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I'm sure he's not on the staff.


The argument that nobody wants to play them is absurd unless you are talking about lower level soccer schools, and I really don't think that NW is trying to pad up their schedule with too many of those teams. Good coaching staffs like NW like to play quality teams. More likely it has more to do with the overall weakness of region play and the promximity of good opponents.

It's kind of funny how someone can make a statement like that when teams like Irmo, who actually have won the championship many times, have no trouble in scheduling quality opponents.

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Thats what I was getting at. There are probably some reasons why the schedule is weak, but its not because teams did not want to play them. and yes, their region is awful. FM is weaker this year than last.

Finally, an understanding of why the 5 and 6 loss seasons are mediocre. It is because of the schedule that NW plays. And for the record, I don't think that ANYONE is scared to play good opponents. Most teams in the state would love to play teams that are at the top of the board. I can garuntee you that any top level team is far from scared to play NW, in any year.

how can you say that NW's schedule is weak when they play:

Dreher #8 3A
Irmo #3 4A(most likey in 2nd game lake murry)
Eastside#3 3A
Dorman #8 4A
Ft.Mill#10 4A(twice)
Summerville #11 4A
Socastee #4 3A
Daniel #9 3A
Cardinal Newman #3 SCISA
Plus the other teams TBA at tournaments

thank you kickman, some people on here just lose sight of what the original comment that was made is. I think that the schedule rating says what it needs to. You would think that a top teir team would be playing schedule rating in the top 5 every year if they wanted to call themselves the greatest. And don't anyone come on here and say they don't have control because they have all the control of out of region games. And most years they don't schedule tough games.

You think it's easy for Northwestern and Fort Mill to schedule non-league games with Wando, West Ashley, Summerville, James Island, Hilton Head and South Aiken? Bus travel is expensive. JV games start at 5:30....school gets out at 3:30. What time do you want them to depart....and whose paying for it?

As for "dodging" Ridgeview, Spring Valley, Spartanburg and Dorman....it wasn't that long ago that Northwestern was in the same region as these teams.

Varsity and Junior Varsity are different teams and therefore are able to play different schedules. Since they are not one team, there is an ability for the Varsity to travel and the Junior Varsity to play at home against a local different opponent. Once again you speak about bus travel and again, most schools are funded for a specified amount of trips and therefore the school would pay for those trips as long as the amount of the trips were not exceeded from the previous specified amount. So Northwestern does have the ability to travel to these teams. They also have the ability to set up a home-away game just like many college teams do with their out of conference games. So as for "dodging" they may not be directly dodging but they definately have a chance to increase their opponent strength.

Hey,

I don't have to be on the staff fella's...

Believe me, It was very tough this year to schedule games and it's been noted that NW volunteered to even travel.

But, seriously though... I would love to watch NW play South Akien each year. Not sure how they get away with playing us in the post season but GA teams in the regular season....

And tigerboy, unless your funding these trip, Hurst is correct. It is not as easy as you state.