re: Louisiana High School Football will split Public/Private. **Edited with Yes/No**

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West Monroe is its own little fiefdom and an outlier program when compared to ANY other program

if people in SLC gave half as much of a frick about HSFB as West Monroe i could only imagine what Barbe could do

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i'd say Barbe gives 85% of the frick WM does... WM might have the best fans but it's not exclusive to them

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i'd say Barbe gives 85% of the frick WM does.

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maybe during the season, but the offseason workouts/weightlifting regimes aren't nearly the same

and that's only b/c this area isn't "All in" like WM is. i'm not criticizing WM. that's what makes them great

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look, i'm sorry that barbe is the shite, but that doesn't excuse the issues with the privates in SELA

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It can be, and has been, illustrated to be exactly the same. Most private school players in Baton Rouge grow up playing for the Catholic schools, just like most Barbe kids grow up playing at S.J. Welsh or Queen of Heaven (which, by the way, is a Catholic school...shouldn't all those kids go to St. Louis or face having to sit out a year?). A smattering live in University and went to FK White.

But Barbe ALWAYS has a couple of kids that had to jump through hoops during junior high to make sure the kid gets into the Barbe zone, or find a loophole (M-M or some other exception) that allows him to attend Barbe. And Barbe ALWAYS has 1-2 kids who transfer in during their high school years. And there's ALWAYS 1-2 kids that are controversial or the result of some BS Calcasieu Parish schools rule (like Josh P being able to play for Barbe because his dad had a job near Barbe even though they lived in the heart of Sulphur, or something weird like that).

With rare exception, that's EXACTLY the make up of a typical roster of a private school power. For the majority of Curtis' run as a dominant power, for example, most of the players have been in the school since well before high school. They are system players, for the most part.

That may be changing some now -- I say that because of the shear talent on Curtis' roster -- but look back at Curtis' history producing college players. It's fairly modest.

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What did Dutchtown vote?

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Not sure, I just copy and pasted Ed Daniels twitter feed.

OK. I hope Coach Saia did the right thing and voted yes

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they're not really the only one though... besides, they're hindered somewhat by there being other schools under the Ouachita school board

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correct
just the demographics of Ouachita Parish and the way they cater to Shows is just like an ISD

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i'd say Barbe gives 85% of the frick WM does... WM might have the best fans but it's not exclusive to them

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I'd agree with this. If Barbe cared as much about football as it does about baseball, it would be West Monroe. Everything else it needs is in place.

Barbe once did care that much, but really, the rise of baseball in the early 90s put a damper on it. When Coach Shaver started allowing guys like Lawrence or Thibodaux to be baseball-first guys, it sort of de-emphasized Barbe's off-season program to one that sort of accommodated the players' other interests.

FWIW, I liked that decision and wish all programs encouraged participation in other sports and allowed players to participate on one sport while acknowledging that his emphasis and future is in another sport.

then 2 private classes and 3 public

The current proposal is 5 non-select and 2 select divisions