Effect of Hurricanes on HS football

[OldTimer]

The Beaumont schools haven't restarted yet. Those area schools have been allowed to just "pick" a team to participate in the playoffs.

Most Houston area schools open this week and will be devided into two zones...each team will play 3 games, then the best from each zone will have a one game playoff to select playoff teams.

At least one district in on of these areas will just forfeit any playoff games. They are are not open yet either.

How does this affect NT? We had at least a dozen prospects in these areas. If they don't play their SR year...we have to rely upon their performance up to that time. This eliminates the "late bloomers". At least two of last years signees,,both lineman, did not play fb until their Sr. year in High schools, others did not "bloom" until their Sr. year...some playing behind last years very high ranked Srs. We lose this opportunity.

Yes it affects other schools also, but the larger schools usually get their players first...UT has already committed 24 players and several others have a dozen or more. We pick normally from what is leftover....if you eliminate the late bloomers and those who would have played in their Sr. year it hurts schools like NT.

Add to this the Dallas ISD had only 6 players in the DMN all area teams and only 4 of them had grades to attend Div. 1 school. The FW ISD has down rated its entire athletic program, its programs don't have the facilities, the budget, equipment, coaching positions and salaries, etc. to develop Div 1 players. Yes some quality players might beat the odds. In some athletic programs...coaches are made to play all players, not the best. * We have recruited some. from FW.in one year he was the only Div i player out of FW. I also remember a good RB we recruited that may not have even played for Nt because of elgibility. (*I was told this by a former head FB coach in the FT Worth district.) Yes, some quality players might beat these odds but they are the exception.

Edited October 8, 2005 by OldTimer