Not in the least. Aquinas plays Scotus year in and year out. The NSAA sets the schedule not the school.
Thanks, Buff-alo, for admitting that. Sorry that I was a little snarky with my comment! Happy Thanksgiving!
Do you even realize where their top runners come from? Hastings, Burwell, Grand Island. And that was just last year. I'm not saying they recruited, but they all ended up there at the same time about four years ago when Nebraska Christian didn't have a history of success. Crofton is completely different. They DO have a history of success as well as outstanding coaching. Perhaps some kids from surrounding towns transferred to Crofton because of that, I don't know. Even without transfers, Crofton will be competitive year in, year out.
You are correct in that it is frosh thru Jr. Not sure why. And yes my point was the about 1% of the SPED kids can't participate, any of the reduced and free lunch kids can and do participate. and the ESL kids as well participate. The real issue is parent involvement, a culture of excellence and standards that exceed the norm. Schools and coaches that can create that tend to have successful teams, schools that can't, don't.
I thought it was interesting with good points brought up on both sides until the frog who claims to have coached in three states claims that in AZ a Catholic school coach tried to recruit his son. Heavy use of the word "claim" here since the frog who has been a member just over two weeks now and has used this thread to create in your words "a giant pissing match" hasn't done anything but try to throw gas on an ember to make it blaze.
Can all you people please live in the real world, private schools have more kids that financially have the resources to be successful. Look across the country, more private schools win titles because parents have the resources to send them there and they can/do hand pick kids. These are the facts, nothing else needs to be said.
Better question WHY doesnt schools like lexington, omaha south and schuyler have good teams, bad coaches, lazy kids why would you say ???
We never played Mt Michael. We played Skutt, Roncalli, Pius, and Gross though. I have no issues with private/parochial schools at all. As I've stated before, I don't think they recruit anymore than any other school out there does (public schools included). I believe 100% that the program recruits for itself. If I was a middle school boy in Fremont, North Platte, or Kearney I would want to go to Bergan, St Pats, or KCHS because those teams traditionally have better success in football. That isn't a knock on Fremont Public, North Platte Public, or Kearney Public.....facts are facts. KCHS had a 3 year run where they went to the semi's or further each year. St Pats almost always goes further than North Platte High, same with Bergan and Fremont.
Agree with this point 100% add that with the difference in Sped, BD,and 504 students you have the advantage that public schools do not.
You have chosen to send your children to a private school, you can either afford it or your family makes the necessary sacrifices to send your children to a private school. Thats great for you, your children get a faith based education of your choosing in a controlled environment of your choosing. This choice is not one everyone can make. Due to financing reasons or location, it is choice you have to give your children an advantage you want them to have, and thats great. but it is an advantage, especially when it comes to a true count of enrollment. The multiplier adjust that enrollment count to make up for Special education, physical disabled, esl, 504 and BD to name a few and we all know social economics is a great prediction model for success. You want to use a business model to explain your situation then let the government come in and bail out the failing schools and give them more money and students to succeed because thats what we do in the real world. Also we always talk about how great the private school coaches are but using your business format then your saying the greatest employes coming out of college always go to the businesses with the least amount of pay and poor benefits( insert sarcasm )
Would you also support a multiplier being appliedTo your first statement, spirits are good, I do enjoy them. Yes free and reduced kids and ESL can and do play sports, but a large number do not because of their situations (i.e.; working after school to support themselves/family or babysitting siblings because mom & dad work evening/night shift; language barrier; zero knowledge of sports offered; family values and belief; etc.) It's not that they can't play sports, but there are a number of factors that play into maybe why they don't. If you have 15 to 25 of these types of kids in a C2 school that drastically impacts your athletic programs, no "ifs", "ands" or "buts" about it.
To your second statement, I in fact stated that private schools
to schools (C1-D1) that don't have as high of a number of ESL students or free-reduced lunch students as similarly sized schools in their class? Because that would also give those schools an advantage.yes the multiplier could be put into effect on every school that is below the state averageWould you also support a multiplier being applied
Great idea, but unfortunately it's impossible to compare public to parochial districts. In Nebraska parochial schools aren't required to report these statistics.
I am not the one that used it, said it, or agrees with it, just explained it and your flaws with that thinking You always know when you are winning a discussion when it gets slanderous Thanks for making my point
Tell me how the Columbus Varsity and Norfolk Varsity did this year???Now would probably be a good time to change the subject.
How'd did everybody enjoy the C1 game with Columbus JV and Norfolk JV??
