Agreed. The whole All - Ohio is basically a joke. Mississinawa Valley had 5 players make All - Ohio on a roster of maybe 25 players. One fifth of their roster was All - Ohio ?These All Ohio teams are really getting out of hand. There are as many QBs on 1st team in both Div VII and Div VI as there are linemen, last time I watched a football game there was 1 QB and 5 linemen on offense. Is it being lazy or politically correct to have 6 QBs listed for 1st team Div VI? Offense has changed so I can see 3 RBs and 3 WRs and 1 TE but 1st team offense should still have 1 QB and if really doing this properly there should be 1 center, 2 guards, and 2 tackles. Come on OPSWA, do a little bit of home work and make this thing look close to how a football team is put out on a field.
If I recall correctly, for the longest time it was just three QB’s that made first team. Which IMO was a fine number. I agree five is too many, although I’m led to think part of it is a combination of an inability to reach a consensus as to “who the best three are” (which the OPSWA should’ve been able to figure out) and “player ‘X’ was the engine behind which team ‘Y’ had a spectacular season for that program’s standards— so I, the sportswriter, see no reason to nominate the kid to be 1st team on that basis.”These All Ohio teams are really getting out of hand. There are as many QBs on 1st team in both Div VII and Div VI as there are linemen, last time I watched a football game there was 1 QB and 5 linemen on offense. Is it being lazy or politically correct to have 6 QBs listed for 1st team Div VI? Offense has changed so I can see 3 RBs and 3 WRs and 1 TE but 1st team offense should still have 1 QB and if really doing this properly there should be 1 center, 2 guards, and 2 tackles. Come on OPSWA, do a little bit of home work and make this thing look close to how a football team is put out on a field.
Agree its watered down to basically a participation award ....Agreed. The whole All - Ohio is basically a joke. Mississinawa Valley had 5 players make All - Ohio on a roster of maybe 25 players. One fifth of their roster was All - Ohio ?
The points about positions being out of whack are completely accurate. Then you have D5 where they gave Coach of Year to Manchester's France because he leaked out that he's going to retire this year. Oak Harbor & Ridgewood had their best seasons in school history, Ironton returned to glory, Kirtland is Kirtland, West Jeff actually made Final 4 again, and Manchester finished tied for 2nd in their league.
He's winningest coach in OH history, but that doesn't mean he had the best season.