If your team lost good players or didn't gain better players than you are playing catch up. The teams that actually gained better players have improved without even being coached yet. Those that lost the good players and couldn't keep them or didn't upgrade are going to have a tough time. If a player left a club to join another it usually means some where it wasn't working. Wether it is the coaching or playing time. To not be able and keep your studs speaks volumes about that team. After this year all the teams will be changing just because of the High School landscape makes it so, but this year teams that have stayed intact and gained good players have there advantage right from the start.