Wonder what type offense they are running , heard they are switching it up this year
ECA QB Alex Barker To Caravel
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Don't know about the offense change.. Ill let you know in 4 days.. The QB competition is over.. Argoe transferred to Elkton. .. Elkton vs CA game just got a little more interesting
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Yeah saw that coming,
Heard the very good soph running back from elkton was wanted by CA also
ehh I was kinda looking forward to watching the boys battle it out.... oh well it be what it be
Bum predicted a Sallies loss every week last year. They went 9-1 and played for the title. He may or may not be a knowledgeable guy but when it comes to Sallies he's basically just a troll.
Bummy just trying to be funny.. The Sallies thing is his schtick
So the caravel kids are transferring out to make room for the ECAravel kids? Sounds about right
Thats a shame. Kid spent 3-years at CA and now leaves. I know it's part of competition and fighting for a job but, it just doesn't seem right. You mean it is what it is? Wish him the best.
He didnt have to leave , no one asked him to..IMO it was his job to lose..Its not part of competition and fighting for a job because he isnt staying and doing that.. To me it seems silly to invest 3 years of tuition into a Caravel degree and then leave because now there is competition for your spot on the football team when there was none before.. . I am not going to speculate on why they made that decision.. I do know the kid grew up in Elkton and played his youth ball for the Cecil Jags so I am sure he knows all the kids on the Elkton football team and will have an opportunity to graduate and play with allot of his friends.
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Let me preface my previous post by reiterating . I was a kid from divorced parents .. one in the Military and one a hippie vagabond.. So I moved allot.. Went to a different High School every year due to custodial stuff and moving.. My Junior and Senior year I transferred to schools where there was a returning starting QB.. Both years I beat them out.. There may have been bitching and complaining from their parents I dont know but neither of them left and transferred out and both guys are still good friends of mine today.. Its life nothing guaranteed.. SO obviously I would be a hypocrite if I had a different view on the subject
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@sparty a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job. She was part of the Rainbow gathering.. She settled in Santa Cruz CA with the rest of those tree huggers lol
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@ Sparty I have Cowtown on ignore so I see nothin she posts or have posted,, not interested
Thats funny Sparty.. My Senior year when I moved to MD from Cali the Coach called me Montana and no I was not that good he was making fun of me being a transfer from Califoria that and I wore #16 lol
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@sparty I have set an alert set for RR posts so I can see the dumb crap he says and point out to the masses how dumb it is. Very interested.
Indeed..Everyone makes the decision they think is best for their kid.. I may have my own opinion but that is all it is.. Best of luck to the young man I enjoyed watching him grow and play at CA...
Bummy is not a troll. I use a model that employees a lot of statistical analysis. My pic of Smyrna over Sallies in the championship was the highlight of last year. I give ths Slowskys credit. They were the second best team in the City of Wilmington last year. Howard (like Smyrna) won the rematch in the title game. That was the one that counted.
Thanks for springing to my defense, raven.
Thanks for springing to my defense, raven.
Kid left due to his head coach being shady and recruiting another kid to come in and be the starter... Barker and his family wouldn't send him there if they didn't know that would be case.... also left after trying to touch base with his coach and was ignored... The level of disrespect in this situation is terrible by his so called coaching staff..... Its a matter of morals, loyalty and ethics... Competition is all fine and dandy but you don't do that to a kid who has been your guy for 3 years and has spent his high school career with his classmates etc and make him make that decision as a senior to leave all that behind because it's now a toss up if he plays or splits time with the new kid... Shame it went down like that and hope he comes back and Elkton beats caravel again this year... good luck Argoe
Completely not true... No one recruited the kid..ECA closed and the parents and kid chose to go to Caravel after looking at other options.. I am guessing baseball, close to home and good academics, and even maybe he felt he could beat out the current starter were the deciding factors.. Promises of playing time or starting did not happen.. bunch of sour grapes here...
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While I admire your statistical analysis, it only came through for you twice last year, Judge and Smyrna. I actually thought at one time you had a grudge against the big S however with no bias you did have them ranked ahead of a playoff Quaker team, so I am a believer. Now with a projected 4 loss season ahead, I am sure academic world will be clamoring for your data. Cheers and bring out the "way too early" City rankings!!
