You make some good points, but when Richard Melton took over at LA it had won one district tournament in the previous six years, and hadn't been to the substate in nine years. In the mid to late 90s LA has a couple of seasons with 1 or 2 wins, with the exception of the 92 and 97 state tournament appearances. Looking at the records here on coacht in 2002 LA lost in the first round of the District at 7-20, in 2003 exited the first round of region at 18-13, 2004 lost in region semis at 16-18, and in 05 lost in first round of region at home with a good record of 24-8. LA may have had some pretty decent teams before Melton but they weren't at this level.