[devil58]

Three of his friends are there already, with one -two possibly transferring.. He has asked about himself and has spoken to a couple of his friends already. I had another parent call me today out of the blue to ask me If I would let him go, I said it was up to him.... I just know that he is still talking about it, but not sure what will happen......Getting close to decision time......

You know what?? I'm tired of reading the belly aching over the JFL...If these kids are leaving simply because of football then the parents are letting them go for ALL the wrong reasons...I would leave the #1 academic school in the area for about the 3rd or 4th in the area too...Are you guys kidding me??

You know, this class of athletes is no better than the group that graduated in '03 or '05...That would be the '02 & '04 football teams...NEITHER of those groups played middle school football and one got beat in OT in the semi's to the eventual Champ & the '04 group lost to maybe the best Belfry team (eventual champ) in recent years and was a couple of breaks away from having an opportunity to beat them...

It doesn't hurt the development of players to play in the format that has been re-adopted this year...It didn't hurt Josh Gross, Matt Thompson, Michael Gabbard, Issac Ison, etc...I believe Josh had a pretty good career coming out of JFL...In fact, he didn't touch a football until his was 9...Played soccer till that point...Played up on the freshman team as an 8th grader...If there's anyone in this class that can come close to the career he had that's yet to be seen...There are some good athletes in that group but having seen both the groups mentioned above & this 7th grade group at a young age I will go out on a limb and say that they are no better as a group than the guys who played in '02 or '04...They certainly have the potential to be as good or possibly better but there is a lot of time between now and when they are juniors and seniors...I hope the majority do the right thing and stay at home...If they ALL decide to go, good luck to them...Go be a "big fish" in a little pond...You won't be the first or last I'm sure... :yawn:

BTW, "D" you know I love ya and want your son to stay home but if you are gonna let your 12 year old decide where he's going to school (based on football & friends) then I might suggest looking in the mirror to see who's the parent...I'm gonna guess that MOST adults can make a better decision than any 12 year old...Come on, you know better than that!!

My rant is done...For now!!!