Outspoken, on 26 April 2017 - 11:22 AM, said:
Never is a big boy word, and I am a big boy so I stand by what I say. You won't win State ever for many reasons.
1) The way D4 hoops is with the private schools now
2) You couldn't do it with Richard L Kortokrax, Joe Horstman, Jeff McMillan or Tom Von Sossan. You think you've got someone better than any of those guys coming in to lead the program?
3) Many (not all) Ottoville kids are either so soft themselves or their mothers are still nursing them in high school, and they don't wanna commit to doing what it takes
I'll leave it at that
1-Competitive balance will weed out some of the D4 big boys, but Waterford is public and St. Wendelin just made back to back final fours from this district and they didn't do it the "recruiting" private school way. Arlington has done just fine in D4 from this area as well.
2-You don't need the "best/high-profile" coach. You need the "right" coach. They're not the same. I also agree that timing is just as important.
3-Maybe they should learn from the girls program. I didn't hear too many people saying they were "too soft."
Edited by Hagen, 26 April 2017 - 11:45 AM.