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Ant3411 said:
Or these kids want to play for a good coach and program and give themselves a better shot at making it to the next level. I don’t think EC does any “recruiting”...the program speaks for itself and kids are lining up to play there.
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No one is dissing the program or questioning why kids want to play there. They are just saying it’s an unfair advantage because you practically have an AAU team playing against rec teams (for comparison purposes). All of the catholic/private schools in my area play in their own league. But if there’s not enough other private schools within a close area there’s probably not much they can do.

Either way: Happy for DC and glad to see him get the win!
 
rollskies said:
No one is dissing the program or questioning why kids want to play there. They are just saying it’s an unfair advantage because you practically have an AAU team playing against rec teams (for comparison purposes). All of the catholic/private schools in my area play in their own league. But if there’s not enough other private schools within a close area there’s probably not much they can do.

Either way: Happy for DC and glad to see him get the win!
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Yes I understand the reasonings that people might not like it. My personal opinion is that isn’t a bad thing - go out and beat them like DC did or stop complaining.
 
Ant3411 said:
Yes I understand the reasonings that people might not like it. My personal opinion is that isn’t a bad thing - go out and beat them like DC did or stop complaining.
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Yup. Even among leagues of public schools there are going to be advantages/disadvantages. There is a high school in my area that is about triple the size of all the other high schools. Needless to say they win everything. Not much can be done about it.
 
Kenny11 said:
He probably wants to play for a good coach and program without having to live on some prep school campus in the woods as a high schooler.
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Shouldn't he have gone to East, being from Ellington?
 
Ant3411 said:
Disagree here. What’s wrong with having a powerhouse that’s a Catholic school? Coach Reilly develops his players and coaches better than almost anyone out there. If you really look at the roster it doesn’t scream “prep school league”. There’s something to be said for a good program that kids want to play for.

Edit: I realize now that you said public school league and not prep. But what’s the difference between them and St. Paul or Northwest?
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EC Northwest St. Paul Sacred heart etc. should have their own conference in the CIAC if they want to stay. Public school is public school and private is private. It's unfair for everyone else involved when some schools can "recruit" and others can't. Other than Windsor, most years every kid at a D1 ciac school might as well not show up to the state tournament as it stands.
 
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Ant3411 said:
Yes I understand the reasonings that people might not like it. My personal opinion is that isn’t a bad thing - go out and beat them like DC did or stop complaining.
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So unless you have a homegrown 7'2 monster who happens to want to stay in town for high school, you can't be competitive with east. That makes sense.

EC has an unfair advantage over everyone else. They are a PRIVATE school playing PUBLIC schools. It doesn't even make sense from the start.
 
Ant3411 said:
Or these kids want to play for a good coach and program and give themselves a better shot at making it to the next level. I don’t think EC does any “recruiting”...the program speaks for itself and kids are lining up to play there.
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That's kind of the point, isn't it? If there's a really good player who lives in East Hartford, but wants to play for the Manchester HS coach, he can't. He'd have to move to Manchester. But he could play for East Catholic.

The Catholic high schools should have their own league. We have the same issue with St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, MA. They recruit all over Central MA including getting most of the best players out of Worcester. They play mostly public schools and play in the state tournament with public high schools. It doesn't make any sense to me. They absolutely have an unfair advantage over public high schools.
 
HooperScooper said:
That's kind of the point, isn't it? If there's a really good player who lives in East Hartford, but wants to play for the Manchester HS coach, he can't. He'd have to move to Manchester. But he could play for East Catholic.

The Catholic high schools should have their own league. We have the same issue with St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, MA. They recruit all over Central MA including getting most of the best players out of Worcester. They play mostly public schools and play in the state tournament with public high schools. It doesn't make any sense to me. They absolutely have an unfair advantage over public high schools.
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Yup and so should have their own league... not equal
 
ucp990411 said:
I would like to know how Matt Curtiss who lives in Ellington goes to Northwest. I thought the enrollment at the Catholic high schools was based on geography? FYI, I am an East Catholic alum.
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You can go to any one if you can get there
 
1) East Catholic is better than many nepsac schools. Most, in fact.

2) the reason they AREN'T in Nepsac is because they don't want to pay the fees. Same with Sacred Heart.
 
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Can he re classify and enroll at U Conn? We sure could use him next year.
DC attended the Houston game at Gampel last year. Great game and atmosphere and UCONN won . Saw what a big game at UConn was like.
Could he fit in with the players we have?

You know what an awsome home crowd situation we have.
You could tell from the game clip vs EC he loves his coach at BC.
 
coachn said:
Can he re classify and enroll at U Conn? We sure could use him next year.
DC attended the Houston game at Gampel last year. Great game and atmosphere and UCONN won . Saw what a big game at UConn was like.
Could he fit in with the players we have?

You know what an awsome home crowd situation we have.
You could tell from the game clip vs EC he loves his coach at BC.
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No, he's a true junior. If anything, there's a chance he could do a post grad year and reclass to 2023.
 
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husky429 said:
Clingan has 4 fouls with 5 minutes left right now. Bristol up 7.

I really, really hope EC loses. I hate that they're allowed to play in a public school league. It's fricking stupid.
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My kid lost to St. Joseph in the state tournament three of four years. Her team was limited to kids from our town, St. Joe's recruits from all over and gives scholarships.
 
UCTitleTown said:
My kid lost to St. Joseph in the state tournament three of four years. Her team was limited to kids from our town, St. Joe's recruits from all over and gives scholarships.
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Preach. If st. Joes doesn't want to pay nepsac fees that's great--let them play in CIAC in their own league! Then ciac gets more money, the private schools save, and it stays competitive for everyone. Just makes more sense.
 
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JMick said:
it's really bad in football. So many years spent in S and M and they have all the best kids from the region.
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They're still in S for lacrosse...have won the last two
 
Can someone tag Hurley’s account and tell him to lock this kid up immediately
 
Kolumbo said:
I don't think geography has anything to do with enrollment at Catholic schools other than how far someone wants to commute.

Could he go the Andrew Bynum route.
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True. There was a kid on baseball team two years ago who was commuting in with his mom from Newtown area.
 
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