Merge or Not To Merge IAC and MAC

[Anonymous]

PVI dominates im basketball because they have the best basketball coach in the area who is extremely well connected.

Most thought their hoops program would tail off once they moved their campus out to south riding area, I’d argue it’d been the opposite.

Pvi hoops is even better than what it was even a decade ago.

I know the SJC, Gonzaga homers on here can’t stand to see this but it’s a fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK.

I went back and looked at the suggested grouping.

Seems like it’s Flint Hill and Potomac have the most to gain. They end up in what very closely resembles an expanded IAC.

Potomac has expressed interest in joining the IAC for many years. And the IAC schools have never been interested. Why would they now be interested. Especially if the new conference also brought in Flint Hill which offers little, especially as an academic institution.

If this rumor is coming from either of these schools, it seems very much like wishful thinking. It might be possible for people from these schools to believe that change is going to happen because they want it to badly.

Flint Hill is one of the top rated academic private high schools in VA- their athletics have taken a nose dive over the years due to gross mismanagement- but their academics are top shelf.

Flint Hill is a perfectly fine school, but it absolutely is not top shelf from an academic perspective. Lower than all of the current IAC schools (including Bullis).

[Anonymous]

St. James/Maret/Potomac/FH could play in the upper division in football, but as the earlier poster said it would depend on the year and makeup of the team. Basketball, Soccer and Baseball are all already playing each other. Lax is the one that would be the hardest as the levels are so greatly different between the top tier of each league.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ISL shouldn't be an issue -- I think all of the IAC/MAC co-ed schools are already ISL members other than St. James.

The issue will be that the alums from Prep, Albans, Landon, Episcopal, Saints and Bullis would revolt.

Prep should move to the WCAC but play in the 2nd division in football with Ryken, Carroll, Ireton, PVI, O'Connell

Prep is independent whereas the other WCAC schools are under the archbishop diocese.

[Anonymous]

Gonzaga is also independent so your argument is flawed

[Anonymous]

This is all a "pipe dream" anyway. It's driven by some wishful thinking and a few rumors.

There might be a couple of schools where the coaches and parents like this idea and have convinced themselves that it has to happen or is likely to happen.

But there aren't enough good reasons for enough of the schools to overcome the inertia of the schools who are perfectly happy with the current situation.

And there's no one to drive this.