First off, please name the "extremely" good players at other schools that didn't meet CVCA's admission standards. Lol, sounds so CVCA. One of my sons, left CVCA after eighth grade, and went to Hoban due to the lack of football culture at CVCA. Started all four years, won three state titles, and graduated in 2018. He worked hard enough to be one of the best to ever play on Dowed Field. Absolutely loved the Hoban experience. Played D1 college, and now coaches on a Power 5 roster. CVCA didn't then, and still doesn't, have the resources to coach and develop that level of football talent. Stick to CVCA football, aka soccer. That's one student athlete post the 2016 class you mentioned. By the way, that 2016 was no more talented than any other class after. What are you talking about? Instead of taking shots at student athletes, you should take accountability. You and the rest of that coaching staff were directly responsible for their growth and production. The types of losses reflected the coaching staff. I will exclude Coach's Larlham and Duke. They actually knew what the hell they were doing. Yes, I was there, and know quite a bit about what was going on at CVCA then. Some terrible so-called leaders that completely yielded to the awful politics that fill that school. That leads me to my other son, who decided to stay at CVCA. Also, part of that no so good class of 2018 you referred to. That "weren't hard workers". He also, spent his entire youth playing the highest levels of football, along with two other sports. Also could have played at Hoban, and had great success, but decided to stay at CVCA for reasons outside of football. Needless to say, his sports career was ended early not by a physical injury, but mental. Between the political culture, and poor, or poorly trained coaches, his confidence was taken away. Been a very tough road since. Not blaming CVCA entirely, but a schools culture, especially one professing Christ, which includes teachers and coaches, should be helping students. Instead, the total opposite happened. So, Paction, take a look in the mirror before trashing student-athletes. You are part of the problem! CVCA will never win anything in football because the school doesn't truly invest into it in any way. The track and turf were put in for track, and most certainly soccer. Stop defending it and sure as hell don't blame the students.
This is a follow-up to
my original response to this post, which was quite simple on Saturday morning. There's plenty to unpack in this post. I'll start with the interesting fact that this individual created an account after midnight on a Friday night/Saturday morning and made a ranting post at 1:22 AM, and then has not been back on the board since? Who does that? But that is besides the point.
There are enough breadcrumbs in the post that it took only about ten minutes to identify the player in question. Hoban sent 11 seniors from their 2018 team to play college football. The ABJ lists them, along with the other 22 student athletes that pursued athletic careers beyond high school
here. Two of the 11 played D1; two played FCS; the other seven played D3. One of those two is currently a grad assistant at Wisconsin.
I hesitated to post a longer response until now, as I sought to uncover some facts. The issues referenced all occurred before my family first became associated with CVCA. But since Saturday morning, I have been able to confirm that this individual was enrolled at CVCA during the 2013-14 school year - his 8th grade year (source: a CVCA yearbook). He was not on the football team. In fact, he was not on any athletic team. He was not at CVCA for 7th grade. Beyond these details, very little is known. The student turned up at Hoban as a freshman and for all intents and purposes, balled out, won three titles and went D1.
I will add that from his online presence, it appears that life has turned out very well. And I hope this continues for him.
Now to the oddities. Why dredge up issues from 11 years ago? Why post on a Friday night/Saturday morning overnight? So many questions.
Here's the reality. The 2013-16 CVCA varsity football teams were amongst the worst in program history. CVCA went 5-5 in 2013 - the year this student was in 8th grade, and then went a collective 3-27 the next three seasons across two coaching staffs. Both staffs had great success at the school - in one case before that four-year period and in the other case, after that period ended. I guarantee neither staff forgot how to coach.
To
@the123kidz' original point, sometimes the talent or the work ethic or leadership isn't there at the varsity level. You see this at all levels of sport.
Here's another thing I know. That 2013 7th/8th grade football team was loaded. Those are the kids that collectively brought CVCA back as juniors and seniors in 2017 and 2018. Chief among them was Tre Tucker, with whom this student would eventually be a teammate at Cincinnati. This individual would have no doubt accelerated that rebuild.
I have no idea why this young man did not participate in athletics at CVCA. What I do know is that football coaches are in the business of shaping lives, maximizing talent and trying to win games.
There are strong accusations in the original post. Knowing the character of nearly all the people involved at the school, there simply has to be more to the story. But does it really matter? Seems it worked out well for all concerned.
Eleven years is a long time to simmer. As I said in my original post, I am hopeful that success continues to follow the now young man. And I hope that the poster can move on.
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