The Southwest Conference (And Most 618) is Pathetic!

crusader_of_90

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Of course, ESL HAS TO GO ELSEWHERE FOR A DECENT GAME. There is absolutely no reason why East and West should suck year after year.
 

jha618

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Of course, ESL HAS TO GO ELSEWHERE FOR A DECENT GAME. There is absolutely no reason why East and West should suck year after year.

East has been good the past few years. New coach this year. Didn't expect them to take such a big step back though.
 
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Then where do they come from?
Open your map app... take a glance at ESL's location. Report back with what you find. Please include the nearest major metro in your findings, it's a tough one, but you got this! Then, go take a gander at the MSHSAA website and check on the records of the football teams in this metro. It'll start to make sense soon, promise! Just as Chicago does... so too does... hint, it rhymes with, ahh nevermind... homie it's DA LOU! AKA, STL... aka Metro Boomin... Errbody in the club gettin Tipsy? Country Grammer? Right Thurr? The Lunatics? Smino-land? Hopefully you've heard of it. lol

All in fun good sir!
 
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crusader_of_90

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Check the gap from ESL to Breeze ... and just five of the top 25 from Illinois.
 
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Pulls from or attracts? There are things in play that narrative pushers never want to talk about. There is college level talent all over that conference. Unfortunately, a lot of it is walking around hallways, because they don't want to play for coaches that bring a little league mentality to high school.
Or, here me out, they worried about getting "clipped" by ESL and ending up on ESPN for the wrong reasons?
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crusader_of_90

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Pulls from or attracts? There are things in play that narrative pushers never want to talk about. There is college level talent all over that conference. Unfortunately, a lot of it is walking around hallways, because they don't want to play for coaches that bring a little league mentality to high school.
IN the late 1980s and early 1990s, East and West had decent programs. Always producing a few studs. But even then, lots of dudes I knew from Khoury League and around town would rather work and party than commit to football.
 
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PowerI66

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Pulls from or attracts? There are things in play that narrative pushers never want to talk about. There is college level talent all over that conference. Unfortunately, a lot of it is walking around hallways, because they don't want to play for coaches that bring a little league mentality to high school.
I meant pull in the same way as attracts. I did not mean it to detract from ESL's program
 
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