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I only saw the first team all-area lists, which has one player for each position, and I had no qualms about them. I watched Samia and thought he was slow and lazy and took plays off. I would have had Tagaloa as a 1st team both ways and take the place of the AV lineman. I saw Thompson play just one game against DLS and he was invisible for most of the game. Paloma talked up Parker and a LB for Pitt and they made it. Sometimes production beats measurables and in this case they did. That said, I think you would agree.
 
Both guys made first team all EBAL and all BVAL. I figured based on that they would at least make the third team lists.
 
I wouldn't disagree with that but I don't think they played to their ability.
 
I do agree about both not playing to their potential. I'm a little more forgiving of the junior Thompson. My own son didn't play his hardest his junior year.
 
A lot of times with all-area teams, they try to divide it up among the different schools, favor seniors, etc. Also favor teams that advance in the playoffs which might have hurt Samia.

There is no way to watch every player in your area enough to make decisions 100 percent based on their on-field play.
 
I was surprised at Thompson not making 2nd or third team. Thought it was weird the Heritage wide reciever made second team and Mercado from Foothill was 3rd team. Langley should've made both offense and defense too. But yes, Parker and Ramirez are two very good juniors for Pittsburg. BVAL next year will be tough again with Freedom and Antioch returning a lot of guys.
 
Paloma- How good is our guy Natjee Harris? He looks a great deal like Joe Mixon to me and hope he makes better decisions off the field. Hoping he goes to Cal.
 
I've head that because of his age, Harris may not be allowed to play football his senior year. I have heard he's 18 at this time.
 
Originally posted by Bubba3000:

I've head that because of his age, Harris may not be allowed to play football his senior year. I have heard he's 18 at this time.
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If he can't play past next season, then it is a pretty big deal for Harris and Antioch HS. Hopefully he's got his grades in order in case he needs to enroll in college after his junior season then. Whether he is 18 or a 15 year old sophomore, he has some talent and is capable of playing at the next level.
 
If the Antioch line were to open more holes for Harris, he would be a holy terror, I watched at the Freedom-Antioch game and the Freedom line pretty well bottled Harris up...Some of the games Antioch played where the big line just over powered the defense gave Harris room to run...the Antioch line has to improve and if they do, the Panthers would be hard to beat. In the mean time, Harris has to work on keeping up his grades and keep his head screwed on straight and not blow his stack...
 
Mitch Stevens' all metro list from The Chron is most comprehensive. BANG tends to be fluffy and inflated.
When a much touted alum gets announced as "The redshirt sophomore from (prominent) HS" and his bio shows he turns 23 in season, that's funny. No, he's not in one of the service academies with a typical prep school year prior.
 
Nahjee Harris is very good! I think UCLA offered him as a linebacker. I heard that about his age, don't know how accurate though. I have also heard nothing but good things about his character off the field.
 
Samia is a special talent. We saw him at the Nike camp at Chabot (he was invited to the Open in Eugene, a remarkable accomplishment) as well as several school camps over the summer (USC, UCLA, ASU). He dominated in each camp.

I understand these All-Leagues, All-East Bay, etc. teams are based on performance during the season however to question Samia's ability and effort is ridiculous. He may have been bored (the competition Samia and my own son faced during the summer far exceeded what they faced during the season). Samia at least deserved honorable mention.
 
Agree on Samia deserving at least honorable mention. But he did miss quite a few games to injury this year didn't he? I think that's why he didn't make 1st team.
 
No injuries to my knowledge. He was sat for the first Logan game by coaches for disciplinary reasons. I learned a new term today, it's called the green flu which happens sometimes when guys are about to play DLS. Word on the street is he moved to Sacramento and either that or the green flu is why he didn't play against DLS in the playoffs.
 
89- I'm an SRV grad and followed Samia through summer at camps and was excited to see him in person. I only got to see him play once at Foothill HS but honestly was disappointed In effort and performance. He got beat most of the night by a tall, lean kid who weighed about 210 and rarely finished a block after initial contact.

I'm a coach and saying that he was bored with the competition as compared to individual stuff in the summer might be the most damning thing you said. In sports, the biggest compliment you can give a player is that he's a great teammate. To say that he might not have played hard for his teammates is a cardinal sin. I'm going to chalk it up to saying you don't know what you are talking about.
 
I think Samia has a ton of potential but at Oklahoma he's going to be competing with guys as good or better than he is. He won't be able to afford anything but max effort, all the time if he plans to play in the Big12.
 
