You are missing the point. The original poster was saying that comparing Chaminade to Massapequa is like comparing a travel team with a town team (Although, a very good town team)It is very hard in this day and age for a public school to keep up with these private, high cost, big alumni $$ schools. No one should take anything away from Chaminade, they are a machine. A very well funded, coached, privileged machin.
Need I point to the consistently great public (Elite) programs (well coached and deeply talented) on Long Island such as WI, WM, Farm, Manhasett, GC, and other consistently very good public teams like Smithtown W, Northport, SWR, Syosset, Wantagh.
Almost always, one of theses town teams finishes the year ranked ahead of both Chaminade and St. Anthony's in the national rankings.
Sooo stop; there are talented kids all over LI.
Some don't consider the catholic 2 because of religious reasons, some just want to play in the home HS, others just did not take the entrance test, and still others might not have done well on the tests.
Interesting you put WI in the elite group. The showed poorly last year and lost to Hauppauge yesterday. Smithtown (spanked GC last weekend!) and Northport are much better programs and you call them "good"? SWR although troubled this year has also done better than "good"!
You make no sense in your assessment of good vs. great programs!
To the guy who seems to feels slighted and wants to argue that West Islip is not an ELITE Program....
First the definition- ELITE: the most successful or powerful group of people.
Now the facts: Since the new millennium (13 yrs), there are only 19 teams in the entire country that FINNISHED ranked in the top 50 in the nation 10 times or more .
Six of those teams are from Long Island.
Four of those teams are Public Schools.
Garden City 11 times in the top 50 (out of 13)
Manhasset 10 times
Ward Melville 10 times
West Islip 11 times
The other two: Chaminade 12 times St. Anthony's 10 times
That is the only ELITE group on Long Island!
One or two sub par seasons doesn't take away from the recent and Long Term success of Coach Craig's Squad. He'll have them back.
Other teams have had some very good seasons, and others will continue to improve; but they still have some catching up to do to join that list. Don't let the facts get in the way of your fantasy.
Now, as one of the other guys said - go get your shine box.
Thank me very much!
Makes sense now, doesn't it?
I only have one thing to say: What have you done for me lately? Can't hide in past success forever!
