Troy Henderson (Lancaster) is headed to Old Brook Rd.
John Marshall getting Class 1 Player of the Year
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It willn't be long before the criticism starts to flow about this again. good luck to him and jm.
100% agree. I'm for sure not gonna say JM has never recruited but this feels like parents moving their child to a "better" opportunity, which you all say you are ok with.
Bro the kids are coming to where they’re going to get exposure. I don’t have any problem with it. I do wish the VHSL would let JM play up just so the crybabies would hush. If JM was playing Class 3 or 4, we wouldn’t hear a peep.
I told you it wouldn't be long before the that criticism started about this transfer. This isn't the end of it.
You know nothing much was said about JM when they were playing up and winning. Then when they beat Gate City in 2020 before all other games canceled the GC coach started crying and the whaling has gotten worse as the years have gone by. I agree let JM play up. Also agree all should be working to get better. Many teams have players who play multiple sports and don’t concentrate on just one. But can’t fault JM for having kids playing only one sport. Only fault I see is with the VHSL for not allowing JM to play up in classification. I have no dogs in the fight but sure as heck enjoyed my days of coaching both football and basketball.
Have a question. Heard from a friend a few days ago who used to reside in the Richmond area. Asked him about JM. He said from speaking with a couple coaching friends from that area, he thought quite a few of the JM kids attended a Richmond charter school for high academic standards and college prep classes. Don’t know if true or not but impressive if the truth. Can’t fault kids/parents for wanting best academic prep for college. Even if they are excellent basketball players.
They can attend Community, Open or Franklin Military. They aren’t comprehensive high schools but not charter schools. They are apart of RPS and those students still have to live in the John Marshall zone in order to play for JM.
I see Jm plays hopewell the first game of the season for hopewell at hopewell, hopewell is talented and loaded hopefully they will give Jm a good game.
I'm assuming all of Hopewell players are coming coming back if no transferred or out hurt they should make a run for a class 3 championship.
I think 2 of Hopewell star players have transferred, c,mise and t,hunter. From my understanding. If so they will be good but not great without those 2.
Sure they don’t have to recruit…when a public school is used to provide a private school team experience without the cost. Why wouldn’t talented players flock there? I’m sure the AAU team and Adidas have nothing to do with the whole program.
How about putting the same effort/resources into the other JM sports so they don’t have to cancel games…like they just did in football?
If it was only about the quality of school or education, wouldn’t all aspects of the school be enhanced instead of just one sport?
But this is a VHSL issue, not a school specific issue.
How about putting the same effort/resources into the other JM sports so they don’t have to cancel games…like they just did in football?
If it was only about the quality of school or education, wouldn’t all aspects of the school be enhanced instead of just one sport?
But this is a VHSL issue, not a school specific issue.
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