Sleeping Giant

[B6MF]

I feel like schools that are surrounded by bigger towns have an advantage to become better. For the fact once kids see teams winning they want to be apart of it, and so they will transfer to that school.

I would agree with this, however the little tiny towns in the west with nothing near them seem to produce some of the best athletes.

 

[CT6MFL]

Champions are built, they don't just show up. It starts with the parents at a young age. Coaches can only work with what they have.

So instill good values, good work ethics and get your kids back out in the sandbox to play.

I love her, but America is going to the pot in a hurry.

 

[coachsatcher]

I would be curious how many state champions fielded a team with 90% or better home-grown talent. Not sure what the result would be, but I've heard my whole life about building from the bottom, but now that I'm here, I see so many transfer students playing on TV in December. I believe it's more special when your junior high team stays together and plays for a state championship. But I also know if a 6'2 kid running a 4.4/40 moves in; I'm not denying his transfer.

 

[They Call Me Coach]

Calvert has a cutting edge coach as we speak, brother. Make no mistake. His successes are proof. Watch film to be better informed.

I am not commenting on the coaching segment of your question. There are great coaches at the schools I am listing, or they are looking. My picks are comments on just the "new kids on the block" potential for 2015.

Mt. Calm
Hermleigh
Paducah
Santa Anna
Bronte (I know)

I don't know if the good people of Bronte will ever agree to drop down. If they would have done it 10 years ago they would have had a couple of chances at a state championship or at least deep playoff runs.

 

[Schwarzenegger]

I feel like schools that are surrounded by bigger towns have an advantage to become better. For the fact once kids see teams winning they want to be apart of it, and so they will transfer to that school.

I would agree with this, however the little tiny towns in the west with nothing near them seem to produce some of the best athletes.

Well Borden County is surrounded by Snyder, Lamesa, and Post I know they get a good deal of kids from these towns. Also Ira gets a majority of its students from Snyder. So yeah these West Texas schools do get some transfers.

 

[They Call Me Coach]

Goodwin told me that Ira was over 75% transfers.

 

[ryry]

Goodwin told me that Ira was over 75% transfers.

So?
So are the vast majority of sixman teams, especially division 1 teams...do you think towns like Ira, BC, WV, Klondike, Hermleigh, Westbrook, Highland, just to name a few, would be division 1 football without them? Nope. Would these towns dry up and possibly be listed for consolidation with other schools? Possibly.

 

[Old Bearkat]

Most of Garden City's talent is home-grown as far as I know....Not too many families move out to there from Big Spring, Forsan, Sterling City, and Midland

 

[Schwarzenegger]

Goodwin told me that Ira was over 75% transfers.

So?
So are the vast majority of sixman teams, especially division 1 teams...do you think towns like Ira, BC, WV, Klondike, Hermleigh, Westbrook, Highland, just to name a few, would be division 1 football without them? Nope. Would these towns dry up and possibly be listed for consolidation with other schools? Possibly.

Why so hostile ryry? I'm not saying this is a bad thing at all. If your one these schools and your getting transfers like that your school must be doing something right!

 

[ryry]

No hostility here, just stating my opinion on transfers- and yes some schools don't get many but the majority survive on them...and also thrive as well- new schools and facilities come along with that which is not a bad thing.