TigerStripes

Would love to see Walsh get the job. Hell of a coach, and was always a favorite when I was there. Was disappointed he didn't get it after Glaser, frankly.

Congrats Rocks!!

You are one confused individual.

It must have been an incredible few years of CSAA basketball for that Trinity team to have won state. Congrats again.

Yep. Such an elitist school that it consistently, year over year, has the most kids sit for the placement exam of any catholic school in the region.

Nobody takes issue with Trinity OR St. X educating non-Catholic kids. That's preposterous, and it's intellectually dishonest to stand here and act as if that's actually what we're addressing. It's that Trinity has focused on bringing specific non-Catholic kids in to win high school football games. That's all.

And the 15% all just happened to be exceptional athletes.

Lolz. Never change, Rocks.

Good grief, man. Go sell that BS to someone else.

Ha. OK. What nonsense... It's a helluva football program. We'll just try to keep it close tonight if possible.

Yep. Just a coincidence that the non-catholic school kids who are seeking a catholic education are really good at football. Congrats again for your noble efforts.

I think everyone understands the inference. At least everyone in Green and Gold. Congrats on all of your successes, Trinity.

I'll be pulling for the Tigers from the road, unfortunately. Haven't been to an X/T game since 2009 (IIRC), which is a function of being too busy and Trinity being too good. My class went undefeated against Trinity btw...

Does #83 have a name? Great win, Tigers!

In writing? Not sure what that means. The latter. I have zero issues with Wolford as a person, and I don't blame him for taking the job, he just wasn't the right hire. He's still a great guy and ambassador for the school.

It was officially de-emphasized the day they hired him.

The financial advisor with no head coaching experience who was formerly on the school's Board of Directors? Not in the high school athletics game but imagine they received resumes from more qualified candidates. They didn't set him up to fail, per se, but it wasn't an inspiring hire.

Certainly don't disagree. Just don't ask about "fixing" the visitor's side. Even if they could, they wouldn't because it would "really only benefit Varsity Football." We couldn't have that, I guess.

That stadium was built for and is used by a lot of different sports. Football was not the primary focus of its design, and perhaps that was fair. Personally, I wish we still played in Germantown. ;-)

Again, this is all my perception. I'm sure there are people with more knowledge who would disagree, and perhaps they are right. It would be hard for me to be convinced otherwise, however.

When you're trying to not be a "Football School" removing the tenured, widely recognized head football coach from his duties (and position of influence) is probably smart.

I'm a St. X grad, played on a championship team under Glaser, and keep an admittedly light handle on the football program these days (read: apathy). However, I still have some involvement with the school in various capacities. My perception is that the school/administration is content with football sliding further and further away from being its "marquee" sport/activity, and would rather be known as a nationally recognized school with a comprehensive athletic program rather than a catholic high school with a dominant football team. Based upon hirings, alumni event speeches, and overall lack of concern it's simply become obvious to me that the AD, President, and alumni board view the football team's success as being equivalent to, merely as an example, the cross country team's. There should be no "special" attention to the football team. Therefore, there really is no urgency with the drought in football state titles, or widening gap with Trinity or Male. They simply refuse to accept, and likewise act upon, the football program's unique position of being so important to the school's identity. Until there is a shift in this mentality I wouldn't expect much out of the program. I, and many other former teammates, certainly are not. St. X football as we knew/loved it is simply a very fond memory (for now - I hope). It's a strange and sad feeling for us to expect such beatdowns every time X plays Trinity, but even worse is the knowledge there's nothing we can do about it. :down: