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Chatard hasn’t been able to do it at 4A yet though. They keep coming back to 3A lol. you would think chatard would be locked into 4A…but in the 10 years of the success factor memorial and Brebeuf in the absence of them have managed to be Uber successful and now have pretty much permanently marked their spot in 4A….and chatard is back in 3A lol not that I’m complaining. Gibson Southern fans still very much want to prove something to chatard and want that fight in November

I think heritage hills would have had their opportunities over the last decade and a few Southridge teams. The real problem is the Lindauer/Combs era of memorial because the only team I’m putting over that 3 year span of memorial is last years GS team But there were some really good teams over the last 10 years. The 2014 Heritage Hills team was special…the 2017 Southridge team won the 2A. Kinda feel like Heritage Hills would have had a few teams worth mentioning if it weren’t for Coach Hart arriving at GS. Jasper in the big 8 at times was better than all of the SIAC/PAC schools Tbh…I have the opinion that memorial and Mater Dei are carrying the torch now for the SIAC. Central had a few good squads but I think memorial still beat them…outside of that I think you would have to go back to like 2010 ish for when Reitz was a top 5 team in the state as a 4A school when it was just 1A-5A (6A came in 2013)

Not jumping in this argument but taking a tangent off of it. i fail to see how a school would be exploited….and currently feel that students being forced to stay at a school by the ihsaa is schools exploiting the students. The only ones being treated unfairly for benefit/benefitting from restricting the free will of a student is the student. in no way is a school being exploited if a student of theirs chooses to attend another school on their own free will for any reasons they deem worthy. that’s my 2¢ Lol

But it really doesn’t matter Nobody cares if Rutgers/Maryland beats the bottom of the SEC. All that matters is the top. if I was a Memorial or Mater Dei fan I surely would not accept comparing the the two conferences by what the worst teams do and completely ignore their accomplishments

That’s a really dumb way to look at it lol sorry not sorry “lemme judge and compare 2 conferences by comparing the worst teams who will combine for 15 wins between the 6 of them…..and completely disregard the top of each conference despite the fact that the PAC and SIAC have combined for 6 title appearances and 4 state titles in the last 5 years” COME ON MAN

My argument is consistent on this the top teams in each conference each year are not that far off and depending on the year, it could be that a PAC team is the best team or it could be a SIAC team The argument used to be that the SIAC was better than both the PAC and BIG 8….and the BIG 8 always claimed they were better than the PAC too post merger and the only big 8 school making a major impact is Jasper….and they are a combined 16-2 in conference play after 2 years and swept the SIAC last year. The gap isn’t that big between the two

From a fans perspective the SIAC and PAC are rival conferences….And Vincennes chose to go to the SIAC…and now after 2 years of them struggling across the board they are like “this is too hard. We want to go to the PAC” So you have the PAC members who very much believe we are on par or better than the SIAC depending on the sport….and you have a school basically saying “the PAC is easier” but asking to join….why would they let them join? They made their bed and they can sleep in it lol

End of 2023 according to the interview you did last month with their head coach. They were already a member for all other sports. But after this year they will officially be back for football

He also has a fighting chance now with the new PAC expanding the conference and splitting it into 2 divisions has been the best decision ever made by the PAC imo. for Context…only the Circle City Conference had more team state titles this year with 6.

You would think that in this day and age…getting people to even be 60/40 in favor of something and not arguing against each other like madmen is nearly impossible….and you mean to tell me we have 90%+ in agreement and they were like “nah”

Especially this time of year when things are ramping up to the start of the season. I can imagine many coaches just don’t want to put the time towards any more interviews.

Last one? Have you really gone through and interviewed pretty much every other coach?

Is it brownsburg camp or Coach John Harts camp? Haha but these things always give me a smile. Huntley -Illinois 7A Kankakee- Illinois 5A North- Indiana 5A Brownsburg- Indiana 6A and then little ole Gibson Southern as a 3A school. It just never gets old. Every offseason under hart the team is training against schools 2x/3x/4x it’s size….and the community wants this challenge with no shortcuts

Back on this topic? im still in favor of having the coaches of a regional seed themselves half way and then random draw the rest Top 8 teams are voted on and put in a bracket spot ranked 1-8….random draw remaining 8 teams. best of both worlds and nobody gets their feelings hurt….AND (now this is the most important part haha) it will increase IHSAA revenue lol

Tiktok/reels definitely paint things as easier or that there are shortcuts to the success and we all know what happens when you try to take shortcuts to success

Unless that kid is like 6’3 already and put down a great 40 + other measurables I just don’t know if I can believe anything the TikTok says

As someone who has moved out of the area…I just love what they do and think they do the best job of making it fun to follow. they spread the attention around too. (tongue in cheek) they are the reason Randal Parmley left the news business 😂. He got out because he knew the area was in good hands

how I imagine calling Jay would go

Very true. For the most part and definitely excluding last year, I feel like GS had the opposite problem. Good pass defense with plenty of experience but struggled in the run defense category. im sure you guys didn’t like trying to put together a scout offense and replicating Brady haha

I know I know. It’s sinful for the ball to be in the air for y’all.

I love the 812 guy. he does reporting for the 812 games better than the news stations and it’s always in a fun good hearted manner.

They certainly are not the only ones….but they are close to if not the best at it in the area. the problem though is that a number of the other teams who run that or a variation are either conference foes or teams in the same sectional/regional. would probably have to look south to Kentucky and I have no idea about what those teams run

I have to imagine for a team like HH….what is a camp even going to do for you guys? nobody is going to teach the kids how to run your flexbone/wishbone offense better than your coaches haha.

There might be fees for some schools. I don’t know how much each district costs but I think I remember something about $7500 per student per year…but obviously some areas the cost might be more. like I imagine the people of Carmel pay an extra premium on their property taxes and let’s say the cost is $8000 now for their district…I would think the difference of $500 would have to be covered by the family if I’m way off don’t kill me lol I’m on vacation haha. What I do remember though is public schools having an issue with this because it meant that people could use the money that technically from the state to attend private schools…but that’s just more the people who think that every tax dollar spent is theirs alone and they don’t realize the people who would do this also pay taxes so it’s their money to use also haha

Address change shouldn’t matter imo Indiana is a freedom of choice state the last I checked. As long as they can get themselves to the school and the school has room for the enrollment it shouldn’t be an issue.