Post by jtjrmoney8 on Jul 15, 2012 21:53:45 GMT -6
Beating Highland and KV in football really isn't saying much..they have been the bottom feeders in the NCC for a number of years and are always under .500
Beating Andrean was the greatest thing ever to happen to Wheeler's football program..before that, I'm not sure I can honestly say they had ever beaten a legitimate team..they lost to Rensselaer on a yearly basis, beat very few teams over .500, and with all of those great regular seasons, only won one sectional which was extremely weak when they did win it
Whiting hasn't won a sectional since Clinton was in office..South Central had that one great season in 2010, but couldn't hang onto Karras as coach..otherwise, I think they would have had a good shot of being that team who could dethrone Wheeler
The teams in the GSSC tend to have very little playoff success..and with Hanover entering the league in a couple more years, it will only make the conference worse (in the short term)
I think the biggest problem is coaching..some of these teams have trouble holding onto good coaches, or have a high coaching turnover every couple of years..like with South Central..Karras changed the culture of that program within one season..he could have made them the new Wheeler of that conference..if another great coach took over one of these programs, it could be turned around overnight..maybe River Forest has that right guy, who knows..North Newton had a decent season last year, but were still 40 points worse than Wheeler
Maybe Wheeler just has a better feeder system than everyone else..or maybe some of these other programs just don't have the expectations to compete and win conference championships every year..but there must be some explanation as to why Wheeler is always 50 points better than everyone in their conference year in and year out..thats why I find it so hard to believe that RF is catching them anytime soon
Beating Andrean was the greatest thing ever to happen to Wheeler's football program..before that, I'm not sure I can honestly say they had ever beaten a legitimate team..they lost to Rensselaer on a yearly basis, beat very few teams over .500, and with all of those great regular seasons, only won one sectional which was extremely weak when they did win it
Whiting hasn't won a sectional since Clinton was in office..South Central had that one great season in 2010, but couldn't hang onto Karras as coach..otherwise, I think they would have had a good shot of being that team who could dethrone Wheeler
The teams in the GSSC tend to have very little playoff success..and with Hanover entering the league in a couple more years, it will only make the conference worse (in the short term)
I think the biggest problem is coaching..some of these teams have trouble holding onto good coaches, or have a high coaching turnover every couple of years..like with South Central..Karras changed the culture of that program within one season..he could have made them the new Wheeler of that conference..if another great coach took over one of these programs, it could be turned around overnight..maybe River Forest has that right guy, who knows..North Newton had a decent season last year, but were still 40 points worse than Wheeler
Maybe Wheeler just has a better feeder system than everyone else..or maybe some of these other programs just don't have the expectations to compete and win conference championships every year..but there must be some explanation as to why Wheeler is always 50 points better than everyone in their conference year in and year out..thats why I find it so hard to believe that RF is catching them anytime soon