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Post by theicecreamfish on Feb 26, 2024 13:17:53 GMT -6
What was the argument to move from a 24 to 32 team playoff?
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Post by smoser on Feb 26, 2024 13:18:59 GMT -6
sorry for my bad math, I thought 2014 - 2023 was 9 years. Thats why I only teach AP Government.
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Post by dualdellortos on Feb 26, 2024 13:26:17 GMT -6
What was the argument to move from a 24 to 32 team playoff? More kids get to participate and no byes. |
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Post by theicecreamfish on Feb 26, 2024 13:37:39 GMT -6
What was the argument to move from a 24 to 32 team playoff? More kids get to participate and no byes. What was so bad about having byes in the playoffs? |
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Post by retired_thibodaux_coach on Feb 26, 2024 14:38:46 GMT -6
Maybe LHSAA should go back to 3 divisions, playoff time split each division into select and non-select, and have a 16 team playoff for each.
Then to top it off, the weekend after the championships, have the select and non-select champions play each other for a true division champion.
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Post by dualdellortos on Feb 26, 2024 14:42:45 GMT -6
Maybe LHSAA should go back to 3 divisions, playoff time split each division into select and non-select, and have a 16 team playoff for each. Then to top it off, the weekend after the championships, have the select and non-select champions play each other for a true division champion. I like, but how many non-select teams are there in the current D4 and the lower level of D3 enrollment? On the girls side I believe there are only a couple that meet the current definition of non-select schools. |
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Post by retired_thibodaux_coach on Feb 26, 2024 14:52:41 GMT -6
Maybe LHSAA should go back to 3 divisions, playoff time split each division into select and non-select, and have a 16 team playoff for each. Then to top it off, the weekend after the championships, have the select and non-select champions play each other for a true division champion. I like, but how many non-select teams are there in the current D4 and the lower level of D3 enrollment? On the girls side I believe there are only a couple that meet the current definition of non-select schools. agree. its not perfect and would take some tweaking. I was tempted to say 16 non-select and 12 select or vice versa depending, because LHSAA already does that for other sports if I'm not mistaken like basketball. because really, in D1 boys, Jesuit, St. Paul's, Catholic- BR, Brother Martin, and a few magnet schools that are really the only "select" schools. It would be when you combine them with DII that it would be interesting. But if you follow how LHSAA does it for football, then it gets really interesting with Alexandria, Carencro, Acadiana, Woodlawn-BR, and others falling into "select". |
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Post by schwehmmy on Feb 26, 2024 16:07:45 GMT -6
I like, but how many non-select teams are there in the current D4 and the lower level of D3 enrollment? On the girls side I believe there are only a couple that meet the current definition of non-select schools. agree. its not perfect and would take some tweaking. I was tempted to say 16 non-select and 12 select or vice versa depending, because LHSAA already does that for other sports if I'm not mistaken like basketball. because really, in D1 boys, Jesuit, St. Paul's, Catholic- BR, Brother Martin, and a few magnet schools that are really the only "select" schools. It would be when you combine them with DII that it would be interesting. But if you follow how LHSAA does it for football, then it gets really interesting with Alexandria, Carencro, Acadiana, Woodlawn-BR, and others falling into "select". I think that that says a lot about the need to divide select/non-select that there are only 6ish select schools in D1 out of 40+ but they have all of the titles in the last 10 years and the only non-select school to make the final is the largest one in the state. Also, note that those select schools are strictly private schools. Maybe have 2 select divisions and 3 non-select. |
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Post by gallstar on Feb 26, 2024 21:58:28 GMT -6
D-1 public
D-2 public
D-1 private
D-2 private
Four is plenty and if a school chooses to play up no problem. Moser is welcome to challenge me on any subject because he’s the Louisiana GOAT of high-school soccer. His public appearances post in the state playoffs is just further to my position. Who cares about the last loser? No champs in 20 years isn’t just a coincidence. It’s not debatable. It’s 20 years with only one type of school. Large private schools with a separate set of rules. Imagine a world where we set a rule or standard that only applies to the piñata that’s been beaten for 20 plus years. Only blue people can accept players from all over while red people must only take kids from Hwy 61 to Hwy 429. Whoops cut that down again. It’s not 61 to Brittney tower road. Quit crying you sissy!
