Originally Posted by Anonymous
How did St Mary’s let pat spencer get away? Coaches can’t judge talent? How can kids get a fair tryout then?

If I had to guess, I'd guess that St. Marys said, hey this kid is already a year older than some, and he's excelling academically and athletically and his peers think of him as a leader so there is zero justification to have him repeat ANOTHER year and be 2 years older than his grad age peers. Then Dad got mad and had him transfer and repeat 8th grade.