CaptainHook

Gonna have to expand on that. You post a quote from DT saying the transfer should not have been allowed almost two full seasons after it was allowed. That makes sense to you?

Wait, so they should have not allowed it after a November game in 2019? Hilariously stupid. Fire up the time machine!

Shelbyville Golden Bears. Hopefully we can score enough points that DT doesn’t feel like we run up the score, but enough so he doesn’t feel like the program is in shambles.

I wish the old forum was available. I remember the day I broke the news that Spegal had transferred to NP. It was generally met with a lot of “Who?” and a lot of collective yawns. What I do not remember on that day, is DT stating that the power in the HHC and 5A had been drastically shifted and this should not be allowed by the IHSAA. You did not say the IHSAA should not allow a family to move and enroll their children in the school district they now lived in. You did not say that the Dragons would win their next 28 games and two state championships, thus his transfer should be blocked. Why? Most likely because you’d never heard of Charlie Spegal before. But certainly because NOBODY could have predicted it. In a forum where you make a lot of ridiculous statements, expecting the IHSAA to predict the future takes the cake. Maybe this afternoon you can claim you invented the question mark?

🙄 c’mon man...

Nobody said they didn’t choose to move here. He was not recruited to do so. Period. So stop making that accusation. The Dragons were dominating the HHC long before Charlie got there. And that motivated some schools to go out and hire some real coaches.

When you run a good program, football players move in or transfer. Why is that hard to understand?

I know who the poster is, but this is such an uneducated and frankly stupid post, I am going to reply. Transfer happen. ALL THE TIME. At ALL schools. Three of Mt. Vernon’s top players are transfers. Two from inside the conference. Including their QB. Their top WR transferred from IL so he could play football his senior year. I have no problem with it. Play ball. The fact DT chooses this one example to complain about not only shows how little he know about the HHC, but the state of high school football across the state.

High school football at a public school with 4A enrollment is cyclical. The Dragons graduated 22 seniors last year, including the state's all-time leading rusher that had D1 offers and chose to walk on at IU. They also graduated 3 starting OL, including Michigan State's Kyle King. They graduated their ENTIRE secondary and 7 of their top 8 WR. Everyone knew this would be a rebuilding year at NP. I had hoped the sophomore class would be ready to step in, but the virus ruined that. Less weight training and conditioning, no 7 v 7, no scrimmages. And it's shown. Not a great year to be inexperienced in a lot of key spots. Finally, injuries . . . the Dragons have been very fortunate with injuries the last two years. And seem to be paying the piper this year. NP has lost three starters for the season. 8 more starters have missed multiple games due to injury. That's 11 starters that have missed significant part of the season. Some significant depth is also injured. In the GF game, the Dragons were missing 7 starters. The QB for the Dragons in the JV game hasn't played QB since third grade. It's been just a MASH unit. But that's just the way football is. You strap up and play with what you've got. That being said, the Dragons have been competitive in every game and are 4-1 for goodness sake.

In all seriousness...CG is very good...but is this the worst the MIC has ever been?

only one school beat Cathedral and Center Grove (both soundly) last season with the same cast of characters (albeit a year younger) . . . I'm trying to remember who it was . . . I'll check my notes . . .

part of the roster size disparity is the Dragons are only traveling/dressing 50. I think there are more kids in the Dragons program this year than any point since I've been here.

Congrats to the Marauders. They were the more physical team tonight. Dragons are struggling to find their identity in 2020. We will see how they respond.

The Westfield score is not correct. I think it was 22-0.

that was a whuppin’

I will be in attendance.

Sorry, I think it’s idiotic.

Hancock County Health Department is making it very difficult to play football here. Greenfield-Central down 14 days.

We have had one case on the team early. Everyone else is out due to contact tracing. Or they were out to contact tracing and don’t have the 10 practice minimum in. At NPHS, if you sit next to someone who tests positive, you are out 14 days. Even though both are masked. And the positive student can return after 10 days. The Hancock County Health Department will not allow you to go get a negative test to return. It’s a mess. Several position groups just wiped out.

Just got word.

ridiculous

Harvard already announced they are doing online classes for 2020-21. This was expected.

they have to be the favorites in the south although NP may have had a transfer or two . . .

Gonna be a lot of new faces for the Dragons in 2020. Reminds me a lot of 2017. Not sure what we have yet, especially with the virus shutting everything down. What we do have is a OL that will return 4 players that started in 2019. Three of them have D1 offers. Also a WR and a LB with D1 offers. QB returns. It's a good start. Sophomore group lost one game in middle school and has some very good talent. Some of them are going to play. Some big holes to fill at RB and in the secondary (all 5 players graduated).