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Des Moines North's Deavin Hilson Commits to Iowa
2021 athlete accepts Hawkeye opportunity.
Des Moines North RB Deavin Hilson commits to Iowa
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ChosenChildren
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Happy for him. Great young man
chucktownhawk
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Nice kid. He's going to be a good Hawkeye
Pretty cool. Sounds like he gets how big a deal it is for a kid from North to get a scholly. Is Bernstein the last Dsm Metro kid Iowa's had? North can produce a talented kid here and there but their teams usually suck so bad they can't stand out. Or they up and transfer out before their senior yr. It's a vicious cycle.
If you think Iowas chances at winning a national title are low North has less then a zero percent chance of ever winning a state title in our lifetime the way it's currently all setup. They can't compete at that level they should be a 2 maybe 3 A level football team tops. They can't hardly compete against the other Metro schools and they all have no chance of ever winning one. But that's another topic all together
Hopefully KF can work his magic with developing him. Sounds like he's being brought in as an athlete and they'll figure out where to put him. Hilson doesn't seem to have a preference which side of the ball to play on. The kid's attitude is everything you want to see out of a new recruit. I'm fired up to see how he develops. Easy fun type of kid to root for glad he's a Hawk
If you think Iowas chances at winning a national title are low North has less then a zero percent chance of ever winning a state title in our lifetime the way it's currently all setup. They can't compete at that level they should be a 2 maybe 3 A level football team tops. They can't hardly compete against the other Metro schools and they all have no chance of ever winning one. But that's another topic all together
Hopefully KF can work his magic with developing him. Sounds like he's being brought in as an athlete and they'll figure out where to put him. Hilson doesn't seem to have a preference which side of the ball to play on. The kid's attitude is everything you want to see out of a new recruit. I'm fired up to see how he develops. Easy fun type of kid to root for glad he's a Hawk
Luftgekuehlt67
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Very cool, welcome to the family!
First DSM North prep to go straight to a D1 football scholly (i.e. no JuCo) since 1991 - wow. Statistically speaking, you know a big HS like that has had a good number of D1 quality guys come through their doors in the last 30 years, but no one has made it. As others have cited, a lot of reasons - transfers, crummy teams, and, based on the part of town North serves, unfortunately last but not least are "socio-economic" type problems.
I'm not aware of this ever having been tried, but I would be curious to see how a relegation-type system would play out in Iowa HS sports. I think most people are familiar with how relegation works, but you would move up and down in class based on team performance based on a set of well-defined rules (like a rolling X year average win percentage, bonus points for championships, etc).
It would be a lot of fun to watch the little guys "play up". There are some pretty good small school programs in Iowa who are pretty cocky about asserting they could play up a class or two given the chance - I suspect a few of them really could, it would be a lot of fun to watch. More importantly though, it would give your DSM Norths of the world an opportunity to compete. Yeah, competing in class B or C or whatever while other metro schools are safely in A would be a tough pill to swallow in the near term in terms of prestige, but I tend to think once the W's and playoff berths started piling up, that would go out the window pretty fast. It could generate a lot of community pride and give the kids something to look forward to other than losing to Dowling or Valley by 60 again. Establish a tradition and, next thing you know, you've got your next great storyline in the form of promotion.
If I had a magic wand, I'd make it happen.
First DSM North prep to go straight to a D1 football scholly (i.e. no JuCo) since 1991 - wow. Statistically speaking, you know a big HS like that has had a good number of D1 quality guys come through their doors in the last 30 years, but no one has made it. As others have cited, a lot of reasons - transfers, crummy teams, and, based on the part of town North serves, unfortunately last but not least are "socio-economic" type problems.
I'm not aware of this ever having been tried, but I would be curious to see how a relegation-type system would play out in Iowa HS sports. I think most people are familiar with how relegation works, but you would move up and down in class based on team performance based on a set of well-defined rules (like a rolling X year average win percentage, bonus points for championships, etc).
It would be a lot of fun to watch the little guys "play up". There are some pretty good small school programs in Iowa who are pretty cocky about asserting they could play up a class or two given the chance - I suspect a few of them really could, it would be a lot of fun to watch. More importantly though, it would give your DSM Norths of the world an opportunity to compete. Yeah, competing in class B or C or whatever while other metro schools are safely in A would be a tough pill to swallow in the near term in terms of prestige, but I tend to think once the W's and playoff berths started piling up, that would go out the window pretty fast. It could generate a lot of community pride and give the kids something to look forward to other than losing to Dowling or Valley by 60 again. Establish a tradition and, next thing you know, you've got your next great storyline in the form of promotion.
If I had a magic wand, I'd make it happen.
Zstatman
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I've been pondering this relegation idea and I feel it has some merit although I'd guess it would be tough to implement. I went to Mt Ayr HS and I can imagine what it would be like if North were relegated to their district and they had to start playing them on a yearly basis. It wouldn't be the athletes and coaches that would complain, it would be the parents.
Arizona instituted an interesting thing. There are 5-10 football powerhouses spread across say the top three conferences sizes. The smaller powers bragged they were better than the bigger schools. So, a 'Super' playoff bracket was created where at the end of the season the top 16 teams were identified, regardless of size, and a 16 team playoff bracket was announced. Then each conference had their own 16 team brackets designated. The smaller schools were competitive but they didn't dominate like they were used to. What it did do is allow 16 more teams into the playoffs which is where the real benefit to me is. More kids had a chance at doing something positive and that's a good thing. Same thing for North if they could have some success.
Arizona instituted an interesting thing. There are 5-10 football powerhouses spread across say the top three conferences sizes. The smaller powers bragged they were better than the bigger schools. So, a 'Super' playoff bracket was created where at the end of the season the top 16 teams were identified, regardless of size, and a 16 team playoff bracket was announced. Then each conference had their own 16 team brackets designated. The smaller schools were competitive but they didn't dominate like they were used to. What it did do is allow 16 more teams into the playoffs which is where the real benefit to me is. More kids had a chance at doing something positive and that's a good thing. Same thing for North if they could have some success.
That's very interesting. Something of that sort should happen. I think they should shrink down the top level quite a bit. Those Dowlings of the world have no business playing the city schools. What does either side get out of 50 plus pt blowouts like you refered to? There's gotta be a better way for playing HS football (and other sports) that levels the playing field so more kids can aspire to achieve realistic goals. How it is now only works for a few....
