Comments on: Final 2012 East Bay boys basketball poll

By: Noshow moreno

Noshow moreno — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:46:39 +0000

The stronger the program the better for the community. one thing for sure richmond should be proud of the PRIDE.. I would say hoops has a valid argument with this years pride team with Bird, tagaloa and crew, beating DLS pitts and udemyi squad, because I have seen both this year and the pride by far has the TALENT…but if this was the case then Mitty with Aaron Gordon..arguably the best player in the bay area to (some over Bird) would not have lost by last second 3. in any case it is good to see talent go to private schools but of course the public schools dont get a fair shake. Now on the football end with salesian beating DLS.. i would say to hoops… to stick to hoops

By: hoops

hoops — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:15:52 +0000

Generally speaking the only pub schools left that compete with the private schools are the ones that have half their teams from outside their district.How many of New Memorials,Castro Valley’s players do you think live in Newark or CV.Berk high has had girls teams in the past where none of their good players lived in Berkeley..zero.As I said generally speaking and I should add the schools that are always good like the 3 mentioned are what I am talking about.Some of the lower div publics are consistently good like campo and miramonte but it is rare that they can compete with the elite teams.

By: junior

junior — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:10:41 +0000

Hey don’t shoot the messenger. I’m just delivering the good news.

By: Prep Fan

Prep Fan — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:20:53 +0000

Is that how a power shift is gauged? I thought winning all 10 events at Sacto last week spoke volumes. I’m not sure what the criteria was for those chosen to play, but I think they were looking more for entertainment value than whether they went to a public or private school or how good their high school team was.

By: junior

junior — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:12:58 +0000

Hoops power shift to the publics??? 17 of the Yay area’s finest all stars (of 24) came from the public school ranks.

By: concrete17

concrete17 — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:02:40 +0000

“@ Hoops Says:
April 1st, 2012 at 9:21 am
Hoops doesn’t know anything…….”

….oh yeah and your shoe’s untied…..April FOOL

By: @ Hoops

@ Hoops — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:21:04 +0000

Hoops doesn’t know anything. He’s upset that his DLS Spartans are not Elite. Salesian can beat DLs in Hoops and in Football.

By: MckBooth

MckBooth — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:53:02 +0000

Hey if I’m an inner city kid with talent to play at the next level the last thing I want to be an issue is whether or not I can handle the academic portion of a scholarship. What I have seen at the private schools is that if you can’t handle the academics, you are out.
I know BOD graduates 95% of their kids from college. A parent should take that into consideration when thinking of the future of some of these kids. The education is the bottom line. That’s the reason that you have more kids go to the private schools. If you look at the choices in some of these areas you as a responsible adult would want your kid to go a college preparatory type school if you had the means and choice.

By: hoops

hoops — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:04:14 +0000

I guess all the Catholic high schools make a choice.They all have admission requirements/test scores etc.If you have an athletic friendly administration you will let athletes in and be more lenient with the academic qualifications if there is an issue with an individual.Same thing with the financial aid.It is the way of the world.It is great for the school and attracts more general applications when the school has a great athletic program.I know for a fact that not ALL schools are more generous with athletes,but most are today.Once you become established like Salesian is now,it becomes much easier because winning attracts more athletes.Salesian rose so quickly from mediocre to elite it was like they won the lottery.

By: salesian is # 1

salesian is # 1 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:19:20 +0000

Salesian is too good. They are awesome!!!!