BDGiant93

22 hours ago, jets said:

What exactly does that mean?? 

Cathedral has long marketed itself as a college prep school in a Catholic tradition. That's what I meant. Am I incorrect? If I am, then I will gladly say so.

3 hours ago, MICFan34 said:

It amazes me how Avon's stadium hasn't been updated whatsoever, especially with the good amount of success they've had these last 15-20 years. 

These things cost money. Referenda have been focused on classroom expenses recently rather than capital projects. Pretty certain BD's stadium updates a few years back were part of the construction of the Chapel Hill Center.

On 4/10/2021 at 2:23 PM, Staxawax said:

Because bigger is better?   I still can't figure out how one can sit in the stands and have the score on the scoreboard partially obscured. I suspect it may well be for the home side fans as well.

They built that building around the old building that housed the scoreboard and then didn't move the scoreboard forward. 

On 4/10/2021 at 2:29 PM, Irishman said:

As an old fart, convenience is a HUGE plus. WC has an elevator to their pressbox. And it is both heated or has AC depending on what is needed. I have never coached a game at Franklin Central, but I know they have an elevator too. For climate control and space, Carmel’s is pretty nice as well.

There are way too many places where getting through the crowd to pressbox is a HIGE P.I.T.A.  

Remarkably, the only MIC school without an elevator now is Carmel.

On 4/8/2021 at 9:00 AM, Trojanmp52 said:

What are the best, worst or most unique stadium you have been to?  It can one that does exist now or was bad but had been updated.

Best: Any of the MIC stadiums. Usually very user-friendly especially since the Lawrences upgraded. 

Worst: Fishers. Nothing against the stadium, but the amenities are very outdated. 

Unique: St. X. I about died climbing to the top of the home side. Pretty cool stadium.

Really like Southport Cardinal Stadium or whatever car dealership is sponsoring it now.

20 hours ago, oldtimeqb said:

But is Ritter a Christian school?

(For a good time, bring up the "Are Catholics Christian?" question at your in-laws over dinner.) 😄

My point was that the Catholic schools such as Ritter, Guerin, Roncalli, Central Catholic, Chatard, Scecina, etc. tend to be connected to parishes within a certain diocese of the church. Covenant would not be part of the Catholic system. It's a private Christian school more like a Heritage Christian. 

Cathedral is a prep school and Brebeuf is a Jesuit school.

If I'm wrong on this or seem ignorant, I will gladly take the L. . 

Covenant wouldn't take students from Ritter normally because it's not another Catholic school. From what I'm hearing on this board, Ritter's been losing students to other Catholic schools.

13 hours ago, DT said:

It is a PP

Correct. 

18 hours ago, DT said:

Is the Covenent program pulling kids away from Ritter?

Covenant is not a Catholic school.

On 3/25/2021 at 8:16 AM, Grover said:

Yeah, it's out of state but it's the off-season so why not?

This is some crazy stuff for high school sports.   https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31099968/lawsuits-secret-tapes-unraveling-powerhouse-high-school-football-program

What a mess!

Welcome to the Westside! Good luck Coach!

2 hours ago, Gipper said:

well said

Thanks. It's sad to say it, but I think it's true. 

Since we're in a teacher shortage, I'd say that it's not silly to say that it carries over to the coaching side.

23 minutes ago, temptation said:

As butter.

"Like butter because you're on a roll"

--Stuart Scott

12 hours ago, temptation said:

It’s a butter knife.  Easy snowflake.

🤣That's rich.

"You hit or you sit."

"When in doubt, hit somebody."

Both from Dick Dullaghan

On 3/15/2021 at 8:06 AM, Impartial_Observer said:

I disagree, I’ve long felt HS has OT figured out. It’s beautifully simple, fair, and equitable for both teams. 

I completely agree with you. For the level of football, it's perfect.

On 3/15/2021 at 8:41 AM, Bobref said:

I think that if a game is tied at the close of regulation, the Referee should be able to award the W to the team that displayed the best sportsmanship during the game.

Change my mind.

Noble idea. I don't want a game coming down to a judgement call if at all possible, though.

On 3/12/2021 at 11:16 AM, Trojanmp52 said:

What are a few on field rules that would to change or altered?

1 pass interference i like to see it change to a spot foul.

2 international grounding I would like to see it called more like college and pro.  
 

3 on kickoffs let the kids if they choice to play it out of the endzone and this a bigger point to this if the receiving team touch the ball in trying to field it and it goes to the endzone it should be a live ball the kicking team should be able to recover it.

You nailed my top two in 1 and 2. I also would liked to see uncatchable be in the definition in high school.

On 3/12/2021 at 9:18 AM, temptation said:

Below average broadcaster...

You always gotta stick the knife in don't cha. Feel better about yourself?

https://www.thevillages.com/life/villager-backstory-meet-dick-dullaghan/?fbclid=IwAR1gYRllHqNFw8H_AClW6XeQIAxvxUtDbX06I1Hz2ITA22kdCilrZ-okgXk

Ran across this article posted on the Ben Davis High School Alumni page. Nice piece on Coach Dullaghan and what he's up to these days. Sounds like a lot of green fairways.

On 2/15/2021 at 3:15 PM, Bobref said:

I think the only solution, albeit an imperfect one, is to convince coaches, players and parents of the virtues of playing multiple sports, through education.

"Play as many sports as you can for as long as you can."

--Dick Dullaghan

19 hours ago, DT said:

TH North had some nice teams back them.  They were big and very physical, much more than THS.  

Coach Barrett did a nice job at TH North despite what his record turned out to be.

On 3/5/2021 at 4:55 PM, DT said:

You know which upset Im talking about Stax.  Just got the wrong year.  35-14 LC  Might have been the biggest upset in MIC history.  Upsets happen very rarely in the conference

Bigger upsets...

LN 27, Carmel 20 2016

TH North 14, Warren Central 10, 2013

TH North 17, Ben Davis 14, 2006

LC wasn't in the MIC in 2010.

On 2/27/2021 at 1:28 PM, Staxawax said:

Any discussion that has DT and BDGiant93 agreeing on must be something to discuss further.

Mark the tape. 

1 hour ago, Gipper said:

Question about this: how will it make said relegated team better?  They'll still play the same regular season and only 1-3 games in their new Sectional.

and it will cause a potential l log jam in the new class as new sectionals will need to be created.  If a school needs to go down, it should be their decision as it was Cathedral's to go up.

Might be an incentive to play a tough schedule, truthfully. That would make you better for the tournament. Maybe teams might sandbag? I don't know. Just spitballing.

Let's say that by the competition factor that 6A would have the 32 most successful programs over a given period by some mathematical algorithm. Then 5A would have the next 32 and then so on. I guess the only thing you might fight is the perception that some of the low schools would be seen as "losers" or something. It might also have the unintended consequence of the "rich get even richer."