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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    I mean to say that the "true" top 16 teams would advance. Meaning that in the new model the 5-4 CSL North team is going to lose to the 4-5 West Suburban Silver team and therefore the competitiveness of the round 2 game vs 8-1 Barrington is going to be much better with the WSS team (that...
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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    Yes, it could be "embarrassing." Isn't this getting at some of the "life lessons" being discussed in this thread? Sometimes you get your butt kicked... maybe you work harder so it doesn't happen again, or maybe you realize you weren't that good, or maybe you knew you weren't good and it got...
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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    The world is a little more complex than "this person said it out loud, therefore it is the only truth." I am not saying that it's exclusively for the kids. I am, however, pointing out what I think are some tangible benefits to the kids. I'm not so naive to think that this isn't in part to help...
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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    I get they aren't the same word. You continue to not make a real point other than pointing out that they aren't the same word. You are absolutely trying to decide who deserves to be in the playoffs. You just did it again by saying that you don't think that 13 percent should be in the playoffs...
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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    Obviously some live and die with it, and many participate for other reasons. Maybe that season wouldn't have been as rough if they had something more tangible to play for in the final weeks. But what I'm hearing overall is that you're saying that: Some bad teams are bad and don't want more...
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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    You said some "belong" and some don't. It was summarized as "deserves" by me, and then extended by CSL Fan when he replied, likely after seeing my response. Saying "I didn't say that exact word" is a pretty lame counter when I bet either of us would appreciate some more direct replies to the...
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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    Sure, maybe some kids don't want to play more games, but both the good and the bad teams I have coached have always had the kids wanting to play one more game. I think the much more bizarre assumption is that we have tons of kids looking forward to turning in equipment and being done, as if...
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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    You are trying to stake a claim on who "belongs" (the word you used) and who doesn't. That is in the same spirit of the word "deserves." I don't think there's much confusion on my part about what you're trying to say. I am, however, confused by your question. What am I "sacrificing" by saying...
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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    I'm not sure if you actually work with kids, but to state with such definitiveness that it's ONLY about coaches and ADS worried about administrators is a stretch, if not plain ignorant. As I tried to outline, there is good that will happen for kids - whether you think that is the impetus for the...
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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    I guess I am confused as to where the line is on who "deserves" to be in the playoffs? Did the Niles West team of last year deserve to be in the playoffs so much more than this year's team simply because the ADs of the MSL/CSL chose for them to have far easier crossover games in weeks 3 and 4...
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    The Playoff Expansion Bylaw PASSED!

    I join the crowd that finds this to be unquestionably a good thing. I also am as confused as some others about those who can't articulate anything beyond "this is soft!" and can't see the big picture beyond "back in my day, teams had to EARN their way in." Sure, "back in the day" teams played...
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    Public School Advantages

    That is the conversation I think we might need to start having. I personally think that the good private schools do have an advantage in terms of acquiring talent, and that the current environment of high school sports is morphing the playing field into a place where those schools are...
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    Public School Advantages

    One thing that others have talked about for a long time is that there is an inherent difference between the way public and private schools get kids. And it's that inherent difference that many perceive as the PRIMARY advantage for a school like Loyola or Mt. Carmel vs any public school. Yes...
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    Lower Levels?

    For many of the 7A/8A schools, it used to be Varsity-Sophomore-Frosh A-Frosh B. Over time, "Sophomore" became "JV" to allow teams some more flexibility with rosters to have some "backup" juniors give their sophomore team more depth. A similar change has been made at the freshmen level - "Frosh...
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    LWE vs Loyola

    Oh… don’t confuse me for an LA fan, I’m not sure the actual big time LA fans will like that. While I have strong ties to the school, my ties to public schools are stronger at this point in my life. But I’ve always been a big high school football fan and have found the public-private debate...
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