ChiefJusticeMarshall said:

On your first point this is so true. Going to high school in the 80's a dunk was a really rare thing in the WPIAL at least. Really rare. Many teams never had one all season long. Most kids 6'2 or 6'3" couldnt dunk. Now? Everyone dunks. My HS is mostly white, but practically the whole team could dunk a few years ago. 6'0 kids are throwing them down. So yeah the athleticism has increased over a generation.

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BreakingPitt said:

I knew this thread was way too positive. lol

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ChiefJusticeMarshall said:

On your first point this is so true. Going to high school in the 80's a dunk was a really rare thing in the WPIAL at least. Really rare. Many teams never had one all season long. Most kids 6'2 or 6'3" couldnt dunk. Now? Everyone dunks. My HS is mostly white, but practically the whole team could dunk a few years ago. 6'0 kids are throwing them down. So yeah the athleticism has increased over a generation.

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Pittnerski said:

Going to be a transfer heavy class since they basically struck out on prep recruits

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Mikefln said:

My God yes. It is easy to see too. Today's kids are way more athletic then my generation (I was in HS in the mid to late 90s), but they are not as good. They practice way more then we did yet they are less skilled.

In my day Lavar Arrington was the only freshman to start Varsity as a freshman. Despite what this board thinks of him because of him being a nitter, there was and is no denying his ability. The facts support that too. National Player of the year, HS All American by everyone, #1 overall recruit, College All American, #2 overall NFL pick, All pro, ect.

Today, how many kids who will not even play college football start their freshman year? Most 5A schools struggle to field a JV team let alone a freshman team. I'm talking 60 kids in the whole HS program. My day at a AA school, 58 kids were on the Varsity team those who didnt see varsity time played JV, and probably 30 kids on the Freshman team.

So yes I do believe that not only HS but college and pro football is worse today. The numbers just aren't there, and the focus on fundamentals are not there either. It's all 7 on 7 crap.

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Sean Miller Fan said:

This also answers Soufie question but the city of Washington is its own school district wholly inside of Trinity school district. Its weird. And sometimes its unavoidable to bring up the fiscal attitudes of a school district's population when discussing expenditures that school district is making. The area is very poor and rural. I am just shocked they got that facility approved. It would be one thing if they had very successful sports programs as some poor areas do. But Trinity completely sucks at everything except, and I am guessing here, wrestling, given its location.

As for new homes, while I am sure there will be home new homes built, I dont think its going to offset the long-term population loss of such a rural school district. Western PA is declining in population. It looks like Trinity is made up of South Strabane, North Franklin, and Amwell. North Franklin and Amwell didnt grow from 2000 to 2020. South Strabane went from 8000 people to 9600 in 20 years. That's a nice growth rate but adding 1600 residents over a 20 year period doesn't necessitate building a bunch of new buildings primarily for "future growth" especially in a very poor area.

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