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HS Swim Team - any experience?

iambrutus
had several meets recently, but Saturday was a HUGE meet, like 26 schools or something like that, considered a primer meet for the sectionals in a few weeks - kids could wear tech suits, ect. my son has been busting his arse in the 50m trying to break a wall - been shaving .2 to .3 off each week. went into the meet needing .39 off to break his goal - he shaved legs, arms, face the night before, suited up and CRUSHED his time by 1.88 seconds in the 50, also dropped 2.2 on his backstroke and 1.2 in his breast (for the relay)! Super proud of him and his hard work
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Indiana Hoosiers (2025 National Champions)

pnuts34
Captain Buckeye said:
Well said and I agree the pressure at OSU is for sure different. As always I’d imagine there’s a balance to be had with portal or HS.

I will say I would’ve no doubt wanted Hemby over our two back ups lol.
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But would you have said that going into the season, without the pleasure of hindsight?

And there is a balance, but fans have to realize that sometimes the guys in the Portal won't have the big names with stars next to them. And that's where the issue lies between fans and actual team. Going into the season everyone talked about Ethan Onianwa being the next great OT at OSU, and Phillip Daniels was an afterthought who wouldn't contribute for another year... Logan George(63) and Beau Atkinson(15) is who OSU got at DE in the Portal, IU got Stephen Daley (84) and Kellan Wyatt(91), I don't think anyone would've wanted that swap before the season. In hindsight it looks bad, but we don't have that luxury in real time. I doubt any OSU fan would've wanted Day to pursue a Cal QB transfer, over former 5star and Bama transfer Sayin. Some guys pan out, and others don't. But the transfers you only have a year for them to pop, whereas HSers have multiple years, and their bodies can still develop and they can still be taught some good practice and work habits
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pnuts34
lvbuckeye said:
Dude, that's every single one of them. Just watch the games. You don't need some asshole with a camera and a microphone in front of him to inform yourself.
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I'm not watching every single game on TV. And also I look for breakdown and analysis, that just watching doesn't provide. And also, there was a time when watching the highlights and getting a brief synopsis of the game was given without the opinion, I miss those days. But at times I want someone smarter than me to break down film. Now everyone leans too much into their own opinion to drive clocks and ratings. I think PTI and Around the Horn are mainly to blame
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Indiana Hoosiers (2025 National Champions)

Captain Buckeye
pnuts34 said:
Funny thing is, I think if IU brought in the TE that OSU did, people would be losing their minds and wondering why OSU didn't pursue the TE from OU. Its all perception at this point. Cig prefers the Portal to HS recruiting, but he's not pursuing top, high star guys(outside of Marsh). The TCU QB is not a player that OSU would be interested in, none of the IU WRs would OSU be interested in, Zen Michalski was cast off from OSU and was a running joke of recruiting OL failures, and now he could win an NC as their starting OL. Roman Hemby is their starting RB, but no one would even want him over CJ Donaldson or James Peoples let alone Bo.
Cig is also playing with house money with the IU job. He literally has nothing to lose. If he loses out on a recruit it doesn't matter, he's only at IU, if a transfer doesn't pan out, oh well fans will look forward to basketball season. If Ryan Day doesn't get every single 5star, and win every game by 40pts, the fan base turns on him. Cig has next to no pressure from his fan base or their donors. He can get blown out by Oregon and it won't matter that much, they're just happy to be there. OSU fans are up in arms over losing twice this season, imagine if Day said he was going to stop really recruiting HS talent in place of transfers. Every OSU site would explode
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Well said and I agree the pressure at OSU is for sure different. As always I’d imagine there’s a balance to be had with portal or HS.

I will say I would’ve no doubt wanted Hemby over our two back ups lol.
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