Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
This is the nonsense that just has to stop. Having a gauntlet of a schedule isn't some rarity that's unique to the MIAA. There are teams inside and outside of the MIAA that have 5-6 games in a row against quality opposition. SJC themselves have already played 3-4 quality opponents in a row twice. They opened with GP, BL, and CH back-to-back-to-back and handled all with ease. They just played Hill Academy, Paul VI, and Gonzaga back-to-back-to-back and the only one that was remotely close was the first game of the three.

Yeah, but the rarity is the quality of opponents. What you’re missing is the rigors of facing good opponents— 10 in a row, midweeks, that know your team, tendencies and have a full scout on you. And they are teams that are built to specifically combat your tendencies, and exploit your weaknesses, just like teams in the same NFL divisions. The early-season and OOC lax games just don’t replicate that level of in-conference intensity.
I don't agree. While I will concede that the league as a whole is deeper than most, I don't believe for a second that a run of MIAA games is more difficult than the mix of quality league and OOC games that other top teams deal with as their schedules ramp up.

Right…. MIAA teams don’t play any OOC games. And the ones that do play cupcakes.
I didn't that say they didn't. My point was that there are plenty of other elite leagues in the mid-atlantic and north east. Most may not have quite the depth of the MIAA, but the top teams in these leagues face just as much of a gauntlet because they supplement their league schedule with quality OOC games mixed in between. Look at Darien; they're playing Brunswick and St. Anthony's back-to-back near the end of the season, with games against Manhasset, Chaminade, and Yorktown sprinkled in amongst their league schedule as well.

As for the MIAA and OOC games, I'm not sure that supports your argument these days. This year in particular has shown that the top teams in the MIAA are no longer the gold standard on the national landscape. I can't think of a single MIAA champion in recent years that has gone through their OOC slate unscathed save for that legendary 2014 BL team.