Eastern Christian Academy, Best Team In State Now?

[GREYHOUND ALUM]

It had me thinking, every time I go on mdhigh.rivals.com there's another story about ECA. Mike Farrell has ranked their OL as the top performer at every combine so far this off season. Their DL is a 5 star top 10 player. Their frosh QB has long been hailed the second coming of Peyton Manning since the 6th grade. If you listen to Farrell, they have the deepest WR core this state has ever seen. And they must have at least 15 players already with D1 offers!

With all that I'm reading from the "experts" they HAVE to be considered the top team in the state! There's no other way to look at it. How can they not? And I'm being serious actually. I mean I personally didn't see it last year the 2 times j saw them play. But I'm no "expert" so I have to take a back seat tk the guys that do this for a living. What I'm reading right now has me believing that this team is a top 15 team nationally this year and best in the state. They have more D1 players with offers than any team in the state including GC. Fuller is a monster but IMHO I think Bigelow is more dominant. O'Daniel is a good player for GC but from what Rivals is saying, the kid Rodgers from ECA is the most dominant nasty OL in the COUNTRY! We all know that Rivals considers Sills the best QB in the state.

Maryland has a new juggernaut. We all know that these kids train year round for football. What will Gilman and GC do now? From what im reading, these two schools will have no chance against ECA. ECA is playing a very tough schedule, can they win out? I'm telling you this, if they win out with the schedule I'm hearing they are playing, they WILL win a national championship.

[Big Sky]

All those players were their last year. Did they even end up 500. What people fail to realize, Football is still a team sport. When you play the Tough scheldules that ECA does, and they do.The most Important players are your back ups. Last year the CHC not only won the game, they physycaly beat them up. with 1/10 the talent. I drove up to the GC game in Delaware. RL dominated the first half. Then the Injurys that were rested for the week cripled them in the second half. The RB that I really thought was there star player, Out. which was the begining of the end. If you ever watch them play in 7on7 or in the games, the back ups see very little to no time.They are not prepared to play when a injury Occurs, and they always do at some point in the year. A great Team needs Depth, although RL/ECA has built a great starting lineup for the next 2 years they have not built depth. Probally because when Sills leaves so will the ECA team. As a sophmore for GC Wes Brown was the most dominate player in the state. as a junior and senior he was bit with the injury Bug. A young Dorian Odanials step in and did not miss a beat. If Dorian eneded up hurt Diggs step in and was maybe even more dominate.Thats why the great teams Reload and not rebuild.

[eaglesinsider]

I think they have the potential to be great, but that's all it is right now, potential. I don't like crowning teams as the best in anything until they've played a few games.

What I do think that ECA can do to help them maintain success, is tap into the Eastern Shore's football talent. There are no football playing private schools on the entire Eastern Shore right now, and the closest one is John Carroll. ECA is now an hr closer than JC to those Eastern Shore kids. There are a lot of good players who have come out of that (relatively small) number of public schools.

On a side note, I've always wondered why Sts. Peter and Paul, in Easton, has never even attempted starting football. They're already a MIAA member, and they're in a talent-rich area.

[harcohorns]

The thing you have to remember about Rivals is it is a NCAA fan site driven by the teams D1 recruits. Each NCAA team has a site and writers for those sites and they expanded into the highschool preps and have a site for each state... It is all about d1 recruits for them. Wen you look at Mdhigh.com and look at "the ticker".. you will see they talk about all the other md d1 recruits as well. That is what they do.. also look at the authors of the articles they arent all Farrel or Lamonica .. you see many are written by the NCAA site writers.. when a article in the network gets writtten and mentions a player with a profile in the network it automatically gets linked into that players state preps site,, last year they all showed up on depreps.. this year mdhigh

Yes big sky they were .500 (5-5) and yes depth played a role in that and so did youth as did the fact they lost to some teams who were just better.. It was still a team which started 2 freshman and 5 sophs and only 2 seniors (3 if you count the kicker) we have some very good kids coming up as well but to say CHC was less talented then RL last year is incorrect in my opinion...

