Will Oak Grove and Greenville Christian really play each other Sept. 17?

[s1nglewing]

I'll save the "actual proof" request when you all concur that all you have is conjecture and rumors.

[MSTSatchmo]

23 minutes ago, lionpack said:

Public or private school? I am curious now. Would it be in Lee County?

Private.   Heritage in Columbus.  

[msaisbandkid]

49 minutes ago, Washed_Up_Athlete said:

Absent a subpoena issued, or the MAIS investigating and GCS complying, this won't occur and you know it. 

 

MAIS schools are private schools. Recruiting - by definition - is their lifeblood. Recruiting does not violate the MAIS rules. Sponsorship - ie., single boosters paying for athletes to attend a school - does violate the rule. I quoted the rule verbatim above to support that point.

 

It is true that other schools have engaged in sponsorship and continue to do so. MRA has done it for years. JP has done it to a lesser extent. JA does it. Hartfield does it. St. Joe-Madison has several kids being sponsored by a single booster right now. Because so many have done it or are doing it with a few athletes, you have the equivalent of a bunch of cars speeding on the highway right in front of the highway patrol. So long as they aren't exceeding the speed limit by more than a few miles per hour, the MAIS isn't going to do anything. 

 

The problem with GCS is similar to what MRA was caught doing several years ago. GCS is driving 100 MPH right in front of the cops. Whether the MAIS will turn on the lights and chase the school down remains to be seen. But please - save the "actual proof" nonsense.   

I heard about MRA getting caught but I never heard what happened in full.

[lionpack]

1 minute ago, MSTSatchmo said:

Private.   Heritage in Columbus.  

Gotcha.. For some reason I was thinking TCPS.

[NoWammies]

A lot of it is kids recruiting kids. This isn’t the Jackson area all spread out. The delta is a community where everybody knows everybody. These kids hang out and play ball with each other and once the Greenwood players decided to stay their senior year other players from Washington County and other areas decided to come. Is there behind the door stuff going on? Prob so been happening for a long time everywhere else so no new news. 

[pancho]

1 hour ago, lionpack said:

Gotcha.. For some reason I was thinking TCPS.

I have a friend who saw Heritage play last week at East Union.  The QB is a phenom.  From where all is heritage getting players from?

[FBdude]

GCS isn’t doing anything illegal. Is it best for their school in the long run??  That’s up to their board to figure out. I will say that route resulted in the closer of Trinity, Heidelberg, and Huntington.

 

but the situations were all different. GCS case those kids did what they had to do to play in 2020, I don’t blame them or anybody involved.

 

Heidelberg’s enrollment was slowly dying anyway and recruiting in mass was a last ditch effort to build a competitive 11 man team. 
 

Trinity was addicted to winning and willing to do whatever it took and Hunnington was just trying to keep up with Trinity

[MSTSatchmo]

17 minutes ago, pancho said:

I have a friend who saw Heritage play last week at East Union.  The QB is a phenom.  From where all is heritage getting players from?

The QB has always been at Heritage.   He’s pretty good.   They’ve had players from New Hope, Columbus, and Noxubee County that I know of in the last few years.   The 15-0 football team a few years ago that also won the overall in basketball and a couple state championships had some talented kids that had been at HA since the beginning along with some kids that had transferred over from Columbus Christian before 9th grade due to some issues at that school.   There is an emphasis on the athletic program that wasn’t there 8-10 years ago.  That also gets kids, and parents, looking at the school as apposed to the school having to go search for players. 

[GoodOnPaper]

17 hours ago, MSTSatchmo said:

How many schools have had an entire starting lineup of transfers?   I don’t have a problem with it, but we can’t say that other schools have done this forever.  It’s a pretty unique situation.   
 

That article was ridiculous though.  

 

I'm referring to recruiting, but this is recruiting on steroids. But somewhat legal, I guess?

[MSTSatchmo]

It has made the season more interesting.  Lol.  I would have never googled Greenville Christian score updates like I did last week if they were just your normal MAIS 3A school. 

[msaisbandkid]

58 minutes ago, pancho said:

I have a friend who saw Heritage play last week at East Union.  The QB is a phenom.  From where all is heritage getting players from?

Heritage I believe is one of the few big private schools that does a really good job of actually developing their own players. I could be wrong though.

[msaisbandkid]

3 minutes ago, MSTSatchmo said:

It has made the season more interesting.  Lol.  I would have never googled Greenville Christian score updates like I did last week if they were just your normal MAIS 3A school. 

Wait until GCS plays actual 3A schools. 100 points in a game?

[lionpack]

1 hour ago, pancho said:

I have a friend who saw Heritage play last week at East Union.  The QB is a phenom.  From where all is heritage getting players from?

Lowndes county isn’t short on athletes. Kind of surprising the public schools aren’t more successful. 

[pancho]

15 minutes ago, lionpack said:

Lowndes county isn’t short on athletes. Kind of surprising the public schools aren’t more successful. 

That all comes down to player assessment and coaching. 

[MSTSatchmo]

Just now, pancho said:

That all comes down to player assessment and coaching. 

And support from the administration.  I’ve always heard that was the problem in Columbus.  

[TheAnswer]

Forget about the recruiting talk for a minute. Here’s my question… for such a small school with financial and facility issues plus lack of alumni support… where is the money coming from for 2 sets of brand new helmets, 3 new jerseys, and 3 new pants? That’s a nice chunk of change, especially for a school that has had issues paying employees consistently in the past.

[Dubaction]

Sidebar - OG vs GCS was originally scheduled for the 16th but will now be played on the 17th at Oak Grove. 

[MSTSatchmo]

53 minutes ago, TheAnswer said:

Forget about the recruiting talk for a minute. Here’s my question… for such a small school with financial and facility issues plus lack of alumni support… where is the money coming from for 2 sets of brand new helmets, 3 new jerseys, and 3 new pants? That’s a nice chunk of change, especially for a school that has had issues paying employees consistently in the past.

All it takes is one booster who wants to win.  He doesn’t care if teachers are paid or if the AC works.   He also probably won’t pitch in if they go back to losing.  Lol 

[msaisbandkid]

1 hour ago, TheAnswer said:

Forget about the recruiting talk for a minute. Here’s my question… for such a small school with financial and facility issues plus lack of alumni support… where is the money coming from for 2 sets of brand new helmets, 3 new jerseys, and 3 new pants? That’s a nice chunk of change, especially for a school that has had issues paying employees consistently in the past.

new boosters

[kniem]

On 9/8/2021 at 6:50 PM, MSTSatchmo said:

How many schools have had an entire starting lineup of transfers?   I don’t have a problem with it, but we can’t say that other schools have done this forever.  It’s a pretty unique situation.   
 

That article was ridiculous though.  

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Edited September 10, 2021 by kniem

[oldschool84]

On 9/8/2021 at 3:35 PM, Dubaction said:

Is Collins Hill the most talented team in Georgia in your opinion? 

I know this old but I’m just now seeing this. No, CH is definitely not the most talented team in Georgia. It would be Buford, Colquitt County, Grayson, or Lowndes.