they rebuilding.
In other words they are ducking the Irish.
very much so
If so, that is pretty lame. I seem to recall a near 20-year stretch where an out-manned STVM still scheduled Mooney. Now that the shoe is on the other foot for a minute, they bail on the rivalry!?! If this is true, then I just lost a ton of respect for Mooney football.
yeah pretty much.
Lol…you’re exactly right. The series stopped because Massillon was unwilling to give the Irish a home game.
I thought that was the case but it's good to get confirmation from an Irish fan.
It’s really not right not a moderator edited my last post. They will allow Massillon posters to consistently accuse other schools of recruiting players. When it’s mentioned (fact) that their school and coach was actually put on probation for recruiting (fact) the posts get edited.
You're right. I didn't think it was possible with St V pretty close to the middle of D3 last time. However if you keep the same CB (81) as last time that would put the Irish at 367. The lower cutoff for D3 last time was 376.
Great to see the school growing their enrollment
Let’s get Cleveland Benedictine back in the schedule!
I think its every 2 years
but I believe kids make their choice on whoever wins the Hoban game and Walsh game that's how its always been. But the narrative gotta change mentally for the kids. when coach boarman took the Job he asked those kids what was their goal and about 95% of those answers was to beat Hoban. Coach Nickol never understood the rivalry like we do that's why coach Cistone is a great hire. we'll worry about a state championship later but right now we gotta beat Hoban. Hoban already counts it as a win in their book in the 2022 season. we gotta improve and get better each and every day in every aspect.
In reality, winning a D3 championship may be easier than beating Hoban.
Hoban schedule looks nationally hard they are facing 4 power houses 2 in state 2 out of state IONA PREP new York team and CATHEDRAL PREP PA team who both have combined record of 22-3 Iona is coming off a state championship. there schedule is preparing them for the playoffs. do y'all think our are schedule will do the same in d3?
Let's focus on being competitive in Ohio before we start worrying about national competition.
I didnt know Larhlam ended up at StV? I assume the same Larhlam that left CVCA? If so, nice addition.
NO im saying do you think the schedule that WE have can also prepare us for the playoff?
Is it enough to prepare STVM for the D3 playoffs? Yes. Is it anywhere near Hoban's schedule? No; nor should it be. Look, at this point, Hoban schedule is configured by a combination of factors: (1) They are not in a conference; (2) It is difficult for a lot of private schools to fill their schedules; (3) It's particularly hard for Hoban at this point due to their success (a lot of teams won't schedule them); (4) The Cincinnati D1 privates already schedule St. Edward and St. Ignatius, and don't see the need to add another NEO school (especially a D2 school that could beat them!); (5) I'm thinking neither the 2 big D2 Cincinnati schools (LaSalle or Winton Woods) nor Hoban really want to schedule each other before playoff time; and (6) The Hoban schedule becomes self-sustaining as a means to attract talent. With that, I mean, if a kid is deciding to go to Hoban or STVM, for example, he can look at Hoban's schedule and see that they have really upped the level of competition; by choice and by necessity. So, it helps attract top talent, which, in turn, helps keep the distance between them and the other local teams. In a way, it is more challenging for Hoban to come up with a schedule than it is for STVM basketball. While many of the factors mentioned above apply to the Irish basketball program, top teams across the state will still schedule the Irish because it's 1 in 20 games rather than 1 in 10, and a loss here or there in basketball won't affect your seeding the way it can in football.
OK, gotcha. I think that's a decent schedule to prepare them for the playoffs. Not wild about having a Canadian team.