Thanks, Eagle. While I appreciate your expression of admiration, I can't really go into the details of my mathematical model. It is in a critical stage of development and I wouldn't want it stolen by a Sports Book from Vegas. The cat would be out of the bag and II would lose any opportunity to monetize my hard work and efforts for the past few years.
It is interesting that you bring up the Quakers. Did you mean the Tower Hill Hillers? They are in the city limits of Wilmington like Salesianum, Howard, St. Elizabeth's and The Wilmington Charter School. (These are the teams that compete for the prestigious City of Wilmington Football title. ) The Hillers ran the Single Wing. Think about this: when is the last time that the Slowskys stopped the Single Wing Offense? Based on that question alone it might skew some of the internal formulae that drive Bummy's model.
Well, I have to get back to running data.
It is interesting that you bring up the Quakers. Did you mean the Tower Hill Hillers? They are in the city limits of Wilmington like Salesianum, Howard, St. Elizabeth's and The Wilmington Charter School. (These are the teams that compete for the prestigious City of Wilmington Football title. ) The Hillers ran the Single Wing. Think about this: when is the last time that the Slowskys stopped the Single Wing Offense? Based on that question alone it might skew some of the internal formulae that drive Bummy's model.
Well, I have to get back to running data.
PS. The 2016 Opening City Rankings will be out right before the scrimmages. Bummy does see a big bounce for Charter.
What about the poor kid at Elkton who may get knocked out of the box? When will this quarterback madness end? Only the families involved know ALL the reasons these kids chose the schools they did.
I do find it a little amusing that the fact ECA DE kids playing in the rec league, was brought up as being an issue for some Elkton parents, in light of all the fund raising and emotional investment they had made. You could honestly say the same thing from the perspective of Argoe's family, three years of financial sacrifice and commitment can generate those seem feelings of anger when a family feels slighted. My best to all involved.
I do find it a little amusing that the fact ECA DE kids playing in the rec league, was brought up as being an issue for some Elkton parents, in light of all the fund raising and emotional investment they had made. You could honestly say the same thing from the perspective of Argoe's family, three years of financial sacrifice and commitment can generate those seem feelings of anger when a family feels slighted. My best to all involved.
I didnt bring it up as an issue... my whole point is stuff happens and sometimes things happen like someone moving into your district or in rec some kid moves into the area and then you have to find yourself having to compete for your spot.. Its life it happens..My point of contention is don't blame others or run from it.. Stay and compete... If the CA kid left because he wasn't guaranteed a position on the football team then IMO he wasn't there for the right reasons to begin with.. If it was true the coaches recruited over him then I would see the point but that simply is not the case.. Its a matter of circumstance
This entitlement and rec league mentality is permeating HS sports and it sickens me really.. Every year you should have to expect to battle and win your spot.. JMHO
Let me put this another way.. Just because you were the starter the last 2 years with zero competition for the job what makes you think its automatic you start the next year? What if some kid from California moved to DE and their parents enrolled him at CA.. What if he happens to better than the other kid? Same thing is it not? Funny thing is I think Argoe could have won the job anyway but we will never know
If you dont't see the irony then that is on you it's pretty plain to see
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I was not disagreeing with your point at all, it was kind of my point with the "what happens to the Elkton kid?" question, that was tongue and cheek. As for staying or leaving it might simply be that Elkton is a better opportunity for Agroe. It could be playing time, it could be attitude, it could be any number of reasons. I am with you, for my kid it would have been stay and fight. However, his family views it differently, so I have to respect that.
There is no guarantee the kid wins the job at Elkton either..who knows what the coach there wants as a QB.. Maybe he likes a running QB which this kid is not.. I don;t know.. I just thought it was silly to give up a degree from a well respected private to get one from Elkton which is a poor performing school over football which is just game..
I guess if I would have had 3 years invested in a private school, I might be more inclined to have my kid finish the deal.But I still would make it his call.