West in the championship!" -
Is there a coaching shortage brewing?
SBFootball1 replied to a topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Most of these things are cyclical but there may be a few trends in our area pointing towards a swing back towards high school sports and their importance. Look at the Elkhart county schools? many have added turf fields, weight room additions and improvements in many of the schools, and it seems more coaches in the buildings for football than we have in Saint Joseph County. SJ County, as usual is behind the 8-bal but the signs of life are there : Penn's huge upgrades, SBCSC putting turf at School Field, and the "new" Saint Joe facilities. It may be a slow process, but hopefully the pendulum does swing back in favor of high school sports and football, in particular. -
Is there a coaching shortage brewing?
SBFootball1 replied to a topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
I think you are correct, but this may also lead to an even bigger coaching shortage. If you are asking a HC and one assistant to do the work of what was done by 4-5, burnout is going to get very real. I think we are already seeing it and it does not look like a situation that will improve any time soon. -
This is what worries me about starting too young. I am sure I will get some flak for this, and I am not making a blanket statement about youth coaches, but are there enough good coaches teaching proper fundamentals and safety techniques? It is hard enough to fill high school staffs with people who are willing to put in the time to learn and then teach all of this correctly while still making it enjoyable for the KIDS. I love getting kids involved in the sport, especially properly. I worry that having 8 year olds having to travel from South Bend to Orlando to play for a championship gets away from the fundamentals/teaching process and exerts an emphasis on winning way too early. Maybe I am wrong, but I would think youth football programs at that age are our sport's equivalent to t-ball and I don't think we have t-ball tourneys/national championships...at least I hope not!
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I saw story recently about a local Pop Warner team, 8U, winning a national championship. As much as I love football, so much about this made me cringe: 1- Do 8 year olds need to be playing tackle football? And, forgive me if i am wrong, i just assumed it is full contact since they looked like they were in full pads. 2- Even if 8 year olds are playing full contact, tackle football, do they need to be playing in a "national tournament" or should they be focused on fundamentals. 3- Is this growing in popularity, do we have to worry about the AAU'ing of football? Maybe I am just becoming a curmudgeon in my old age. I love the positive publicity in South Bend, that is for sure, but I worry about the effects starting football this young will have on our kids. Burn out, fatigue, injury, and loss of interest isnt anything that football needs right now.
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Covenent Christian - Time for a Reality Check
SBFootball1 replied to a topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Do you really believe a school like CC is going out and recruiting by position? That wasn't meant to be a snarky question, I genuinely wonder if that is really the case? -
Enrollment figures
SBFootball1 replied to TheStatGuy's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
It seems as if the IHSAA has dug in against co-ops but their is some light in the 8-man discussion...but I could be wrong on that. Whichever helps make football in our state better and gets more people playing, I am all for! -
Enrollment figures
SBFootball1 replied to TheStatGuy's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
I am becoming more and more intrigued with 8 man football. It would allow schools, such as those mentioned above, to field a team and allow some smaller 1A programs a chance to be more competitive. Add to that what it could do to shake up the classes across the board and I am becoming a bigger proponent each year. -
I think DT is on to something here, it is just hard to hear. I dont think it is a knock or an accusation that the coaches don't care, but there really isnt the movement you see around the Indy area and jockeying for positions. Maybe not a complacency, but just resolved to the fact that moving around within the area isnt worthwhile.
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NIC 5A Team Mishawaka @ Valpo
SBFootball1 replied to Indian72's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Is Mishawaka able to play? https://www.953mnc.com/2020/11/07/mishawaka-cavemen-football-team-placed-into-quarantine/ The story wasn't specific as to a timeline or anything.