Athletic groups at Deal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone needs to be realistic. Does Deal have a good team, yes, for a school in northwest. From what I have seen they won’t make it past Hart.

Congrats to Deal boys and girls for beating Hart today. Both undefeated. Girls winning by 40+.

[Anonymous]

Congrats but it couldn’t of been too competitive if they won by 40. Boys couldn’t of had the same blow out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what Hardy’s line up is but, I suspect they won’t be half as good as Deal. Back to an earlier post. I know majority of the kids on the Deal 7/8th team and I didn’t think any are from Shepherd so that contradicts the earlier posters hypothesis.

That may be but the best two players (C&P) are black. Not trying to make this a black/white thing. They came to Deal via OOB. I’m
pretty certain one lives in Shepherd Park but attended another feeder. The point was, the whiter and richer Deal becomes, the less likely they will be able to field a competitive b-ball team in future years. That’s a fact.

Most people don’t give a flying f about a competitive hoops team at Deal. Now a competitive math team is a different story....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what Hardy’s line up is but, I suspect they won’t be half as good as Deal. Back to an earlier post. I know majority of the kids on the Deal 7/8th team and I didn’t think any are from Shepherd so that contradicts the earlier posters hypothesis.

That may be but the best two players (C&P) are black. Not trying to make this a black/white thing. They came to Deal via OOB. I’m
pretty certain one lives in Shepherd Park but attended another feeder. The point was, the whiter and richer Deal becomes, the less likely they will be able to field a competitive b-ball team in future years. That’s a fact.

Most people don’t give a flying f about a competitive hoops team at Deal. Now a competitive math team is a different story....

How many St. John’s, Gonzaga, DeMatha, Sidwell, and GDS coaches at the latest math team trivia? Mic drop

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what Hardy’s line up is but, I suspect they won’t be half as good as Deal. Back to an earlier post. I know majority of the kids on the Deal 7/8th team and I didn’t think any are from Shepherd so that contradicts the earlier posters hypothesis.

That may be but the best two players (C&P) are black. Not trying to make this a black/white thing. They came to Deal via OOB. I’m
pretty certain one lives in Shepherd Park but attended another feeder. The point was, the whiter and richer Deal becomes, the less likely they will be able to field a competitive b-ball team in future years. That’s a fact.

Most people don’t give a flying f about a competitive hoops team at Deal. Now a competitive math team is a different story....

You must not live in DC! This is tradition and DC is known to put out the most D1 players. If no one gave a flying F then why is every private school recruiter sitting in the bleachers of competitive games? You are truly clueless and have fun with your trivial pursuit team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what Hardy’s line up is but, I suspect they won’t be half as good as Deal. Back to an earlier post. I know majority of the kids on the Deal 7/8th team and I didn’t think any are from Shepherd so that contradicts the earlier posters hypothesis.

That may be but the best two players (C&P) are black. Not trying to make this a black/white thing. They came to Deal via OOB. I’m
pretty certain one lives in Shepherd Park but attended another feeder. The point was, the whiter and richer Deal becomes, the less likely they will be able to field a competitive b-ball team in future years. That’s a fact.

Most people don’t give a flying f about a competitive hoops team at Deal. Now a competitive math team is a different story....

You must not live in DC! This is tradition and DC is known to put out the most D1 players. If no one gave a flying F then why is every private school recruiter sitting in the bleachers of competitive games? You are truly clueless and have fun with your trivial pursuit team.

Also pp could easily read another thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats but it couldn’t of been too competitive if they won by 40. Boys couldn’t of had the same blow out.

No the boys didn’t. Think they only won by 6. Was just being funny because PP said they wouldn’t get past Hart.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats but it couldn’t of been too competitive if they won by 40. Boys couldn’t of had the same blow out.

No the boys didn’t. Think they only won by 6. Was just being funny because PP said they wouldn’t get past Hart.

Very curious to a pp comments. Were the top scorers Shepherd or non Shepherd kids? According to others only SP kids bring significant value to basketball at Deal. Do tell

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what Hardy’s line up is but, I suspect they won’t be half as good as Deal. Back to an earlier post. I know majority of the kids on the Deal 7/8th team and I didn’t think any are from Shepherd so that contradicts the earlier posters hypothesis.

That may be but the best two players (C&P) are black. Not trying to make this a black/white thing. They came to Deal via OOB. I’m
pretty certain one lives in Shepherd Park but attended another feeder. The point was, the whiter and richer Deal becomes, the less likely they will be able to field a competitive b-ball team in future years. That’s a fact.

