Colerain was blessed with amazing talent for years. Bolden saw the well drying up and bolted.
#FakeNews
Colerain has
NEVER had amazing talent. That is a myth that has been propagated for years. They have the hardest working kids in the conference who buy into a system that has been in place, mostly unchanged, since 1991. NO OTHER PROGRAM IN THE GMC, or the city for that matter, can make that claim.
Compare the number of D1 recruits that have come out of Colerain over the past 10 years to other schools in the conference.
Compare the number of Colerain Cardinals in the NFL (0!) to those from St. Xavier, Elder, Lakota West, etc. Not.Even.Close.
Seeing a slow decline in this program.
Maybe, maybe not. 2020 should not be a measuring stick for anybody for what direction the program is headed. This year has been a $how from the beginning because of Covid and what it's done to normal preparation. Once could very reasonably make a case that if Colerain had had a normal summer to get their offense together, they would have scored more than 10 points in week one against Lakota West. That is not a lost to expect. Additionally, I agree whole-heartedly with my colleague coletrain06, in that I honestly don't believe that Princeton could duplicate what they did last Friday to Colerain a 2nd time. I believe in the coaching staff and the players on the team to adjust and hold on to a 17 point 4th quarter lead if they were to face off again.
Let's not over-react. Colerain is still very good. They will win out, fine tune the offense even more and come playoff time, win a couple of games like they do every year. For a program to have the built-in disadvantages they have to the public and private suburban big boys they face off against every year, they have done an incredible job winning at an unsustainable clip.
Is this the year that completely fall apart? No. Is it a year where someone else will wear the mantle of GMC champ? Looks likely.
Let's see how
THAT school, whoever it is, handles being the big dog come playoff time when the look across the field and see St. Xavier or Elder on the other side.
-CardinalsFan