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    Week Zero Scrimmages

    Believe both of these were played on Friday: Depaul @ Libertyville Payton @ Niles North Anyone see these or have the cliffnotes?
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    Lane Tech Open

    I saw one Lane game this year. Their coach was absolutely not getting the most out of that team. Numbers and size were very impressive. Some really nice athletes. Seemed like good enthusiasm for the team in the stands. The schemes they were running seemed really disjointed with the strengths of...
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    Public School Advantages

    It would probably take quite a while. The head coach is a small slice of an institution's football culture. You need administrators that are giving the thumbs up for camps in the summer for middle schoolers and not punishing their coaches for insisting on mandatory winter lifting sessions. You...
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    Evanston HC opening

    Does the city of Evanston have a strong youth football program?
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    Public School Advantages

    Sure, that's all well and good - my point was not made for or against the success factor. It was in response to the comment "If the kid chooses to go to the private school, he can play for state trophies." Which is obviously a gross generalization. And if those schools are not having success...
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    Public School Advantages

    A great point, and a great opportunity to remind ourselves: The broader state of Illinois cares far less than this board about the performance of any football team. There are plenty of parents and educators who could care less if they win the state football championship. And that is absolutely...
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    Public School Advantages

    While it's obviously the slant of this board, I personally don't think the IHSA should be doing anything based on how "fun it is for the fandom" - their duty is to all high school athletes. Remember that the kids getting blown out by Mt. Carmel in the state quarterfinals represent a tiny...
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    Public School Advantages

    I promise you Buzz has more athletes at Evanston than he did at Driscoll. But in the context of Troy, it's a fair point.
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    Public School Advantages

    What do you mean it will never be true for private schools? For private schools, there is no "class of football playing boys from the community" to bank on to begin with! It happens to private schools all the time! What do you think happened to Guerin, or Holy Cross, or Weber, or Driscoll, or...
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    Public School Advantages

    The two questions that don't get asked enough are: WHY is the experience going to be better at the private school? Why should the kid believe him? WHY aren't the coaches from the kid's districted school making the same call? Why shouldn't the kid believe him? Of course they can and do make...
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    A Tradition Unlike Any Other

    What's the deal with Christ the King? I don't think they existed (or at least didn't play football) back when I was in school. Are they related/the same as "Cristo Rey"?
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    Public School Advantages

    [No issue with your post whatsoever and no dog in the fight in this particular exchange] But hijacking a few very valid points made here as it relates to my prior comments on "culture", "recruiting", "getting" players, etc. If you are going to convince me to pay money to go to a school with...
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    A Tradition Unlike Any Other

    Obviously "Lincoln Park gentrified in the 70s and 80s" is factually accurate, but I'm not sure it's relevant to DP's recent success - all of the dynamics that have made it succeed are rooted way more recently than that. First of all, the demise of GT is entirely unrelated to gentrification in...
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    Public School Advantages

    Uhh... yes. Obviously? For the vast majority of society, the choice of high school is purely one of cost, convenience, demographics, and religion. But when we are talking about the small sliver of society that is highly-football oriented 8th grade males, there is absolutely choice involved...
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    A Tradition Unlike Any Other

    ^ I think a lot of the above is correct. Honestly, I think the rebrand is huge as well. "Gordon Tech" was an all-boys technical school in an aging and dated building on California (I realize it was co-ed towards the end). "DePaul Prep" is a growing co-ed prep school in a brand new building on...
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