Oh yeah. Loretto will beat them pretty bad I would imagine. McKenzie might play with you a little bit but I just don’t see it. Loretto wins by 25 plus, IMO. I am planning on getting there pretty early. Good luck to you guys!!
East hardly played the starters in the second half and they didnt play at all in the 4th. Westmoreland just got hot from 3 in the end. Not like it mattered though.
The difference between the public schools and the private schools can be seen dramatically in middle school. The public middle schools (especially Cleveland and Lake Forest) dominate the private middle schools. The privates catch-up and often pass the public schools once they start to recruit. Many Cleveland and Bradley Country athletes end up at Baylor and McCallie and no one blames the kids for taking advantage of the opportunity. But I think the separation makes sense especially for dual championships.
I think the standard is at least making it to the championship game. String together a few deep play off runs. The better coaches don't care much about the regular season. They base their success off of the post season. Coach Smith will be fine. He did a good job this year. We will know more when Hookfins' influence is no longer lingering in Haywood.
If your predictions were true the results would be as follows:
D2 10 State Champions
D1A-AA 2 State Champions
D1AAA 2 State Champions
Folks the gap is only getting wider since the split. You cannot legislate competition in any shape form or fashion. If the D1 schools want to close the gap on the D2 schools they must be an advocate to put everyone back together for the individual state championships. Iron truly sharpens iron and it would force everyone to step up their game.
Maybe we should as good members of our community be asking ourselves and the teams around us, how can we help you get better? Wouldn’t this help solve this problem rather than saying there needs to be a change at that one school? I guarantee, if people like us would help their coaches all summer or even part of the summer, we can see improvements in all of our regions.