MariettaPride21 wrote:BluFan wrote:It is to bad that football and some of the other sports (basketball, baseball, volleyball, etc) are not like, golf, track, wrestling, etc where the athlete actually wins the right to be all-league, all-district, all-region & all-state. Football and the other sports depend on not who is the best athlete but who the coach wants on the team. I haven't had anyone in school for several years but even my own kids knew the best athlete was not always picked for these teams and that colleges don't always look at this stuff. They look at your stats, your films and if you are lucky, they come and watch you play. So, if someone doesn't make the all-league or all-district team, it isn't the end of the world, (it may only seem that way at the time)just accept that it is only the coaches opinions. (by the way, my son was voted all district & all state because a coach from another school nominated him, his own coach didn't bother to put his name on the list.)
golf track and wrestling are not individual sports
the all league award for the seoal is very "political"
Unless things have changed in the last 8-10 years and I don't believe they have, in those sports (golf, wrestling, track, etc) it doesn't matter what your record is at the SEOAL meet. The only way you are all-league in these sports is if you finish 1st at the SEOAL meet. The coaches have nothing to do with it. It depends on how you finish, you can have the best record and finish last at the league meet and you will not be all-league. So, yeah, they are team sports but as far as making all-league they are individual.
Football, baseball, basketball and other sports, the players are picked by the coaches for all-league, district, etc. and it is very political and has been for more years than I like to admit being around GAHS sports.
no justification for some but you have to be so sensitive cause of kids 