Playing jv at mt st Joe doesn’t count
Only freshman & sophomores play JV @ MSJ, unlike BL & CHC. Oh, that is why they were the top two teams in 2022. If not holding back, lets just put juniors on JV-just another loophole.
BK will never tell you not to come to CHC, he will just delay putting any effort into developing you and keep you from Varsity for as long as possible. Instead he will keep you content by winning a JV title as a junior. They don't even pull this trick in public school. Why you ask? So he can inflate rosters to keep these kids instead of transferring to play elsewhere. He will string them along until the senior year until they don't see the field at all in most cases.
100% accurate.
It's why one player went down last year and their season fell apart.
CH doesn't develop talent. They recruit more with empty promises and keep kids from going to the competition.
But parents are too slow to realize it. The smart parents are looking at incoming FR (JV/FreshSoph team) vs outgoing SR (Varsity team) roster numbers and seeing what programs don't throw away kids.
Didn't CHC have not 1 but 2 kids start out on F/S teams and went on to make and play for National team!? Sounds like at least a little development....
Trajectory is an important term when talking about HS development. Statistics don't always tell the truth, but they're good in a pinch.
Statistics say that for the big schools like CHC and LB, making Fresh-Soph team in 9th puts you on track to make the Varsity roster in 11th, if you don't quit. But likely you'll be on the bench for that year. Many will quit or "wash out" because boo hoo, you're not getting recruited in 10th grade if you're on JV in 10th grade. But some stick around, play a small varsity role in 11th, and not surprisingly, have a fun spring senior year playing with very little stress (college decisions made, whatever they are). Most kids who ever suit up for fresh-soph won't play a major role on varsity, that's a stastical probability. And for many kids, that's just fine. And if it's not fine, you can transfer out of the second nicest school on New Cut Road, into the nicest school on New Cut Road, as soon as they finish building it.
Final point: Puberty is not an equalizer. If your club coach is telling you that your 7th grade son is on track to "make an impact on varsity in 9th grade," then he is generally lying to you. An "elite" 14 year old generally looks weak against an "elite 17-19 year old"......as you'll see if you attend any MIAA tryouts in 4 weeks or so.
