Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
What coach is telling parents that their son is on track to make varsity in 9th grade?

Be specific.

The Wild hypotheticals are unreal around here.

2 specifically: a current Team 91 coach (remember, they "place more players in elite high schools than any club!"), and a former FCA coach who (I believe) was preaching the BK gospel at the time.

You are full of it.

I'm sorry that easily verified facts are hard for you. Ask the parents of any current 2nd year 8th grader if their elite level club coach advocated for the kid's holdback (which generally they do), and if so, did they project how much better the player would be as a 9th grade holdback (which generally, they'd say, "Oh he'll have a chance to start!").

Spend more time around grifting coaches and you'll see!

If everyone was on age, unless held back for some reason other than athletics, this whole thing would go away. Its certain club coaches & boarding schools in the northeast that make these promises but need the extra year of tuition to fulfill the dream. Now its boarding in Baltimore that have joined the arms race. We've always had the pre-first deal @ Saint Paul's & Gilman. The schools w/middle schools have been able to help foster holdbacks as well.
Put them all on age & put all 11 MIAA A conference schools in the the A conference for every sport and lets see where the chips fall.