That said I wouldn't anoint ECA as top in Md like others have said they have to prove it on the field first.. I dont subscribe to the theory the more D1 offers you have the better your team is... Kids get offers for various reasons and it is not always about how good a football player they are but more about measurables and potential.. On the flip side sometimes kids get offers because of how good their team is and the comp they play.. Ultimately its about exposure.. This is that time of year when the kids go do that so there its all about offers on the fan sites now.. We will just have to see come fall if that translates to winning games..

[GREYHOUND ALUM]

The thing you have to remember about Rivals is it is a NCAA fan site driven by the teams D1 recruits. Each NCAA team has a site and writers for those sites and they expanded into the highschool preps and have a site for each state... It is all about d1 recruits for them. Wen you look at Mdhigh.com and look at "the ticker".. you will see they talk about all the other md d1 recruits as well. That is what they do.. also look at the authors of the articles they arent all Farrel or Lamonica .. you see many are written by the NCAA site writers.. when a article in the network gets writtten and mentions a player with a profile in the network it automatically gets linked into that players state preps site,, last year they all showed up on depreps.. this year mdhigh

Yes big sky they were .500 (5-5) and yes depth played a role in that and so did youth.. It was still a team which started 2 freshman and 5 sophs and only 2 seniors (3 if you count the kicker) we have some very good kids coming up as well but to say CHC was less talented then RL last year is incorrect in my opinion...

That said I wouldn't anoint ECA as top in Md like others have said they have to prove it on the field first..

The thing about Rivals is that they definitely have thee favorites. It is what it is as we can't sugar coat it. I have personally got into it with Mike Farrell. I have called him out about his disrespect for Gilman players. He doesn't like Gilman nor Poggi and when I called him out about it he got pissed! He hated rating Cyrus Jones at the end of the year in the Rivals 100 because of a personal agenda with Gilman. ECA plays his game and he loves it!

ECA players are very big at attending Rivals sponsored events. That's what they do. But eventually you have to show it on the field. I can show you plenty of kids that can dominate kids without pads on! Means NOTHING!

Like I said, I saw Red Lion play twice and although very very talented, they didn't show me a lot. I personally felt CHC should have blown them off the field and that the conservative play calling kept RL in the game. Lack of numbers is definitely an issue. But I also believe that kids are getting offers now that really haven't shown it on the field.

Truth is, recruiters are lazy. They put a lot of stock in recruiting websites and word of mouth. It is a fact. But RL was 5-5 last year and loss to some lackluster teams. This year to me it's out up or shut up! Too much talking on websites and not enough talking on the field. CHC went thru this same sort of syndrome! But they got the big wins, beating a giant in Gilman(courtesy of Little Big Sky). What all the talking on website is doing is putting a HUGE target on ECA's back! What they will find out is, Maryland is a proud state. And the kids now are seeing all the talk and they are listening. So when you go up against schools like a Gilman and GC, they are proud programs. And they will take it personally! I promise you they are all talking about it now.

It reminds me of the Clemson-West Virginia Bowl game this year. My little man Tavon Austin put on a show. And when ESPN interviewed him after the game he said something that I will always remember. He said he was pissed off because all week all he heard was how great Clemson and Sammy Watkins was. And he took it personally! Well I promise you now, the kids at the other schools like CG and Gilman are taking it personally! The players are all extensions of their coaches. I can only speak about the Gilman coaching stag and I tell you now, they are some serious motivators and full of tough good men. Let's bring on the season!!

[harcohorns]

The thing about Rivals is that they definitely have thee favorites. It is what it is as we can't sugar coat it. I have personally got into it with Mike Farrell. I have called him out about his disrespect for Gilman players. He doesn't like Gilman nor Poggi and when I called him out about it he got pissed! He hated rating Cyrus Jones at the end of the year in the Rivals 100 because of a personal agenda with Gilman. ECA plays his game and he loves it!

