Former Jones QB Garman heading to Southlake Carroll
By Ryan Aber
raber@opubco.com
To the surprise of no one, former Jones quarterback Daxx Garman has left the state and transferred to Texas power Southlake Carroll.
In this blog from the Dallas Morning News’ Rainer Sabin, Southlake coach Hal Wasson talks about Garman’s place in the program. The whole story isn’t there, though, as it was a little more than a paperwork error that led to the now-Arizona commit being declared ineligible and the Longhorns having to forfeit six wins.
Garman, who lived in the Choctaw district before transferring to Carl Albert, left the Titans for Jones before last season. Although the family moved to the Jones district (although there was some question about that) because Garman had transferred once he had to apply for a hardship waiver to be eligible immediately at Jones. And although that hardship wasn’t filed in a timely manner, a waiver was applied for retroactively near the end of the regular season. That waiver was initially denied by the staff and was withdrawn before an appeal was to be made in front of the board of directors. Since leaving Jones almost immediately after that decision, Garman has attended Choctaw High School, though it was very doubtful he’d ever be able to play there.
That said, though, there’s no question Garman has the talent to be a big-time quarterback. Had he stayed at Carl Albert, he likely would be starting there at quarterback next year. At Jones, Garman threw for 2,107 yards and 23 touchdowns last season. He’s got all the tools to be one of the top quarterbacks around. And despite the baggage that comes along with how last year ended, everyone I’ve talked to about Garman has had nothing but positive things to say about Garman both on and off the field.
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Certainly understand that frustration but there’s not much the OSSAA can do to individuals. He was ruled ineligible and not allowed to compete (although he could’ve technically had a chance to play at Carl Albert had he gone back there, since that’s where his eligibility had been established).
Hated to see what happened to Jones happen because of all the kids and coaches who did nothing wrong (And I also truly believe, after sitting down with Jones officials right after the OSSAA’s decision, that Jones wasn’t trying to evade the rules. They simply did not understand the particular rule that caused Garman to be ineligible. That said, it was Jones’ responsibility to know).
-Ryan Aber
Jones would not have even been in a winning position if he did not play. Get real. This happens everywhere. Carl Albert recruits–excuse me-the best athletic kids in from the metro as does all the big name schools. It is a business now and to the winners go the roses. jones has been a joke for years in every sport. Dax cost them nothing but exposure in the papers.
Get a life.
Mike,
Unlike Elaine, I don’t think what happened cost Jones a championship. There’s no doubt that Garman made Jones significantly better. I do, though, think that Jones was at least a playoff team in that district without Garman.
-Ryan Aber
District title get ready cause the longhorns are coming for you! I had a senor last year and I have one this year and the senors this year have a big chip. To my son Kris Vaughn #10 do the work Lead with pride do your part and everything will work out.:)
Shera, we’ve written a lot on this. But this piece is a pretty comprehensive piece of all that has happened with Daxx:
http://highschoolsportsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/09/updates-from-daxx-garman-eligibility-app.html
This is just great. He costs, cause he admitted he was in the wrong, Jones High School students to lose a championship and cost those junior & senior boys a record to add to their high school experience. Now he changes schools and gets to go for the glory he denied others in Jones. In my opinion there should have been stiffer penalties to the individuals that caused the problems