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re: Underclassmen prospects in the St Louis metro area
Posted on 8/27/13 at 1:41 pm to reedus23
Posted on 8/27/13 at 1:41 pm to reedus23
Over the past 10yrs it's quite dramatic. Take away Class 1,2,3 which are almost all rural schools and just count Class 4,5,6, St. Louis Area schools have 7 championships, Kansas City Area schools have 15 championships, the rest of the state (mostly Webb City) has 8 championships.
St. Louis is very Catholic, so a lot of the football talent is deluded in the Catholic schools. KC is not very Catholic and just about all that talent goes to Rockhurst.
Maclin was our Michael Oher. He had a lot of help getting there. Gabbert, I will argue, was not ready (soft), and that's been his biggest problem thru out his career. All the physical stats the coaches gush over, but Parkway West was/is a crappie football challenged school. If he went to a football-is-god school he could have been a taller Chase Daniel, and we'd be comparing him to Peyton Manning.
Don't forget about Justin Smith, JC Jay
St. Louis is very Catholic, so a lot of the football talent is deluded in the Catholic schools. KC is not very Catholic and just about all that talent goes to Rockhurst.
Maclin was our Michael Oher. He had a lot of help getting there. Gabbert, I will argue, was not ready (soft), and that's been his biggest problem thru out his career. All the physical stats the coaches gush over, but Parkway West was/is a crappie football challenged school. If he went to a football-is-god school he could have been a taller Chase Daniel, and we'd be comparing him to Peyton Manning.
Don't forget about Justin Smith, JC Jay
This post was edited on 8/27/13 at 1:53 pm
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Posted on 8/27/13 at 2:44 pm to Stlox
Not much argument from me ox. My only point was that really STL isn't that bad at producing talent. I will agree on Gabbert's numbers, whether at West or Mizzou. So/so numbers in his junior year(didn't play his senior year because of injury) yet managed to become a 5* QB. So/so numbers at Mizzou yet managed to be a 1st round selection. I get it but I don't at the same time.
Big game this weekend between Rockhurst and East St. Louis too. Rockhurst beat them in KC last year. Should be interesting to see how they do travelling to East St. Louis.
Big game this weekend between Rockhurst and East St. Louis too. Rockhurst beat them in KC last year. Should be interesting to see how they do travelling to East St. Louis.
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