CHL 2024/2025 preview/season thread

93 red ls said:
Once again all the "crap" the jackets have dealt with.

since wk 1 they have practiced on wednesday mornings (6am and a few of the moms cook the boys and coaches breakfast)

Show up today , flip the lights on the field and nothing. No power. Go inside to the gym , flip the lights on nothing.

Had to eat/stretch and warm up in the dark. they waited until it was finally light enough outside to go out and practice!

School is CANCELED today. but they got their work in.

#stateofcleves
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While it sounds like the Guys have dealt with adversity and credit to them they have overcome it and produced a historical season, there could be much worse. I think it’s become a commonality to go before school during the week I know Rodenberg has his guys come in at 630 am everyday Monday-Thursday for film twice and lift twice and lets them sleep in Friday. Seems as if the standard of time put in for these high school guys gets raised every single year I mean it’s honestly getting to the point where you need to step back and remember these are just 15-18 year old kids in which maybe 5 percent of them have true aspirations to play at the next level and about 1 percent go on to get scholarships but the amount of time a lot of these coaches have their guys doing makes me wonder where the trade off is and if all that time is really necessary cause obviously it tough on the kids. I mean 1 and a half lift before school 8 hours of school 2 hours of practice call it one hour of homework that’s a 13 hour work day for a high school student I mean definitely develops some tough nosed kids but where does the line get drawn?
 
PE879194 said:
Exactly. Don't over-think/over-analyze it. Who wouldn't want to play a tough opponent at home, where most fans could walk to stadium if they really wanted to?
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I am not sure about how alter will travel BUT the visitor side of the bleachers at Wyoming is VERY small

I have always questioned with the $$ in Wyoming why their facilities are so small.

Baseball has 1 little bleacher behind the back stop zero seating really. their Gym same thing really zero seating all on the same side. Wyoming and MM are HORRIBLE for games.
 
93 red ls said:
I am not sure about how alter will travel BUT the visitor side of the bleachers at Wyoming is VERY small

I have always questioned with the $$ in Wyoming why their facilities are so small.

Baseball has 1 little bleacher behind the back stop zero seating really. their Gym same thing really zero seating all on the same side. Wyoming and MM are HORRIBLE for games.
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Baseball seating is pretty nonexistent but Wyoming’s football visitors side has been more than sufficient to accommodate the tens of Taylor fans in the past 😂
 
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cincy1990 said:
Baseball seating is pretty nonexistent but Wyoming’s football visitors side has been more than sufficient to accommodate the tens of Taylor fans in the past 😂
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taylor has traveled well (for all sports even in down years) for a long time.

For the IH/taylor game (that was IH senior night) i would venture to say Taylor had just as many fans if not more than IH)

I can recall the past 5+ years with MM and Wyoming BBall games with people struggling to find a place to sit.
 
yj_runfan said:
Is that the standard Wyoming uses to build their facilities?
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I don’t think Wyoming’s visitors side is any smaller than Taylor’s. And to be honest, there may have been more Wyoming fans at the game this year. The Taylor home attendance was surprisingly underwhelming for that game. Don’t get me wrong, I am genuinely happy for Taylor and the historic season they are having. It’s great for the community and great for the league. Just think that calling Wyoming’s football facilities HORRIBLE is a bit ridiculous.
 
cincy1990 said:
I don’t think Wyoming’s visitors side is any smaller than Taylor’s. And to be honest, there may have been more Wyoming fans at the game this year. The Taylor home attendance was surprisingly underwhelming for that game. Don’t get me wrong, I am genuinely happy for Taylor and the historic season they are having. It’s great for the community and great for the league. Just think that calling Wyoming’s football facilities HORRIBLE is a bit ridiculous.
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He didn’t say their facilities are horrible. He said their visitor seating is.
 
yj_runfan said:
He didn’t say their facilities are horrible. He said their visitor seating is.
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Which was the focus of my response. Don’t see how Wyoming football visitors seating is any different from other teams in the league. I get the baseball and basketball critique.
 
Birdfan said:
It’s nicer than Alters field!
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As a GCL guy since 2010 when my kids started HS Alters football stadium situation has baffled me. I understand that there is no space on campus and perhaps it’s even zoned so that nothing can be built. (McNick had similar issues with light installation due to neighbors). I assume Alter has looked into purchasing some property. Often wondered if the lack of a facility has hurt enrollment. Results over the past 20+ years would say it hasn’t.
 
Irwin20 said:
As a GCL guy since 2010 when my kids started HS Alters football stadium situation has baffled me. I understand that there is no space on campus and perhaps it’s even zoned so that nothing can be built. (McNick had similar issues with light installation due to neighbors). I assume Alter has looked into purchasing some property. Often wondered if the lack of a facility has hurt enrollment. Results over the past 20+ years would say it hasn’t.
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If you want to see lack of space and how to perfectly utilize space , look at NCC over in Newport. their new football stadium there is NO room but they are totally maximizing the space and building a beautiful facility. Same could be said for Purcell. No idea how they crammed a football field into the space they did but it worked.
 
cincy1990 said:
Which was the focus of my response. Don’t see how Wyoming football visitors seating is any different from other teams in the league. I get the baseball and basketball critique.
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I was always baffled why the split the visitors stands into 3 sections? if it was 1 solid section would seat more for sure.

Yea knock wasnt on the stadium. on the visitors side , and lack of parking.

IH and Taylor take the top crop for parking IMO. MM has decent parking but you have to walk a mile.
 
Been following the SWBL thread this week. Seems as though one of their top RB's may be injured and not available this week?
 
cincy1990 said:
Which was the focus of my response. Don’t see how Wyoming football visitors seating is any different from other teams in the league. I get the baseball and basketball critique.
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yj_runfan said:
He didn’t say their facilities are horrible. He said their visitor seating is.
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If you play at Wyoming early in the season the visitor stands are wonderful! While home fans are baking in the blinding sun you're under a canopy of shade. So, there's that.... Of course you're also getting eaten alive by bugs....
 
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