Most people don’t give a flying f about a competitive hoops team at Deal. Now a competitive math team is a different story....

How many St. John’s, Gonzaga, DeMatha, Sidwell, and GDS coaches at the latest math team trivia? Mic drop

JFC, the only people on this thread (and maybe a couple others watching from the sidelines wide eyed like me) are those that made the team and those that didn't. PP is right the majority of the Deal population doesn't GAF about this, and what high school coaches might be "scouting" for talent. All of you arguing back and forth and the subtle identification about players is laughable and pathetic. The latest post about which players scored the most and their feeder school is just dumb at its core.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what Hardy’s line up is but, I suspect they won’t be half as good as Deal. Back to an earlier post. I know majority of the kids on the Deal 7/8th team and I didn’t think any are from Shepherd so that contradicts the earlier posters hypothesis.

That may be but the best two players (C&P) are black. Not trying to make this a black/white thing. They came to Deal via OOB. I’m
pretty certain one lives in Shepherd Park but attended another feeder. The point was, the whiter and richer Deal becomes, the less likely they will be able to field a competitive b-ball team in future years. That’s a fact.

Most people don’t give a flying f about a competitive hoops team at Deal. Now a competitive math team is a different story....

How many St. John’s, Gonzaga, DeMatha, Sidwell, and GDS coaches at the latest math team trivia? Mic drop

JFC, the only people on this thread (and maybe a couple others watching from the sidelines wide eyed like me) are those that made the team and those that didn't. PP is right the majority of the Deal population doesn't GAF about this, and what high school coaches might be "scouting" for talent. All of you arguing back and forth and the subtle identification about players is laughable and pathetic. The latest post about which players scored the most and their feeder school is just dumb at its core.

I am in IB Deal parent and no my child doesn’t play basketball. Tired of the argument that Deal or Wilson sports would be non existent if it weren’t for Shepherd or OOB families.

[Anonymous]

I would hate for any of the parents of these kids to see this thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats but it couldn’t of been too competitive if they won by 40. Boys couldn’t of had the same blow out.

No the boys didn’t. Think they only won by 6. Was just being funny because PP said they wouldn’t get past Hart.

Very curious to a pp comments. Were the top scorers Shepherd or non Shepherd kids? According to others only SP kids bring significant value to basketball at Deal. Do tell

I think you are taking the Shepherd comment a little too far. Read the actual comment and follow up to better understand. The point was that basketball is just not a typical rich white sport. The more rich and white the school will get, the less competitive they will be.

[Anonymous]

And even in the last couple years Wilson varsity athletes got in magically from OOB - some from out of state.

I doubt that is the case at Deal - yet. But parents working from a young age to get their kids in the Wilson feeder pattern in order to play sports down the line does happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what Hardy’s line up is but, I suspect they won’t be half as good as Deal. Back to an earlier post. I know majority of the kids on the Deal 7/8th team and I didn’t think any are from Shepherd so that contradicts the earlier posters hypothesis.

That may be but the best two players (C&P) are black. Not trying to make this a black/white thing. They came to Deal via OOB. I’m
pretty certain one lives in Shepherd Park but attended another feeder. The point was, the whiter and richer Deal becomes, the less likely they will be able to field a competitive b-ball team in future years. That’s a fact.

How do you know who is OOB? From my understanding only 2 of the top 5 players are OOB. 1 came from Hearst and the other no clue but, definitely not Shepherd.

I’m friends. Can we just agree about the premise of the statement instead of harping one details? Deal will continue to be a soccer/baseball school. Not football/basketball. I say this as a parent with a kid on the team.

That’s odd because for the last 15 years Deal has made it to the DC finals for basketball yet the pp said it’s a baseball/soccer school.

Again...I’m talking about the future of Deal. How is that so hard to understand? If some people will have it their way, Deal will look like Lafayette and Janney with IB upperclass white kids that are barely 5’ and 80 lbs in 5-10 years. If the pattern continues, Deal will have a hard time against raw athleticism and boys that play b-ball 5-6 times a week and are 5’10 and 160lbs.

Isn’t this an exaggeration? Are you really saying black middle school kids are that much bigger than white kids?! My nephews beg to differ—especially the nerdy, STEM-oriented short one.

[Anonymous]

My upper class white kid was 6’ and dunking a basketball by the end of 8th grade. The kids he trained with the most outside of school were white boys from Fairfax. One was 6’6 » and one was 6’8 » by senior year. This race stuff is silly.