Yes exactly. No one is pointing the finger at them saying this seems shady. If Riordan has found the secret sauce how to get kids/families from all over to come play for them then so be it. As far as we know all these kids are good kids, excelling in the classroom, and not getting into any trouble. Cross those lines and then the public can start being critical.
Who is the pair of 4 stars they are now bringing in from Texas? Saw it somewhere on Twitter.
Huh!? It's funny because Coach Adhir has been posting the purple umbrella emoji. I was thinking there basically like a college program now, where the coaching staff will post the team slogan or logo when a recruit commits.
No one is mad, it’s pretty cool actually I think just curious the sudden influx of cash to make it all happen……like I said every successful program has a deep pocket benefactors especially at private schools
Yes and in basketball as well, someone already answered earlier who the donors were that was my only question I had……it’s my dad alma mater I think it’s dope they are going all in finally on football about time
Same sit out rules apply for private schools, at least in the CCS and most NorCal sections. Not sure how the Southern sections get away with no sit out periods.
How does this relate to the incident in the NorCal quarterfinal basketball game? The player who made the terrible mistake of shoving the Inderkum player was at Riordan all 4 years.
Kids and their families are going because the priority and alignment from Admin down to Athletics is ensuring the kids take care of business with the academics, build strong character in preparation for college. The football offers and wins will come. Coach Adhir's track record has proven this by the relationships he's created and earned with his former, current and prospective players/families who have put in their trust with him and the school. His relationships in the community at large and college recruiters is also very strong by his recent clinics and seminars the Program offers on how to best prepare their sons. You may want to check out that interview again.
Absolutely! Just saw on social media that one of their players just got a Stanford offer. That's a pretty big "bag"!
This is true...but still a lot of money is being used to bring in athletes and Riordan must have revamped everything to turn the school around.....Just speaking from someone who is from SF, and watching the fall and rise of Riordan is interesting and a good thing. SHC and SI will have to convert some of their residencies for deacons laymen, priests, catholic clergy etc to better boarding programs as well if this keeps up.
Yea, he does less with more. Great recruiter, decent Football coach. At MA when he had multiple senior Power 5 guys he had great years. Those years in between where he still had talent but not enough to just walk on the field and win games by themselves. they basically went 500. (6-5, 7-5)
Time will tell on his Riordan time but the rest of this post is questionable at best. How is going to 2 state games and winning 1 and winning 3 league titles in 5 years doing less with more? Also, doing a quick check on Rivals and they didn't have a Power 5 signee until the 2019 class which was his last year at M-A.
My bad you’re right. First state championship team Jordan Mims was only Mountain West signee and then Mehki Blackmon played a year at CSM before signing to Colorado. As far as transfers at MA. All I do know is when he was ag MA they got Malik Johnson and Andre Bishop from St Francis. Malik Johnson was a pretty big part of their state championship team.
He has another nice QB to add to the SI mix: Brandon Mann. He was a brief backup on the Serra varsity as a frosh and transferred to Leland after less than a month. He started there as a frosh. SI is the young man's third school in 10 months. We wish him well.
As it turns out the $100 million upgrade is to the school and not just the athletic complex.
Kid Was National Recruit Before Riordan.. Please Name The Winning School That Sends Their Kids To Juco's?
Didn’t 4 of those 6 transfers (Smith, Silver, Alapati and Cloud) play on last year’s Nor Cal title team. Nothing wrong with that. Great run last year.
Yes they did. Silver transferred in 2019, Smith 2020 and Loud And Alapati in 2021. Thats not bringing in a ton of transfers as the post indicated. Especially not a ton for a team who has represented Norcal 2x's in a row.
