My sourses tell me that there was not 57 kids that came out for the team. There was maybe around 42 kids that came out for the team and several of them couldn't play because of grades and other problems. Also alot of them quit coming to the tryouts. Basically, HD, it would be nice to see the Cats have a freshmen team but if the numbers aren't there then it's not going to happen. I agree with HD that you need feeder programs but you also need a feeder program that has kids that will be in that areas school district. Am I right or wrong on this?

My sourses tell me that there was not 57 kids that came out for the team. There was maybe around 42 kids that came out for the team and several of them couldn't play because of grades and other problems. Also alot of them quit coming to the tryouts. Basically, HD, it would be nice to see the Cats have a freshmen team but if the numbers aren't there then it's not going to happen. I agree with HD that you need feeder programs but you also need a feeder program that has kids that will be in that areas school district. Am I right or wrong on this?

 

I would say that is correct. But would you let these same kids out of the areas school district come down and lift weights for football. Is this right or wrong?

I'm not sure if I follow what you are referring to HD. Are schools letting kids from the surrounding areas use their facilities for other purposes? I'm not sure who would have the right answer to that question. Maybe someone could let us both know what is right or wrong.

I'd like to see the feeder programs to local high schools become more involved with their local schools. I think that if the feeder programs were to be more proactive toward their local high schools -- you'd see your local schools improving each season. Unfortunatly I have a daughter and she wasn't much into sports so I don't have a lot of knowledge of the feeder programs that are out there. I played in one and I can say that at that time it was a good program.