ECA players are very big at attending Rivals sponsored events. That's what they do. But eventually you have to show it on the field. I can show you plenty of kids that can dominate kids without pads on! Means NOTHING!

Like I said, I saw Red Lion play twice and although very very talented, they didn't show me a lot. I personally felt CHC should have blown them off the field and that the conservative play calling kept RL in the game. Lack of numbers is definitely an issue. But I also believe that kids are getting offers now that really haven't shown it on the field.

Truth is, recruiters are lazy. They put a lot of stock in recruiting websites and word of mouth. It is a fact. But RL was 5-5 last year and loss to some lackluster teams. This year to me it's out up or shut up! Too much talking on websites and not enough talking on the field. CHC went thru this same sort of syndrome! But they got the big wins, beating a giant in Gilman(courtesy of Little Big Sky). What all the talking on website is doing is putting a HUGE target on ECA's back! What they will find out is, Maryland is a proud state. And the kids now are seeing all the talk and they are listening. So when you go up against schools like a Gilman and GC, they are proud programs. And they will take it personally! I promise you they are all talking about it now.

It reminds me of the Clemson-West Virginia Bowl game this year. My little man Tavon Austin put on a show. And when ESPN interviewed him after the game he said something that I will always remember. He said he was pissed off because all week all he heard was how great Clemson and Sammy Watkins was. And he took it personally! Well I promise you now, the kids at the other schools like CG and Gilman are taking it personally! The players are all extensions of their coaches. I can only speak about the Gilman coaching stag and I tell you now, they are some serious motivators and full of tough good men. Let's bring on the season!!

I don't know what talk you are talking about.. No one is claiming they are the best team.. Kids get an offer and rivals writes on it.. its what they do. . They got a Gilman player on the front page today who just got an offer from UNC-Charlotte (Chibuzo Ukandu) and there has been others from Gilman with articles recently, Poggi and Kiser.. They did a big write up on Poggi and Gilman a few weeks ago. They don't have any issues with Gilman. Its pretty simple if you get a offer rivals will call you , do an interview and write blurb on it..there is no bias in that part of what they do..now team rankings may be different story but rankings are all opinion anyway..... Mike Farrell writes mostly for the national page and Rodgers and Bigelow are the only ones he has put up on there. Dallas Jackson does the team rankings and I seriously doubt he has ECA in top 100 this year. And yes if you go to Rivals events then they will do a write up on it. , Dave Lamonica runs the MdHigh site ..

As for the recruiters being lazy and all your wrong. They don't offer anyone based on whats on Rivals and word of mouth.. The offers that have been coming to ECA and other Md players lately were from the coaches visiting the schools, looking at film with the coaches and watching them workout.. I saw it all first hand all month.. Everyday there is college coaches at FLASH and ECA... The Hawaii coach was their all day watching game film... and he offered a few on the spot that didn't have offers yet and rivals wrote a blurd on those players.. He did the same at Good Counsel a few days earlier.. This Wed FLASH is having a workout for over ten Coaches from. Bama, Auburn, USC, UCLA, Rutgers, etc. and some smaller schools as well. They did it a couple weeks ago and invited some other kids to the workout that didnt go to FLASH or ECA.

They(coaches) don't offer anyone without seeing them on game film, meeting with their head coach and meeting the kids.. All the combines and rivals does is put you on the map as one of the kids they may want to look at.. mostly Rivals just reports on kids that already got offers..

[GREYHOUND ALUM]

I don't know what talk you are talking about.. No one is claiming they are the best team.. Kids get an offer and rivals writes on it.. its what they do. . They got a Gilman player on the front page today who just got an offer from UNC-Charlotte (Chibuzo Ukandu) and there has been others from Gilman with articles recently, Poggi and Kiser.. They did a big write up on Poggi and Gilman a few weeks ago. They don't have any issues with Gilman. Its pretty simple if you get a offer rivals will call you , do an interview and write blurb on it..there is no bias in that part of what they do..now team rankings may be different story but rankings are all opinion anyway..... Mike Farrell writes mostly for the national page and Rodgers and Bigelow are the only ones he has put up on there. He also does the team rankings and I seriously doubt he has ECA in top 100 this year. And yes if you go to Rivals events then they will do a write up on it. , Dave Lamonica runs the MdHigh site ..

