He is from Darien and is purportedly the #1 recruit in Ill. He has offers from ND & SC but not NU. Any idea why?
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Exactly. It is not often that a kid from Hinsdale South has the grades for NU (at least the ones that can actually play). Possible, but very rare.Originally posted by corbi296:
Academics.
Real cat fans support the team no matter what.Originally posted by willycat:
"real"catfan, are real cat fans only the ones that agree with you? BTW, coaches need to be held to certain standards as well. See The Rock.
Ok... but why do you have to talk about it on a message board especially when no one here has actually seen his test scores? Why not support the kid?Originally posted by Hungry Jack:
If Josh's GPA, ACT/SAT scores fall well below the range of students typically admitted to NU, then why should NU waste Josh's valuable time courting him?
Really? Counterpoints: Johnny Manziel, Aaron Hernandez, Lawerence Phillips, Jamies Winston. That's just elite athlete screw ups in the news this week.Originally posted by Hungry Jack:
(in general, you cannot become an elite athlete and be a screw-up. Excelling in athletics requires discipline and judgment).
Sorry? It's based on seeing actual transcripts of many players there while in recruiting.Originally posted by LookGoodInPurple:
That was an unfair (and unnecessary) generalization of Hinsdale South, GCG.
A Cat In The Cradle classic!Originally posted by Cat In The Cradle:
How long are you going to continue this? My guess: you are a sort of "inverted troll" - you sow discord on this board by overly dramatizing otherwise innocuous comments as inflammatory or upsetting on behalf of unknowns with supposed egg-shell sensitivities.
If you are actually sincere, then what cocoon are you living in? I'd love take you out to the produce docks around real people at 4:30 a.m. - you know, the kind that lace profanity into every sentence in their communicative engagements, to desensitize you. But I do not believe you are sincere.
You know what? You want to continue the Mr. Rogers act - an act you didn't employ until only a controversial poster was removed (who I didn't find all that controversial in the context of this board), which gets me thinking . . . Fine, I don't care. You are hereby "ignored." HE GONE!
Now you're going back to the classes of 1996, 2006 and/or walk-on level players to try to back up your point. Mayberry was indeed academically and athletically qualified to go to Northwestern, but chose not to. Robby Regan was a highly-qualified student but not a scholarship-level athlete. I presume the center you are referring to is your son. Besides King, I'm not aware of any BCS-level prospects on Hinsdale South's current roster.Originally posted by hornetcatlover:
Still a bit fired up at GCG: Hinsdale South has about 6 potential scholarship athletes coming up next year. The quarterback from last year is going to Notre Dame has a very high ACT, NU had our Center who got hurt and is a straight A student in Industrial engineering and a double major in economics. Matt Mayberry was an All-big 10 level linebacker at Indiana, and Kevin Kasper was one of the top return men in the big ten at Iowa and has a super bowl ring. Hinsdale South is sending students to Columbia, Stanford, Vanderbilt, and a ton to Chicago and Northwestern this year, just not sure where that nasty statement came from. It is true that Hinsdale South has some student-athletes who happen to also be low-income African American students who may struggle to meet NU's standards,but of the 6 potential scholarship football players, 5 are easy academic qualifiers that any program would take. Not sure who you recruit for, but you did not look very hard...
This is absurd. You can say that about a lot of high schools and the reason would be largely by chance. Only a third of scholarship-worthy players are able to get into NU.Originally posted by gocatsgo2003:
Now you're going back to the classes of 1996, 2006 and/or walk-on level players to try to back up your point. Mayberry was indeed academically and athletically qualified to go to Northwestern, but chose not to. Robby Regan was a highly-qualified student but not a scholarship-level athlete. I presume the center you are referring to is your son. Besides King, I'm not aware of any BCS-level prospects on Hinsdale South's current roster.Originally posted by hornetcatlover:
Still a bit fired up at GCG: Hinsdale South has about 6 potential scholarship athletes coming up next year. The quarterback from last year is going to Notre Dame has a very high ACT, NU had our Center who got hurt and is a straight A student in Industrial engineering and a double major in economics. Matt Mayberry was an All-big 10 level linebacker at Indiana, and Kevin Kasper was one of the top return men in the big ten at Iowa and has a super bowl ring. Hinsdale South is sending students to Columbia, Stanford, Vanderbilt, and a ton to Chicago and Northwestern this year, just not sure where that nasty statement came from. It is true that Hinsdale South has some student-athletes who happen to also be low-income African American students who may struggle to meet NU's standards,but of the 6 potential scholarship football players, 5 are easy academic qualifiers that any program would take. Not sure who you recruit for, but you did not look very hard...
