2024 St. Ignatius Football

bluengold said:
The writers are blinded by just stats and not the quality of his play, the quality of the opposition and how opposing passing offenses elected to avoid his side of the field. The coaches knew, the writers don't have a clue
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I wasn’t sure , So I went back to ignatius, st Ed’s game.
St Ed’s sophomore WR caught 3 balls off man to man coverage on Martin , for 60 or 70 yards before Martin pulled himself out of game. Returning very late back into game! Why would ignatius coaches put their best corner on a sophomore? When they have their best reciever on the opposite side! More yards and TDS! Or put him on Kyan in certain situations?
Was Martin dodging smoke all year? Or does he only play one side of field? Honest question?
If you believe your the man don’t you want to cover the man? Lastly I think he only got the Northwestern offer do to decomits after the coach left. I watched Martin last year and thought he was way more physical and productive than this year.
I can’t stand excuses. But maybe he was injured
Or not engaged with the losing. Hopefully he has great career in college. Best to him and family
 
World breaker hulk 282 said:
I wasn’t sure , So I went back to ignatius, st Ed’s game.
St Ed’s sophomore WR caught 3 balls off man to man coverage on Martin , for 60 or 70 yards before Martin pulled himself out of game. Returning very late back into game! Why would ignatius coaches put their best corner on a sophomore? When they have their best reciever on the opposite side! More yards and TDS! Or put him on Kyan in certain situations?
Was Martin dodging smoke all year? Or does he only play one side of field? Honest question?
If you believe your the man don’t you want to cover the man? Lastly I think he only got the Northwestern offer do to decomits after the coach left. I watched Martin last year and thought he was way more physical and productive than this year.
I can’t stand excuses. But maybe he was injured
Or not engaged with the losing. Hopefully he has great career in college. Best to him and family
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Injured
Also Purdue was in contact with him
 
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Wildcat97 said:
Byers won't be in play if the preference is for Friday games. Personally, I think one home field only serves to help the team.
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With all the successful Iggy alumni you’d think a group would get together toss in a half million each and build a spectacular 10,000 seat stadium that would be the envy of the entire state. Might even help keep up with their Big Brother Ed in the recruiting wars.
 
Crimson and Black said:
With all the successful Iggy alumni you’d think a group would get together toss in a half million each and build a spectacular 10,000 seat stadium that would be the envy of the entire state. Might even help keep up with their Big Brother Ed in the recruiting wars.
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Again, for the hundredth time....where? Where on campus? Landlocked, and the city of Cleveland has NOT been kind of the idea before. Funding is not the problem as is well known. Logistics literally are, plus no desire to have that albatross on the schools hands
 
wildcats123 said:
Hearing the Frontino's might be leaving the school soon. Peyton was the Soph. QB who got starts against TCC (threw for 200+), Ed and Moe. Nick was a star baseball player and starting SS as Soph.
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Moved to Florida. Still waiting for the in two years this team will be legit folks to return
 
Crimson and Black said:
With all the successful Iggy alumni you’d think a group would get together toss in a half million each and build a spectacular 10,000 seat stadium that would be the envy of the entire state. Might even help keep up with their Big Brother Ed in the recruiting wars.
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There is no recruiting war. Eds is getting the really good players because they have the much better program. Also, the school (Ignatius) is not concerned with the football program being way below Eds now.
 
Wildcat97 said:
Again, for the hundredth time....where? Where on campus? Landlocked, and the city of Cleveland has NOT been kind of the idea before. Funding is not the problem as is well known. Logistics literally are, plus no desire to have that albatross on the schools hands
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Exactly. It’s been talked about forever and another person comes up with an idea like that has never crossed the minds of brilliant leadership.
 
To be fair, most of those who wonder why the school doesn't build a stadium have no idea of the logistics involved. They don't know that the school is landlocked and devoid of parking, even for daily school activities. For them, a benefactor offered to finance a stadium, built at Wasmer Field, putting a cantilever over West 28th St, but the school graciously rejected the idea as impractical.

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Also, to be fair, don't think we need a 10k seat stadium. There aren't the crowds nor performance demanding it.

So, guess this means Woidke is the QB for 1 year and Chaloub backup.

Still trying to see how those of us who actually post here are so far wrong....
 
Wildcat97 said:
Also, to be fair, don't think we need a 10k seat stadium. There aren't the crowds nor performance demanding it.

So, guess this means Woidke is the QB for 1 year and Chaloub backup.

