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Post by lasocrfan on Mar 1, 2004 7:23:57 GMT -6
Don't get the odea that Rummel's focus was not on winning the state championship and that they were happy to merely win district. The point is that Jesuit lost to two teams in their own district and are not deserving to be #2. The final rankings are based on what happened all season, not the last five games. In this case Rummel is being judged on their last thirty minutes.
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Post by goat on Mar 1, 2004 7:36:33 GMT -6
i think crazymelaonhead has the best rankings. lasocrfan i think your bias is showing! there is no way rummel should be second in the state. hell i think they are the fourth best team in the state, and yes i am bias towards acadiana.
the only thing people without ties to a team will remember about this year is lafayette high won the title. the rest (it is sad to say), are just also rans.
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Post by ShreveDad on Mar 1, 2004 7:41:03 GMT -6
Lafayette is #1. After that, who knows? Who cares? Many of you make very good cases for certain schools being ranked in a certain place. If the seedings had been different, #2 thru #10 would be different. I have no problem with the top 8 being the schools that made the quarters. I'm still not sure about Northshore, but they got lucky with the draw this year. Next year it will be someone else. Brother Martin deserves to be in the top 10. #10 could be Shreve, Magnet, ?, ? Who cares. If you are trying to make a case you are #10, you haven't got much to hang your hat on. All we really know for sure is LHS are the deserving champions. They beat everyone when it counted.
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Post by lasocrfan on Mar 1, 2004 9:24:23 GMT -6
Yeah, maybe my bias is showing, but so is everyone else's. I am just trying to gain a little respect for a program that is up and coming but, except from a few knowledgable soccer fans, gets none. The Raiders has made the semis the last two years, yet they were some peoples' biggest surprise this year. I will shut up after this post, except when I see glaring inaccuracies. But, The Raiders had a good season and deserves to be mentioned when talking about the top programs in the state. Jesuit and Br. Martin are not the only soccer programs in district 9. Goat, you are as biased as I am as you have so stated. Yet, you don't have to be as vocal about your team because everyone already recognizes Acadiana as a soccer power. Just trying to get the same respect for my Raiders. Have I over done it? Probably - hence no more from me.
It has been fun talking about the season and seeing so many great teams. I went to three tourneys this year and delighted in seeing Vandy, St. Louis, Acadiana, and Catholic BR along with the teams that are normally on our schedule. The big winner this year is the state of soccer in Louisiana. No longer will we see one program dominating the action. This wide open season was good for the game and hopefully we will see more from teams like Capt. Shreve, Caddo, Mandeville, St. Paul's, Northshore, Sulpher, etc. It can only help the continued growth of the sport.
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Post by McScruff on Mar 1, 2004 9:43:41 GMT -6
hey lasocrfan, I don't think you are going overboard in your support of Rummel. I agree with you that they are an up and coming program. I think there true test will be next year, though. If I am not mistaken, Marco will be gone and I am interested in seeing how they reload. Who else does Rummel lose?
Also, I don't think that my opinion is biased. I just reported my feelings about Lafayette's last two opponents.
About District 9: I never meant to imply that Rummel was not looking to win the championship and that they were content with just winning district. I just meant that winning district meant a lot more to Rummel than it did Jesuit. I think that District nine is the second strongest district in the state and could be the strongest if it had more than just the three contenders.
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Post by ShreveDad on Mar 1, 2004 10:54:08 GMT -6
To lasocrfan, if you don't toot the horn for your school, who will? The only way I can find out anything about your school, other than just scores, is from what you write. I'm glad you write what you do. Your top 3 in the district are as good or better than the top 3 in any district. McScruff is right that the only thing holding you back is the small district size. We are all biased towards our school, or at least most of us are. We should be, thats what this site is all about. My point is that it is impossible to tell who is #2, 3 or 4. All we know is who earned the #1 spot. My personal feeling is Rummell deserves the 2 spot, due to winning the district.
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Post by goat on Mar 1, 2004 11:46:20 GMT -6
hey lasocrfan please don't let my post stop you from taking up for your team!! thats is why we get on this site, to support our team and share our thoughts and ideas. if i came on to strong i apologies! please keep posting your thoughts
i just spoke to the lafayette head coach and he said once you get to the semi's its anybody's game. i think that is true. if you look at the regulat season the two teams that lost in the semi's are the two teams that gave the two finalist there toughest matches. rummel beat jesuit and acadiana beat lafayette 2 out of three time. i think befour said it best in the paper. it was their turn to win!
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Post by imeg4fun on Mar 1, 2004 12:24:36 GMT -6
1)Lafayette 2)Jesuit 3)Central Lafourche 4)Acadiana 5)Sulphur ,Rummel this could be argued all day,each team thinks they deserve the spot over the other. on one hand u have rummel who was up on lafayette. but then 3 goals in one half and they are done, and for sulphur. it was tied at half . the 2 goals in the 2nd half were little mistakes that lafayette capitalized on . thats why i think these teams could be tied 7)St.Paul 8)Catholic B.R. 9)Brother Martin , Captain Shreve
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Post by Nike1 on Mar 1, 2004 12:44:17 GMT -6
You would know a Sulphur player would have them ranked in the top 10. No way! Sulphur was lucky they lost to Carencro in that playoff game or they would have lost in the 1st round and Carencro would have made it to the quaters. The luck of the draw has a lot to do with how well a playoff team does. Are they a top 10 team NO. They weren't before the playoffs and they are not now.
