Makes sense because that offense isn't in D1 really. It's just a scrimmage to help in playing a physical scheme.
This is what I heard too. This scrimmage was not about Chardon, but about Mentor getting some live experience. Could be that McKinley isn't even the main focal point either....They won't look past McKinley, but they will most likely not expose all that they have available to them.
I think 1330 broadcasts.
I meant to answer him in the thread he started. Yes they usually do the radio for Mentor
Speaking of depth, Chardon does not have one player going both ways. That said, they have a couple skill guys who start on defense who will carry the ball on offense in a “spot duty” fashion.
Nobody said the part in bold at all. You are making stuff up now to be offended
There is a major differnce between the schools above and a Mentor or other public school. Those schools pull from an entire region and seem to "end up with" some very dominant players. Often the biggest line men, some of the most skilled position players...…weird.
I agree with you on almost every point you made. I do take exception to one point though and that is your statement about the line not growing on trees. When you have a school the size of Mentor,Mason, Sycamore, the Lakotas, Northmont, Strongsville, Brunswick etc you have over 750 boys to pick to play football, the law of averages say that you should be more than able to find and develop 12-15 quality offensive and defensive linemen per year. There’s no excuse for a lack of depth in that area if you’ve created a positive culture. If you can’t find them and develop them, you have to reflect on why.
You can find linemen. You cant consistently find freak athletes who can go to big 10 schools and be as big as big 10 lines. Even Mentor has had like 5 in the last 20 plus years. Those kids don't grow on trees.
To chime in. Yes, Mentor has a large base of students to pull from. But, just because a kid might look big and should play football doesn't mean that:
Were you even at the scrimmage ? Both teams rotated guys. It's laughable that you or the Chardon guys think they were the only ones doing so. I saw 3 rbs for Mentor for example. Prob 5 wrs.
I didn’t say Chardon was the only team rotating guys.
So you weren't there. You are getting your information 2nd hand from I'm sure Chardon guys who will have one sided reviews.
How is me getting information from Chardon guys any different than your information (you being a Mentor guy)?
Um there's no difference between actually attending a scrimmage vs hearing from people while not going ? That's just common sense
I agree but every school, big or small faces that. The law of averages says you should have a better chance to pull quality from the higher quantity. If you can’t, you have to check your culture.
The law of averages says you'll have a lot more chances to pull freak athletes from 7 counties vs one school district. Even the private school big school guys admit that they have a huge advantage in the trenches because of this. Stop acting like you don't know this.
I agree Ed’s and Hoban are on historic rolls, this provides them opportunities for greater exposure to attract promising players at all positions to their programs. It’s tough for local publics to compete when their middle schools are recruiting grounds for these guys. I recently heard a kid is going to Ed’s from 45 miles out east. Triv did a great job in guarding his borders, Lake used to pull Mentor public kids until he got there. This was a key part of his formula, keep Mentor kids and make it fun. It seemed to work.
Quantity never means quality. The law of averages might suggest that, on average, there would be the opportunity to find more big kids in a deeper pool of samples. However, it does not mean that those big kids are interested in playing football.