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Anonymous wrote:

ahhhh, not so fast. The Episcopal kid brought in by Prep was de-committed from Maryland and thrown out of Episcopal due to drug problems. Bullis is not alone with their win at all cost mentality....

Please don't even think you can put Prep in the same sentence as Bullis when it comes to athletic recruiting or a win at all cost mentality!

Bullis has been aggressively recruiting for football for the past several years. Admitting kids who were asked to leave other IAC schools for academic or disciplinary reasons has become the reputation of Bullis. Your football is notorious for bringing kids in the fall for football season who happen to leave after Christmas break, believe me, I have heard this first hand from several current Bullis families who are not happy.

This year alone, Bullis admitted a kid from another IAC school who left on very "rocky" terms and poached St. Andrews starting goalie. Not to mention somehow convinced the #1 recruit in the country to transfer in from over 2 hours away.

GP will not stoop to your level as they don't need to.

Exactly!

It's a question of scale.

One or two cases are one thing. But wholesale recruiting of kids across a number of sports is yet another.

I admire the creativity and chutzpah of the Bullis strategy. They are trying to make a traditionally unattractive school more attractive.

But the other schools see how this is done and react accordingly. No one is going to elevate Bullis to being a "Rival" no matter how many games they win.

Bullis is selling these people a bill of goods suggesting that it's just like the other IAC schools. It isn't and never has been.

The Bullis strategy may work and attract more and maybe even better applicants. But the already low opinion of the school among the other schools is going to suffer.

This disapproval in and of itself isn't enough to dissuade Bullis from pursuing a strategy that has worked a lot of other places. Build a winning sports program, get exposure and favorable press, improve campus enthusiasm and then increase academic standards. It's the modern day version of the Notre Dame strategy that elevated a small Catholic college in the wilds of Indiana into something better.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Visi cheating?

What is this? Joke?

I didn't see what this was in reply to but I can bet that Holton wishes they had ordered some stick checks on Monday after they found at least 3 were illegal yesterday. And the refs seem to have missed some Visi players blatant holding shirts while covering Holton - multiple Holton players were frustrated by this. It's too bad they had to play like that.

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This is a lax board, so back to lax.

I would love to get some debate going on All-IAC...a ton of talent in this league, so who are the top dogs at each position?

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This is a lax board, so back to lax.

Anonymous wrote:What Culver or Hill or any of these schools do has nothing to do with the IAC. Except maybe to give cover for apologists of Bullis's approach locally. (We're not as bad as IMG Academy." isn't going to impress the other IAC schools)

I expect Bullis will continue to water the grass. But than don't try to have that and acceptance into the IAC Gentlemen's club at the same time.

But let's be blunt.

These other schools and their supporters (parent's alums, etc) see what Bullis is doing and would disagree that this is even close to anything the other schools have ever done. And it's just not lacrosse. Football would be Exhibit "A".

Bullis has never had an IAC rival like SSSA v. EHS or Prep v. Landon or STA and Landon. It's always been slightly outside the loop. Technically an IAC member but really thought of as "A public school you pay for"). The current Bullis IAC nickname is "Falls Road High School".

This new emphasis on athletics and the way it is being done is NOT improving the image of the school among the others.

Sorry, you can't have it both ways.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes! Congrats to Visi on a hard-fought victory. Holton did seem to win that second half and I think we’re starting to see more parity in the ISL, which is great for the league. Too bad the Cubs just can’t figure out a way to beat the Saints.

Or keep their sticks legal. According to the Washington Post article, they had 3 failed stick checks in the 25 minutes that was played yesterday.

It was pouring yesterday through out the game. Strings stretch out over time, and especially in the rain.

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Anonymous wrote:Visi cheating?

What is this? Joke?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Visi cheating?

What is this? Joke?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes! Congrats to Visi on a hard-fought victory. Holton did seem to win that second half and I think we’re starting to see more parity in the ISL, which is great for the league. Too bad the Cubs just can’t figure out a way to beat the Saints.

Or keep their sticks legal. According to the Washington Post article, they had 3 failed stick checks in the 25 minutes that was played yesterday.

Anonymous wrote:Visi cheating?