Darien - who are these people.

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I guess Darien ain't all that after all.

Why not go back to the 90s

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Ok I looked. I did miss one for Darien - Girls Swimming. I missed it because they compete in Class L, not LL. Strange. Aren't classes based on student population?

Anyway, the OP was right. 6 championships for Darien, no runners-up. Impressive.

I did find something else that I missed the first time as well. Staples won both the team championship in boys Cross-Country as well as the Open championship. So that's 6 for Staples plus their two runners-up.

Staples still wins.

Op....I said I didn't double count the double state victories in the same sport. If your going to do that, then do it for everyone

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Whatever Darien guy. Fine don't count it then.

Your original point though was that he Blue Wave was head & shoulders above every other school in its class not to mention the state, and basically it's not true. They're damn good but so are a handful of other schools.

They don't 'dominate' the state championships.

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Whatever Darien guy. Fine don't count it then.

Your original point though was that he Blue Wave was head & shoulders above every other school in its class not to mention the state, and basically it's not true. They're damn good but so are a handful of other schools.

They don't 'dominate' the state championships.

Not the Darien guy, but think you are missing the point.

They stack these titles year over year. In pretty much in all sports,
with notable exceptions.

Net end, the sports management at this HS delivers incredible results with,
on surface, minimum drama.

Given the never ending complaints buy parents on this site and others sites about
The stunning mis-management of HS sports programs, Darien just might be an
example of how do it right.

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Whatever Darien guy. Fine don't count it then.

Your original point though was that he Blue Wave was head & shoulders above every other school in its class not to mention the state, and basically it's not true. They're damn good but so are a handful of other schools.

They don't 'dominate' the state championships.

Darien was also runner-up in Girls Gymnastics. Class M for that one.

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Not the Darien guy, but think you are missing the point.

They stack these titles year over year. In pretty much in all sports,
with notable exceptions.

Net end, the sports management at this HS delivers incredible results with,
on surface, minimum drama.

Given the never ending complaints buy parents on this site and others sites about
The stunning mis-management of HS sports programs, Darien just might be an
example of how do it right.

That's all well and good but again, they're not the only school that does it. Staples is right there with them. In titles, D1 athletes, consistency and no drama.

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Not the Darien guy, but think you are missing the point.

They stack these titles year over year. In pretty much in all sports,
with notable exceptions.

Net end, the sports management at this HS delivers incredible results with,
on surface, minimum drama.

Given the never ending complaints buy parents on this site and others sites about
The stunning mis-management of HS sports programs, Darien just might be an
example of how do it right.

The AD maybe able to impact the parental drama but not the results.

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The AD maybe able to impact the parental drama but not the results.

Not entirely true - the quality of the AD is reflected in who he hires and how well the program is run overall, not just dealing pain in the azz parents (which obviously some FC schools have an oversupply of). There's plenty of programs flush with talented athletes but poor coaching that can't win anything.

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Not entirely true - the quality of the AD is reflected in who he hires and how well the program is run overall, not just dealing pain in the azz parents (which obviously some FC schools have an oversupply of). There's plenty of programs flush with talented athletes but poor coaching that can't win anything.

There's plenty of great coaches who don't win because they don't have the players

I would say a great youth program or coach is way more important than a great AD

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There's plenty of great coaches who don't win because they don't have the players

I would say a great youth program or coach is way more important than a great AD

not the poster - of course it's mostly in the coaching. but a good ad hires the good coaches and doesn't let parents tell him who to hire (or fire - ahem, Wilton)

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Top High School Athletic Programs since 2000...
1. Glastonbury
2. Staples
3. Darien

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Top High School Athletic Programs since 2000...
1. Glastonbury
2. Staples
3. Darien

Did you actually spend the time to research all state titles for the past 17 years? Or is this your opinion? I'm not necessarily disputing it, just curious if this is fact based...

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Easy to do on CIAC Site..past champions...

You are wrong...
1. Darien 103
2. Staples 55
3. Glastonbury 40

Problem is you can't compare the titles when they compete in different classes. Lots of M titles for the Blue Wave.

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not the poster - of course it's mostly in the coaching. but a good ad hires the good coaches and doesn't let parents tell him who to hire (or fire - ahem, Wilton)

You missed the point. It's about the coaching, athletes and the training received before high school.

AD can only control one of those. Even then a great coach without the athletes isn't going anywhere. A crappy coach with great athletes will still win.

So a great ADs impact on high school sports is limited. Granted a bad AD can cause issues as you mentioned in Wilton.

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You missed the point. It's about the coaching, athletes and the training received before high school.

AD can only control one of those. Even then a great coach without the athletes isn't going anywhere. A crappy coach with great athletes will still win.

So a great ADs impact on high school sports is limited. Granted a bad AD can cause issues as you mentioned in Wilton.

There's plenty of schools with plenty of talent that go nowhere. Then there's schools with seemingly little talent that succeed. Yes coaching makes a difference

- not the poster