Unceasing revelations of ridiculous transfer shenanigans at the Anaheim Catholic school force one to ask a question: Should MD stop pretending it's an academic institution and simply change its focus to the scoreboard and re-name itself "IMG West?" Why not? Would make sense. And it would end a situation that has reached absurd depths of double-standards and utter hypocrisy.
Mater Dei farce
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/02/...-mater-dei-and-it-looks-bad-for-all-involved/
Wow, that's pretty much a bunch of crap. And don't expect the CIF to do anything about it because it was Mater Dei that sued the CIF to allow this to happen, and Mater Dei that dragged the lawsuit along where the CIF bowed out because it had put too much money into defending it.
Wow, that's pretty much a bunch of crap. And don't expect the CIF to do anything about it because it was Mater Dei that sued the CIF to allow this to happen, and Mater Dei that dragged the lawsuit along where the CIF bowed out because it had put too much money into defending it.
Good point. Forget Anaheim. MD has become a regional all-star program. Addresses and hometowns mean nothing.
Plenty of football factory schools like that, even in NorCal.
10 miles from Disneyland is pretty much Anaheim for anyone not from SoCal. That’s a heck of a lot closer than where the 49ers play to “San Francisco”.
Love these discussions... I've been coaching the best 8th graders in no weight limit football in NorCal for over 20 years. DLS Sophomores, class of '21 so there's no confusion, (5 best on Varsity including starting QB) will win Open State in Dec 2020...book it.
So is Orange, Westminster, Tustin, etc, all considered Anaheim as well? Are Oakland, Sausalito, Daly City, Berkeley, all considered San Francisco because SF has a Warf and Pier 39? I mean I have never heard or read a report where it was said or written Mater Dei High from Anaheim, it’s always Mater Dei of Santa Ana. I guess I was just oblivious to the fact people in NorCal never realized there was more than two cities in Socal, my apologies to the board.
Ok, like the Angels they can just be the Santa Ana Monarchs of Anaheim.
Except Mater Dei was never based in Anaheim. Angels however started in L.A. and moved to Anaheim. I will agree the name change of the Angels is/was ridiculous but at least there was some history there.
.....or like the 2nd most popular tourist trap in the Bay Area, THE San Francisco Premier Outlets of Livermore, 43.2 miles from SF City Hall or
1hr.48 minutes drive time from said locations....perception/marketing becomes reality.
Right up there with pickle relish and mustard on a Margherita pizza.
All the more reason to respect "The Streak" De La Salle during their run was far better than any of these teams without doing a tenth of the shady shit they do. Need I mention they did it all while only running 5 different plays on offense?
The streak of course was impressive but reality was they were light years ahead of NorCal football. I have nothing but respect for DLS and what they have done, but I doubt that streak happens in the south.
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Honestly I don’t think the Streak happens if DLS played in the WCAL. Too many close calls with teams in that league vs DLS. Only takes one .
Kids are getting scholarship opportunities. Fully paid college tuition and housing. Surely you folks are not opposed to that
Crete- that’s when you know the truth. I don’t think we need to mention San Pablo Ave neither starts nor ends there!!
True....tho it has been rumored that surveyors from the Southland have been checking the East Bay's Champs-Elysees.....
Agreed Riverboat but the only team that I can see giving Mater Dei or Bosco a shot in Open State final is DLS 2020-2021 Team(Current Sophomores)
Predictable prediction. BTW, Serra, deLa et al via some no-weight limit youth program do not have a monopoly on “the best eighth graders.” Their endowments could not support such. Besides, too many families appreciate the fact that HS academics trump (ugh) any wistful thinking of making a living with FB.
SoCal doesn’t own the rights to obsessed HSFB programs. It’ll only take a creative mind to mainstream (via civil procedure) those tactics into an acceptable dichotomy...but only to the minority who promote it. It’s like measles; the outliers can infect good people.