As for the recruiters being lazy and all your wrong. They don't offer anyone based on whats on Rivals and word of mouth.. The offers that have been coming to ECA and other Md players lately were from the coaches visiting the schools, looking at film with the coaches and watching them workout.. I saw it all first hand all month.. Everyday there is college coaches at FLASH and ECA... The Hawaii coach was their all day watching game film... and he offered a few on the spot that didn't have offers yet and rivals wrote a blurd on those players.. He did the same at Good Counsel a few days earlier.. This Wed FLASH is having a workout for over ten Coaches from. Bama, Auburn, USC, UCLA, Rutgers, etc. and some smaller schools as well. They did it a couple weeks ago and invited some other kids to the workout that didnt go to FLASH or ECA.

They(coaches) don't offer anyone without seeing them on game film, meeting with their head coach and meeting the kids.. All the combines and rivals does is put you on the map as one of the kids they may want to look at.. mostly Rivals just reports on kids that already got offers..

There is NO QUESTION that Rivals has an issue with Gilman. I have personally heard from Farrell out of his mouth how he didn't think Cyrus Jones was very good before the season last year. I personally called him out on this and ask him what his issue was with Gilman. Anybody with half a brain could watch Cyrus and tell that he was special. Rivals has ALWAYS been very political! If you don't go to their events or play their game they have an issue with you. Poggi is NOTORIOUS for hating recruiting sites and has been outspoken about it.

Secondly, it has nothing to do with kids getting offers and them writing about it. Poggi doesn't like to report offers to Rivals. There are kids with offers at Gilman that Rivals haven't wrote one word about(Wyatt Dickerson has a few offers). Other sites report these offers(like 247 sports).

As far as Ukandu goes, I will put him up against any linemen in the state, point blank! He's a monster! One of the best to ever play at Gilman and only getting better.

I'm not saying that anyone said that ECA was the best in the state. But the endless write ups on Rivals(no where else I might mention and I'm a member of everyone of the recruiting sites) is pointing to fact that they SHOULD be the best team in the state. If you have 20 D1 players on your team in any state not to mention a state like Maryland, you should be an elite team PERIOD. If your not an elite team than what is it? Coaching or hype?

[harcohorns]

Well if you shut out the recruiting sites and don't report the offers to them or give them access then you really can't complain if your kids aren't getting profiled can you. On one hand your complaining about the ECA kids write ups but on the other hand your saying Gilman doesn't give rivals access or info so why would you care whats on Rivals then?

[GREYHOUND ALUM]

Well if you shut out the recruiting sites and don't report the offers to them or give them access then you really can't complain if your kids aren't getting profiled can you. On one hand your complaining about the ECA kids write ups but on the other hand your saying Gilman doesn't give rivals access or info so why would you care whats on Rivals then?

I'm actually not complaining about Rivals not writing about Gilman at all. Gilman's motto is let your actions do the talking for you. I enjoy reading about all the Maryland kids and personally think ECA is going to be a good thing for the state, that is if they win! It sounds like the kids are working hard and preparing for the season.

I'm all for kids getting offers and going to school for free. But I'm all about results. And to me if you have 20 players(and ECA is approaching that number) with offers then you should be a powerhouse! It's just that simple. If ECA plays the teams that they play and not win any of these games what does that say? I personally see it as being bad for the state of Maryland! Because the nation will be talking. Because of Rivals right or wrong, ECA is now one d the faces of MD. If they play these out of town teams and get blasted it will tear up the message boards! Just like when Gilman got smashed by Bosco! Gilman is still hearin it about that.

