Comments on: O’Dowd’s Ashley transferring to Findlay Prep (UPDATED)

By: Prep Fan

Prep Fan — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:36:04 +0000

Ashley’s sister transferred into BOD for her senior season from Amador Valley, so it may not have taken much advice to convince mom that moving schools was the way to go. After all, the grass is always greener somewhere else.

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By: hoops

hoops — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:59:37 +0000

He has the I only care about myself disease and he caught it in the AAU program from an AAU “coach” who was fired from his high school job for blatant recruiting and having his recruits all live in a house ala findlay prep.Just a great person for his mother to be seeking advice from.Leave your friends,teammates and all of the relationships you built in 3 years at BOD because some AAU guy determines you will have a better path to the NBA at a fake school in Las Vegas.If he was going to some special national basketball program with most of the best players in the country to play against everyday and had a real educational experience with it, I would say do it.Once in a lifetime experience.Findlay is not going to be a difference maker in his NBA future.It may well turn out to be a BIG negative when you consider losing out on his final year at a real school may affect him for the rest of his life.

By: dgreen

dgreen — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:50:42 +0000

SJ510, so hy do you think he is going to Findlay Prep? just go for one yr to play against top talent, he obviosuly will be doing that in a yrs time anyway so why transfer now after 3 years at BOD? tell me. And im well aware of the type of recruit he is, which is my whole point, he is getting all the attn he needs, so why leave. Terrible decsision by the parents in my opinion, but I guess playing against more guys his size is a good reason becasue around here he doesnt. So I am not sure how he does in AAU against bigger guys but that seems to be the only reason I could think for him to want to go to Findlay prep, him and the kid from Salesian.

By: dgreen

dgreen — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:16:26 +0000

I think everyone has great points, I just think there is no reason for him to leave BOD especially as a senior. he has already put in so much time at BOD and what about his teammates. he is going to go to a big time school anyway so to leave kn ow just shows no loyaty to his team. And Coach Vierra has done a great job at BOD. And it is true he may not go deep into his bench but at the same time he teaches the game. AndI remember when there was no issue about if ur kid played or not, he is learning how to compete and be part of a team. thats what is most important.

By: BOD Pastime

BOD Pastime — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:12:40 +0000

Coach Perenon was a great coach and a good man. His discipline and ability to mold boys into men will no doubt be missed in the coming years at O’Dowd. I played under the man and yes, he and the assistants could be tough, but the life skills I learned from playing football at BOD are still with me to this day. I also had Vierra as a teacher and I can say that he is also a great teacher and molder of honorable people, which is what HS sports should be all about.

Ashley will regret his decision in 10 years time, NBA or not.

By: Ebalfan #2

Ebalfan #2 — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:49:42 +0000

Playing dls basketball is a miserable experience but they excel. This years team had the lowest level of talent in 10 years but they won NorCal. Kids show up on there own at 6 AM to shoot 500 3 point shots before school starts. Nothing replaces desire to be the best.

Findlay Prep is a joke.

By: hoops

hoops — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:01:46 +0000

GDOG…on the one hand you state that it is not possible for DLS to have a PE class for basketball players due to schedules,etc.,but in your prior post you said EBAL schools and others do it all the time.Why is it possible for them but not DLS?Anyway the main point is that DLS practices all year round one way or another.How they do it is not the point, but they do it.Just admit it.It is ok.They still have a great program and Allocco is still a great coach.I have personally seen them lose a summer league game several years ago and immediately go out of the gym and start practicing on the outdoor courts FOR ALMOST 2 HOURS.They execute better than anybody,their attention to detail is second to none and they play with passion.For hopefully the last time with no disrespect intended, all I am saying is if you have some idea of Allocco showing up for practice in November, going hard for 2 weeks before their games start and having some supernatural ability to teach his team to execute at the level they do, you are in fantasy land.They PRACTICE ALL YEAR ROUND.Talk to someone who plays for them.Really.DLS is awesome but they do what they do to become awesome…which is practice year round.To play at their level it takes constant repetition.That takes time.They spend the time.They are not evil.Just making a point.Go Spartans.Other teams practice almost as much but they do not have Allocco.Practice does not make perfect.Perfect practice makes perfect.Hence the Allocco edge.The only coach better than Allocco coaches another sport at DLS.You may have heard of him.

By: Gdog

Gdog — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:14:24 +0000

Hoops,

Maybe they were all in the same class playing dodge ball. You have kids at every grade level with different apptitude levels and you are going to have all their schedules work so they can be in the same PE class? Sounds like Findlay Prep possibly with custom curiculum and 3-4 kids per class. Heck, Ashley & Artis just should have enrolled at DLS as Freshman and got 4 full years in instead of 1. BTW DLS is still practicing in March because they are playing for a state title while most teams’ seasons ended a month earlier. You can get pretty good with an extra month to practice.

By: lonewolf

lonewolf — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:27:47 +0000

Findlay Prep..is a vain attempt to follow the European format of true club soccer academy’s. In Europe many of the large soccer / sport clubs have full scale youth academies, school and soccer are all one. But the schools / academy’s in Europe are true schools of higher education that also incorporate sport training. Eventually you will start see this more in the US.

By: hoops

hoops — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:17:24 +0000

gdog….I do not want to get all negative here but I know that DLS use to have PE classes that had most of the bb players in it.If not a trusted person was lying to me.Whether PE class is accurate or not, are you saying that Alloco does not practice with his players anytime betwwen March and November?They definitely practice and he may do it using loopholes like having an AAU team that is all DLS guys or some other BS but they definitely put in a tremendous amount of time.As long as the players are for being required to devote that much time I am ok with it.It becomes a problem when kids are forced to play 365 days a year if they want to play for DLS or any other school.This is why NCS should drop the practice rules.It makes people lie and cheat and bend the rules in every way possible.As a coach you should not have to teach your 16 year olds this is how you get around the rules.