I recruited for Northwestern football. Players capable of earning BCS-level offers were all I was concerned about, with potential walk-on's as a secondary concern. I could care less how many non-athlete students were headed to the Ivies, Stanford, Northwestern, etc. from that perspective.
Some is chance, some is demographics. Sorry, but recruiting isn't a touchy-feely world where everyone is a winner.Originally posted by Gladeskat:
This is absurd. You can say that about a lot of high schools and the reason would be largely by chance. Only a third of scholarship-worthy players are able to get into NU.Originally posted by gocatsgo2003:
Now you're going back to the classes of 1996, 2006 and/or walk-on level players to try to back up your point. Mayberry was indeed academically and athletically qualified to go to Northwestern, but chose not to. Robby Regan was a highly-qualified student but not a scholarship-level athlete. I presume the center you are referring to is your son. Besides King, I'm not aware of any BCS-level prospects on Hinsdale South's current roster.Originally posted by hornetcatlover:
Still a bit fired up at GCG: Hinsdale South has about 6 potential scholarship athletes coming up next year. The quarterback from last year is going to Notre Dame has a very high ACT, NU had our Center who got hurt and is a straight A student in Industrial engineering and a double major in economics. Matt Mayberry was an All-big 10 level linebacker at Indiana, and Kevin Kasper was one of the top return men in the big ten at Iowa and has a super bowl ring. Hinsdale South is sending students to Columbia, Stanford, Vanderbilt, and a ton to Chicago and Northwestern this year, just not sure where that nasty statement came from. It is true that Hinsdale South has some student-athletes who happen to also be low-income African American students who may struggle to meet NU's standards,but of the 6 potential scholarship football players, 5 are easy academic qualifiers that any program would take. Not sure who you recruit for, but you did not look very hard...
I recruited for Northwestern football. Players capable of earning BCS-level offers were all I was concerned about, with potential walk-on's as a secondary concern. I could care less how many non-athlete students were headed to the Ivies, Stanford, Northwestern, etc. from that perspective.
You could have said the same thing about Wheaton North HS when I went there, i.e. that there are very few WNHS players up to that point who could get a scholarship to NU, but that was just by chance. WNHS sent players to Wm and Mary and the Air Force Academy that year, but only one of four scholarshipped players had the grades to get into NU. The truth is WNHS (and other local high schools like Glenbard West, G. North, and WWS) is rated one of the top high schools in the state and has sent three players recently to NU. It's a good high school and students tend to score high on college entrance exams, but the fact that Adamle, Trumpy, and Thorson were good athletes and bright enough students to get into NU is still largely by chance.
I guess not when you comment on recruiting.Originally posted by gocatsgo2003:
Some is chance, some is demographics. Sorry, but recruiting isn't a touchy-feely world where everyone is a winner.This is absurd. You can say that about a lot of high schools and the reason would be largely by chance. Only a third of scholarship-worthy players are able to get into NU.
You could have said the same thing about Wheaton North HS when I went there, i.e. that there are very few WNHS players up to that point who could get a scholarship to NU, but that was just by chance. WNHS sent players to Wm and Mary and the Air Force Academy that year, but only one of four scholarshipped players had the grades to get into NU. The truth is WNHS (and other local high schools like Glenbard West, G. North, and WWS) is rated one of the top high schools in the state and has sent three players recently to NU. It's a good high school and students tend to score high on college entrance exams, but the fact that Adamle, Trumpy, and Thorson were good athletes and bright enough students to get into NU is still largely by chance.