I don’t need to prove you wrong. You came out of left field stating as fact something you can’t even quantify.
I’m not a hater. I respect the program and have good friends whose kids play there, but certain posters have been obnoxious to other teams over the years. The post that got you all riled up was pointing out that when the other team clearly has more talent, that you can’t always just work the kids more or do more coaching. It seems you now realize these teams in SoCal might be better regardless of what we do.
Out of left field with something I can’t even quantify? Is the standard of evidence around here now greater than judicial proceedings? Should I have used mean or median weight for all the teams? Starters, subs?
Your point (and, for same reason your obfuscation about DLS improving on varsity because they disproportionally move kids up faster) is picking fly shit out of the pepper in order to defer and confuse.
And you know it
You’re referring to paul Johnson, not me. I still don’t think it’s analagous because the DLS kids are already working harder than the new socal superteams, but I will concede the analogy from your perspective
You are more closely associated with Cal, though, right? Am not sure what it is about Cal, but as I said in previous post, DLS is remarkably still broadly respected by local teams for the way they approach things, from not running up the score, to their commitmwnt, and to adhering fairly well to running with who shows up on campus as freshman, without either recruiting them and, especially, filling needs later. They don’t do that.
There is something about the 680 corridor that breeds the exceptions to this rule. I’m from Monte Vista area and they believe every athlete in every sport at DLS is on scholarship. “Otherwise, how come DLS can beat Johnny’s team?” Entitlement is a disease that’s not pretty. Maybe the Danville folks are more lurkers while San Ramon are posters, but there has been a consistent whine coming from Cal HS for at least 10 years. Bubba used to be the worst and he’s moved on I think (although I’m not here that often to be sure) but 1315 has for sue been most consistent — used to be more of Bubba’s toady though
The only thing I know about how hard Cal HS kids work is from Bubba who complained that there were too many that weren’t prepared to put the commitment in that his son was (this was a few years ago). Makes sense — as I said in a previous post, more than “roster talent”, DLS’s private advantage is having kids SELECT them that know that there are going to be high standards, particularly around competitive sports teams, particularly football. Cal kids didn’t make that commitment and therefore naturally, you’ll have a lower % buy-in to whatever the staff is trying to do. That’s why Cal beats DLS as frosh/ JV but never comes close on varsity.
I don’t begrudge MD or SJB their roster because they are playing by the rules defined in Socal. But, they aren’t the same rules we have here (or rather, they are the same, it the enforcement is entirely different). I hope DLS doesn’t follow even if rules were changed to more easily do so — I wouldn’t have wanted DLS to have (ie) Joe Mixon and Najee Harris on those athletic scholarships that don’t exist, unless they showed up as freshman — that’s a different story IMHO. No matter how talented you are, you will be a student first at DLS or you won’t be there. I was thrilled that DLS got McKemzie but in retrospect, he did more harm than good with a major PRIMA Donna attitude that Dylan Wynn and Blake are Aid would have rid him of if he’s showed up as a frosh (although there was still the helicopter Dad).
I don’t begrudge socal and DLS will be able to compete better from time to time, but they can’t close the gap through increasing their commitment (as paul advises Cal to do in response to historical whining). There’s not that much gap between current and perfect effort to make a difference. Even Cal HS Dad says there’s lots of opportunity at Cal