Shouldn't the BEST team of all-time be a "no-brainer" for being the best team in the state for that particular year? St. Agnes was a good team last year, but they were not the obvious choice as best team in the state. Before you St. Agnes fans scream, read what I just said. They were a good team. Just don't think they should be anyone's BEST ALL-TIME team from this state.
3 reasons.
(1) The schedule. Yes they played a few good teams, but look at when those games occurred. Franklin was an above-average team and they played them in the fourth game of a weekend tournament. Not the best time to show your true colors. St. Agnes also played Collierville and had to come from behind to win. The previous games, Collierville was beaten by their local rivals while St. Agnes warmed up with something called St. Benedict. Sorry, but St. Agnes didn't get the best Collierville had to offer. Throughout their schedule, they just had to show up to win most of the time. It's pretty easy to get up for a few opponents when you had so many breathers. And please do not spit out statistics when speaking of St. Agnes last year. 11 stiffs taken from the halls of many high schools could have won vs. many of those teams they played. 19 of their goals came against something called Harding, while 10 came vs. Lausanne? Look at their "real" games and compare those scores with the other teams that played them. Nothing too special.
(2) The year before. In earlier posts, people listed teams and ranges of dominant years, such as Ridgeway and Franklin in the '90s. They had some good runs, and if you took the best team from those runs, you probably had teams that should be considered in this discussion. If St. Agnes of '06 was the BEST all-time team, shouldn't they have done more the previous year? It was mostly the same team wasn't it? As far as I know, only one key addition in '06. This team would have won the state in '05 IF it truly was the BEST all-time team.
(3) Other teams in the state. As I said before, the BEST all-time team should obviously be the best team in the state that year. If you took St. Agnes, Bearden, Collierville, Houston, Brentwood (who didn't even get to the state tournament), and Baylor (before injuries diminished their chances of a state championship), I'm not sure St. Agnes would have the best record if the top teams all played a round-robin format tournament. The BEST all-time team would sweep through such an event.
St. Agnes was good, just not the best.