Still trying to see how those of us who actually post here are so far wrong....
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The freshman qb was brought up to play JV at the end of the yr, but he's pretty short. Who even knows if Woidke will play fb next yr.
 
tom 48 said:
The freshman qb was brought up to play JV at the end of the yr, but he's pretty short. Who even knows if Woidke will play fb next yr.
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Noticed the freshman QBs on the roster were short. Doesn't look terribly promising at that spot unless they have good legs
 
Wildcat97 said:
Again, for the hundredth time....where? Where on campus? Landlocked, and the city of Cleveland has NOT been kind of the idea before. Funding is not the problem as is well known. Logistics literally are, plus no desire to have that albatross on the schools hands
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...and the ROI would be terrible. There's also the enormous opportunity cost. If you're going to donate millions of dollars to a high school, invest it in academic programs and facilities. Add to the financial aid endowment. Don't worry about athletic facilities. St. Ignatius already has those. The weight room alone should appeal to many kids. It's probably better than many you'll find at the college / university level.
 
Jocko Podcast said:
...and the ROI would be terrible. There's also the enormous opportunity cost. If you're going to donate millions of dollars to a high school, invest it in academic programs and facilities. Add to the financial aid endowment. Don't worry about athletic facilities. St. Ignatius already has those. The weight room alone should appeal to many kids. It's probably better than many you'll find at the college / university level.
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What you suggest is exactly what is going on - the Vision '30 capital campaign is underway to fund the construction of a new academic building wing, renovation of the classrooms in the Main Building and Loyola Hall (completed this past summer) + build up the endowment further
 
Jocko Podcast said:
...and the ROI would be terrible. There's also the enormous opportunity cost. If you're going to donate millions of dollars to a high school, invest it in academic programs and facilities. Add to the financial aid endowment. Don't worry about athletic facilities. St. Ignatius already has those. The weight room alone should appeal to many kids. It's probably better than many you'll find at the college / university level.
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Fancy weight rooms mean nothing if the kids in it are not being pushed / coached right. Ignatius is soft now and that’s just the truth. The Oline / Dline for the wildcats hasn’t been dominant in yrs and that starts in the weight room.

I don’t wanna hear the excuses of the guys are playing soccer / lacrosse / hockey either the big boys up front are not anywhere close to what they used to be. That starts in the weight room.
 
JCU is new home stadium for Benedictine. That's interesting because it shows JCU was willing to host to this extent. Not that I would be a fan for travelling to JCU for games etc, but, I really think this team needs a bona fide place where they know they are playing all of their home games again
 
I know I'm going to ruffle feathers but I'm surprised a great academic school like St. Ignatius has somewhat a pipeline to Ohio State. Remember boys and girls, Football players don't go to aOSU to play school.
 
Maple_City_Fan said:
I know I'm going to ruffle feathers but I'm surprised a great academic school like St. Ignatius has somewhat a pipeline to Ohio State. Remember boys and girls, Football players don't go to aOSU to play school.
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Being a great academic school and a football powerhouse are not mutually exclusive. For decades, St. Ignatius was just that. Aside from Glenville, probably one of the biggest in-state talent feeders for many years.
 
Maple_City_Fan said:
I know I'm going to ruffle feathers but I'm surprised a great academic school like St. Ignatius has somewhat a pipeline to Ohio State. Remember boys and girls, Football players don't go to aOSU to play school.
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Getting into Ohio State is not like it was 35 years ago. It is not easy to get in there right now.
 
tom 48 said:
To be fair, most of those who wonder why the school doesn't build a stadium have no idea of the logistics involved. They don't know that the school is landlocked and devoid of parking, even for daily school activities. For them, a benefactor offered to finance a stadium, built at Wasmer Field, putting a cantilever over West 28th St, but the school graciously rejected the idea as impractical.

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Elder's PIT would fit neatly within the footprint of Wasmer Field. You would need to figure out how to move the track across the street. And parking of course.
 
sehs95 said:
Elder's PIT would fit neatly within the footprint of Wasmer Field. You would need to figure out how to move the track across the street. And parking of course.
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It's just not going to happen.....ever, unless the City of Cleveland closes West 28th. Then the stadium would be flush up against the brewery, which isn't all bad.
 
tom 48 said:
It's just not going to happen.....ever, unless the City of Cleveland closes West 28th. Then the stadium would be flush up against the brewery, which isn't all bad.
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Well not with that attitude! It could be done without touching W.28th, or cantilevering. You'd just lose the track. The Pit holds over 10k on the same footprint.
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sehs95 said:
Well not with that attitude! It could be done without touching W.28th, or cantilevering. You'd just lose the track. The Pit holds over 10k on the same footprint.
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Where are they going to park? Seriously, all these "solutions " have been considered and rejected. Right now, the money is being used for an expansion of the academic complex, and a stadium is so low on the priority list that it probably doesn't even appear. The problem with finding a place to play is Franzinger's preference of playing on Fridays. If they continued on Sat, there would be no problem.

P.S., your superimposition of the Pit is really cool.
 
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