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Post by oldtimemoco on Mar 16, 2023 19:04:35 GMT -2
The old fashioned way
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Post by dcsteeler27 on Mar 16, 2023 19:38:30 GMT -2
This is so much easier to accomplish in one high school town. Sadly, this type of HS engagement needs to work more efficiently in the technological age. With the advent of social media, kids tend to want to play with their friends and where they will be noticed (for a winner). The adage if you ball, they will call doesn't hold the same weight as it once did.
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Post by justhere on Mar 16, 2023 20:08:27 GMT -2
This is awesome for Damascus and shows why they are sustainably successful, but it’s tough when in other areas there is massive pull to privates or a consortium where 8 middle schools could choose. Would be great to have better feeders right to HS like Damascus has, but youth ball gets good players by promoting private schools and don’t push the public route as much.
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Post by mdbubba on Mar 16, 2023 21:17:32 GMT -2
They do the same thing at Urbana and Linganore to include camps and other methods to get them ready for high school.
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Post by oldtimemoco on Mar 16, 2023 22:27:19 GMT -2
This is awesome for Damascus and shows why they are sustainably successful, but it’s tough when in other areas there is massive pull to privates or a consortium where 8 middle schools could choose. Would be great to have better feeders right to HS like Damascus has, but youth ball gets good players by promoting private schools and don’t push the public route as much. Dmass has had a number of players opt for Good Counsel over the years. Let’s not pretend they haven’t. |
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Post by trenches1 on Mar 17, 2023 0:00:27 GMT -2
With the advent of social media, kids tend to want to play with their friends and where they will be noticed (for a winner). Problem is that that trickles down to the youth level. All the best youth players typically play together and to play with their friends from youth ball, that means playing at an elite private school. |
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Post by mdbubba on Mar 17, 2023 7:43:29 GMT -2
This is awesome for Damascus and shows why they are sustainably successful, but it’s tough when in other areas there is massive pull to privates or a consortium where 8 middle schools could choose. Would be great to have better feeders right to HS like Damascus has, but youth ball gets good players by promoting private schools and don’t push the public route as much. Dmass has had a number of players opt for Good Counsel over the years. Let’s not pretend they haven’t. and some Urbana kids too. |
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Post by oldtimemoco on Mar 17, 2023 10:30:50 GMT -2
This is awesome for Damascus and shows why they are sustainably successful, but it’s tough when in other areas there is massive pull to privates or a consortium where 8 middle schools could choose. Would be great to have better feeders right to HS like Damascus has, but youth ball gets good players by promoting private schools and don’t push the public route as much. That’s a better reason to do this. What does it take to visit eight schools at lunch time? Eight days. Isn’t that worth building a program? Some coaches just don’t make the efforts others do. |
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Post by mocofan on Mar 17, 2023 11:35:56 GMT -2
Most coaches visit the middle schools to meet with the 8th grade students.
That being said, Damascus certainly has a unique situation for Montgomery County. It is a true "town" with a feeder program and kids who generally grow up and matriculate through the feeder schools from K-12.
The rest of the county just is not set up for the same formula for success. Eight MCPS schools are in consortia, meaning that the youth and families won't know their middle school until midway through their eighth grade year and come from a multitude of middle schools. Most of our high schools have split middle school articulation.
Very few of our communities have the infrastructure in place to have successful feeder systems that produce students from K-12. Our communities overlap and have become very transient - families moving in and out.
It is great that Damascus is able to have synergy with the youth programs and its feeder middle (and many of the Frederick/Carroll and rural communities as well). But your implication in your post seems to be that Damascus' staff does things the right way and other staffs don't. There is more to it than visiting a middle school, and I am sure you know that.
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Post by mocofan on Mar 17, 2023 11:36:41 GMT -2
This is awesome for Damascus and shows why they are sustainably successful, but it’s tough when in other areas there is massive pull to privates or a consortium where 8 middle schools could choose. Would be great to have better feeders right to HS like Damascus has, but youth ball gets good players by promoting private schools and don’t push the public route as much. That’s a better reason to do this. What does it take to visit eight schools at lunch time? Eight days. Isn’t that worth building a program? Some coaches just don’t make the efforts others do. That's just not true. I would imagine most, if not all coaches (or athletic directors) visit the feeder middle schools at lunch. |
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Post by iowastatefan92 on Mar 17, 2023 12:13:18 GMT -2
This is awesome for Damascus and shows why they are sustainably successful, but it’s tough when in other areas there is massive pull to privates or a consortium where 8 middle schools could choose. Would be great to have better feeders right to HS like Damascus has, but youth ball gets good players by promoting private schools and don’t push the public route as much. That’s a better reason to do this. What does it take to visit eight schools at lunch time? Eight days. Isn’t that worth building a program? Some coaches just don’t make the efforts others do. Some real ignorance on display here. |
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Post by Todd Dillerson on Mar 17, 2023 15:05:51 GMT -2
Klotz told me when he went to RM from the Q he knocked on over 800 doors; pass out his flyer to families who would listen ! Truly committed! Winning at RM now Dmass ! Plus a teacher of English he is fair but practical no sliding around him!! GodSpeed
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Post by dcsteeler27 on Mar 17, 2023 15:33:29 GMT -2
Most coaches visit the middle schools to meet with the 8th grade students. That being said, Damascus certainly has a unique situation for Montgomery County. It is a true "town" with a feeder program and kids who generally grow up and matriculate through the feeder schools from K-12. The rest of the county just is not set up for the same formula for success. Eight MCPS schools are in consortia, meaning that the youth and families won't know their middle school until midway through their eighth grade year and come from a multitude of middle schools. Most of our high schools have split middle school articulation. Very few of our communities have the infrastructure in place to have successful feeder systems that produce students from K-12. Our communities overlap and have become very transient - families moving in and out. It is great that Damascus is able to have synergy with the youth programs and its feeder middle (and many of the Frederick/Carroll and rural communities as well). But your implication in your post seems to be that Damascus' staff does things the right way and other staffs don't. There is more to it than visiting a middle school, and I am sure you know that. Great post! |
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Post by h2o on Mar 17, 2023 15:44:39 GMT -2
ever head coach since the 80s has won a stat title at dmas they either got the best head coach interview method n hire the best 6 coaches or the program is set up for trophies
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Post by mdbubba on Mar 17, 2023 17:34:50 GMT -2
ever head coach since the 80s has won a stat title at dmas they either got the best head coach interview method n hire the best 6 coaches or the program is set up for trophies Is pot legal yet? |
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