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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WCAC schools over recruit - its a known fact.

Have known several families who sent their son to SJC or GONZAGA for athletic reasons only to have their heart broken when they realize their son will never step on the field as a varsity player.

the WCAC schools are very BIG compared to the IAC schools. Based on sheer numbers a lone, the WCAC tends to field very competitive teams in most sports. Obviously when it comes to basketball and football, the schools recruit like none other. WCAC hoops and football is a big deal.

Gonzaga and DeMatha have close to 250 boys a grade. You are foolish if you don't think having larger numbers offers your school s big advantage.

GP has about 120 boys a grade

Landon and STA have about 85 - 90  boys / grade

Bullis, EHS and Saint Stephens are co-ed schools with about 65 boys / grade

Typically the IAC schools pick and choose which sports they tend to focus given their smaller enrollments. [/quote]

Yeah, somebody has an ax grind as is doing it poorly. The IAC's recruiting is disgusting. It is a known fact that Bellistri and Cilento at Bullis pretty much have an open-door policy in terms of who they get to get in. It might help to explain why so many of their players don't make it all four years. For many, many years Mater Dei was little more than a pipeline for IAC lacrosse. That was until parents realized Gonzaga was also a decent option provided they didn't want to produce kids who cheat on their SATs, savagely murder their girlfriends, make racist videos, turn hooking up w 14 year olds into a game... There is a reason Prep got kicked out of the IAC for football - because they recruited like crazy and the rest of the league got butt hurt about it. Shoot, it even happens on the girls end. For years Kathy plucked up all the Stars kids she wanted.

Yeah, the WCAC recruits - but no more than anyone else. They just have advantages most of the IAC/ISL schools dont: lower tuition and greater ease to get financial aid for their kids through the ADW.

Regarding the comment, "Have known several families who sent their son to SJC or GONZAGA for athletic reasons only to have their heart broken when they realize their son will never step on the field as a varsity player. " that is on the parent and the kid, not the coach. I coached in the WCAC for many years and currently help out w a program in the IAC." The WCAC doesn't overrecruit. Certain WCAC schools (Gonzaga and DeMatha most notably) are just glutted w kids whose parents never told them they weren't the best at everything so their hopes were dashed when they realized that being 5 foot something and unathletic as heck wont get you on a field. The IAC has the same problem, just not to the extent that the WCAC does. [/quote]

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