Also right or wrong, the endless articles has definitely put a bullseye on ECA's head. It is what it is. Now it's time for them to show what they are made of, period. I think ECA will be tough to beat without a doubt. Bigelow is extremely impressive! Is he the best in the state? To me, yes. In games I think he is more dominant than Fuller or Poggi. To me Kiser is the next best in the state in on the field. Is Sills the way QB in the state, no. Does he have the most potential, yes. What I didn't see though was all these HUGE guys that Rivals keep writing aboutb either these kids grew a bunch since last season or the numbers are greatly exaggerated.

[harcohorns]

Well actually I have talked to quite a few college coaches over the last few weeks and they are all saying Maryland and the region is a hotbed right now. AS you can see with not only the ECA kids but many other kids in Md and a few in DE getting offers all over the place.. I think Good Counsel had alot to do with that as well.... And yes the kids have been lifting and they grew.. remember many of them were 16years old and less last season... Kids grow alot and more so thickien up between 16-19 years old.. The kid Dakiel Shorts is a monster now.. Even bradley put on some real good weight.. he couldnt get a look last year but he is getting them now... Like I said it was a young team they needed to mature physically and mentally.. Still young in some positions but those kids have grown as well.. You really see the training paying off.. not just our kids but some other kids like Delando Johnson from Calvert Hall he is looking bigger and stronger.. You can really tell going around to these events the kids in our region are working hard in the off season.. college coaches are seeing it also and why its such a recruiting hot bed right now... Why fight the crowd in FLA when you can come here and get the same athlete..

As far as the bullseye well we want the bullseye the bigger bullsleye the better...we need teams to want to play and want to beat us..

fyi.. the D1 offer count right now is 13 not near 20

2013- 9 (Bigelow, Rodgers, Smallwood, Shorts, Creamer, Bradley, Irving-Sills ,Johnson, Hardrick)
2014-3 (Canteen,Tucker,Herr)
2015-1 (Sills)

[GREYHOUND ALUM]

Well actually I have talked to quite a few college coaches over the last few weeks and they are all saying Maryland and the region is a hotbed right now. AS you can see with not only the ECA kids but many other kids in Md and a few in DE getting offers all over the place.. I think Good Counsel had alot to do with that as well.... And yes the kids have been lifting and they grew.. remember many of them were 16years old and less last season... Kids grow alot and more so thickien up between 16-19 years old.. The kid Dakiel Shorts is a monster now.. Even bradley put on some real good weight.. he couldnt get a look last year but he is getting them now... Like I said it was a young team they needed to mature physically and mentally.. Still young in some positions but those kids have grown as well.. You really see the training paying off.. not just our kids but some other kids like Delando Johnson from Calvert Hall he is looking bigger and stronger.. You can really tell going around to these events the kids in our region are working hard in the off season.. college coaches are seeing it also and why its such a recruiting hot bed right now... Why fight the crowd in FLA when you can come here and get the same athlete..

As far as the bullseye well we want the bullseye the bigger bullsleye the better...we need teams to want to play and want to beat us..

fyi.. the D1 offer count right now is 13 not near 20

2013- 9 (Bigelow, Rodgers, Smallwood, Shorts, Creamer, Bradley, Irving-Sills ,Johnson, Hardrick)
2014-3 (Canteen,Tucker,Herr)
2015-1 (Sills)

What I really like about ECA is that they are not afraid to step up and play the big games. You have to give them that.

A lot of kids are working hard an getting bigger. I think Delando has also greatly benefited with running track this year. CHC has seen the light finally and has their football guys running track. Happy Trevor Williams didn't run until this year, the kid ran a very fast time for someone in their 1st year running! Can only imagine just how tough he would have been had he run the previous 3 years.

A question about ECA, are they co-Ed? ECA to me is a lot like Friendship, a lot of talent but until they win the big one, they will always be considered combine warriors.