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Post by schwehmmy on Feb 26, 2024 22:05:41 GMT -6
D-1 public D-2 public D-1 private D-2 private Four is plenty and if a school chooses to play up no problem. Moser is welcome to challenge me on any subject because he’s the Louisiana GOAT of high-school soccer. His public appearances post in the state playoffs is just further to my position. Who cares about the last loser? No champs in 20 years isn’t just a coincidence. It’s not debatable. It’s 20 years with only one type of school. Large private schools with a separate set of rules. Imagine a world where we set a rule or standard that only applies to the piñata that’s been beaten for 20 plus years. Only blue people can accept players from all over while red people must only take kids from Hwy 61 to Hwy 429. Whoops cut that down again. It’s not 61 to Brittney tower road. Quit crying you sissy! So what does it take to get LHSAA to even consider this? |
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Post by gallstar on Feb 26, 2024 22:06:23 GMT -6
D-1 public D-2 public D-1 private D-2 private Four is plenty and if a school chooses to play up no problem. Moser is welcome to challenge me on any subject because he’s the Louisiana GOAT of high-school soccer. His public appearances post in the state playoffs is just further to my position. Who cares about the last loser? No champs in 20 years isn’t just a coincidence. It’s not debatable. It’s 20 years with only one type of school. Large private schools with a separate set of rules. Imagine a world where we set a rule or standard that only applies to the piñata that’s been beaten for 20 plus years. Only blue people can accept players from all over while red people must only take kids from Hwy 61 to Hwy 429. Whoops cut that down again. It’s not 61 to Brittney tower road. Quit crying you sissy! So what does it take to get LHSAA to even consider this? Money |
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Post by schwehmmy on Feb 26, 2024 22:11:45 GMT -6
So what does it take to get LHSAA to even consider this? Money That's one of the reasons I thought a third public division would help. One more day of finals. Seems to be the same reason they started sending 32 teams to playoffs in all divisions. |
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Post by bigbuf on Feb 27, 2024 6:40:09 GMT -6
D-1 public D-2 public D-1 private D-2 private Four is plenty and if a school chooses to play up no problem. Moser is welcome to challenge me on any subject because he’s the Louisiana GOAT of high-school soccer. His public appearances post in the state playoffs is just further to my position. Who cares about the last loser? No champs in 20 years isn’t just a coincidence. It’s not debatable. It’s 20 years with only one type of school. Large private schools with a separate set of rules. Imagine a world where we set a rule or standard that only applies to the piñata that’s been beaten for 20 plus years. Only blue people can accept players from all over while red people must only take kids from Hwy 61 to Hwy 429. Whoops cut that down again. It’s not 61 to Brittney tower road. Quit crying you sissy! I brought this up last year and was told to sit down and shut up. |
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Post by thscoach on Feb 27, 2024 8:27:31 GMT -6
So what does it take to get LHSAA to even consider this? Money It is not a money issue - any principal can submit a proposal for this to be considered at Convention. The problem is with the amount of votes needed to pass the proposal. When the other sports split, the LHSAA bylaws at that time required only a majority vote to change. A year or two after the split, the bylaws were changed to requiring a 2/3rds majority to amend LHSAA policy. The perception among the ADs and principals is that you cannot get enough votes to pass an amendment to further expand the split nor can you get enough votes to reunite the sports that already split. |
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Post by gallstar on Feb 27, 2024 8:29:45 GMT -6
It is not a money issue - any principal can submit a proposal for this to be considered at Convention. The problem is with the amount of votes needed to pass the proposal. When the other sports split, the LHSAA bylaws at that time required only a majority vote to change. A year or two after the split, the bylaws were changed to requiring a 2/3rds majority to amend LHSAA policy. The perception among the ADs and principals is that you cannot get enough votes to pass an amendment to further expand the split nor can you get enough votes to reunite the sports that already split. money can solve more problems than you can imagine. |
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Post by theicecreamfish on Feb 27, 2024 8:31:31 GMT -6
It is not a money issue - any principal can submit a proposal for this to be considered at Convention. The problem is with the amount of votes needed to pass the proposal. When the other sports split, the LHSAA bylaws at that time required only a majority vote to change. A year or two after the split, the bylaws were changed to requiring a 2/3rds majority to amend LHSAA policy. The perception among the ADs and principals is that you cannot get enough votes to pass an amendment to further expand the split nor can you get enough votes to reunite the sports that already split. money can solve more problems than you can imagine. Well...how do we get that money? |
