Re: Coach Thomas smokes dope and ARRESTED
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Date: February 14, 2013 02:47AM
Warhawk Pride Wrote:
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> Warhawks play by the rules. And WIN. Read em,
> and weap, pothead.
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> A Tradition of Excellence
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> 19 District Championships
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> 7 District Championships in the Past 11 Years
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> 6 Northern Region Championships
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> 3 State Championships
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> 14 Washington Post All-Met Selections
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> 3 All-Met Players of the Year
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> Nationally Ranked in 2002 - 2004, 2006, 2007 &
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> Ranked 3rd in Nation by ESPN 2002
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> Ranked 3rd in Nation by Student Sports Magazine
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> Ranked 4th in Nation by USA Today 2002
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> 67 College Baseball Players in the Past 16 Years
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> 4 Major League Baseball Players
Laughable.
Pupil placement brought many of these "scholar/athletes" to Madison. According to their pupil placement paperwork, they wanted to pursue Advanced Placement (AP) coursework, whereas Marshall's advanced classes follow the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. By the FCPS regs, that is a legitmate basis for "pupil placement" from your normal base school to the next nearest school that offers AP vs. IB. The problem is, most of these baseball players who wanted to pursue AP coursework at Madison could barely tie their shoes.
The irony is that Madison is now losing kids (some of them baseball players) to Marshall, because UVA in particular loves students who follow the IB track in high school, and college baseball coaches (like those in basketball) barely pay attention to HS baseball because there are tons of showcase events for "travel/club" teams and individual showcase events for the good players. Check out Andy McGuire (a legitimate Madison player) if you need any evidence of this. You don't need to put up with the BS and drama that Pudge has going on over at Madison to get college coaches to look at you.
For all of Pudge's success at Madison, where he has had any say in things, he steered his players to VMI, a veritable powerhouse in college baseball... NOT!Recent grads have gone to play at much better colleges/baseball programs, not because of Pudge, but in spite of him.
Sborz pupil placed into McLean, I am not sure what the justification was, but his parents and the Langley coach did not see eye to eye. His parents also pulled him out of Great Falls Little League in what would have been his final season, because playing with his buddies was holding him back. I wish him well at UVA, and hope he eventually makes it to the Bigs. The odds are against that, however.