No need to get testy, I think I was plenty respectful in my post - but feel free to use CAPS LOCK if that suits you.
For the record I did read the posts, although I don't think there's much merit in speaking in hypotheticals and transitive property. Also in case it needs clearing up - I didn't say "Wing-T doesn't work." I know you didn't explicitly say I said that, but you putting that phrase in quotes in response to me makes it seem like I did. I said quite clearly that the system has its strengths and that Wapak will overwhelm the majority of the WBL with it, like they do every year, and then falter in the playoffs, like they do every year.
I stand by my comments and the stats that I cited. It is a fair critique. It is not my fault that Wapak folks can't take a healthy critique. We've interacted, HSFB45, in previous year's WBL threads and I know you've also agreed in the past that the offense lagged behind the defense, so I'm not sure why you're pretending like that isn't an obvious statement. I stand by that the Wapak O holds the team back compared to the Wapak D and the stats summaries showcase the offense-defense lag as well. In the past 5 full seasons (2015-2019) during the 10-week regular season, Wapak ranked (on average) 2.2/10 (2nd) on defense compared to 5.2/10 (5th) on offense. Wapak was in the top 2 with defense in 4 of those 5 years. Meanwhile Wapak's offense was 0 for 5 in cracking the top 2 in total offense in any of those five years. No where am I saying that Wapak's offense is garbage, that it's pathetic, that Coach Moyer is an overrated coach, or any other disrespectful stuff. Calling the Wapak O slow, boring, or predictable may seem like attacks... but is it wrong? Being slow and boring is kind of the point, right? Even if the opposing D knows what's coming, your O is so good that the D can't do anything to stop it. It's demoralizing. Especially as it takes 8 minutes off the clock on a single drive. They aren't insults to the Wapak O, just comments and observations.
I do appreciate your insights as you broke down different reasons for recent year's Wapak playoff exits. I'm not sure they paint the entire picture, but I get what you're saying. Those reasons, excuses, or narrative (whatever you want to call it) don't happen in isolation though. That's just the game of football. You mentioned bad play calling (coaching) or the entire game changing over the course of 90-seconds. In that mention of 2019 with how there was a punt returned for a touchdown, a fumble on a kickoff, and then defense couldn't hold. You can just as easily say, well, the punt return for a TD wouldn't have happened if the offense could've kept the drive going.... you see, you can make whatever narrative you want. I do think Wapak's D has largely performed better than their O come playoff season - the 2015 season comes to mind where they beat Mt Healthy 12-7 or their loss to T-M was 3-33.
I also maintain the strength of the WBL and I'm not sure i understand your metric of what constitutes a strong year for the WBL. On one hand, you say 2017 was a weak year because St Marys lost to a Shelby team that didn't even win the state title. Yet you also call 2020 a weak year for the WBL when Van Wert literally won the state title. So you're counting it against St Marys that they lost to a team that didn't win a state title, but not giving credit to the WBL when one of our own teams won a state title and fellow league member, O-G, also beat state champ VW. Instead, you called 2020 "a weak year" that Van Wert "took advantage of" ??? Make it make sense, because a common thread I see in 2017 and 2020... was that Wapak wasn't at the top of the league. And so I'll say again, just because Wapak is having a down year doesn't mean the rest of the league is. I happen to think of the WBL as one of the better leagues in the area. And that's both when Wapak is doing well and when they have their down years. Is the WBL the MAC or GCL? No. Nobody is the MAC or GCL except for the MAC or GCL. But I'm surprised to see another WBL person like yourself not giving the league credit where credit is due. 2020, with all things considered, was actually a great year for the league as a whole.