As I do a little bit of research on these weekly pick em's, I can't help but notice the drastic difference in W-L record in some of these towns in the INFC. My only experience on how teams are selected is in Bixby where we keep it even and draft back and forth and the top kids go first across the board and then so on an so forth on down... We do get 2 protects each year.

Is this not how it is done everywhere? This is not meant to be a critical post, but I hate to see teams go 0-8 and then kids want to quit football because it is not fun. I've seen it over and over where an average youth athlete turns into a stud after puberty...

Just looking for some opinions or comments on how teams are formed each July where you live...

Good luck this weekend everyone!

I think he is referring to BA.  Didn't you have the samething last year in Bixby with 2 strong teams and one weaker one but this year you lost one team so you guys had to add more players on your 2 teams?

In BA, every player in 3rd grade goes back into the draft except each team get 4 protects. Then they draw numbers for who gets 1st pick, 2nd pick, 3rd pick, etc., etc.. Until all players that was at combine is drafted then they do hat picks for the kids that didn’t go to the combine.

4th thru 7th grade-each team can have 2 protects each year for any new players to the infc. Then they draw by who has the least amount returning players to that team. (Example- one team has 10 returning players, another team has 12 returning players, the 3rd team has 14 returning players.) The first team will pick player(s) until they reach the same number as the team that had 12 players then they both pick until they reach the 3rd team that has 14 players and then they get to join in on the picking and so on till they get to the hat picks again.
I haven’t been in the draft room in this grade but I have been in several in years past. It’s the most cut throat thing that you have ever seen. I have seen fist fights almost break out.
I’m not positive but I believe one of the claremore coaches was in our 3rd grade draft ... not sure who was in the room this past draft.

So using what you just stated about BA how is it that BA Black and White are better than the other BA Teams, coaching maybe?

Coaching, Draft Room and a little bit of luck.
Sometimes it takes just one or two of the right kind if players to change the whole dynamic of a team.

So.... Im going to give my two cents on this whole conversation. With us at Glenpool we do it the same as every other team. So last year when I decided to help coach 3rd grade again. There was two second grade teams and there was going to be plenty of kids for two third grade teams. Both Coaches decided to keep there same teams and draft the rest of the kids out. We usually always do the draft before we get in the room so there is no confusion. I 100% agree that kids dont want to play on teams that go 0-9 and cant score. Example last year the Glenpool white squad went 1-8 and started the season with 17 kids, at the end of the season they were down to 11 kids and did not participate in the post season tournament. Also they had only 6 kids come back this year. I think a big factor in 11 man football is coaching. You have to understand what kind of kids you have and what kind of talent you have. I cant just say as a coach I want to run spread throw the ball and air it out, if I dont have the kids for it. You see that alot in these grades coaches trying to do to much when they dont have the kids for it. Play to the strength of your kids. That means all your kids! For example I got my little Rb from Glenpool White that is a absolute stud and is a real difference maker to our team, as he was in the game vs Bixby Red. I got some other great kids from that team. I take coaching kids very serious because it shapes them for the future like it did for me when I played little league ball. My coaches were always prepared and always had a good practice for us. I do agree that a kid can be absolutely average or even bad. And then hit puberty and be a absolute stud. I do think if you have 2 teams and talent level is pretty drastic for some kids compared to others that you should have a Single A team and a Double A team. Id Prefer that Double A is only teams with 3 loses in the A division, New teams,teams with 6 or less wins in the double A division, and schools 3A or less. To really set it up to be a complete AA division. I think its great for teams to play in AA in be successful it really helps those kids out.  I would just say when it comes to the Ba teams the coaches just did a better job drafting then others. Also I think the BA Black Head coach is the best in this grade at coaching those kids. He wins with whatever talent he has. Also Norman is 2 different schools. Example of great coaching and a successful year was the Jenks Maroon squad that had a good run in the playoffs and had every single kid come back the next year. Thats what we need in football.

^^ Good Point Junebug

So the Ba gold coach is not coaching, his kid went to Ba Black. So they put all those kids back in the draft, obviously some of those kids were saves that went to other BA teams first. Thats why they made a new team in Ba Chrome and glad they went to AA

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