I feel you
@GoBlue2109. Obviously you’re extremely knowledgeable on the 804 coaching/athletics landscape. I’m not 100% sold on them to come right in and be region contenders but they’ll have some dudes and dudes win ball games in the regular season.
We gotta stop comparing them to LCA too. None of them teams in RVA metro are gonna be a St. Frances or IMG. LCA wasn’t ready for that level of play. IMO, had they played their cards right, they could’ve became legit by playing the Trinity’s, Benedictine’s and even the better public schools. They were a cheap school and hired a bunch of youth league coaches looking to make a name for themselves. RPS does a much better job than even Henrico of background checks and making sure coaches are qualified and fit to be around children. Not saying they’re getting Patrick Kane or Dave Bedwell or Stu Brown to call plays, but they’ll have better than what they had at LCA.
Lastly, to the black community in the area, Charles Scott is one of the most influential men in the area. He’s the neighborhood hope dealer. Parents see him and they see offers, they see NIL money, they see publicity. You’re going to see kids from Henrico, Chesterfield, and the private schools coming to Huguenot. The high school portal is worse than the college one. Varina was an avg football team in spring 2021. They got a new, unproven coach, and they in a lot of ways looked like a JV team. Fast forward to that fall. BJ Lowery transferred to LCA, Dorian Fleming transferred to LCA, Bobby Dunn graduated, Javion Walker graduated.. Those transfers came and the rest was history. Varina wasn’t winning any awards for being the most disciplined or well coached team either. All it takes is a few impact guys. Huguenot will have their share.