East St Louis

[Geddy Lee]

Having one of our own (Jeff Thomas) coming out of East St Louis, what are your thoughts on trying to make headway into that school? They have a solid safety prospect for 2020 (Antonio Johnson) who has offers from a lot of the top dogs in the country.

They always have multiple D1 guys every year and they have been one of the top teams in the Illinois/St Louis area for decades now. Their conference competition isn’t very good aside from a couple teams but they play top teams around the country for their non conference slate.

 

[TexasCane90]

I would send a coach every year to the school to scout what they have currently and coming down the pike..

Would be silly not to at least pay that school a visit every spring eval

 

[Canes Brotherhood]

I know Mookie Cooper is from St. Louis but don’t know if it’s east

 

[Geddy Lee]

I know Mookie Cooper is from St. Louis but don’t know if it’s east

He’s from Trinity Catholic in St. Louis. They play each other this year.

 

[ChoadCane]

We need a foothold in that area. Trinity, ESTL, all that. And yeah, we should be looking at Antonio Johnson

 

[Drewny1]

Having one of our own (Jeff Thomas) coming out of East St Louis, what are your thoughts on trying to make headway into that school? They have a solid safety prospect for 2020 (Antonio Johnson) who has offers from a lot of the top dogs in the country.

They always have multiple D1 guys every year and they have been one of the top teams in the Illinois/St Louis area for decades now. Their conference competition isn’t very good aside from a couple teams but they play top teams around the country for their non conference slate.

The problem with ESTL kids is

1. Will they have the grades
2. Will the school even be open
3. Will the prospect even be alive by the time he graduates
4. Will the prospect not be arrested by the time they are 18.

 

[Cuban-Cane]

Antonio Johnson needs to be pushed for. Great player with wide open recruitment. No idea wtf we are doing at dB this year honestly.

 

[Geddy Lee]

The problem with ESTL kids is

1. Will they have the grades
2. Will the school even be open
3. Will the prospect even be alive by the time he graduates
4. Will the prospect not be arrested by the time they are 18.

You might get negged for this but I mean those are all valid questions. I think Jeff’s junior year they had a strike which caused the team to forfeit and not make the playoffs that year.

Unfortunately, a potential top player in the country for 2023 class life ended and he would have been up there with Terry Hawthorne and Jeff Thomas in terms of accolades when it was all said and done for him at East St Louis.

Since I started following the team in 2007, I believe one or two kids that were on the team were arrested. At least it was publicly announced. I might be wrong tho.

 

[rustywalkedaway]

And we are a logical fit as many of those kids need to get as far from ESL as possible.

 

[SWFLHurricane]

The problem with ESTL kids is

1. Will they have the grades
2. Will the school even be open
3. Will the prospect even be alive by the time he graduates
4. Will the prospect not be arrested by the time they are 18.

5. Will they be Shot to Death trying to leave a Party....

 

[TheMatador]

Jeff is not first ESL kid at UM. We recruited highly-ranked DE Jeff Howard in mid-80's but he didn't last long. Maybe he flunked out, but I don't remember.

 

[RVACane]

Jeff is not first ESL kid at UM. We recruited highly-ranked DE Jeff Howard in mid-80's but he didn't last long. Maybe he flunked out, but I don't remember.

I think that was the situation that soured ESL on us years ago. It was mentioned on the board when we were recruiting JT4 but I may have it wrong.

 

[Gatorhater]

The problem with ESTL kids is

1. Will they have the grades
2. Will the school even be open
3. Will the prospect even be alive by the time he graduates
4. Will the prospect not be arrested by the time they are 18.

So, you’re saying take all you can get to handle the attrition?

 

[gogeta4]

The problem with ESTL kids is

1. Will they have the grades
2. Will the school even be open
3. Will the prospect even be alive by the time he graduates
4. Will the prospect not be arrested by the time they are 18.

So basically its...SOUTH FLORIDA. We're use to that. lol

I doubt they have more problems than Mnw or Booker T

 

[Donny Donowitz]

ESTL is a different breed of life. If you haven’t lived there or near it you wouldn’t understand. (5 year resident who rode the metro from Washington Ave and Scott AFB 5 days a week).

 

[Drewny1]

So basically its...SOUTH FLORIDA. We're use to that. lol

I doubt they have more problems than Mnw or Booker T

Well East St. Louis is probably the most violent crime ridden area of the country right now.

 

[D.L.I.N.K.D.A.GR8]

So basically its...SOUTH FLORIDA. We're use to that. lol

I doubt they have more problems than Mnw or Booker T

They have more problems, its not even close frfr

Estl is on another plateau bro.

 

[stlcanes]

The guys saying ESTL is nuts are right. I live about 25 min from there. Occasionally, our GPS will try and take us through ESTL to get to a baseball tournament for my son, we usually find an alternate route.

 

[SWFLHurricane]

It's a mess...Close friend of mine grew up there, and has family not far away...

 

[CANEMC]

Cats from STL don't even fvck with ESTL. It's that bad.