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Post by lasocrfan on Mar 1, 2004 13:59:04 GMT -6
Goat, McScruff, ShreveDad Thanks for the kind words. In response to what Rummel is losing and what is returning: This year they played a 4-4-2 and a 3-4-3 for some of the games in the playoffs. They are losing their keeper, sweeper and stopper (when in a 4-4-2), and most of the midfield (Marco, Bryan O. Chris M., and Danny G.) Danny also played up top at times. Returning are the two full backs and the up top people. Sweeper should be okay for next year as well. The problems come in in trying to replace the midfield and keeper. They do have some young players with talent, but did not get a lot of playing time in the midfield. The coach is very good and used some of the pre-district tourneys to get the team ready for the district and playoffs. Based on what I have seen from him the past two years, he'll have them ready by the time district rolls around.
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Post by imeg4fun on Mar 1, 2004 15:33:10 GMT -6
nike 1, we have already beat catholic br before, i think we could of beat them again, we made it to top 8 beating a tough captain shreve and a weaker airline. ask lafayette who was tougher out of the rummel sulphur game, i bet they say sulphur! and another thing, i dont know what ur problem is about sulphur but all you do is bash us, why dont u just quit talking on this site
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Post by imeg4fun on Mar 1, 2004 15:33:54 GMT -6
by the way, everyone else who ranked had sulphur top ten too so i guess u need to persuade them we arent top 10 either
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Post by cockysoccerplayer on Mar 1, 2004 15:45:29 GMT -6
hey nike 1 , what team do u play for... since ur talking so much stuff.. why dont u tell us what team u play for
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Post by McScruff on Mar 1, 2004 15:58:06 GMT -6
lasocrfan, it looks like Rummel is in roughly the same situation as Lafayette was last year. Lafayette lost both forwards, both wings, one center mid and both marking backs and sweeper. Rummel is in a very similar situation with having to plug a lot of holes with untested players. I stand by my assessment that next year will be a very good measuring stick of where Rummel belongs when looking at the top programs in the state. Can they lose a lot of players and still be competitive in the playoffs?
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Post by imeg4fun on Mar 1, 2004 16:18:13 GMT -6
last year sulphur lost 9 starters and we came back and made a good play off run, i think rummel can do it also
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Post by maddie86 on Mar 1, 2004 17:25:38 GMT -6
8 starters
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Post by RJB1287 on Mar 1, 2004 20:09:05 GMT -6
1. Lafayette (Beat Jesuit at Tad Gomly That is hard to do and they deserve recognition.) 2. Jesuit (went to finals) 3. Central Lafourche (played a hell of a game against jesuit, a game that could have very easily gone either way[with winner going to the finals against Lafayette]) 4. Rummel (put up a good fight through the playoffs but couldn't handle Lafayette) 5.Acadiana ( Loss by 2 against Jesuit, as did CL but are are at 5 because they faild to score) 6. Sulphur (They only loss by two to Lafayette as did Rummel) 7. St. Pauls (put up a hell of a fight but couldn' take it all the way) 8. Catholic BR (They only lossed by one to acadiana who are ranked5th.) 9. Brother Martin (lost early in the playoffs but I belive that they could have competed with many teams further on in the playoffs. 10. Caddo Magnet ( lost Central Laf. by 2 )
Other teams That I think could have made nine or ten: Captain Shreve, Mandeville, and Northshore
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Post by SulphurBack8 on Mar 3, 2004 11:17:09 GMT -6
nike1 prolly a bitter carencro fan or player
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Post by hdkjga on Mar 3, 2004 11:33:13 GMT -6
1) Lafayette (best overall team in the state) 2) Jesuit (2nd to only Lafayette) 3) CL (don't play Jesuit in the quarters, they move on) 4) Rummel (decent offense, great defense) 5) Acadiana (2nd best defense, good all around team) 6) St. Paul (dangerous team, lost in controversial shootout) 7) Sulphur (proved they can hang) 8) Catholic BR (excellent team that should have made it farther, but bad draw) 9) BM (see Catholic BR) 10) Northshore (good team, not great but good)
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Post by KajunKicker on Mar 3, 2004 17:27:22 GMT -6
1. Lafayette- They are the CHAMPIONS
2.Jesuit- made it to the finals--again they were good but beatable.
3.Central Lafourche- loss to Jesuit in quarterfinals. Game closer than score shown. Only four total loses for the year. BM 4-3, Ben Franklin 2-0, Vandy 1-0 and Jesuit 5-3. Previously beat Vandy 3-1. I think the CL and Jesuit play-off game was one of the most exciting of the play-off games. I'm biased but I admit it.
4.Rummel- won their district, beat Jesuit twice but losses to C.L. 1-0 both times. Deserve to be in top 5.
5.Acadian- in a tough district. played well in the play-off. Should be top 5.
6.St.Paul- strong and fast. Team was scary.
7. Sulphur- from a strong district and played well in the play-offs.
8.Catholic BR- deserved to be in top 10.
9.BM tough draw in the play-offs
10. Mandeville- again tough draw in the play-offs.
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