Allen High School - 2021

[veuvegirl]

Originally Posted by bagholder

Kyler's family moved to Allen when he started HS because his dad wanted him to play 6A football and Allen was already a top program. And many other football families likewise target allen if their kids have talent. So then, other kids in allen will lose their starting spots and will have to move to frisco, mckinney, anna, etc. if they want playing time.

Kyler's dad is also a private football trainer and most of his clients are in collin.

Kyler was amazing to watch play on high school. He’s incredibly talented.

[4Movingeast]

Didn't Allen ISD announce they would not offer a virtual option next year? I thought I heard that this week. It wouldn't matter to me as I am a big supporter of kids being in school, in person, and teachers not having to fool with WebEx, but it might affect others decisions.

[castlebravo92]

Originally Posted by jgn2013

Great points.

I'd also point out the late-bloomers. Some kids just develop slower but perhaps have more raw natural ability. The big mega schools like Allen will have kids that grew up in PeeWee, Middle School etc, football running the same plays and concepts that the big boys do over at the high school. This is true of any remotely good Texas football program where the high school isn't sharing kids across a city.

The gifted athletes get left behind in favor of the upper-middle class kid that is polished because of the $$$ his Dad spent on training.

I think back to times when DISD schools would put out all kinds of D-1 caliber athletes in hoops and football but the high school teams would be middling at best. Contrast that with an Allen, Southlake or HP that has kids with polish but aren't necessarily THAT naturally talented. There's definitely an urban/suburban split now as the best teams in every sport seem to come from the most well off areas.

That's not really true. A lot of really gifted athletes will get recruited to more affluent districts or by private schools. Not all of them get offers or take up the offers, but it happens under and over the table a lot. It's how Odessa Permian fielded a top-notch team for years.