coachkj

You have quite an imagination.

john_harrell@comcast.net

I'm not sure how they pick those teams either. I'm sure being starter and major contributor on a 3 time state champion helps.

(3.) Again, I believe this applies to students who are grade 8 and below. If it is, what is the punishment? Student ineligible for varsity competition for 365? 20-8. Only applies to students who have finished 8th grade. 20-9. A youth camp is not "High School Activities". Youth camps are not open facilities. I haven't done this but I would be absolutely shocked if there was any violation ever acted on by the IHSAA to students grade 8 and lower. They just don't. I'm sure the IHSAA has been sent the Chatard flyer. Good chance it came from someone on this site. Its not that the IHSAA doesn't care and lets Chatard do anything they want, its because there isn't a violation.

As far as camps go a "past link" is up for interpretation. My understanding is it was put in place for schools hiring AAU coaches as assistants to get to their kids. The rule doesn't say "coached at a camp". You can choose to think it does. I don't. I don't believe the IHSAA does either. And if that student were deemed ineligible they would be JV for 365 and have 3 full years of varsity competition. I have thoroughly read the by-laws.

Past link? Freshmen aren't transfer students. All freshmen are eligible, no matter what.

You can fact check me. In the eyes of the IHSAA there is no such thing as "undue influence" (recruiting) below grade 9.

This may be my all-time favorite off season thread. I've been here since the beginning.

I would wager against this.

The biggest problem (s) I see in the current system are the best two teams or the worst two teams playing in the first round. I would seed the sectionals, including home field advantage, according to the Sagarin ratings and have set sites for semi-state games. Positives: Rewards a good regular season. Penalizes a bad one. Gives a chance to teams with injuries to get healthy. Allows for team improvement and play-off success. No team feels screwed by a system created against them. Creates better second and third round games. Negatives: Lots of blowouts in the first rounds. (Which could happen anyway). Incentivize teams to run up the score (and their Sagarin rating) during the regular season.

Gotta admit that I don't get this ongoing bit.....

Again my experience is with two Christian schools. One they could (and we had some Muslim students). One they could not.

So you're saying Catholic school teams are by and large Catholic? My eyes were opened to CYO football when my son played for HCS in CYO. I watched a 4th grade team reading the triple option. At first I thought the coach was getting lucky in his play calling. The qb never missed a read. No one is that lucky. Every week I saw similar things happen. They all blocked and tackled well. The typical parochial running back that never stopped his feet. Over the years some youth programs have caught up but CYO had a huge lead.

So what's your point? That Christian schools are Christian?

I have first hand knowledge of two Christian schools. At one a "statement of faith" must be signed. At the other a student needed to sign a declaration to be open to and not divisive toward Christian doctrine. Don't sign, don't get in. Sign and lie and the student would be removed (with a process of course). Several students that would have made us better at both schools were turned down for admission for numerous reasons, as well as athletes expelled or asked to leave for breaking rules. You can believe me or not. The schools have an obligation to the hundreds of families who pay good money to send their children to the p/p schools to keep the environment to the families expectations. Again, believe it or not, winning state championships is pretty far down on the list of reasons why parents send their kids to private schools.

By making it as high as possible. More kids obviously equals more money. No school is going to turn money down to compete at a lower level in athletics. Ritter, Guerin, and Scecina have all been 1A in the not too distant past. Chatard was 2A for a long time, and Cathedral and Roncalli dominated 3A. They have all grown and won’t control enrollment until their buildings won’t hold another kid.

Same for Heritage Christian. We were supposed to play Northeastern last week at home. They went virtual and had to forfeit. We are away at Shenandoah this week. Just as the original draw would have had us doing.

Hope this works for those kids!

So many people believe there is a such thing as "senior rights". I wonder if it was at some point in time? When I would tell my players and families there is no such thing they are sure I was wrong.

Wins and losses, the worst metric for successful coaches and programs. Ron Qualls will make a difference in the lives of the young men he leads.

Reload is a simple button..... I stand corrected.

Heritage Christian is #103. Dropped quite a bit from last Friday's opponent (#292)

The North Central conference... Formed as a basketball super power conference in the 1920s.

For the love of God please don't turn this into a discussion or rant for either side. (Wishful thinking that won't happen) Simple question, of your students and players placed in quarantine for contact tracing, exposure, or whatever you want to call it, how many actually came down with the virus? At Heritage Christian it was around 20 put on house arrest, and zero came down with the virus.

We've talked a lot about it within our staff. There is no teeth to anything the health departments say. We should just ignore it.