8 hours ago, Statsdontlie said:

Hearing same thing, one is a done deal the other is in the air. If they land these two kids. Wow! Just wow! Game Changer for basketball and football! At this point who wouldn't want to play for Boyle County and Justin Haddix? Coach is getting kids offers left and right and they win! 

? Justin Haddix isn’t “getting these kids offers”. These kids are sought after by colleges before Haddix. 
 

 

 

1 hour ago, theguru said:

Damien and WanDale, those are good examples... ?

So what are you saying here? Look I don't care either way, all I'm saying is, I think every public school system should offer the same standard on the education side, I think it should be required then surely kids wouldn't leave right??? ?

Good Luck to this young man! His talents are phenomenal both academic and athletic. Good move for his future and family.

Just now, Seybold24 said:

So what are you saying here? Look I don't care either way, all I'm saying is, I think every public school system should offer the same standard on the education side, I think it should be required then surely kids wouldn't leave right??? ?

I am saying using two Pro Football Players as an example doesn't add to your position here, those two phenomenal players could have played their high school football anywhere.

And this is for another thread but I believe in many cases public education is broken and parents and students need to do what is in their best interests.  

8 minutes ago, theguru said:

I am saying using two Pro Football Players as an example doesn't add to your position here, those two phenomenal players could have played their high school football anywhere.

And this is for another thread but I believe in many cases public education is broken and parents and students need to do what is in their best interests.  

Totally agree. The standard is high at Boyle County, these two kids would be successful no matter where they played your exactly right! 

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1 hour ago, Chosen1ne said:

? Justin Haddix isn’t “getting these kids offers”. These kids are sought after by colleges before Haddix. 
 

 

 

Do you think coaches can help kids get offers and make those connections? 

I'm sure glad these kids are going to Boyle rather than Frederick Douglass. I am glad now that posters on here are starting to see and understand that a school that develops a very good program and really promote their student athletes that it might be for the kids benefit to go to one of those schools. So now their won't be any more issues for kids to go to Douglass for the same reasons these kids go to Boyle. ?

Loads of talent at Boyle right now, the kids that move in will have to work their butts off to get playing time. If they don't do it during practice,  they won't get a chance on Friday nights.

3 hours ago, ckyguy said:

They don’t make athletic transfers! It’s always been academic transfers and surprisingly they don’t have any issues accepting the really good athletes who are also good students! Duh. 

KHSAA rules force people to say a lot of things.

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The general point in my comment above is very simple. Schools like Boyle County don't need to do anything to have players showing up and wanting to play for them.

The underlying question in this entire thread and as posed above in a couple of posts is ... will a move to Boyle County get an athlete a college scholarship? My thoughts ...

1.  If we talk specifically about a D1 scholarship, GOD is with zero doubt in my mind the most important factor. Size, speed and athleticism at the D1 level are God given. As pointed out above for athletes like Wan'dale and Damien Harris, it is God given. For 95% or more of D1 scholarship athletes, it doesn't matter where you went to school and sometimes doesn't even matter how good you really are in high school. If you have size, speed, and athleticism, the D1 recruiters will show up. Coaches, connections, winning programs, etc all take a back seat to what God gave you.

2.  For almost all other athletes, all those other factors can help a player get a little better scholarship than perhaps what their God given abilities provide. Those other factors help them get D2 instead of D3. They get a chance to play football for that D3 college versus no college football. But it isn't getting that player with D2 God given abilities a D1 scholarship.

And it goes without saying, there are exceptions to the above, but very few.

Like pretty much most topics anymore, many of you cannot participate on the forum without violating our Terms of Service so we are going to take a break.

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