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    What happened to Arch Bishop Wood

    The first thing that happened was in the late Devlin years, after Carey left, they cracked down on allowing transfers. At first rumor was it was an Archdiocese rule, then it was a Wood rule, but finally heard directly from few people close to program that it was football specific. The coaches of...
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    Wood football

    2011 was the best. They had about 8 different starters on defense in that PCC game than the McDevitt game. Peoples was hurt in the first half and they changed up the whole backfield rather than using the backup HB. The backup ended up playing next three games and being the second HB the rest of...
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    Wood football

    I was told that somewhere around the time Mike Carey left, and around the time Blackshear and Pitts transferred in there was a restriction placed on transfers. The staff originally thought it was either a PIAA or League rule. They came to find out it was a rule implemented by the administration...
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    Wood football

    Yes the 2010-2016 teams were loaded with talent. They had a ton of D1 talent and it was a pretty well balanced mix of OL/DL and skill guys. From my recollection I was told about the transfer decision and rumors around the time of Blackshear and Pitts coming into the program. Devlin moved onto...
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    Wood football

    I will do my best to hit on different things said in the last few posts Romeo - I did hear something similar about a plan for Watkins to take over for Walp. But saying that the McD kids don't leave if he is the HC after last season is just wrong. The first few players to leave were because of...
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    Wood football

    Take all of this with a grain of salt since the people I would get second and third hand information from have not been at Wood for a couple of years. But I will share what I have heard about the program that I think applies overall, and a what I heard after reading these rumors and asking...
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    O’Hara HC Search???

    Gang hit the nail on the head on this one. The only other thing I'd add is that all the archdiocese programs face that same issue. If you are in the suburbs and you are talking to families that can afford the $10k a year tuition, you are also competing with award winning school districts that...
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    Resignation!

    Coaching is a full time job, it doesn't pay, and it has become more and more thankless. Coaches are quitting and retiring more than ever. It is a real issue. Schedules do not really match up for many jobs other than teaching, teaching jobs are harder to get along with the coaching jobs. I...
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    McDevitt and Wood combined 2021

    I wouldn't expect the PIAA to do Wood any favors. I would imagine if the players went to their respective public schools they would not count as transfers. But catholic to catholic they will. I am not basing this on any kind of logic or inside information. Only on the past history of decreasing...
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    McDevitt and Wood combined 2021

    odd decision according to some of the people I have talked to. taking the transfers means that Wood will stay in 6A for 2022 and 2023 and have to compete with Prep and LaSalle. Wood doesn't have the resources or the coaching to keep up with those two. Everyone I talked to said they should have...
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    Prep- CY

    I brought it up in an earlier post but there is no way that team should have finished 3-4. I understand the teams they lost to had one combined loss. But Wood returned all but 3 starters from a state championship team. I watched the LaSalle and Malvern streams, and thought they were just as...
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    Bonner-Wood

    Bonner beats Wood 38-25. Was 38-19 but Wood scored on last play. Disappointing season for Wood...finish their season 3-4. Only the third time with 4 losses in a season in the last 20 years. First losing season since 2002.
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    Bishop McDevitt shutting down for good at years end

    PCL I think we are saying the same thing here about the archdiocese schools here with the financial burden. The article mentions tuition being more than 8100. Talking to parents from multiple schools they say it is much closer to 10,000 once you add on all of the fees. Most kids receive...
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    Bishop McDevitt shutting down for good at years end

    Romeo everything I’ve heard recently is that schools like Prep, LaSalle, and Inter Ac will work with families to get the price down to match the archdiocese schools. Obviously they’re not going to do that for every kid, but for the ones they want they have been matching price
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    Bishop McDevitt shutting down for good at years end

    lilromeo you are right, there were other schools that closed between then too, for whatever reason I was only thinking back to 2010 Relayer - the rule was put into place to try and prevent the transfers happening with the private and charter schools. My issue isn't so much with the rule or the...
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    Bishop McDevitt shutting down for good at years end

    Paul I think Dougherty and North Catholic were each the largest at different times in history and they were the first two to close. Unfortunately I think this day is coming for almost all of them in the Philly area.
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    Bishop McDevitt shutting down for good at years end

    I think it is the same overall problem as Judge. The demographic changed some which leads to less people going to catholic school, financial reasons also playing a part. I know people have said Frank did a good job of getting decent players, and he was always competitive throughout the years...
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    Bishop McDevitt shutting down for good at years end

    I think it would be considered a transfer for Wood because the PIAA wants to come down hard on Private schools. The message was loud and clear last year. The transfer rule started at 5 or 6 I believe? Then they moved it down to 3 transfers, and I want to say they did that in October? I know it...
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    Bishop McDevitt shutting down for good at years end

    Philadelphia Public Schools allow open enrollment just like Archdiocese schools. My guess would be it comes down to money. Philadelphia Public schools are operated by one school district so the cost is all the same. I believe the rule is if there are open seats in a school any Philadelphia...
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    Bishop McDevitt shutting down for good at years end

    I think the PCL model is just harder and harder to sustain every year. Tuition is constantly rising, financial aid and assistance is harder to come by, public school option in the suburbs, almost all of your competitive advantages are gone. The only teams that can compete with Prep in terms of...
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