Advocate Messenger All-Area Team 2006

[RebelK]

Strode from Danville should have been 1st team; I think that this all area team is more of a popularity contest at times....Strode is perhaps the 2nd or 3rd best rb in the area and one of the top linebackers.........

I have to agree that there were some really good football players that didn't get picked. But as for it being a popularity contest - you can take it from me - My brother was picked twice when he played and now his son this first and last time. They both got picked because they really played their hearts out for their team and did it well it had nothing to do with how popular they were. Heck fire - I would dare to say that no other coaches, except the ones they played for, knew them well enough to just vote on them because they were "popular".