The coincidence is that, like in Boulder, he has no talent at Meade.
Anyway, interesting thread. Would read again. Who am I kidding. No I wouldn’t.
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Anyway, interesting thread. Would read again. Who am I kidding. No I wouldn’t.
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Mike Sanford Named The New Valor Head Football Coach - Valor Christian High School
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They have a bigger recruiting budget than some small colleges.
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Maybe post Prime. We aren’t recruiting CO preps right now for the most part
We will recruit Colorado when a Colorado high school has somebody they think is elite.
The track record for Colorado high school kids going to top programs hasn't been great, Unless a kid is just "better" the low level of competition seems to hold them back
That said Valor has as good a chance as anyone of having one of those elite level kids.
Why doesn’t Valor just go national like IMG and get the best CO kids together to help develop them
I think they know that they would get in deeper than they want to be. It's easier for them to be a big fish in a small pond.
They also stated when the school opened that they wanted to dominate in athletics and use that success as a tool to recruit students and donations. The IMG type of athlete isn't the ultimate goal for them in recruting students.
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You need to actually beat the teams in your state before you go national. Valor doesn't do that anymore. Creek would be the team to go national, if anyone. But that's not happening.
Yeah, Valor without the McCaffrey family is just a great Colorado high school football program. Also, Creek would get pounded by any of the good national programs.
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I like any optimism for CO HS football and any of the major sports. CO has produced some OLine that either played HS here or had CO ties. Roger Rosegarden comes to mind and he was at Valor. They seem to be players that develop after a few years in a program. A bunch of better HS prospects have been going out of state to football factories, and this has been trending in other states including California. CA implemented major practicing/contact restrictions.
One factor about CO is the # of youth sports that kids can gravitate towards--we are blessed with both winter and summer sports. One thing of recent surprise is the # of CO kids playing/drafted by the NHL. During the 4 nations cup, there were announcers/hockey pundits that thought Slavin was perhaps the best US player. You add those kids to the DU grads, and our state is extremely well represented in the NHL.
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One factor about CO is the # of youth sports that kids can gravitate towards--we are blessed with both winter and summer sports. One thing of recent surprise is the # of CO kids playing/drafted by the NHL. During the 4 nations cup, there were announcers/hockey pundits that thought Slavin was perhaps the best US player. You add those kids to the DU grads, and our state is extremely well represented in the NHL.
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One offs and unicorns. Doesn't help that the Colorado HS coaching pool is one the worst in the country.I like any optimism for CO HS football and any of the major sports. CO has produced some OLine that either played HS here or had CO ties. Roger Rosegarden comes to mind and he was at Valor. They seem to be players that develop after a few years in a program. A bunch of better HS prospects have been going out of state to football factories, and this has been trending in other states including California. CA implemented major practicing/contact restrictions.
One factor about CO is the # of youth sports that kids can gravitate towards--we are blessed with both winter and summer sports. One thing of recent surprise is the # of CO kids playing/drafted by the NHL. During the 4 nations cup, there were announcers/hockey pundits that thought Slavin was perhaps the best US player. You add those kids to the DU grads, and our state is extremely well represented in the NHL.
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Thats like all CO sports too. Except skiing. We pound those ****ing jeans skiers into the sand.
But if Valor went IMG, its goal is to not play CO teams and thus grab the top 30 kids from CO and then recruit 50 more from around the country to be the best possible team
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I can’t imagine they are paying him more or that it’s a better job?
But he won’t have to deal with Valor parents or Admin anymore. That may make it a better job.
Even you were a coach!
I saw firsthand. It helped that I was never in-building. That fvcks with things. I’ll never say I was an incredible coach (I’ll let my players speak for me) but I gave everything I had for the players with positivity and passion. Too many coaches in this state with gigantic (non earned) egos and/or zero clue what they’re doing and why.
High School football doesn't mean the same thing in Colorado as it does a lot of other places.
You go to a lot of communities in Texas, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, and some other states and more people in a town, even those without kids in school, know who the high school football coach is than know who the principle of the school is, the mayor, and it wouldn't be a surprise if he was better known than their representatives in Washington or the Governor.
Many years back the coach before mine in high school was hired away to coach a program in Texas.
In Colorado he had a full teaching load with one extra planning period to handle football stuff. He was on the regular teaching pay scale plus paid the yearly stipend as a varsity head coach. I'm sure with the time he put in that stipend worked out somewhere above minimum wage but his assistants may not have.
In Texas he was the second highest paid person in the building after the principle and the third highest in the district with the superintendant added.
His job was as a full time coach. He did teach one class per day just to keep his classroom skills active but he didn't have to.
Any kid who is big, fast, and athletic or some combination of those is raised expecting to play for the local high school. It's not like Colorado where some of the best athletes are busy skiing, mountain biking, or playing hackey sack.
Kids in those states grow up with a focus on football. A lot of the ones who have a love of the game but not the talent to continue playing turn to coaching. While Colorado schools have trouble filing a minimal staff those states have schools that have to turn away qualified volunteers because they have too many.
There are some really good coaches in Colorado but not very many and the quality of the competition doesn't force top coaches or players to up their game to continue competing.
And his son Titus is their backup QB. He threw their first TD pass in that game. He is a sophomore and may end up being the starter before the end of the year