2024 GCYL League Discussion

CCH's size was just too much for St. Jude this time.

It was a good season for the Bulldogs and great grade-school careers for the eighth-graders.
 
Budda said:
Not to beat a dead horse but 9 feeder schools vs 2 "ain't" gonna cut it in any sport. Great season buy the new Bulldogs
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There is that, maybe. Jude still had OLL eighth-graders and I think one of the kids was Catharine.

I think the biggest thing was the physical size and a roster of all eighth-graders vs. a mix. Jude played a lot of seventh-graders and they are highly skilled but tiny. Worked out fine two years ago, but man, it was a different story this time.
 
Who won the Mike’s/Ignatius semifinal game on reserve? I know the winner plays Victory in the finals. All three teams were undefeated this year.
 
Don Flamenco said:
Imagine that. Two club teams playing in the finals. Shocking
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If Visi, Jude and Victory really want to continue to play in this league they should consider combining and they still would have fewer parishes in their group than either of the two teams in the finals.
I say this in jest because this defeats the whole purpose of grade school football.
I saw Visi play the Cougars and Jude play Cov Cath. Visi hung for the first half but after that both were gross mismatches.
Bring back the Western Conference and let the kids play. Ignatius and James would be very competitive. Club football hinders the development of kids with upside undeveloped potential.
 
1965 Panther said:
If Visi, Jude and Victory really want to continue to play in this league they should consider combining and they still would have fewer parishes in their group than either of the two teams in the finals.
I say this in jest because this defeats the whole purpose of grade school football.
I saw Visi play the Cougars and Jude play Cov Cath. Visi hung for the first half but after that both were gross mismatches.
Bring back the Western Conference and let the kids play. Ignatius and James would be very competitive. Club football hinders the development of kids with upside undeveloped potential.
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I’d hate to see them combine. It would be terrible for the kids. But you’re absolutely right in your premise.

Half of these schools could still have their own programs. Take St Mary’s for example. All of a sudden they go from 25 to 50 kids from reserve to varsity and rename themselves to Cougars? They are doing exactly what I thought the league was against and trying to get under control…? Over half their starters this year are first year players. It’s basically the same thing SMOY did last year with all those new public school kids on the roster. It’s just dumb.

I’d love to see the Western Conference come back. Personally I’d like to see them invite IHM and Guardian Angels too because their programs are run like the west side ones are. They don’t bring in all these 1 year public school rentals like the others do.
 
1965 Panther said:
I saw Visi play the Cougars and Jude play Cov Cath. Visi hung for the first half but after that both were gross mismatches.
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I saw both games too. Was hard to fathom they were the same level.

In three seasons watching that Jude team together with these two grades, I've never seen them handled anywhere near how they were handled Saturday. It was like they were playing a high-school team. Tough way to go out.
 
I have no dog in the fight, but recently attended a GCYL game and am so disappointed that the Catholic grade school varsity teams now are trending towards resembling the public middle school teams. One of the biggest advantages the Catholic high schools have had over the years is having multiple kids show up freshman year with game experience at each position from their school team. Those players (and their dads) also knew it would be a battle to earn playing time as a freshman since so many kids came in having experience so they did all the extras off season to be ready. I feel like these mega teams are losing that core experience that make the GCYL what it is- playing on a parish team with your buddies and making the most of what kids come out. I get the reasons behind it (merging parishes, limited coaches, etc) but honestly i would rather have 30 teams with 20 kids that play the whole game- not just the biggest, fastest and strongest 13/14 year olds- and i think the GCL teams benefitted as well.
 
If it were me and to get this league back to where I feel most want it I would get rid of the following programs:

St Mikes
Cov Cath
Cougars Cougars
I would keep a concerned eye on James and SMOY. The Rams program could develope into another Cov Cath but they seem to be doing things the right way so far.
 
What a great idea. Let's kick out the competitive teams so the non-competitive teams can win.

Quick question: why do the same teams not always win the championship? By your logic, it's the same 3 schools every year.

Let's be real, it's the west side schools failure to adapt and its inability to admit there's good football on the East side and in Kentucky. Every year we other schools have to listen to your complaints and bow down to whatever dumb rules you want to pass to make the league "more competitive," and when those rules don't work out, you just want to kick out the teams that have success.

Honestly, maybe it is best for the west side schools to take their ball and go home? Or maybe, and hear me out, maybe it's best to realize it's middle school football and let the kids play?
 
ComeOnMan! said:
Honestly, maybe it is best for the west side schools to take their ball and go home? Or maybe, and hear me out, maybe it's best to realize it's middle school football and let the kids play?
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That’s exactly what I’d like to see happen. Let the club teams plays other club teams in their own league. And not all the East side schools do that. GA, IHM and SVTM operate like the west side schools. St Susanna up north does too.
 
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