Jim O'Neill once said to me that he could put together the perfect schedule for everyone very easily.
O'Neill, the former New London and Waterford athletic director and one of the architects of the expanded Eastern Connecticut Conference, said it's simple really.
All you have to do is guarantee each high school nine football games, all of them guaranteed wins and eight of them on their home field.
Like he said; simple.
Tell that to the ECC principals, athletic directors and principals.
A conference re-alignment is always fun with everyone lobbying for what's in the best interest of their school, not necessarily the league.
Take the co-op question as an example. There are some that want to see the cooperatives placed based on their enrollment which catapults Tourtellotte/Ellis Tech and St. Bernard/Norwich Tech into either the Medium or Large Division.
I can't wait to see all those Tourtellotte/NFA or Tourtellotte/New London games, can you?
St.Bernard is in a different boat, the Saints are very competitive. The question will be can you look at two co-ops in separate ways?
That's just one of the questions, there are more.
The league football coaches voted for a two-division format. That didn't fly with the athletic directors who yesterday voted for a five (Large), five (Medium), six (Small) divisional breakdown.
I get the idea that will change by the time the principals decide things on October 28th.
After all this is the ECC where it's all for one, not one for all.
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Marc, NFA-Glastonbury renew their rivilary in Boys Soccer this Wednesday afternoon in Glastonbury. The pressure is on Glastonbury this year as they're the big favorite. I'm willing to pick you up + give you a ride to + from the game.
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