WPIAL football transfers

[Slick Manager of Champs]

Looks like WPIAL football is no longer immune to players transferring out. WPIAL basketball took a beating, although some of the transfers were to local charter/private schools.

We'd probably be talking about North Hills as being one of the all time great basketball teams had Maleek Thomas, Parham, and Green(I think that was his name) not all transferred out.

 

[yourhired]

It's a real shame

 

[lutzcody182]

transferring out of wpial basketball makes sense to me but for football it does not.

 

[BigChungus90210]

I just don’t get the point. It’s not like Aliquippa is underexposed to big time CFB programs. Are people really paying for HS players?

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

Let’s say you are a national powerhouse like IMG. You are essentially a college with the training and NIL $. It’s only going to get worse with national recruiting of Freshmen in HS.

 

[steelcurtain55.]

The last WPIAL "stud" that went down there became a backup.

He's jumping on a roster with wolves. If Poggi gets involved the pool will soon like that 2019 team did with Blake Corum. That 2019 team's defense had a 2 deep with all power 5 kids. The entire DL went to the SEC.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

The north had its time in the football sun. But it's the south's world now; we're just up here living in it... while shoveling snow.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

The last WPIAL "stud" that went down there became a backup.

He's jumping on a roster with wolves. If Poggi gets involved the pool will soon like that 2019 team did with Blake Corum. That 2019 team's defense had a 2 deep with all power 5 kids. The entire DL went to the SEC.

That’s probably what is going to happen.

 

[steelcurtain55.]

The other thing is I'm not sure how familiar he is with St. Frances but it's in the hood. It makes Aliquippa seem like Sewickley. Poggi took them from being a Baltimore City private school and bought housing and they brought kids in from all over the DMV and sometimes Philly. That style of recruiting got them kicked out of the MIAA, Maryland's private league. The education resembles Pittsburgh Public.

That’s probably what is going to happen.

 

[ChiefJusticeMarshall]

I just don’t get the point. It’s not like Aliquippa is underexposed to big time CFB programs. Are people really paying for HS players?

I hear ya, but St Frances Prep is like one of the top 5 programs in the nation.

 

[ChiefJusticeMarshall]

The north had its time in the football sun. But it's the south's world now; we're just up here living in it... while shoveling snow.

Yeah......I haven't used my snow blower in over 3 years. I live in northern Allegheny County.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

Yeah......I haven't used my snow blower in over 3 years. I live in northern Allegheny County.

I've been spraying Aquanet directly into the o-zone layer since 2001 in hopes that we could make the weather a little beachier around the Burgh. You're quite welcome.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

I just don’t get the point. It’s not like Aliquippa is underexposed to big time CFB programs. Are people really paying for HS players?

insert Central Catholic joke "here"

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

I've been spraying Aquanet directly into the o-zone layer since 2001 in hopes that we could make the weather a little beachier around the Burgh. You're quite welcome.

every time i go to a coffee place to buy a coffee, i use 2 single use straws, not just one..

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

every time i go to a coffee place to buy a coffee, i use 2 single use straws, not just one..

Excellent work. I only hope you are driving a Pagania Zonda F to get there and back. But I'll settle for a beat up 1982 Chevy Suburban with a hole in the muffler.

 

[PittFanDan17]

IMG is a cult of rich white dads paying for hs players. Weird

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

IMG is a cult of rich white dads paying for hs players. Weird

you sure about that?

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

you sure about that?

Well he never said Charlie from Me, Myself, and Irene isn't the dad.

 

[pittdan77]

every time i go to a coffee place to buy a coffee, i use 2 single use straws, not just one..

You monster!

 

[mike 301]

I just don’t get the point. It’s not like Aliquippa is underexposed to big time CFB programs. Are people really paying for HS players?

Central , St Frances , and St. Joes have been doing it for years ...

 

[forbesfield]

Central , St Frances , and St. Joes have been doing it for years ...

Central is only paying tuition.

 

[mike 301]

Central is only paying tuition.

No Dif ...

 

[forbesfield]

No Dif ...

Disagree.

 

[PittFanDan17]

you sure about that?

Look at every other sport knowitall

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

Look at every other sport knowitall

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

In football, at these big-time high school programs, you have some rich people that will pay the tuition just to have their kid make the team. In some cases, the same thing happens at a D3 school in football. The coach will bring on a filler essentially to fill out the roster if the family has the money to pay full tuition.

 

[thebadby2]

The last WPIAL "stud" that went down there became a backup.

He's jumping on a roster with wolves. If Poggi gets involved the pool will soon like that 2019 team did with Blake Corum. That 2019 team's defense had a 2 deep with all power 5 kids. The entire DL went to the SEC.

At least that 2019 St. Frances team was almost entirely DC/Baltimore area kids.

Is Poggi the U of Michigan guy that worked for Harbaugh?

 

[thebadby2]

Yeah......I haven't used my snow blower in over 3 years. I live in northern Allegheny County.

Same, and I live in metro Detroit. Forget northern football, it's northern winter that's truly dead.

 

[steelcurtain55.]

At least that 2019 St. Frances team was almost entirely DC/Baltimore area kids.

Is Poggi the U of Michigan guy that worked for Harbaugh?

Yes, he is.

 

[Upg bobcat]

you sure about that?

You forgot to include the picture of IMG's JV team.

 

[Burgh15]

Same, and I live in metro Detroit. Forget northern football, it's northern winter that's truly dead.

I just watched this about football in the northeast.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

You forgot to include the picture of IMG's JV team.

that looks like your typical high school JV basketball team.

 

[thebadby2]

IMG is a cult of rich white dads paying for hs players. Weird

Football, boys and girls basketball, and track all beg to differ. Baseball too. Those rosters are almost all athletic scholarship kids and it's a Division 1 athletics clearinghouse.

I think one season about 5-6 years ago, there were 5 starting QBs for top 25 teams that were all IMG grads. every year, 4-5 top football prospects from my area (metro Detroit) leave strong H.S programs for IMG to increase their recruiting profile. All of them have ended up with P4 full rides and many have been impact players at the next level. None of them have been white kids with affluent parents.

I also have a friend whose son was the top H.S. shotputter in the country. He actually is a relatively wealthy suburban white guy. But his kid was identified early on as a prodigy, went to IMG for 4 years on a full ride, ended up throwing for Oregon, the best track and field program in the country.

 

[thebadby2]

In football, at these big-time high school programs, you have some rich people that will pay the tuition just to have their kid make the team. In some cases, the same thing happens at a D3 school in football. The coach will bring on a filler essentially to fill out the roster if the family has the money to pay full tuition.

D3 does not have athletic scholarships so everyone technically pays their own tuition, although most if not all athletes get some of it paid by grants based on academic merit or need.

 

[thebadby2]

You forgot to include the picture of IMG's JV team.

What's the difference?

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

What's the difference?

we found the rich white, asian and indian dads who were paying for their kids to play high school basketball.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

D3 does not have athletic scholarships so everyone technically pays their own tuition, although most if not all athletes get some of it paid by grants based on academic merit or need.

Correct - I’ve heard some creative ways that schools like Mt. Union will use to land guys they want. If a school like that really wants you, then you aren’t paying full tuition and the stars of the team are getting compensated as well. It used to be through no-show jobs.

 

[Saboteur II]

It's a real shame

Why is it a shame? School isn’t prison. If some high school student thought they could do better and learn more at another school because they had a better program in their field of interest, go for it.