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  1. Correct. Because one of the biggest life lessons sports participation is supposed to teach is if you don't like your situation just find a better set of circumstances instead of dealing with potential adversity.
  2. I have no doubt you are aware of the rules, but maybe others aren't. It matters in this case because apparently the administration at Crown Point thinks it does for the reasons already mentioned. Simple as that, really. From what I can gather, the IHSAA lets schools essentially govern themselves. Until someone cries harm, there is no foul. This specific case drips with irony given that the departing school is Crown Point, But in the end, I guess it doesn't matter.
  3. Because like it or not that's not the rule. Bowman still has a program, btw. As soon as you make exceptions (i.e. your underlined statement), you start right back down the slippery slope. There is no perfect policy except no policy at all.... And this is a wrestling forum and I am responding to a wrestling topic. So what you are saying is the IHSAA really doesn't micromanage that much?? Hmm....interesting.
  4. IF I were with the IHSAA or Crown Point (I am affiliated with neither), here are the questions I would ask as to the legitimacy of the transfer: 1. Is this hour drive due to a new job? If not, why is the hour drive now an issue? 2. Does this transfer have to do with the retirement of Coach Vlink or the new CP coach chosen? 3. What are the non-athletic reasons the family chose Portage. Let's be honest, if they moved to a school system with a so-so wrestling team the transfer denial doesn't happen. The whole issue of transfers boggles my mind and goes WAY beyond the Morans. Transfers of studs happen every year and people express shock when the IHSAA gets involved. It's natural to label the IHSAA as the evil big brother, but somebody has to enact and enforce the rules don't they? What would happen if kids could go wherever they want every year? Don't you have to draw a line somewhere? Big picture, I wonder how these transfer issues affect the perception of the IHSAA regarding team wrestling? It's the situation of the haves and have nots. Everybody in the Region knows Crown Point has benefited from transfers for the last decade or so. Now CP is no longer the "it" program, and it shifts to Portage. I just wonder if sooner or later the IHSAA says the hell with it and abandons the whole concept of wrestling as a team sport. All the issues that used to be relegated to college programs are slowly trickling down to the HS ranks. For Pete's sake, Bowman Academy (Gary) just a week or so ago had in ineligible player on their basketball team who NEVER attended school. The Coach, who is also the AD, expressed total shock that the kid hadn't attended school. How does that happen? Per standing operating procedure, he deflected the blame and threw someone else under the bus. Sorry, rant over.
  5. Move/Not Move is essentially irrelevant. It's about whether the change of schools was for primarily athletic reasons or a possible "past link" with the coaching staff.
  6. It's up to the school to file a report with the IHSAA. Local control is generally a good thing. And for the record I have ZERO desire for Crown Point to become great again!
  7. Please be serious, this is not about money. Crown Point probably had 4 new kids move in the week the Moran's left. The IHSAA specifically forbids transfers for primarily athletic reasons. Period. If people don't like the rule, contact the IHSAA and voice your complaint. As for the Moran's I don't know them or their specific situation, and probably neither do 99% of the other posters on this forum. What I do enjoy is the uproar in the country about rules not being followed until it affects them personally. I say let's have open enrollment at any time. Don't like your team's chances come January? Transfer to a better one. Coach is a jerk in December? Transfer. Can't beat the guy in your weight class? Transfer. Lastly, Crown Point should build a wall so kids can't leave and Portage should pay for it. Problem solved. #Merica
  8. Region Royalty, If the family has been trying to move to Portage for the past 18 months, why didn't they just take advantage of "open enrollment" and drive them to Portage at the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year? I have zero personal interest in this case but when you move from one powerhouse program that just had their coach retire to another powerhouse, it's going to raise some eyebrows.
  9. My point is his accomplishments skew heavily toward football. Is this Indianamat or the Gridiron Digest???
  10. I do question: Only a one time placer, and not a state champ Did not play HS football If Gelen plays in the NFL, he's the best.
  11. 1. Thanks for the insight Captain Obvious 2. This is a DISCUSSION forum. Perhaps you came to this website by mistake? 3. The topic is Nick Lee's Indiana HS legacy, not Nick Lee's thoughts on his Indiana HS legacy
  12. Agreed (sorry, but he doesn't even qualify for the laser etched plaque). But being Devil's advocate, I don't think there's formal criteria. If there were, being a one time champ probably doesn't make the grade either, which is what makes Nick's legacy so intriguing
  13. You had me at laser.... In all seriousness, in my mind you have to rank the following guys ahead of him at this point in time: Howe, Escobedo, both Tsirtsis', Humphrey, Red, Micic, Ellis. Who else?
  14. Nick Lee: As of right now, Top 10 all time but not Indiana Mt. Rushmore territory.
  15. Congrats on contributing to the wussification of society. Make sure they get a ribbon and a smile to go along with their A$$ whoopings. #Merica
  16. Point taken, so under your scenario what is the incentive for a guy like Andrew Howe to try? Furthermore, maybe Burroughs needs up and comers to stay on top of his game instead of it being handed to him? I don't know enough about International Wrestling to even have an informed opinion to be honest. I just don't like the thought of something being handed over, but using multiple competition performance makes sense to some degree.
  17. How do you determine who is the "best" guy? I was always under the impression that head to head was the best criteria? It is crazy to me how subjective criteria is being suggested in a sport beloved for its objective nature. Also, calling an athlete on the Olympic wrestling team a "member" understates the significance of the accomplishment. For all intents and purposes, they're the United States champion.
  18. Your CONTINUAL attempt at humor at other people's expense makes you a tool IMO. Enough already.
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