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Post by Bick on Nov 24, 2019 12:55:35 GMT -8
I saw him at the Scandrick tournament, and hadn't even heard of Cajon prior to then.
I think they lost in the finals to MD that year.
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Post by Credo on Nov 25, 2019 15:58:23 GMT -8
That kid really is a dude at ASU Ya I was onto him early as I saw Cajon as a team CDM would have to beat to win CIF..... we got caught looking ahead and lost a close heartbreaker to Downey.... great to see these D4 guys getting the job done at the next level..... You mean you don't have to transfer to Mater Dei or Bosco in order to better "prepare for the next level?" This has always been a myth, conveniently perpetuated by the benefiting schools and their boosters. |
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Post by MDDad on Nov 27, 2019 10:04:26 GMT -8
You mean you don't have to transfer to Mater Dei or Bosco in order to better "prepare for the next level?" This has always been a myth, conveniently perpetuated by the benefiting schools and their boosters. That's a pretty disingenuous thing to say, Credo. Nobody ever said a kid has to transfer to one of those two schools to prepare for the next level. There are dozens or hundreds of So Cal kids with the talent to play at any high school and go on to make it in college. But if you think being coached by a Mater Dei or Bosco coaching staff, and practicing against that caliber of player five days a week doesn't make a lot of players more prepared for college ball, you're kidding yourself. If you can take an anecdotal case like Jayden Daniels to support your point, then I can take someone like Samuela Tuihalamaka to support mine. Samuela played for three years at Martin Luther King in Riverside, and he went unnoticed. No stars, no offers, and no recruiting interest. He was too raw and improperly coached. Then he transferred to Mater Dei after his junior season because his good friend Zion Alefosio was there, and because Solomon Tuliaupupu had just transferred there. For 13 games of his senior year, he struggled. But he continued to absorb what the coaches were teaching him, and he continued to practice every day against very good players. In his last two high school games against St. John Bosco and De La Salle, everything clicked and he had two monster performances. He received several offers from major schools, and now he's getting a free college education and playing at Oklahoma State. That never would have happened had he stayed at M.L. King. There are many other examples, but I hope you get my point. |
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Post by ProfessorFate on Nov 27, 2019 16:24:44 GMT -8
You mean you don't have to transfer to Mater Dei or Bosco in order to better "prepare for the next level?" This has always been a myth, conveniently perpetuated by the benefiting schools and their boosters. That's a pretty disingenuous thing to say, Credo. Nobody ever said a kid has to transfer to one of those two schools to prepare for the next level. There are dozens or hundreds of So Cal kids with the talent to play at any high school and go on to make it in college. But if you think being coached by a Mater Dei or Bosco coaching staff, and practicing against that caliber of player five days a week doesn't make a lot of players more prepared for college ball, you're kidding yourself. If you can take an anecdotal case like Jayden Daniels to support your point, then I can take someone like Samuela Tuihalamaka to support mine. Samuela played for three years at Martin Luther King in Riverside, and he went unnoticed. No stars, no offers, and no recruiting interest. He was too raw and improperly coached. Then he transferred to Mater Dei after his junior season because his good friend Zion Alefosio was there, and because Solomon Tuliaupupu had just transferred there. For 13 games of his senior year, he struggled. But he continued to absorb what the coaches were teaching him, and he continued to practice every day against very good players. In his last two high school games against St. John Bosco and De La Salle, everything clicked and he had two monster performances. He received several offers from major schools, and now he's getting a free college education and playing at Oklahoma State. That never would have happened had he stayed at M.L. King. There are many other examples, but I hope you get my point. As to the two passages in red: 1. Yes people have said that. I had a dispute on TOB with someone who mad that case about the Servite to Bosco transfers that included Spencer Lytle, Titus Toler and Trent McDuffie. 2. How do you know that what happened to Samuela at MD wouldn't have also happened at M.L.King. Something "clicked" for those last few games at MD. It's not inconceivable that that same "clicking" could have happened at ML King also. |
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Post by MDDad on Nov 27, 2019 16:31:05 GMT -8
What clicked was the quality of his DL coaching once he came to Mater Dei, and the experience of practicing against what some called the best offensive line in CIF history for hundreds of reps all season. Neither of those were available at King.
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Post by Bick on Dec 14, 2019 8:33:17 GMT -8
Go Army!
Unis are cool too. I like army's better.
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Post by Bick on Dec 14, 2019 8:54:22 GMT -8
If that doesn't give you chills...
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Post by Bick on Dec 14, 2019 15:24:26 GMT -8
Best tradition of sportsmanship in all of sports.
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Post by SK80 on Dec 28, 2019 9:27:04 GMT -8
WTF was that..... Iowa hadn't scored more than 30 points all year..., travel to Cali to rack 49 on them........  |
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Post by MDDad on Dec 28, 2019 10:05:12 GMT -8
WTF was that..... Iowa hadn't scored more than 30 points all year..., travel to Cali to rack 49 on them........ WTF that was was a bad football team with a "who gives a damn" attitude and terrible fundamentals, led by a lousy, demoralized coaching staff, and overseen by a new administration that seems not to care. And judging by this year's recruiting class, it's going to get a whole lot worse. |
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Post by Bick on Dec 28, 2019 10:05:54 GMT -8
As you noted on the HS football thread, it all starts at the top.
Is it true this year's SC recruiting class was at the bottom of the pac 12?
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Post by MDDad on Dec 28, 2019 10:42:30 GMT -8
Is it true this year's SC recruiting class was at the bottom of the pac 12? Yes, the USC recruiting class this year is ranked 12th in the Pac-12 (UCLA is 4th) and 83rd in the nation. Nationally, they were tied with Liberty, and below football powerhouses like Marshall, Massachusetts, UConn, Army, Navy and Troy (oh, the irony of that last one). |
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Post by Bick on Dec 28, 2019 11:03:11 GMT -8
Talk about reaping what you sow. And I understand Helton is staying on?
Without a significant splash at HC...read Urban Meyer...this isn't about to change any time soon.
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Post by Credo on Dec 28, 2019 15:16:52 GMT -8
WTF was that..... Iowa hadn't scored more than 30 points all year..., travel to Cali to rack 49 on them........ WTF that was was a bad football team with a "who gives a damn" attitude and terrible fundamentals, led by a lousy, demoralized coaching staff, and overseen by a new administration that seems not to care. And judging by this year's recruiting class, it's going to get a whole lot worse. How can USC have underachieved with so much Mater Dei talent on the roster? |
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Post by Credo on Dec 28, 2019 15:18:59 GMT -8
LSU is making the CFP look like what we've been seeing in the Trinity League and CIF-SS D1 playoffs for the past several years.
Break up the Tigers!
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