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Post by retired_thibodaux_coach on Feb 27, 2024 9:22:17 GMT -6
D-1 public D-2 public D-1 private D-2 private Four is plenty and if a school chooses to play up no problem. Moser is welcome to challenge me on any subject because he’s the Louisiana GOAT of high-school soccer. His public appearances post in the state playoffs is just further to my position. Who cares about the last loser? No champs in 20 years isn’t just a coincidence. It’s not debatable. It’s 20 years with only one type of school. Large private schools with a separate set of rules. Imagine a world where we set a rule or standard that only applies to the piñata that’s been beaten for 20 plus years. Only blue people can accept players from all over while red people must only take kids from Hwy 61 to Hwy 429. Whoops cut that down again. It’s not 61 to Brittney tower road. Quit crying you sissy! Lafayette won it last in 2004 but Carencro won it all in 2006 and Caddo Magnet (technically select) won it in 2008. I'd have gone with Carencro as the last non-select to win it all but I saw on LHSAA that for football Carencro is now considered "select". Does anyone know why? |
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Post by petemitchell on Feb 27, 2024 9:28:56 GMT -6
D-1 public D-2 public D-1 private D-2 private Four is plenty and if a school chooses to play up no problem. Moser is welcome to challenge me on any subject because he’s the Louisiana GOAT of high-school soccer. His public appearances post in the state playoffs is just further to my position. Who cares about the last loser? No champs in 20 years isn’t just a coincidence. It’s not debatable. It’s 20 years with only one type of school. Large private schools with a separate set of rules. Imagine a world where we set a rule or standard that only applies to the piñata that’s been beaten for 20 plus years. Only blue people can accept players from all over while red people must only take kids from Hwy 61 to Hwy 429. Whoops cut that down again. It’s not 61 to Brittney tower road. Quit crying you sissy! Lafayette won it last in 2004 but Carencro won it all in 2006 and Caddo Magnet (technically select) won it in 2008. I'd have gone with Carencro as the last non-select to win it all but I saw on LHSAA that for football Carencro is now considered "select". Does anyone know why? It is because Lafayette school district allows school of choice. Any public school participating in this would be select. |
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Post by Bish on Feb 27, 2024 10:01:05 GMT -6
I remember the hay days of this website. Classic Gallstar projecting his insecurities on high schools boys, coaches from all teams using burner account to flirt we each other, and so on. Now that I am revisiting the site, I see a lack of activity across the board. I certainly have an opinion on why this is the case, but I would love to hear from some of the experience community members that took part in making this website active. As always, no answer is stupid unless it’s Gallstar slandering underage kids! Gallstar showed up well after LAPrep's heyday, which was just after it was created (2001 or 2002) up until about the end of that decade. Things were super active back then. You had things like: - Lots of players posting and trash talking - Parents starting threads about how great their kids were, then clutching their pearls when reading any sort of negative posts - Coaches chiming in (and trying to figure out which of their players were posting) - Referees being smug - The owner of this site had to hide behind an alias to avoid legal trouble from some referee who wanted to sue him. - Ex pro players pretending they were God's gift to soccer - Me figuring out ways to avoid the text filters for bad words - And dock soccer of course It was a truly wild time. We didn't have YouTube for most of this time period, or social media...this Board connected communication between teams across the state for the first time ever. It was amazingly addictive, to say the least, and it's a shame that the LA High School soccer community won't ever get to experience it again. The answer to why there was a decline is simple. Most people in general have lost interest in the message board format and moved on to social media platforms because they felt that it was an easier and better way to communicate. The irony is that most people are much more reserved and fake when using those platforms , while on a message board like this, one can be as candid as they like while using an alias, and REAL discussions happen. |
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Post by retired_thibodaux_coach on Feb 27, 2024 10:05:32 GMT -6
Lafayette won it last in 2004 but Carencro won it all in 2006 and Caddo Magnet (technically select) won it in 2008. I'd have gone with Carencro as the last non-select to win it all but I saw on LHSAA that for football Carencro is now considered "select". Does anyone know why? It is because Lafayette school district allows school of choice. Any public school participating in this would be select. oh, well that's interesting.... I didn't know that. Thanks for clarifying. |
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