Just the HS s in Atlanta anr freaking huge I have a cousin teaches their. His school has 3400 he told me.
1A West next year?
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Sounds like they need to build another school. Myers Park if the numbers are right has almost 3600 kids
Where did you find that number. This website pretty neat on finding info.
I think this is the bottom line in the argument:
Let’s assume for a minute. Let’s say Andrews has 250 kids. (I know it’s 210)
Of those 250, let’s split girls and boys in half. So that means 125 guys. For football purposes only, let’s say that half of the 125 boys are athletes of other sports/non athletes. That leaves you with 62.5 kids to play football. (Once again, I know Andrews obviously doesn’t have 63 football players. This is for comparison purposes only.) so basically assuming of those 210 kids, 63 of them are football players.
Let’s also take that same formula and apply it to Draughn.
Draughn has roughly 650 kids.
Half = 325 boys and 325 girls.
Half of that = 162.5 non athletes/other sport athletes. So that leaves 162.5 football players….
Before I get lashed at, this is just comparison purposes only using the same formula. We know that typically if you field 50 players on varsity, you’re doing something right.
Let’s go a bit further. Say Andrews fields a roster of 50 out of those 62.5. Let’s say 1/4 of those are your typical football player. (Good athlete, good skills, etc.)
So 12.5 good football players = a first string plus 1. So you have all your athletes playing both ways and have hardly any good depth…
Same formula for Draughn
Roster of 50 but you’ve picked from 162 so the talent pool is much much deeper. So I’m that same roster of 50, you’re looking at approximately 25-30 good football players. That’s nearly 3 strings of good football players and no playing both ways.
Before your Draughn posters and bandwagoners get mad, I only used Draughn as an example. This applies to all schools. The bigger you are, the more you have to choose from. I also understand that there are a lot of variables that go into this. We take pride in beating bigger schools but we also play them at the beginning of the year every year when we are healthy. I think when you start talking about playoffs, it changes things. It’s at the end of the year and lots of injuries have taken place. The difference between Andrews and a team like Draughn comes down to one factor. Depth. Draughn has good depth while teams like Andrews have little to no depth.
If this is scattered, I’m sorry. Don’t take offense to this post. It’s just a comparison proving something we’ve been battling for years.
Let’s assume for a minute. Let’s say Andrews has 250 kids. (I know it’s 210)
Of those 250, let’s split girls and boys in half. So that means 125 guys. For football purposes only, let’s say that half of the 125 boys are athletes of other sports/non athletes. That leaves you with 62.5 kids to play football. (Once again, I know Andrews obviously doesn’t have 63 football players. This is for comparison purposes only.) so basically assuming of those 210 kids, 63 of them are football players.
Let’s also take that same formula and apply it to Draughn.
Draughn has roughly 650 kids.
Half = 325 boys and 325 girls.
Half of that = 162.5 non athletes/other sport athletes. So that leaves 162.5 football players….
Before I get lashed at, this is just comparison purposes only using the same formula. We know that typically if you field 50 players on varsity, you’re doing something right.
Let’s go a bit further. Say Andrews fields a roster of 50 out of those 62.5. Let’s say 1/4 of those are your typical football player. (Good athlete, good skills, etc.)
So 12.5 good football players = a first string plus 1. So you have all your athletes playing both ways and have hardly any good depth…
Same formula for Draughn
Roster of 50 but you’ve picked from 162 so the talent pool is much much deeper. So I’m that same roster of 50, you’re looking at approximately 25-30 good football players. That’s nearly 3 strings of good football players and no playing both ways.
Before your Draughn posters and bandwagoners get mad, I only used Draughn as an example. This applies to all schools. The bigger you are, the more you have to choose from. I also understand that there are a lot of variables that go into this. We take pride in beating bigger schools but we also play them at the beginning of the year every year when we are healthy. I think when you start talking about playoffs, it changes things. It’s at the end of the year and lots of injuries have taken place. The difference between Andrews and a team like Draughn comes down to one factor. Depth. Draughn has good depth while teams like Andrews have little to no depth.
If this is scattered, I’m sorry. Don’t take offense to this post. It’s just a comparison proving something we’ve been battling for years.
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How would they become a force. Isn't that Halifax county? People living there do t want to live there. What makes you think they would want to go there.
New HERE but I’ve been around a while…seen and experienced a lot firsthand 🤷♂️
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