Originally posted by Bubba3000:

No injuries to my knowledge. He was sat for the first Logan game by coaches for disciplinary reasons. I learned a new term today, it's called the green flu which happens sometimes when guys are about to play DLS. Word on the street is he moved to Sacramento and either that or the green flu is why he didn't play against DLS in the playoffs.
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There was something called the Ryan flu back in the 70s and 80s where players would suddenly come down with some affliction and have to be taken out of the lineup when their team was scheduled to face Nolan on that day. They were usually good to go the next day.
 
Observer- Great call. The same affliction happened from the late 80's to mid 2000's with lefties and Randy Johnson.
 
NCSF - it seems a bit naive on your part to make an evaluation of a player based on one game - you need to look at the entire body of work to make a proper evaluation.

For players like my son and Samia, their senior season actually started on January 1, 2014 at the US Army Combine in San Antonio. From there, several played in February in Texas for USA Football (against Canada), and then onto the Rivals camp in March, Nike camp in May, a dozen or so College camps in June (UCLA, USC, etc.) and then back to their HS team camps in July. Even before the season starts, players like Samia have put in a tremendous amount of work and effort.

By the time the season rolls around, many of the top players have faced a level of competition that far exceeds anything they will face in the fall not to mention the grind of attending over a dozen camps. And it is by no stretch a "cardinal sin" if their level of play falls off - again they are human beings. Maybe Samia plays to the level of the competition, maybe he was dealing with off-field issues, maybe he was bored. In the end, he will do just fine at Oklahoma or where ever he ends up playing.
 
I think if a kid truly loves the game you won't catch him playing to the level of his competition, especially his senior year. One good excuse for Samia is he was offered and committed to Oklahoma before the season even started. My son attended Rivals in March, NFTC in May and a couple of college camps and he can't get enough football and even loves practice. Mine got a little complacent his junior year and I attribute that to making all state as a sophomore and being 16 years old. He learned his lesson and finished strong his senior year. I wish good luck to Samia and all the other kids playing next year at the D1, D2, D3 and JC levels. Minor point, I'm pretty sure Samia skipped the Rivals camp in March.

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89- Honestly, that's an excuse. I'm not the only one who saw the lack of effort. The great ones have a motor and they don't turn it on and off. I've been around great athletes I've had three dozen guys play in the big leagues and eight more play in the MLB all-star game. I know how elite athletes tick. I've also been fortunate to be friends with some great college football coaches and watched them break down high school players. The great players push through. Your son and the other kid are not special. They just have talent. What will make them special is what they do with it.
 
Getting better every day is not a corny cliché for the next level. Sittin' here watching the Ducks in Rose Bowl and instead of mine here checking out players he went against, he rode his bike down to the park for sprints and pull ups....and only because the workout facility is closed on NYD, TD Ducks!
 
Bubba- And if Cal was looking for an OG, they should have looked harder at your kid. He's a road grader with a little nasty streak that doesn't take plays off from the vids I saw.
 
Thanks for the kind words NCSF. If you look closely at who has offered him they are all primarily running teams. I think his ability to pass block is a bit overlooked having played in Bileci's heavily run based offense. He certainly has fun playing football. Most offensive linemen love to run block, instead of being in retreat mode pass blocking.
 
I hear what you're saying Sic. I believe when it's close the powers that be choose the senior player over the junior player more times than not.
 
Sic, as good as your boy is, aqnd he is really good, Snyder is pretty darn good too. He has not been showcased at all at Cal but made great catches and did damage when they did throw to him, was a good blocker and also played solid defense. He will be at Nebraska next year, which is a very good program. I think if Asiasi just played offense and was a senior he gets the nod, but Bubba is right that they want to recognize deserving seniors when they can. I could see Asiasi being player of the year next season.

Bubba, congrats to your kid too. Great job this year and a real nice high school career.
 
Thanks Observer, I'm pretty proud of him and satisfied with his senior year, considering he sustained a pretty serious knee injury in late June. Good that you pointed out how the Grizzly offense in no way highlighted Snyder's ball skills. Like good armchair QB dads our favorite complaint up in the stands was how little our coaches utilized Snyder's skills.
 
Sic, I'm going to give you some excellent advice- There is no need to draw attention to your kid. Those are purely on stats and DLS doesn't throw the ball enough for a TE to get a lot of catches. Hooper didn't either yet he's starting at Stanford. Your kid might be the best pure athlete in Northern California and he doesn't need anybody to say so.
 
Asiasi is an absolute man child and there are thousands of Bay Area high school football players that would kill to be in his shoes

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Am just skimming all the G61 threads and then this one and just have one curiousity --

How did other schools get 20 guys on the all-East Bay team?

Did they slip thru DLS's recruiting net?

Must initiate inquiry to investigate and rectify this tragedy.
 
Hard to argue that, especially after watching how effective Campo was in throwing to Petite. Could have made a big difference in the close losses to Pitt and Foothill.
 
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