Now here comes the bashing of the MIC coaching staff, but I think it is a legitimate complaint. You know the players read these forums. Yet, you are on here talking about a current high school QB saying that his coach is not doing enough for him. So you are trying to plant some doubt in his mind about the program that has spent four years developing him. It’s one thing to do it in a website forum, but when you do it in real life that’s what pisses me off. I know the MIC coach spoke to one of top players from last year at the 7 on 7 tournaments that are held in the off season. The conversation sounded almost exactly like what you’ve put on here about our current QB. “You’re too good to not have offers”. “Isn’t your coach calling around for you”. “He should be doing more”. And you know what, it worked. That kid did transfer. But it ended up being a win/win. He’s still having great success at a bigger program, and it made the TJ team pull together and play that much harder. But it cost some relationships in the process. I know you’re going to say it’s all about the kids, and you just want to make sure they are getting the attention they deserve. If that was true, then the MIC coach should be offering his knowledge and experience to the other coaches in the conference. He’s obviously great at it. Help them get attention for their top players. And if a coach won’t listen, because he may not, then when you’re talking to recruiters let them know they should go check out the player at TJ or CSD or Bessemer. That would be really doing it for the kids.
I feel for the coaches with programs in close proximity to MIC. I hope they are aware that this is what their players are exposed to when they go to these 7 on 7 tournaments. I find it very interesting that the last 2 years MIC has received some very talented transfers from surrounding schools. I’m sure you guys have great reasons why the kids left programs that spent years developing them. They may even be legitimate. There are plenty of a#@hole coaches out there that deserve to have players leave their programs. All I’m saying is it would be nice to see star players on the MIC team that have been developed not recruited. I’m sure you will point to #5, and that’s fair. But even he already played like a grown man when he transferred in as a freshman.
I’m going to end with this. I’m not really a MIC hater. I want you guys to do well. I want the Southern Piedmont Conference to be the best in the state. It’s great for all the teams if we are seen as having top talent even though they come from smaller schools. To your point, it makes college recruiters want to come to our games. With MIC's proximity to Charlotte you can attract some top talent, which definitely gives you an advantage. More power to you. I’m just saying don’t lose sight of the bigger picture. For every kid that has D1 talent on your team there are 10 more that don’t. Go ahead and celebrate the kid that’s been at your school for less than 6 months but still received a D1 offer. That should be a big deal. But what about the kid that came in as a freshman with marginal size and talent. He worked his butt off and now, as a senior, finally gets to start on special teams. It would be great to also see a post on Instagram and Twitter about him making a tackle in a big game. That would be doing it the right way in high school football. Let’s try to remember what it’s really about at this level. Developing boys into men. Most men never get a D1 scholarship, but they can get something even more valuable from great coaches.