I’m never ashamed of the truth! Can’t handle it...don’t read it! If it hurts your feelings...oh well! I believe in facts! This team is probably the 14th or 15th best team in the RVA area...not exactly National schedule worthy! Hopefully IMG won’t drop 100 on them!
You got it. That team has over 17 players with D1 offers on their team. That coach is giving kids, many from the inner city who don’t have any means out BUT to play football, an opportunity to get exposure and compete against the best. Grown men are here bashing that..But you have it. It’s really sad.
I don't know how many wins they will have this year, all I was saying is comparing their schedule with Roanoke Catholic was ludicrous. If it's true that they have 17 kids with college offers on the table then that's way more than Roanoke Catholic and I also would venture that you will not find 14 or 15 teams in the Richmond area who are better than them. I have no dog in this fight, but not sure why you, who I assume is an adult, has so much disdain for this school and these kids.
Their best player against Glass is going to Liberty but they have several players with Power 5 offers so you may want to reconsider that opinion. They probably won’t compete well against IMG or St. Frances but no one in the state of Virginia would. They will win at least half their games this year.
I’ll say this and I’m leaving it alone... Life Christian is the only private school in Virginia that are stepping out and playing the big schools. Their basketball team played Melo Ball at Virginia State back in January. He and his Spire (Ohio) team had been selling out arenas all over the country and was a hot ticket. LCA actually almost beat those guys, but even more important, about 4 kids from LCA got an offer that night. So no, most public zoned kids wouldn’t get that opportunity. Look at Marchellus Avery, who transferred from Armstrong. Kid wouldn’t have had the platform at Armstrong and most importantly, LCA took him out of that environment where he may have gotten in trouble or fail by. Chi has over 10 power 5 basketball offers and growing. The same thing will happen when they play SFA, IMG, DeMatha, etc in football. Most of their kids are coming from Southside and East End Richmond. If you’ve ever been to these places then you can’t have a heart if you don’t want those kids to be successful. So if LCA is using “wealth”, “God”, or any of the things that your traditional private school uses to get students? Why can’t LCA? If they take online classes? As long as they’re accredited and is getting them prepped for college what’s the issue? I know the answer (sure a lot of you do too) but out of respect of what Mike has asked us I won’t get into politics and I’ll keep it sports/academics related. Y’all have a good Sunday!
You nailed it. It has little to nothing to do with preparing kids for life after football. The program is subversively built around providing opportunities. Anybody with even a smidgeon of knowledge about football knows that colleges will find a capable athlete no matter where he or she is.
I totally agree with you on the online education aspect, but look at where we are now with education. You have so many kids in your regular high schools taking Edgenuity courses and people in “college” getting online degrees. I don’t agree with it but that’s just where we are with times. Education is watered down. Edgenuity courses are way cheaper than paying a teacher 45k+ and you’d be surprised the number of kids at your public schools who are taking these classes.
We’ve talked in the past and I know you’re a great dude and have the kids’ best interest. From one educator to another, keep up the great work brother.
I can't speak for the quality of academics, but St. Frances has a storied history as a school and has been around long before any of us posters. The similarities may lie with both schools recent push for football.
The first RVA poll released has:
Glass scrimmaged Dinwiddie and they are a very good team but lca would have crushed them.
With LCA’s lack of discipline,I doubt seriously they’d crush Dinwiddie or ANYONE else good for that matter. Dinwiddie is better than Hampton this year! I watched LCA & Hampton! Easily 100yds in penalties EACH!
I did not see any lack of discipline, they were very well behaved only had one late hit.
I wasn't comparing them to Roanoke Catholic. I really don't care about any of those teams. I was only comparing how they got their players. You sound hurt? Did you go to Life Christian? Or maybe you played in the NFL?
#1, I wasn't even referring to you. Hence why I didn't highlight your post. #2, I've been out of high school for 24 years and Life Christian has only been in existence for 2 years, so you do the math on that one. #3, No, I didn't play in the NFL and I know absolutely nothing on LC other than what I've read on here. I was just defending a bunch of kids who I felt like were being attacked by grown men. The End. Have a great evening.
Can you provide a link to this poll or at least the source? No way an 0-10 Hermitage team from last year is in anyone’s poll, let alone ahead of Goochland or LCA (RVA).
Channel 6 poll. CBS final score Friday preseason poll. https://t.co/qu3PDIYyPu?amp=1
Thanks for providing the link. There should be a disclaimer with that poll too. "All voting participants are coaches at schools that will not play Life Christian." LOL
Have you seen the JV?! I would not discredit it so fast! JV is big and fast and nasty! They have a quarterback that would be starting on most any other team in the area as a freshman!
I am very familiar with the HSHS programs. I have seen their Jv team several times and I'm not discrediting the HS Jv team. What I'm discrediting is the credibility of a poll that even allows someone to vote for a Jv team in a varsity poll.
I think he gave them a 10th Place vote as a joke. It was one of the announcers on the weekly Richmond game of the week on the radio