[harcohorns]

Yes its co-ed and they plan to build in other sports as well.. I know they are looking for a baseball guy now.. Perfect opportunity for a Club level coach to bring his squad in and build a program ... Great Oppertunity for a girls lacrosse and field hockey coach as well.. All the sports programs will have the same focus on training and getting to college..

[DBUNK]

[QUOTE=GREYHOUND ALUM;8022786] They have more D1 players with offers than any team in the state including GC. QUOTE]

GC has

9 in 2013
5 in 2014

[92 Card]

Yes its co-ed and they plan to build in other sports as well.. I know they are looking for a baseball guy now.. Perfect opportunity for a Club level coach to bring his squad in and build a program ... Great Oppertunity for a girls lacrosse and field hockey coach as well.. All the sports programs will have the same focus on training and getting to college..

Have the folks at ECA established long term goals beyond Sills' graduation in 2015? Will ECA eventually have a permanent campus? What enrollment numbers are they aiming for in terms of growth per school year until ECA reaches their goal? Once ECA is at full enrollment, what kind of numbers are we talking in male and female HS students? Adding competitive varsity teams in multiple sports at a fast rate in a new school can be extremely risky and dangerous. I am not sure if ECA wants to join the MIAA A in football. However, I am sure it it will be difficult for any school to fast track into the MIAA A. Especially a brand new school with a roster full of players who transferred to that school from another school in a mass exodus. Hence my asking about the long term plans.

Also, how many Non- ECA kids play 7 on 7 for Flash? Once again, I am only asking from a logistical stand point.

[harcohorns]

yes, yes, 200 is the first goal with plenty of room for growth from there, we will know more once the school is ready to be shown and marketed and the responses from that. As for 7on7 only a hadfull of non-eca and depending on the tourney.. The last tourney PA Swag I dont think any as some played for their area PA Swag team and DE had a team of their own. Righ now FLASH has 3 locations one in Md , one in DE and one in Jersey... as they grow the Idea is to have three FLASH 7on7 teams one from each location. For the Philly Rivals tourney they just invited a few kids from the other locales.

FLASH has only played in three tourney's so far.

Rivals 5 star in Philly

Rivals Underclassman in Palmyra ( mostly our B team and Hill qb'd that tourney and won it),

PA Swag in which we had two teams an A and a B team..



The rest of the summer starting June 2nd at UD will begin the scholastic tourneys on College Campuses so it will be all current ECA and incoming freshman , I believe they will go to Rutgers, Uconn and MD for tourneys as well over the summer..

[First_Down]

Oh come on, Gilman gets just as much if not more air time on Rivals than just about anyone. Heck, I just read a piece posted today about Melvin Keihn. Gilman always gets a word in on it's program. It did even in this ECA thread.

[GREYHOUND ALUM]

Oh come on, Gilman gets just as much if not more air time on Rivals than just about anyone. Heck, I just read a piece posted today about Melvin Keihn. Gilman always gets a word in on it's program. It did even in this ECA thread.

You have to be kidding me!! Poggi hates recruiting sites and has been outspoken about this. You will NEVER see him quoted in any of these write ups. For the talent Gilman has, they have very few write ups. Of course they will have write ups when players commit, like Kiser and Cockerille. But I have never seen ANY school get write ups like ECA! It's almost everyday.

One of the other reasons why Gilman doesn't have these write ups, the kids don't go to these events. Gilman kids are required to play a sport ernest season but 1 their senior season. So the kids are busy running track, playing baseball or playing lacrosse. Don't have time for these events. It's a very structured lifestyle at Gilman. If your an athlete, you don't have much free time. That being said, Cockerille has been making his rounds(as well as running track) to certain high profile events and he has BEEN killing! He is proving that he's a LEGIT passer. My early favorite for POY.

[harcohorns]

.. I went back looked and gilman and gilman players have had tons write ups on rivals over the last couple months.. to include ones on, Poggi, Kiser, Cockerille, Keihn, Norris ...

here is the article where rivals talked to Hank Russel and got a run down of the players

http://mdhigh.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1341089



here are the articles in just the last 90 days on Gilman players posted on MdHigh.com 22 of them..


