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re: The Invasion of Missouri has continued
Posted on 8/11/13 at 9:13 pm to semotruman
Posted on 8/11/13 at 9:13 pm to semotruman
I went back and took a look at where the top in state guys were going and where they were from. One of things I noticed, that MIGHT MAYBE POSSIBLY contribute to the difficulties in STL is there are a billion high schools here. It's by no means scientific, but going back to about '07, the kids out of STL that went to larger D1 schools came from 31 different high schools. KC kids came from roughly 18 different high schools. Could that make it difficult to develop relationships with the high school coaches when there are so many different programs? Dunno.
The other thing I noticed about STL recruits is (and Killz will love me for this) but most of them come from "west" STL schools, which would include the St. Charles Schools. A couple kids from Parkway North, one from Hazelwood Central, but no other kids from schools North or South County. For those familiar, none from the other Hazelwood schools, Pattonville or from the Lindbergh's, Oakville's or Mehlville's in South County.
The other curious thing is how poorly we do with Rock Bridge in Columbia. MU has gotten 1, while GA has gotten 3 to go with CU, Nubs, OU, WF and Northwestern.
On the west side of the state, we've been poor at Blue Springs, which is dominated by the kansas schools. But the one that surprised me was Rockhurst, which I thought was almost a farm system for MU, but we've gotten only 1 of the last 7 kids to go to larger D1 schools. Interesting, the last kids MU got from there was Drew Temple who never made it to MU. Was there something with his situation that might have soured the coach on MU?
Now, for the part that Killz will like me for. The part of the state that seems to best support MU as far as percentage of kids who commit to the larger D1 schools, it would clearly be Springfield. 5 out of 7 kids committing to MU. 1 to Arky and OU each. Really would have thought Arky and OU would be bigger players in Springfield.
The other thing I noticed about STL recruits is (and Killz will love me for this) but most of them come from "west" STL schools, which would include the St. Charles Schools. A couple kids from Parkway North, one from Hazelwood Central, but no other kids from schools North or South County. For those familiar, none from the other Hazelwood schools, Pattonville or from the Lindbergh's, Oakville's or Mehlville's in South County.
The other curious thing is how poorly we do with Rock Bridge in Columbia. MU has gotten 1, while GA has gotten 3 to go with CU, Nubs, OU, WF and Northwestern.
On the west side of the state, we've been poor at Blue Springs, which is dominated by the kansas schools. But the one that surprised me was Rockhurst, which I thought was almost a farm system for MU, but we've gotten only 1 of the last 7 kids to go to larger D1 schools. Interesting, the last kids MU got from there was Drew Temple who never made it to MU. Was there something with his situation that might have soured the coach on MU?
Now, for the part that Killz will like me for. The part of the state that seems to best support MU as far as percentage of kids who commit to the larger D1 schools, it would clearly be Springfield. 5 out of 7 kids committing to MU. 1 to Arky and OU each. Really would have thought Arky and OU would be bigger players in Springfield.
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Posted on 8/11/13 at 9:45 pm to reedus23
It is more St. Louis than the west side of the state. Boone County has been a four letter word for a lot of high school coaches in STL for over 20 years.
When I was in grade school and high school (75-82) we owned STL and ESTL. Now there was no website or cable tv or any other media device that we have now. The PHL feed Mizzou with players. There no longer is a PHL where football is concerned.
I think the thing that drives me crazy is we have no in state competition like FLA, GA, TX, and IL have to contend with but yet we struggle to close the borders. Great school and great college town and we still have to beg and borrow to get the in state player to stay home.
When I was in grade school and high school (75-82) we owned STL and ESTL. Now there was no website or cable tv or any other media device that we have now. The PHL feed Mizzou with players. There no longer is a PHL where football is concerned.
I think the thing that drives me crazy is we have no in state competition like FLA, GA, TX, and IL have to contend with but yet we struggle to close the borders. Great school and great college town and we still have to beg and borrow to get the in state player to stay home.
Posted on 8/11/13 at 10:46 pm to reedus23
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The other curious thing is how poorly we do with Rock Bridge in Columbia. MU has gotten 1, while GA has gotten 3 to go with CU, Nubs, OU, WF and Northwestern.
As a Rock Bridge alum I give a lot of leeway to this, cuz I'm a living example. It's really hard to grow up in CoMo living there for 18 years and not want to get out and experience the world a bit away from home for college like most kids who are coming to Mizzou from some other town do. Mizzou is so very central to everything about the city of Columbia, that whether valid or not, most Rock Bridge and Hickman kids kinda feel like they've already experienced everything that goes with being at and around Mizzou by time they reach 18. It was very, very trendy and cool for kids to go off somewhere else for school when I was at RB for that reason. I myself went to Vandy even though I was a diehard Mizzou fan and never stopped rooting for them first, foremost and only. And I must add that if I had been a star athlete with the ability to don an actual Mizzou uniform and make a career out of it, I probably would have stayed. But I can definitely understand the psychology of those CoMo kids who are good recruits but just want to GTFO for a bit. It's the greatest college town on Earth, no question, but when your parents live 10 blocks down the road, well, you know...
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