Should Highlands drop football?

[emperorhasnoclothes]

After the 3 touchdown loss to the Beechwood Tigers and the Baby Birds already losing 2 games this season, should Highlands drop their football program?

 

Purely in jest! Pointing out that we as fans sometimes forget what is really important in life!

[Whackem'n'Stackem']

I would like to see Highlands strike more of a balance between all the sports solely for the kid's sake. If their athletes were encouraged to play other sports, I think they'd be much more competitive across the board.

[ThrillVille Cardinal51]

Yeah, those nambie pambie bluebirds are about as soft as my Charmin Ultra Soft Toilet paper. Cut your losses and get out of town.

[jolmstead]

Absolutely! Maybe some of the schools with cupcake schedules could win a state title or two!

[BIGZIG]

I would like to see Highlands strike more of a balance between all the sports solely for the kid's sake. If their athletes were encouraged to play other sports' date=' I think they'd be much more competitive across the board.[/quote']

 

I happen to think that Highlands has a good balance across the board. Lets face it, their football is exceptional beyond words but they always are in the Top 10 in sports such as boys and girls basketball, soccer, tennis, baseball just to mention a few of their other sports programs. I mean c'mon, they can't be state champions in everything can they? Is that the type of competitive balance you are looking for?

[Voice of Reason]

I have to admit, this thread got a chuckle out of me. What a jokester you are emporerhasnoclothes.

[BGBird]

I would like to see Highlands strike more of a balance between all the sports solely for the kid's sake. If their athletes were encouraged to play other sports' date=' I think they'd be much more competitive across the board.[/quote']

 

A couple of random thought on the bolded points above.

 

First, nothing is stopping any kids from playing any sport that Highlands currenty has to offer. What you suggest is that football "give something" in order to create balance. It just doesn't work that way. Football is going to continue to be football, and if another coach wants to elevate his/her program, they should not expect football to bring the program down a notch or two to "possibly" make their program better. Kind of a "Sports Socialism" mentality, which won't work.

 

Secondly, athletes are not discouraged from playing other sports, as has been pointed-out ad nauseum. In numerous cases, accomodations are made to allow athletes to participate in multiples sports at the same time. The most notable example is varsity baseball team members not participating in (or limiting their participation in) spring football as robustly as other non-baseball players.

[PurplePride92]

Drop it like it's hot.

[BirdDaddy]

I would like to see Highlands strike more of a balance between all the sports solely for the kid's sake. If their athletes were encouraged to play other sports' date=' I think they'd be much more competitive across the board.[/quote']

 

So penalize football so little Johnny&Jenny can get their ribbons.

[emperorhasnoclothes]

So penalize football so little Johnny&Jenny can get their ribbons.

 

I thought he was saying that kids are only choosing to play one sport....or they are encouraged by their coaches to play one sport.

[Lawnboy13]

Should Highlands drop football?

 

If they did we could then surely say all the kids that come from Ft. Mitchell, Hebron, Silver Grove, Bellevue, Dayton, Erlanger, Edgewood, Alexandria, Cold Springs, etc........all come for the great education! :lol:

[RCC9]

I thought he was saying that kids are only choosing to play one sport....or they are encouraged by their coaches to play one sport.

 

I think football has become so competitive for the kids that they don't want to lose momentum they make towards working their way up the depth chart. In Ft Thomas, you dream about playing HHS football from the time you can spell it. That's what you do as a boy in Ft. Thomas. Now that the team is on an unbeliveable run (last 10-12 years), it has become more important (to the boys) to make sure they don't miss out on opportunities to have their spotlight. For some, that means dropping other sports to stay ahead of the game. They all want to play, be a starter and have their names known by all the other little boys in Ft. Thomas. The competitive nature that is created by staying on top aligns itself with kids making choices that they don't have to at other schools. Also, HHS number of boys is not that high. When you have a large group of boys that drink the kool aid, there's not a lot of other athletes to go around, like you might find at a larger school.

 

As for the girl's programs, I truly believe it's been the lack of feeder programs to prepare the girls in Ft. Thomas. I think in the next couple years, you'll see the softball and basketball programs start to really improve and get a little momentum. Their have been AAU programs running for a couple years now and a few parents have taken on the ownership of training and getting the younger girls involved in fastpitch. It should pay off in the next 2-4 years.

[Whackem'n'Stackem']

I work for an employer who informs me in department meetings that their policy states that I can only take care of one patient at time and yet they schedule three patients to come back at 4pm.:scared:

[Eagle2013]

Oh I think that a school who has poor weight/training facilities and does not have school buses for away games should certainly consider dropping the sport.

[Whackem'n'Stackem']

I work for an employer who informs me in department meetings that their policy states that I can only take care of one patient at time and yet they schedule three patients to come back at 4pm.:scared:

 

Interpretation: Although coaches may voice any child can play multiple sports, the atmosphere dictates otherwise....