Gilman LB Kiser continues to impress, add offers Feb 16 Micah Kiser MDHigh.com

Cockerille's stock on the rise Feb 21 Shane Cockerille MDHigh.com

Poggi hopes to return to Michigan Mar 1 Henry Poggi TheWolverine.com

ACC breakdown: Seminoles rolling again Mar 8 Micah Kiser Rivals.com Football Recruiting

In the Spotlight: Gilman Greyhounds Mar 11 Shane Cockerille MDHigh.com

Shane Cockerille on campus for first practice Mar 12 Shane Cockerille TerrapinTimes.com

Chibuzo Ukandu Highlights Mar 3 Chibuzo Ukandu MDHigh.com

Meet Micah Kiser Mar 11 Micah Kiser MDHigh.com

Offseason, recruiting heating up for Gilman four-star Poggi Mar 23 Henry Poggi MDHigh.com

Gilman star LB visits Terps camp Mar 31 Micah Kiser TerrapinTimes.com

Class of 2013 Commitments Apr 1 Micah Kiser MDHigh.com

Weekly Recruiting Wrap: Divining defensive tackles Apr 6 Henry Poggi TheWolverine.com

Big Board 3.0 Apr 18 Henry Poggi AggieYell.com

Gilman QB Cockerille commits Apr 21 Shane Cockerille MDHigh.com

QB guru breaks down Shane Cockerille Apr 27 Shane Cockerille TerrapinTimes.com

Kiser makes the call, picks UVa Apr 30 Micah Kiser CavsCorner.com

Rivals Video Spotlight: Shane Cockerille junior highlights May 2 Shane Cockerille Rivals.com

Poggi back at 'Bama, talks recruiting May 2 Henry Poggi MDHigh.com

Whispers: BTC Super 22 Banquet (Part II) May 4 Shane Cockerille MDHigh.com

ACC breakdown: Hokies still rolling May 4 Shane Cockerille Rivals.com Football Recruiting

Underclassman Gilman DT picks up first offer May 12 Chibuzo Ukandu MDHigh.com

Gilman edge rusher Keihn adds offer, gaining interest May 14 Melvin Keihn MDHigh.com

[harcohorns]

You have to be kidding me!! Poggi hates recruiting sites and has been outspoken about this. You will NEVER see him quoted in any of these write ups. For the talent Gilman has, they have very few write ups. Of course they will have write ups when players commit, like Kiser and Cockerille. But I have never seen ANY school get write ups like ECA! It's almost everyday.

One of the other reasons why Gilman doesn't have these write ups, the kids don't go to these events. Gilman kids are required to play a sport ernest season but 1 their senior season. So the kids are busy running track, playing baseball or playing lacrosse. Don't have time for these events. It's a very structured lifestyle at Gilman. If your an athlete, you don't have much free time. That being said, Cockerille has been making his rounds(as well as running track) to certain high profile events and he has BEEN killing! He is proving that he's a LEGIT passer. My early favorite for POY.

This is kind of the point I am making.. There isnt any bias against Gilman or its players from Rivals. If they arent at the events that rivals is covering then they can't write about them. Dave from Rivals was just at the Nike event in Baltimore.. What they do is seek out the D1 offered kids at the events and interview and write on them and its always just about how the recruiting is going they never get into their HS team and all that. .. considering many Gilman kids dont go the events as you say Gilman still gets plenty of action from Rivals.. IMO The articles arent about the school they are about the individual players recruitment. Of course GC and ECA gets a ton because of Bigelow, Rodgers, O'Daniel and Fuller get tons of write-ups and are highly recruited. Poggi and Cockerille are getting alot as well..

[BmoreCounty99]

I do not even consider ECA a school. It is an organization. It has a lot to prove in these parts. Only time will tell.