So because an Uber talented senior point guard that’s too short to have high major offers (but is starting to get some) can outperform a team of young players with potential, it’s all about coaching? I’m not saying coaching is irrelevant, but I’m fact checking the claim that Kenwood should be undefeated because they have multiple players with P5 offers. Simeon beat a team with the number 3 overall 2023 prospect and a top 5 2024 prospect. The most talented team doesn’t win every game, even with great coaching.
There’s just a lot of hate being thrown around and not enough respect for what other teams and players are doing just because Kenwood gets the hype and media due to their offersheets.
This is not a difficult concept, I don't know why it is dragging on for so many posts. No one (smart) will dispute that the team with the most talent has the better chance of winning. They won't win every time, but over multiple games, the more talented team wins more. That's why we all recruit the best players. Great coaching can overcome a talent advantage in some games, and poor coaching can negate it.
Furthermore, you don't have to have the single best player on your team to win. Yes sometimes 1 superstar is good enough to put his team on his back, but generally overall talent wins out. So when you say Jaden Schutt was on a team that beat them, you ignore that Yorkville Christian is also a 1A team. So one player was able to beat them. Ty Rodgers apparently pulled off a similar feat. Both Rodgers and Schutt and ranked in the 60s Great players for sure, but not 5 star guys that are on a different level. Simeon no doubt has talented players, but they are not as highly regarded as the Kenwood guys. I watched that game and quite frankly neither team was particularly well coached.
No one has said Kenwood should be undefeated. I don't expect them to beat Sunrise Christian. They did play a 5 star guy on Richardson, but when you lose almost every big game on your roster, you start to look very Cuonzoesque.